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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289945-21-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPOK"
cik: "0001289945"
company_name: "Spok Holdings, Inc"
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:31:35.586247+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spok Q2 net loss $0.7M, adjusted EBITDA loss $0.1M; software revenue up 8% to $15.9M

## Summary
- GAAP net loss $0.7M ($0.04/diluted share) vs net income $3.8M in Q2 2020; adjusted EBITDA loss $0.1M.
- Wireless revenue declined 5.8% to $19.9M; software revenue increased 8.2% to $15.9M.
- Software bookings $13.0M (down from $15.4M); backlog $45.6M; paging unit erosion slowed to 0.6%.
- Board declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.125/share payable Sept 10, 2021 to Aug 17 record holders.
- Full-year 2021 guidance reiterated: total revenue $138M-$151M, adjusted opex $151M-$157M, capex $3.5M-$5.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289945-21-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPOK
- cik: 0001289945
- company_name: Spok Holdings, Inc
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000128994521000045/0001289945-21-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000128994521000045/spok-20210728.htm

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