---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-24-000664"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLRO"
cik: "0000840715"
company_name: "CLEARONE INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:09:27.910441+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearOne reports Q4/FY2023; OpEx down 14%/21%; announces $0.50 special dividend

## Summary
- Operating expenses fell 14% in Q4 and 21% in FY2023 vs prior year.
- Completed outsourced manufacturing transition from China to Singapore in Q4 2023.
- Ended 2023 with over $21M in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.
- Announced special one-time cash dividend of $0.50 per share, payable April 10, 2024.
- CEO cites sales headwinds from lack of Microsoft Teams certification and past production shortages.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-24-000664
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLRO
- cik: 0000840715
- company_name: CLEARONE INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392624000664/0001753926-24-000664-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392624000664/clro-20240402.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-24-000664
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-24-000664.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CLEARONE INC reported financial results for three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 2, 2024 ClearOne, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392624000664/0001753926-24-000664-index.htm

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