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): September 11, 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: None

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 11, 2023, Spark Networks Services GmbH (the “Company”) and Hexaware Technologies Limited (the “Vendor”) fully executed a Master Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) and Statement of Work (the “SOW”) under which the Company agreed to outsource a number of its information technology and business operations to the Vendor. Those operations include service desk and end user support, IT vendor management, network support, content moderation and product engineering.

The Agreement and the SOW memorialize an arrangement that was contemplated under a letter of intent between the parties that was executed on July 24, 2023.

The Agreement contains standard representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations. The Agreement allows the Company to terminate the Agreement and the SOW for convenience and for cause. Absent any such termination, the initial term of the SOW is scheduled to continue until December 31, 2028.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Agreement, 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	Master Services Agreement dated as of September 11, 2023, by and among Spark Networks Services GmbH and Hexaware Technologies Limited.
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.

	Spark Networks SE
Dated: September 15, 2023	By:	/s/ Frederic Beckley
		Frederic Beckley
		General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer