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SWK Holdings Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/9/17, at 4:07pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1552781-17-622   ·   File #:  0-27163

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/09/17  SWK Holdings Corp                 10-Q        9/30/17   56:2.7M                                   2ENGAGE/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    314K 
 2: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
 5: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
12: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
13: R2          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     HTML     85K 
14: R3          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     84K 
                Income                                                           
16: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     37K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
17: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    100K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
18: R7          SWK Holdings Corporation and Summary of             HTML     52K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
19: R8          Net Income per Share                                HTML     30K 
20: R9          Finance Receivables, Net                            HTML     49K 
21: R10         Marketable Investments                              HTML     37K 
22: R11         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     30K 
23: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     25K 
24: R13         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     23K 
25: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     68K 
26: R15         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     20K 
27: R16         SWK Holdings Corporation and Summary of             HTML     59K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
28: R17         Net Income per Share (Tables)                       HTML     28K 
29: R18         Finance Receivables (Tables)                        HTML     31K 
30: R19         Marketable Investments (Tables)                     HTML     33K 
31: R20         Variable Interest Entities (Tables)                 HTML     20K 
32: R21         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     26K 
33: R22         Stockholders Equity (Tables)                        HTML     20K 
34: R23         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     69K 
35: R24         Net Income per Share (Details)                      HTML     40K 
36: R25         Finance Receivables, Net (Details)                  HTML     28K 
37: R26         Finance Receivables, Net (Details 2)                HTML     27K 
38: R27         Finance Receivables, Net (Details Narrative)        HTML     35K 
39: R28         Marketable Investments (Details)                    HTML     25K 
40: R29         Marketable Investments (Details 2)                  HTML     33K 
41: R30         Marketable Investments (Details Narrative)          HTML     50K 
42: R31         Variable Interest Entities (Details)                HTML     28K 
43: R32         Variable Interest Entities (Details Narrative)      HTML     42K 
44: R33         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     25K 
45: R34         Related Party Transactions (Details 2)              HTML     25K 
46: R35         Related Party Transactions (Details Narartive)      HTML     22K 
47: R36         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     26K 
48: R37         Stockholders' Equity (Details Narrative)            HTML     27K 
49: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     39K 
50: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     24K 
51: R40         Fair Value Measurements (Details 3)                 HTML     25K 
52: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Details 4)                 HTML     25K 
53: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Details 5)                 HTML     56K 
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     96K 
54: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     58K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- swkh-20170930                       XML    673K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- swkh-20170930_cal               XML    108K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- swkh-20170930_def                XML    281K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- swkh-20170930_lab                     XML    556K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- swkh-20170930_pre              XML    461K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- swkh-20170930                         XSD    105K 
56: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001552781-17-000622-xbrl      Zip     80K

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