---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289945-21-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPOK"
cik: "0001289945"
company_name: "Spok Holdings, Inc"
filed_at: "2021-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:40:42.652194+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spok confirms unsolicited $10.75/share cash proposal from Acacia Research; board to evaluate

## Summary
- Acacia Research proposes to acquire all Spok shares for $10.75 per share in cash.
- Spok board will evaluate the proposal with independent financial and legal advisors.
- RBC Capital Markets, Spotlight Advisors, and Latham & Watkins are advising Spok.
- No assurance the proposal will lead to a formal offer or agreement; shareholders need not act now.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289945-21-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPOK
- cik: 0001289945
- company_name: Spok Holdings, Inc
- filed_at: 2021-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000128994521000054/0001289945-21-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289945/000128994521000054/spok-20210830.htm

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