UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 14, 2011

 

 

Spark Networks, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

001-32750   20-8901733

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800, Beverly Hills, California   90211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(323) 658-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on June 14, 2011. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2011. The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders were as follows:

Proposal No. 1: The Company’s stockholders elected, by a plurality of the votes cast, each of the seven nominees to the Board of Directors, to serve until the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected, as follows:

 

Director Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Gregory R. Liberman

     11,083,085         2,401,698         4,991,895   

Adam S. Berger

     10,418,773         3,066,010         4,991,895   

Benjamin Derhy

     10,681,341         2,803,442         4,991,895   

Thomas G. Stockham

     10,681,341         2,803,442         4,991,895   

Jonathan B. Bulkeley

     10,681,341         2,803,442         4,991,895   

Michael A. Kumin

     10,386,888         3,097,895         4,991,895   

Peter L. Garran

     10,679,341         2,805,442         4,991,895   

Proposal Number 2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  
  18,444,770         2,279         29,629         0   

Proposal Number 3. The approval of a stockholder proposal regarding the election of directors by majority vote. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  
  13,411,999         57,934         14,850         4,991,895   


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, INC.
Date: June 15, 2011      
    By:  

/s/ Joshua A. Kreinberg

    Name:   Joshua A. Kreinberg
    Title:   General Counsel and Corporate Secretary