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| | <issuerName> Spark Networks SE </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> LOV </issuerTradingSymbol> |
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| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001542431 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Beckley Frederic </rptOwnerName> |
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| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O SPARK NETWORKS SE </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> KOHLFURTER STRASSE 41/43 </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> BERLIN </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> 2M </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 10999 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription> GERMANY </rptOwnerStateDescription> |
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| | | <officerTitle> General Counsel and CAO </officerTitle> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Each stock option is granted under the Spark Networks SE (the "Company") 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan and represents the right to receive, upon exercise, a certain amount in cash determined based on the relevant strike price of the option minus the strike price of such option; provided, however, that the Company may elect to settle options in American Depository Shares ("ADS") or Ordinary Shares of the Company instead of cash at its sole discretion. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Subject to the employee's continued service to the Company, (i) 25% of the total number of options granted to the employee vest 12 months after the grant date of such option, and (ii) an additional 6.25% of such options shall vest at the end of each additional three month period thereafter until the end of the 48th month after the relevant grant date. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> Each American Depository Share ("ADS") represents 0.1 Ordinary Shares of Spark Networks SE (the "Company"). </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
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| | <signatureName> /s/ Frederic Beckley </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2022-05-02 </signatureDate> |
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