---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-023201"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001705338"
company_name: "Spark Networks SE"
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:11:12.311425+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spark Networks receives Nasdaq delisting notice over equity deficit; will appeal

## Summary
- Nasdaq denied continued listing due to stockholders' deficit of ~$6.8M vs $2.5M minimum and bid price below $1.
- Company will appeal by June 28, 2023, which automatically stays suspension pending a hearing.
- If appeal fails, ADS suspension on June 30 and Form 25-NSE delisting filing will follow.
- Company previously disclosed non-compliance on April 12, 2023; submitted a plan that was denied.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-023201
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001705338
- company_name: Spark Networks SE
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705338/000162828023023201/0001628280-23-023201-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705338/000162828023023201/lov-20230622.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-023201
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-023201.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-023201.txt

## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Spark Networks SE received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: delisting notice
  - Deficiency: stockholders equity
  - Rules: 5550(b)(1)
  source text: which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million. As reported on its Form 10-K, the Company reported stockholders’ deficit of approximately $(6,786,000). In addition, as of April 18, 2023, the Company did not meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities or net income from continuing
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705338/000162828023023201/0001628280-23-023201-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.