Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 25, 2023

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 10999

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (+49) 30 868000

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

The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

Ordinary shares, €1.00 nominal value per share*

* Not for trading purposes, but only in connection with the registration of American Depository Shares pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed, on March 11, 2022, Spark Networks SE (the “Company”) entered into a Financing Agreement (the “Financing Agreement”) with Zoosk, Inc. (“Zoosk”) and Spark Networks, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and MGG Investment Group LP, as administrative agent and collateral agent, providing for senior secured term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $100 million. On August 5, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No.1 to Financing Agreement, which revised certain financial covenants related to the testing of the Company’s quarterly leverage ratio and the Company’s minimum market spend. On March 29, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement and Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) which granted forbearance until May 15, 2023 with respect to the Company’s receipt of a going concern opinion on the condition that the Company retain a financial advisor, and amended the definition of Adjusted EBITDA in the Financing Agreement. On May 15, 2023 the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to Forbearance Agreement which extended the forbearance termination date to May 25, 2023 and added to the forbearance the Company’s failure to deliver to the collateral agent a control agreement.

On May 25, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Forbearance Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) which extended the forbearance period termination date to June 15, 2023 and removed from the forbearance the Company’s failure to deliver to the collateral agent a control agreement (as moot). No other changes were made to the Financing Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.			Description
10.1			Amendment No. 2 to Forbearance Agreement dated as of May 25, 2023, by and among Spark Networks SE, Zoosk, Inc., Spark Networks, Inc. and MGG Investment Group LP
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.