EX-99.1 2 a1q208kex991.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
 
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CONTACT:
Al Galgano            
952-567-0295            
Al.Galgano@spok.com    

Spok Reports First-Quarter 2020 Operating Results;
Wireless Trends Continue to Improve and Year-Over-Year Improvements in Software Revenue Bookings

Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
 
SPRINGFIELD, Va. (April 29, 2020) - Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), a global leader in healthcare communications, today announced operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. In addition, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share, payable on June 24, 2020, to stockholders of record on May 25, 2020.

Key First-Quarter Operating Highlights:
Software bookings in the first quarter totaled $15.6 million, up from software bookings of $14.7 million in the prior year quarter. First quarter 2020 bookings included $5.9 million of operations bookings and $9.7 million of maintenance renewals, compared to $6.0 million and $8.7 million, respectively in the first quarter of 2019.
First quarter 2020 software revenue of $15.9 million, compared to software revenue of $19.2 million in the prior year quarter. Included in first quarter software revenue was $6.2 million of operations revenue and $9.7 million in maintenance revenue, compared to $9.0 million in operations revenue and $10.2 million in maintenance revenue in the first quarter of 2019.
The revenue renewal rate for software maintenance in the first quarter of 2020 continued to exceed 99 percent.

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The quarterly rate of paging unit erosion was 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to 1.8 percent in the prior quarter and 1.0 percent in the year-earlier period. Net paging unit losses were 12,000 in the first quarter of 2020, compared to 17,000 in the prior quarter and 10,000 in the first quarter of 2019. Paging units in service at March 31, 2020, totaled 926,000, compared to 982,000 at March 31, 2019.
The quarterly rate of wireless revenue erosion was 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to 0.9 percent erosion in the prior quarter and 2.1 percent in the year-earlier quarter.
Total paging ARPU (average revenue per unit) was $7.31 in the first quarter of 2020, compared to $7.32 in the year-earlier quarter and $7.33 in the prior quarter.
Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2020 totaled $41.4 million, compared to $40.6 million in the prior year quarter. Adjusted operating expenses totaled $40.9 million in the first quarter of 2020, compared to $38.3 million in the year-earlier quarter.
Capital expenses were $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2020, compared to $1.3 million in the year-earlier quarter.
The number of full-time equivalent employees at March 31, 2020, totaled 620, compared to 591 in the prior year quarter.
Capital returned to stockholders in the first quarter of 2020 totaled $2.6 million, in the form of the regular quarterly dividend.
The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance at March 31, 2020, was $72.2 million, compared to $77.3 million at December 31, 2019.

2020 First-Quarter Results:
Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2020 under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) was $37.3 million compared to $41.8 million in the first quarter of 2019.

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For the three months ended
(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2020
March 31, 2019
Change 
(%)
Wireless revenue
 
 
 
Paging revenue
$
20,451

$
21,687

(5.7
)%
Product and other revenue
935

923

1.3
 %
Total wireless revenue
$
21,386

$
22,610

(5.4
)%
 
 
 

Software revenue
 
 

Operations revenue
$
6,229

$
9,009

(30.9
)%
Maintenance revenue
9,652

10,145

(4.9
)%
Total software revenue
15,881

19,154

(17.1
)%
Total revenue
$
37,267

$
41,764

(10.8
)%

GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2020 was $4.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, compared to net income of $0.7 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2019.
In the first quarter of 2020, the EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) loss totaled $2.0 million. The first quarter 2020 EBITDA loss compares to EBITDA of $3.5 million in the prior year quarter. Spok presents such non-GAAP financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate the Company's operating results. Spok believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making.
 
For the three months ended
(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2020
March 31, 2019
Net (loss) income
$
(4,539
)
$
742

Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share
$
(0.24
)
$
0.04

EBITDA
$
(1,962
)
$
3,474


Management Commentary:
“We were negatively impacted in the first quarter, as the majority of our customer base struggled with the challenges presented by COVID-19,” said Vincent D. Kelly, president and chief executive officer. “We had over 100 meetings scheduled for our annual industry conference, HIMSS, as we were all set to roll out our new cloud native platform, Spok Go. These meetings included both prospective customers for our Spok Go platform and strategic

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partners. It has been challenging to get the meetings rescheduled as the world has changed quickly. The pandemic has created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty and our thoughts and prayers go out to those that have been both directly and indirectly affected by this tragedy. While the situation is fluid and no one is able to predict the duration and severity of this pandemic with a high degree of certainty, let me assure you that, as a company, in the near-term we are positioned to deal with the situation. We have taken the necessary steps to provide for the safety of our customers and employees in order to ensure the continuity of our operations and product development efforts. Spok has a stable revenue base, as approximately 83 percent of our revenues in the first quarter were recurring in nature, coming from either our legacy wireless business or software maintenance contracts. We provide a critical function, which we believe will become even more necessary in this environment, delivering reliable communications and clinical information to care teams when and where it matters most to improve patient outcomes.”

In the first quarter of 2020, Spok returned $2.6 million in capital to stockholders, in the form of its regular quarterly dividend. “We were proud to be able to execute against our capital allocation strategy in the first quarter, which included paying dividends to our stockholders and investing in our product platform and infrastructure," continued Kelly. "Spok remains committed to paying our regular quarterly dividend. We believe we will be able to achieve this while continuing to support our Spok Care Connect® platform and in the near term investing in the evolution of our cloud-native and integrated communication platform, Spok Go®. We are also taking immediate steps to put our operations on a positive free cash flow basis through a combination of furlough and other cost savings initiatives. We are evaluating our investment in development as hospitals represent one of the most impacted sectors of the economy from COVID-19. As part of our evaluation, we are focused on the investment in our cloud-native platform to ensure that shareholders realize the benefit of our investment. We will discuss this more in our outlook and in the coming quarters as we gain greater insight into the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals, including their budgets and perhaps even more importantly, their ability to interact with our sales and professional services teams."

Business Outlook:
Michael W. Wallace, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, said: “Expense management and strong financial discipline have allowed us to continue to invest in our business. In the first quarter, operating expenses

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were in-line with the prior quarter, with improvements in several expense categories. Spok’s balance sheet remains strong, with a cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment balance of $72.2 million at March 31, 2020.”
Commenting on the Company’s previously provided financial guidance for 2020, Wallace noted: “Spok has been focused on understanding the impact of the pandemic on our business, particularly given the impact of COVID-19 on the roll-out of our Spok Go software business. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the duration and severity of this crisis and the extremely fluid nature of the situation, we, like many of our peer public companies, believe that it is most prudent to suspend our practice of providing annual guidance for revenues and expenses at this time. We look forward to returning to our normal guidance format after the crisis is over.

Unsolicited Offer from B. Riley:
On March 17, 2020, the Company announced that it had been made aware of a public announcement from B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) of an unsolicited offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Spok's common stock for $12 per share in cash. "I'd like to take this opportunity to remind stockholders that after careful evaluation the Board of Directors believes that the indication of interest from B. Riley severely undervalues Spok's business," said Kelly. "Given our strong cash reserves, our lucrative legacy wireless business, our valuable software business with a highly profitable maintenance base and revenue renewal rates in excess of 99 percent, our Spok Go software platform that is poised for growth and has been developed by Spok with significant customer interest prior to COVID-19 and the value of our deferred tax assets, the Board of Directors does not believe that the unsolicited, conditional and incomplete proposal from B. Riley provides adequate value for our stockholders."
Further, we believe this is not the time to start a sale process for Spok for the following reasons:
1.  M&A activity is severely depressed due to disruptions to the debt and equity markets, strict restrictions on travel and the inability to conduct meaningful due diligence on any proposed transaction, and the significant distractions affecting private equity and potential strategic counterparties due to COVID-19;
2.  We are currently unable to predict or quantify the impact of COVID-19 on our business, particularly the impact of COVID-19 on the roll-out of our Spok Go software business;

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3.  Our customers are large and mid-size hospitals and systems which are focused on patient care during this challenging time, which will affect our near-term financial results;
4.  Our Board of Directors continues to believe that, over the long term, our customers will further appreciate the value that our businesses bring to caregivers getting the right message to the right person on the right device at the right time;
5.  We are focused on ensuring that our shareholders realize the appropriate value for the investment in Spok Go, despite its rollout being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic;
6.  We want to provide feedback today on what we are seeing as our board considers the long-term interests of all our shareholders:
A.  Recurring Revenues:  We have two very valuable recurring revenue streams in our wireless business and software maintenance contracts, each with significant margins that together represented approximately 83% of revenues in our first quarter;
B.  Wireless:  Our wireless customer base over the next ten years is expected to generate approximately $597 million in revenue based on existing trends in Units In Service, ARPU and Churn, and we expect this business has a useful life of thirty years;
C.  Software:  We have a valuable software business that has approximately $72 million of annual revenue, including a high margin maintenance revenue stream of approximately $40 million of annual revenue with a 99% renewal rate; and
 D.  Cash:  We expect a modest investment in the continued refinement of Spok Go for the remainder of 2020 and the continued payment of quarterly dividends, while maintaining a strong cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance throughout the year.

7.  To date we have spent approximately $55 million developing Spok Go over the last 4.5 years. That is under $3 per share.  We have distributed $84.8 million to our shareholders in dividends and share buybacks over the same timeframe. That is over $4 per share.  We intend to run the business in a cash flow positive mode for the balance of 2020, as we enact cost savings measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our businesses. We will watch the market closely as the year progresses for signs it is opening back up for the sale and installation of our software solutions. If we don’t see significant progress in the market opportunity and

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the ability to continue to generate positive cash flow in the future while still investing in our platform, we can aggressively right size our operations to a cash flow maximization model and revert to paying a consistent regular dividend and year end special dividends with excess cash.

Finally, on this matter, we believe the indication of interest by B. Riley substantially undervalues our business given (1) our cash and short-term investments on the balance sheet of approximately $3.50 per share at year end after continuing to pay our regular quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share for each quarter of fiscal 2020; (2) our valuable wireless business that remains a critical tool for hospitals and emergency response and that we conservatively expect will generate significant cash flow over a projected useful life of thirty years with a discounted present value, based on prevailing discount rates for the business, of approximately $6.50 per share; (3) a valuable and highly profitable software maintenance business with a $40 million annual recurring revenue stream; and (4) the growth potential of our Spok Go software platform that displayed significant customer interest prior to COVID-19. We will continue to evaluate ways to deliver value to our shareholders from our software business and our investment in Spok Go and as we indicated "intend to carefully evaluate good faith proposals from financially capable parties that fairly value Spok and the potential for stockholder value represented by the Company’s long-term investment in its enterprise, cloud-native Spok Go platform.”

New Directors:
During the first quarter the Company also announced that the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Bobbie Byrne and Christine Cournoyer to join the Board of Directors. Also, Samme Thompson, a director of Spok since 2004, will be stepping down from the Board of Directors at Spok’s annual meeting later this year and will not stand for re-election. "We are excited to have Bobbie and Chris join our Board and look forward to the depth of experience that these software and healthcare IT industry veterans bring. I also want to take this opportunity to say that it has been an honor and privilege to have worked with and learned from Samme over the years. I am grateful to have worked alongside him to realize our mission to become a global leader in healthcare communications," continued Kelly.

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2020 First-Quarter Call and Replay:
Spok plans to host a conference call for investors to discuss its 2020 first-quarter results at 10:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Dial-in numbers for the call are 1-323-794-2551 or 866-575-6539. The pass code for the call is 5307999. A replay of the call will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET on April 30, 2020 until 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 14, 2020. To listen to the replay, please register at http://tinyurl.com/Spok2020Q1earningsreplay. Please enter the registration information, and you will be given access to the replay.

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About Spok
Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, is proud to be a global leader in healthcare communications. We deliver clinical information to care teams when and where it matters most to improve patient outcomes. Top hospitals rely on the Spok Care Connect® and Spok Go® platforms to enhance workflows for clinicians, support administrative compliance, and provide a better experience for patients. Our customers send over 100 million messages each month through their Spok® solutions. Spok is making care collaboration easier. For more information, visit spok.com or follow @spoktweets on Twitter.
Spok is a trademark of Spok Holdings, Inc. Spok Care Connect and Spok Go are trademarks of Spok, Inc.

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Statements contained herein or in prior press releases which are not historical fact, such as statements regarding Spok's future operating and financial performance and statements relating to the unsolicited takeover bid from B. Riley Financial, Inc., are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause Spok's actual results 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, declining demand for paging products and services, continued demand for our software products and services, our ability to develop additional software solutions for our customers and manage our development as a global organization, the ability to manage operating expenses, particularly third party consulting services and research and development costs, future capital needs, competitive pricing pressures, competition from traditional paging services, other wireless communications services and other software providers, many of which are substantially larger and have much greater financial and human capital resources, changes in customer purchasing priorities or capital expenditures, government regulation of our products and services and the healthcare and health insurance industries, reliance upon third-party providers for certain equipment and services, unauthorized breaches or failures in cybersecurity measures adopted by us and/or included in our products and services, the effects of changes in accounting policies or practices, adverse economic, political or market conditions in the U.S. and international markets and other factors such as natural disasters, pandemics and outbreaks of contagious diseases and other adverse public health developments, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the outcome of the unsolicited takeover bid from B. Riley Financial, Inc., as well as other risks described from time to time in our periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although Spok 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. Spok disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Tables to Follow

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SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands except share, per share amounts and ARPU)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
3/31/2020
 
3/31/2019
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
Wireless
 
$
21,386

 
$
22,610

Software
 
15,881

 
19,154

Total revenue
 
37,267

 
41,764

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
 
8,264

 
7,592

Research and development
 
5,449

 
6,167

Technology operations
 
7,904

 
7,674

Selling and marketing
 
6,361

 
6,110

General and administrative
 
11,251

 
10,747

Depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,359

Total operating expenses
 
41,375

 
40,649

% of total revenue
 
111.0
 %
 
97.3
%
Operating (loss) income
 
(4,108
)
 
1,115

% of total revenue
 
(11.0
)%
 
2.7
%
Interest income
 
363

 
449

Other expense
 
(137
)
 
(236
)
(Loss) income before income taxes
 
(3,882
)
 
1,328

Provision for income taxes


 
(657
)
 
(586
)
Net (loss) income
 
$
(4,539
)
 
$
742

Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
0.04

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
 
18,958,716

 
19,196,970

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
 
18,958,716

 
19,356,712

Cash dividends declared per common share
 
0.125

 
0.125

Key statistics:
 
 
 
 
Units in service
 
926

 
982

Average revenue per unit (ARPU)
 
$
7.31

 
$
7.32

Bookings
 
$
15,639

 
$
14,654

Backlog
 
$
49,052

 
$
37,392

 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.



SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands except share, per share amounts and ARPU)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wireless
 
$
21,386

 
$
21,615

 
$
21,814

 
$
22,127

 
$
22,610

 
$
23,091

 
$
23,259

 
$
23,658

Software
 
15,881

 
17,933

 
17,639

 
17,398

 
19,154

 
20,165

 
19,217

 
16,970

Total revenue
 
37,267

 
39,548

 
39,453

 
39,525

 
41,764

 
43,256

 
42,476

 
40,628

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue (b)
 
8,264

 
8,051

 
7,190

 
7,239

 
7,592

 
8,772

 
8,141

 
7,596

Research and development
 
5,449

 
7,132

 
7,437

 
6,807

 
6,167

 
6,618

 
5,934

 
6,177

Technology operations
 
7,904

 
8,083

 
7,805

 
7,866

 
7,674

 
8,120

 
7,787

 
7,698

Selling and marketing
 
6,361

 
5,891

 
5,595

 
5,574

 
6,110

 
6,275

 
5,716

 
6,093

General and administrative
 
11,251

 
11,531

 
11,813

 
11,696

 
10,747

 
10,721

 
13,673

 
12,741

Depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,250

 
2,305

 
2,335

 
2,359

 
2,601

 
2,785

 
2,669

Goodwill impairment
 

 
8,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses
 
41,375

 
51,787

 
42,145

 
41,517

 
40,649

 
43,107

 
44,036

 
42,974

% of total revenue
 
111.0
 %
 
130.9
 %
 
106.8
 %
 
105.0
 %
 
97.3
%
 
99.7
%
 
103.7
 %
 
105.8
 %
Operating (loss) income
 
(4,108
)
 
(12,239
)
 
(2,692
)
 
(1,992
)
 
1,115

 
149

 
(1,560
)
 
(2,346
)
% of total revenue
 
(11.0
)%
 
(30.9
)%
 
(6.8
)%
 
(5.0
)%
 
2.7
%
 
0.3
%
 
(3.7
)%
 
(5.8
)%
Interest income
 
363

 
350

 
399

 
452

 
449

 
628

 
384

 
342

Other (expense) income
 
(137
)
 
206

 
163

 
602

 
(236
)
 
(593
)
 
(110
)
 
102

(Loss) income before income taxes
 
(3,882
)
 
(11,683
)
 
(2,130
)
 
(938
)
 
1,328

 
184

 
(1,286
)
 
(1,902
)
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes


 
(657
)
 
2,172

 
804

 
268

 
(586
)
 
5

 
446

 
730

Net (loss) income
 
$
(4,539
)
 
$
(9,511
)
 
$
(1,326
)
 
$
(670
)
 
$
742

 
$
189

 
$
(840
)
 
$
(1,172
)
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.50
)
 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.03
)
 
$
0.04

 
$
0.01

 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.06
)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
 
18,958,716

 
18,860,020

 
19,086,811

 
19,217,866

 
19,196,970

 
19,445,401

 
19,456,149

 
19,750,941

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
 
18,958,716

 
18,860,020

 
19,086,811

 
19,217,866

 
19,356,712

 
19,445,401

 
19,456,149

 
19,750,941

Key statistics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Units in service
 
926

 
938

 
955

 
977

 
982

 
992

 
999

 
1,024

Average revenue per unit (ARPU)
 
$
7.31

 
$
7.33

 
$
7.32

 
$
7.26

 
$
7.32

 
$
7.36

 
$
7.40

 
$
7.41

Bookings
 
$
15,639

 
$
21,932

 
$
20,421

 
$
21,334

 
$
14,654

 
$
23,076

 
$
21,580

 
$
18,488

Backlog
 
$
49,052

 
$
50,553

 
$
42,604

 
$
39,718

 
$
37,392

 
$
40,422

 
$
36,366

 
$
36,295

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) An adjustment of $771 to cost of revenue, identified in the fourth quarter of 2018, has been reflected in this table as an increase to cost of revenue of $166, $196 and $359 in the first, second and third quarters of 2018, respectively. Total operating expenses, operating income (loss), income (loss) before income taxes, Net (loss) income and net (loss) income per share have been adjusted accordingly to reflect these changes.




SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (a)
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
 

 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
42,284

 
$
47,361

Short term investments
 
29,906

 
29,899

Accounts receivable, net
 
27,216

 
30,174

Prepaid expenses
 
8,411

 
7,517

Other current assets
 
2,433

 
2,714

Total current assets
 
110,250

 
117,665

Non-current assets:
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
 
7,655

 
8,000

Operating lease right-of-use assets
 
15,591

 
16,317

Capitalized software development
 
1,705

 

Goodwill
 
124,182

 
124,182

Intangible assets, net
 
2,292

 
2,917

Deferred income tax assets
 
47,486

 
48,983

Other non-current assets
 
1,641

 
1,808

Total non-current assets
 
200,552

 
202,207

Total assets
 
$
310,802

 
$
319,872

Liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
4,003

 
$
3,615

Accrued compensation and benefits
 
10,403

 
11,680

Accrued taxes
 
1,419

 
1,529

Deferred revenue
 
25,265

 
25,944

Operating lease liabilities
 
5,236

 
5,437

Other current liabilities
 
3,629

 
2,978

Total current liabilities
 
49,955

 
51,183

Non-current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Asset retirement obligations
 
6,109

 
6,061

Operating lease liabilities
 
10,972

 
11,575

Other non-current liabilities
 
986

 
959

Total non-current liabilities
 
18,067

 
18,595

Total liabilities
 
68,022

 
69,778

Commitments and contingencies
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity:
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock
 
$

 
$

Common stock
 
2

 
2

Additional paid-in capital
 
87,153

 
86,874

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(1,821
)
 
(1,601
)
Retained earnings
 
157,446

 
164,819

Total stockholders' equity
 
242,780

 
250,094

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
310,802

 
$
319,872

 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.




SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
3/31/2020
 
3/31/2019
Operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
(4,539
)
 
$
742

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,359

Deferred income tax expense
 
790

 
517

Stock based compensation
 
1,182

 
528

Provisions for doubtful accounts, service credits, and other
 
18

 
374

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
2,441

 
(4,791
)
Prepaid expenses, inventory and other assets
 
964

 
2,216

Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other
 
(1,143
)
 
(2,525
)
Deferred revenue
 
(542
)
 
1,803

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
1,317

 
1,223

Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
 
(1,049
)
 
(1,287
)
Capitalized software development
 
(1,705
)
 

Purchase of short-term investments
 
(14,888
)
 
(14,824
)
Maturity of short-term investments
 
15,000

 

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(2,642
)
 
(16,111
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Cash distributions to stockholders
 
(2,629
)
 
(2,647
)
Purchase of common stock (including commissions)
 

 
(1,810
)
Purchase of common stock for tax withholding on vested equity awards
 
(903
)
 
(1,011
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(3,532
)
 
(5,468
)
Effect of exchange rate on cash
 
(220
)
 
(60
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(5,077
)
 
(20,416
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
47,361

 
83,343

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
42,284

 
$
62,927

Supplemental disclosure:
 
 
 
 
Income taxes paid
 
$

 
$
80

 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.




SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
 
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (a)
 
(Unaudited and in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paging
 
$
20,451

 
$
20,826

 
$
21,212

 
$
21,342

 
$
21,687

 
$
21,997

 
$
22,442

 
$
22,824

 
Non-paging
 
935

 
789

 
602

 
785

 
923

 
1,094

 
817

 
834

 
Total wireless revenue
 
$
21,386

 
$
21,615

 
$
21,814

 
$
22,127

 
$
22,610

 
$
23,091

 
$
23,259

 
$
23,658

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
License
 
955

 
1,711

 
2,723

 
1,676

 
2,840

 
3,496

 
3,175

 
1,993

 
Services
 
4,549

 
4,947

 
4,202

 
4,835

 
5,206

 
5,103

 
4,555

 
4,363

 
Equipment
 
725

 
1,125

 
689

 
842

 
963

 
1,568

 
1,296

 
1,107

 
Operations revenue
 
$
6,229

 
$
7,783

 
$
7,614

 
$
7,353

 
$
9,009

 
$
10,167

 
$
9,026

 
$
7,463

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maintenance revenue
 
$
9,652

 
$
10,150

 
$
10,025

 
$
10,045

 
$
10,145

 
$
9,998

 
$
10,191

 
$
9,507

 
Total software revenue
 
$
15,881

 
$
17,933

 
$
17,639

 
$
17,398

 
$
19,154

 
$
20,165

 
$
19,217

 
$
16,970

 
 
 
Total revenue
 
$
37,267

 
$
39,548

 
$
39,453

 
$
39,525

 
$
41,764

 
$
43,256

 
$
42,476

 
$
40,628

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
 




SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING EXPENSES
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
Cost of revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payroll and related
 
$
5,785

 
$
5,222

 
$
5,099

 
$
4,749

 
$
4,931

 
$
4,868

 
$
4,923

 
$
4,853

Cost of sales
 
1,940

 
2,278

 
1,567

 
1,900

 
2,080

 
3,349

 
2,623

 
2,119

Stock-based compensation
 
119

 
42

 
21

 
97

 
107

 
44

 
75

 
75

Other
 
420

 
509

 
503

 
493

 
474

 
511

 
520

 
549

Total cost of revenue (b)
 
8,264

 
8,051

 
7,190

 
7,239

 
7,592

 
8,772

 
8,141

 
7,596

Research and development
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payroll and related
 
4,761

 
5,056

 
5,083

 
4,639

 
4,263

 
4,350

 
4,709

 
4,506

Outside services
 
1,584

 
1,742

 
2,027

 
1,912

 
1,745

 
2,115

 
1,040

 
1,481

Capitalized software development
 
(1,705
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation
 
236

 
113

 
102

 
84

 
11

 
5

 
71

 
90

Other
 
573

 
221

 
225

 
172

 
148

 
148

 
114

 
100

Total research and development
 
5,449

 
7,132

 
7,437

 
6,807

 
6,167

 
6,618

 
5,934

 
6,177

Technology operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payroll and related
 
2,712

 
2,656

 
2,823

 
2,662

 
2,647

 
2,616

 
2,866

 
2,618

Site rent
 
3,398

 
3,669

 
3,269

 
3,480

 
3,296

 
3,432

 
3,482

 
3,538

Telecommunications
 
1,001

 
1,026

 
1,016

 
1,019

 
996

 
1,021

 
950

 
935

Stock-based compensation
 
43

 
32

 
30

 
30

 
30

 
24

 
24

 
24

Other
 
750

 
700

 
667

 
675

 
705

 
1,027

 
465

 
583

Total technology operations
 
7,904

 
8,083

 
7,805

 
7,866

 
7,674

 
8,120

 
7,787

 
7,698

Selling and marketing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payroll and related
 
3,583

 
3,382

 
3,524

 
3,329

 
3,273

 
3,047

 
3,401

 
3,311

Commissions
 
1,212

 
1,158

 
1,114

 
1,298

 
1,424

 
1,759

 
1,225

 
1,397

Stock-based compensation
 
172

 
164

 
137

 
128

 
161

 
99

 
135

 
135

Advertising and events
 
784

 
1,034

 
703

 
656

 
933

 
1,236

 
857

 
996

Other
 
610

 
153

 
117

 
163

 
319

 
134

 
98

 
254

Total selling and marketing
 
6,361

 
5,891

 
5,595

 
5,574

 
6,110

 
6,275

 
5,716

 
6,093

General and administrative
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payroll and related
 
4,134

 
3,974

 
4,220

 
4,136

 
4,041

 
4,087

 
4,834

 
4,340

Stock-based compensation
 
612

 
770

 
674

 
690

 
219

 
860

 
1,118

 
943

Bad debt
 
43

 
56

 
402

 
(96
)
 
308

 
303

 
513

 
279

Facility rent, office, and technology costs
 
2,068

 
1,952

 
2,369

 
2,485

 
2,294

 
2,072

 
2,925

 
2,323

Outside services
 
2,036

 
2,350

 
2,004

 
2,306

 
1,776

 
2,062

 
1,864

 
2,443

Taxes, licenses and permits
 
859

 
1,000

 
888

 
863

 
921

 
111

 
1,081

 
1,024

Other
 
1,499

 
1,429

 
1,256

 
1,312

 
1,188

 
1,226

 
1,338

 
1,389

Total general and administrative
 
11,251

 
11,531

 
11,813

 
11,696

 
10,747

 
10,721

 
13,673

 
12,741

Depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,250

 
2,305

 
2,335

 
2,359

 
2,601

 
2,785

 
2,669

Goodwill impairment
 

 
8,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses
 
$
41,375

 
$
51,787

 
$
42,145

 
$
41,517

 
$
40,649

 
$
43,107

 
$
44,036

 
$
42,974

Capital expenditures
 
$
1,063

 
$
679

 
$
1,378

 
$
1,495

 
$
1,287

 
$
830

 
$
1,630

 
$
2,299

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) An adjustment of $771 to cost of sales, identified in the fourth quarter of 2018, has been reflected in this table as an increase to cost of sales of $166, $196 and $359 in the first, second and third quarters of 2018, respectively. Total cost of revenue and operating expenses have been adjusted accordingly to reflect these changes.



SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
UNITS IN SERVICE ACTIVITY, MARKET SEGMENT, CHURN
AND AVERAGE REVENUE PER UNIT (ARPU) (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
Paging units in service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning units in service (000's)
 
938

 
955

 
977

 
982

 
992

 
999

 
1,024

 
1,030

Gross placements
 
24

 
22

 
28

 
35

 
27

 
30

 
31

 
35

Gross disconnects
 
(36
)
 
(39
)
 
(50
)
 
(40
)
 
(37
)
 
(37
)
 
(56
)
 
(41
)
Net change
 
(12
)
 
(17
)
 
(22
)
 
(5
)
 
(10
)
 
(7
)
 
(25
)
 
(6
)
Ending units in service
 
926

 
938

 
955

 
977

 
982

 
992

 
999

 
1,024

End of period units in service % of total (b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
82.6
 %
 
82.4
 %
 
81.7
 %
 
81.7
 %
 
81.6
 %
 
81.4
 %
 
81.7
 %
 
81.5
 %
Government
 
5.4
 %
 
5.4
 %
 
5.5
 %
 
5.6
 %
 
5.8
 %
 
5.8
 %
 
5.8
 %
 
5.7
 %
Large enterprise
 
5.5
 %
 
5.5
 %
 
6.1
 %
 
5.9
 %
 
5.9
 %
 
5.9
 %
 
6.0
 %
 
6.0
 %
Other(b)
 
6.5
 %
 
6.6
 %
 
6.7
 %
 
6.8
 %
 
6.7
 %
 
6.9
 %
 
6.5
 %
 
6.8
 %
Total
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
Account size ending units in service (000's)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 to 100 units
 
67

 
69

 
72

 
74

 
77

 
78

 
81

 
85

101 to 1,000 units
 
171

 
173

 
175

 
179

 
186

 
190

 
192

 
197

>1,000 units
 
688

 
696

 
708

 
724

 
719

 
724

 
726

 
742

Total
 
926

 
938

 
955

 
977

 
982

 
992

 
999

 
1,024

Account size net loss rate(c)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 to 100 units
 
(3.0
)%
 
(3.8
)%
 
(2.1
)%
 
(3.2
)%
 
(2.3
)%
 
(1.7
)%
 
(4.3
)%
 
(3.8
)%
101 to 1,000 units
 
(1.0
)%
 
(1.0
)%
 
(2.4
)%
 
(3.9
)%
 
(2.3
)%
 
 %
 
(2.7
)%
 
(0.6
)%
>1,000 units
 
(1.2
)%
 
(1.8
)%
 
(2.2
)%
 
0.7
 %
 
(1.1
)%
 
(0.1
)%
 
(2.2
)%
 
(0.2
)%
Total
 
(1.3
)%
 
(1.8
)%
 
(2.2
)%
 
(0.5
)%
 
(1.1
)%
 
(0.2
)%
 
(2.5
)%
 
(0.6
)%
Account size ARPU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 to 100 units
 
$
12.01

 
$
11.99

 
$
11.84

 
$
12.00

 
$
11.90

 
$
11.61

 
$
11.33

 
$
12.04

101 to 1,000 units
 
8.34

 
8.31

 
8.41

 
8.47

 
8.35

 
8.28

 
8.19

 
8.34

>1,000 units
 
6.59

 
6.62

 
6.59

 
6.47

 
6.57

 
6.69

 
6.74

 
6.62

Total
 
$
7.31

 
$
7.33

 
$
7.32

 
$
7.26

 
$
7.32

 
$
7.36

 
$
7.40

 
$
7.41

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) Other includes hospitality, resort and indirect units
(c) Net loss rate is net current period placements and disconnected units in service divided by prior period ending units in service.
 
 




SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
 
RECONCILIATION FROM NET (LOSS) INCOME TO EBITDA (a)
 
(Unaudited and in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
 
Reconciliation of net (loss) income to EBITDA (b):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income (c)
 
$
(4,539
)
 
$
(9,511
)
 
$
(1,326
)
 
$
(670
)
 
$
742

 
$
189

 
$
(840
)
 
$
(1,172
)
 
Plus (less): (benefit from) provision for income taxes
 
657

 
(2,172
)
 
(804
)
 
(268
)
 
586

 
(5
)
 
(446
)
 
(730
)
 
Plus (less): Other expense (income)
 
137

 
(206
)
 
(163
)
 
(602
)
 
236

 
593

 
110

 
(102
)
 
Less: Interest income
 
(363
)
 
(350
)
 
(399
)
 
(452
)
 
(449
)
 
(628
)
 
(384
)
 
(342
)
 
Operating (loss) income
 
(4,108
)
 
(12,239
)
 
(2,692
)
 
(1,992
)
 
1,115

 
149

 
(1,560
)
 
(2,346
)
 
Plus: depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,250

 
2,305

 
2,335

 
2,359

 
2,601

 
2,785

 
2,669

 
EBITDA (as defined by the Company)
 
$
(1,962
)
 
$
(9,989
)
 
$
(387
)
 
$
343

 
$
3,474

 
$
2,750

 
$
1,225

 
$
323

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RECONCILIATION FROM OPERATING EXPENSES TO ADJUSTED OPERATING EXPENSES (a)(d)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
 
3/31/2020
 
12/31/2019
 
9/30/2019
 
6/30/2019
 
3/31/2019
 
12/31/2018
 
9/30/2018
 
6/30/2018
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
 
$
41,375

 
$
51,787

 
$
42,145

 
$
41,517

 
$
40,649

 
$
43,107

 
$
44,036

 
$
42,974

 
Less: depreciation, amortization and accretion
 
2,146

 
2,250

 
2,305

 
2,335

 
2,359

 
2,601

 
2,785

 
2,669

 
Less: goodwill impairment
 
$

 
$
8,849

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
Add: capitalized software costs
 
$
1,705

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
Adjusted operating expenses
 
$
40,934

 
$
40,688

 
$
39,840

 
$
39,182

 
$
38,290

 
$
40,506

 
$
41,251

 
$
40,305

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
 
(b) EBITDA or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and accretion is a non-GAAP measure and is presented for analytical purposes only. Management and the Board of Directors rely on EBITDA for purposes of determining the Company’s capital allocation policies. EBITDA is also the starting point for the calculation of operating cash flow for purposes of determining whether management has achieved certain performance objectives in the Company’s short-term and long-term incentive plans. 
(c) An adjustment to cost of revenue identified in the fourth quarter of 2018 of $771 has been reflected in this table as a reduction of Net (loss) income of $166, $196, $359, and $771 in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters respectively.
(d) Adjusted operating expenses is a non-GAAP measure and is presented for analytical purposes only. Management and the Board of Directors rely on adjusted operating expenses for purposes of assessing our core operating results based on expenses incurred within a period that directly drive operating income in that period. Management adjusts for certain items because we do not regard these costs as reflective of normal costs related to the ongoing operation of the business in the ordinary course. In general, these items possess one or more of the following characteristics; non-cash expenses, factors outside of our control, items that are non-operational in nature, and unusual items not expected to occur in the normal course of business.