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Spok Holdings, Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Apr 30, 2026.

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Dec 31, 2025 · Filed Apr 30, 2026

SPOK$11.76+0.1%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ___)

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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

2026 Proxy Statement

April 30, 2026

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

It is my pleasure to invite you to join us at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Spok Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") to be held on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. This year's Annual Meeting will again be conducted via live webcast as a virtual meeting of stockholders. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPOK2026, and you will be able to submit your questions and vote your shares electronically by attending the Annual Meeting at this virtual location.

We are pleased to use the latest technology to increase access, to improve communication and to obtain cost savings for our stockholders and the Company. Use of a virtual meeting will enable increased stockholder attendance and participation as stockholders can participate from any location.

Details regarding how to attend the Annual Meeting online and the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are more fully described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

At this year’s meeting, we will vote on the election of six directors and the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. We will also conduct an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2025, and we will vote to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Award Plan.

We follow the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that allows companies to furnish proxy materials to their stockholders over the Internet. We believe this expedites stockholders' receipt of proxy materials, lowers the annual meeting costs and conserves natural resources. Thus, we are mailing to many stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”), rather than copies of the Proxy Statement and our Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. The Notice contains instructions on how to access the proxy materials online, vote online and obtain your copy of our proxy materials. The Notice or a full set of proxy materials will be mailed on or about June 10, 2026 to stockholders of record as of May 26, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

Your voice is very important. Regardless of whether you plan to participate in the Annual Meeting, I urge you to date, sign and return your proxy card, or use telephone or Internet voting prior to the meeting, so that your shares of common stock will be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. We appreciate your continued confidence in the Company and your support for our strategy, and we look forward to your participation in the Annual Meeting on July 21, 2026.

Sincerely,

/s/ Christine M. Cournoyer

Christine M. Cournoyer

Chair of the Board of Directors

Spok Holdings, Inc.Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
DATE AND TIME:Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time
PLACE:Online at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPOK2026
ITEMS OF BUSINESS:1. To elect six nominees as directors to the Board of Directors; 2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026; 3. To hold an advisory vote to approve 2025 named executive officer compensation; 4. To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company's 2020 Equity Incentive Award Plan; and5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
ATTENDANCE AND VOTING:You are entitled to attend and vote at the virtual Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder of record as of the close of business on May 26, 2026, the record date, or you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. A complete list of such stockholders will be open to the examination of any stockholder for a period of 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting for a purpose germane to the Annual Meeting at the Company’s offices at 3000 Technology Drive, Suite 400, Plano, Texas 75074. Your proxy materials will contain a 16-digit number that must be used to gain access to the Annual Meeting.
INTERNET AVAILABILITY:We are using the Internet as our primary means of furnishing proxy materials to most of our stockholders. Rather than sending our stockholders a paper copy of our proxy materials, we are sending them a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials ("Notice") with instructions for accessing the material and voting via the Internet. This Proxy Statement and our 2025 Annual Report to Stockholders are available free of charge at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPOK2026 or on our website, www.spok.com.
PROXY VOTING:We cordially invite you to participate in the Annual Meeting. Your participation is important regardless of the number of shares you own. Stockholders of record and beneficial owners will be able to vote their shares electronically at the Annual Meeting. Or you may vote prior to the Annual Meeting by telephone, through the Internet or by mailing your completed proxy card. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the section entitled "Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting" starting on page 6 of the proxy statement.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/Sharon Woods Keisling

Sharon Woods Keisling

Corporate Secretary and Treasurer

April 30, 2026

Plano, Texas

Forward-Looking Statements

This proxy statement contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of Spok Holdings, Inc. (the "Company," “we,” “our” or “us”) to be materially different from the future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expectations include, but are not limited to, our ability to manage wireless network rationalization to lower our costs without causing disruption of service to our customers; our ability to retain key management personnel and to attract and retain talent within the organization; the productivity of our sales organization and our ability to deliver effective customer support; our ability to identify potential acquisitions, finance, consummate and successfully integrate such acquisitions, and achieve the expected benefits of such acquisitions; economic conditions, such as recessionary economic cycles, the impact of trade disputes, tariffs and other trade protection measures, higher interest rates, inflation and higher levels of unemployment; risks related to our overall business strategy, including maximizing revenue and cash generation from our established businesses and returning capital to stockholders through dividends and repurchases of shares of our common stock; competition for our services and products from new technologies or those offered and/or developed from firms that are substantially larger and have much greater financial and human capital resources; continuing decline in the number of paging units we have in service with customers, commensurate with a continuing decline in our wireless revenue; our ability to address changing market conditions with new or revised software solutions; undetected defects, bugs, or security vulnerabilities in our products; our dependence on the United States healthcare industry; long sales cycle of our software solutions and services; our reliance on third-party vendors to supply us with wireless paging equipment; our ability to maintain successful relationships with our channel partners; our ability to protect our rights in intellectual property that we own and develop and the potential for material litigation claiming intellectual property infringement by us; our use of open source software, third-party software and other intellectual property; our reliance on data centers and other computer systems, hardware, software and satellite networks and telecommunications systems infrastructure (collectively, "IT Systems") and technologies provided by third parties, and technology systems and electronic networks supplied and managed by third parties; cyberattacks, data breaches, system disruptions or other compromises to our or our critical third parties’ IT Systems, data, products or services; our ability to realize the benefits associated with our deferred income tax assets; future impairments of our long-lived assets or goodwill; risks related to data privacy and protection-related laws and regulation; and our ability to manage changes related to regulation, including laws and regulations affecting hospitals and the healthcare industry generally, as well as other risks described from time to time in our periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Certain statements contained in this proxy statement, particularly pertaining to our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) performance, goals, and initiatives, are subject to additional risks and uncertainties, including regarding gathering and verification of information and related methodological considerations; our ability to implement various initiatives under expected timeframes, cost, and complexity; our dependency on third parties to provide certain information and to comply with applicable laws and policies; and other unforeseen events or conditions. These factors, as well as others, may cause results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Additionally, we may provide information herein that is not necessarily “material” under the federal securities laws for SEC reporting purposes, but that is informed by various ESG standards and frameworks (including standards for the measurement of underlying data), and the interests of various stakeholders. Much of this information is subject to assumptions, estimates or third-party information that is still evolving and subject to change. For example, our disclosures based on any standards may change due to revisions in framework requirements, availability of information, changes in our business or applicable government policies, or other factors, some of which may be beyond our control. Similarly, such information often describes aspects of our ESG efforts or related policies and initiatives, but there can be no assurance and words such as “ensure,” “prevent,” or similar language should not be taken to mean that such efforts will be successfully implemented in all situations.

PROXY STATEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS
Proxy Statement Summary1
Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting6
Board of Directors and Governance Matters11
Board Leadership Structure11
Board Responsibility, Composition and Meetings11
Governance Guidelines, Policies and Codes11
Board’s Risk Oversight Role12
Committees of the Board of Directors13
Directors14
Process for Nominating Directors14
Director Qualifications15
Director Independence Determinations15
Compensation of Directors15
Non-Executive Director Compensation Actions for 202516
Stock Ownership Guidelines for Non-Executive Directors and Prohibitions on
Pledging and Hedging16
Board Tenure16
Annual Performance Evaluation17
Stockholders' Communications17
Audit Committee Matters18
Audit Committee Report18
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees19
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures19
Compensation Committee Matters20
Introduction20
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation20
Compensation Committee Procedures20
Compensation Committee Report22
Executive Compensation23
Executive Officers23
Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Table of Contents24
Compensation Discussion and Analysis25
Introduction25
Executive Summary25
Stockholder Outreach28
Executive Compensation Design30
2025 Executive Compensation Program Decisions31
Other Considerations38

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Compensation Tables40
Background40
Summary Compensation Table40
All Other Compensation Table41
Grants of Plan-Based Awards41
Outstanding Equity Awards42
Stock Awards Vested42
Payments upon Termination or Termination Due to Change in Control43
Employment Agreement and Termination Arrangements – CEO43
Termination Arrangements – NEOs (Excluding the CEO)46
Change in Control Arrangements – NEOs (Excluding the CEO)47
Severance Recovery Policy49
Pay versus Performance50
Proposals Requiring Your Vote56
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors56
Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm60
Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation60
Proposal 4 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2020 Equity Incentive Award Plan61
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management70
Directors, Officers and Certain Other Beneficial Owners70
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans71
Related Party Transactions72
Transactions with Related Parties72
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Parties72
Stockholder Proposals and Company Documents73
Other Matters73
Appendix A - Spok Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Award Plan74

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