UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2021
Spark Networks SE
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Germany | 001-38252 | N/A | ||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
Kohlfurter Straße 41/43
Berlin Germany 1099
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (+49) 30 868 000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| American Depository Shares each representing one-tenth of an ordinary share | LOV | NYSE American | ||||||||||||
Ordinary shares, €1.00 nominal value per share* | LOV | NYSE American | ||||||||||||
* Not for trading purposes, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 10, 2021, the Administrative Board of Directors of Spark Networks SE (the “Company”) appointed Yoon Um, the Company’s Global Controller, as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Um and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as an officer of the Company, and there is no family relationship between Ms. Um and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. Ms. Um, age 38, has been the Company’s Global Controller since November 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Um was a Managing Director at CFGI, an accounting advisory firm from January 2018 to November 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Um was a Senior Manager in the audit practice of Deloitte and Touche LLP serving large multi-national public company clients where she began her career in September 2005. Ms. Um is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SPARK NETWORKS SE | ||||||||
| Dated: May 14, 2021 | By: | /s/ Gitte Bendzulla | ||||||
| Gitte Bendzulla | ||||||||
| Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||