---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-084485"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPOK"
cik: "0001289945"
company_name: "Spok Holdings, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:20:54.381395+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spok promotes Calvin Rice to CFO, Michael Wallace to President of Spok, Inc.

## Summary
- Michael Wallace becomes President of Spok, Inc., retains COO; steps down as CFO effective Aug 1, 2022.
- Calvin Rice (formerly CAO/Controller) promoted to CFO and CAO, reporting to CEO Vincent Kelly.
- Vincent Kelly remains President and CEO of Spok Holdings and Spok, Inc.
- Wallace has over 25 years of financial/operational experience; Rice has 8-year tenure at Spok.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-084485
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPOK
- cik: 0001289945
- company_name: Spok Holdings, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000110465922084485/0001104659-22-084485-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000110465922084485/tm2221738d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084485
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084485.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084485.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vincent Kelly changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at Spok Holdings, Inc.
  - Action: stepped down from President of Spok, Inc.
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Vincent Kelly will step down from his position as the President of Spok, Inc. and continue to serve as Spok, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Kelly also remains Spok Holdings, Inc.’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000110465922084485/0001104659-22-084485-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael W. Wallace was appointed as President of Spok, Inc. at Spok Holdings, Inc.
  - Action: stepped down from CFO and appointed as President
  - Role: President of Spok, Inc.
  source text: In connection with the appointment of Mr. Rice, Michael W. Wallace will step down from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Wallace has also been appointed to serve as President of Spok, Inc., the Company’s wholly owned operating subsidiary, effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000110465922084485/0001104659-22-084485-index.htm
- Executive change
  Calvin C. Rice was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Spok Holdings, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Spok Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Calvin C. Rice as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000110465922084485/0001104659-22-084485-index.htm

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