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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-________________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration Statement Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Spark Networks plc</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>England and Wales</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0200628</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Beverly Hills, CA 90211</B><BR>
<I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(323)&nbsp;836-3000</B><BR>
<I>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2004 Share Option Scheme<BR>
2000 Executive Share Option Scheme</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the plans)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>David E. Siminoff<BR>
President and Chief Executive<BR>
Spark Networks plc<BR>
8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Beverly Hills, California 90211<BR>
Telephone: (323)&nbsp;836-3000<BR>
Fax: (323)&nbsp;836-3333</B><BR>
<I>(Name, Address, and Telephone and Fax Numbers, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Thomas J. Poletti, Esq.<BR>
Katherine J. Blair, Esq.<BR>
Anh Q. Tran, Esq.<BR>
Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP<BR>
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard<BR>
Seventh Floor<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90067<BR>
Telephone: (310)&nbsp;552-5000<BR>
Facsimile: (310)&nbsp;552-5001</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Share</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,358,562&nbsp;shares(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5.70(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;81,843,803</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;9,633</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,618,938&nbsp;shares(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2.57(6)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6,730,671</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;792</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,100,750&nbsp;shares(4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6.92(6)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;42,217,190</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;4,969</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">23,078,250&nbsp;shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$130,791,664</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15,394</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares that become issuable under the
2004 Share Option Scheme by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the
number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding ordinary shares.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options that are available for grant
under the Registrant&#146;s 2004 Share Option Scheme.</TD>
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<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options as of the date of
this Registration Statement under the 2004 Share Option Scheme.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options as of the date of this
Registration Statement under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme. The Registrant ceased
granting options under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme in September&nbsp;2004.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee
based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the ordinary shares traded in the
form of Global Depositary Receipts, or GDRs, as reported by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in
Germany on November&nbsp;15, 2005. For purposes of this calculation the sales price of the GDRs is
converted into U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 0.85507 Euros per $1.00, which is based on
the average bid and ask currency exchange price as reported by OANDA on November&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
of the Securities Act on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding
options. For purposes of this calculation the exercise prices of the outstanding options have
been converted into U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 0.85507 Euros per $1.00, which is
based on the average bid and ask currency exchange price as reported by OANDA on November&nbsp;15,
2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Spark Networks plc<BR>
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Spark Networks plc (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;<B>SEC</B>&#148;):
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10/A (No.&nbsp;000-51195) as filed with the SEC
on November&nbsp;14, 2005 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and effective as of
November&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other filings made by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since November&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s ordinary shares contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10/A as filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the Company&#146;s Articles of Association and in accordance with the Companies Act 1985,
the Company provides the following indemnification to its directors and other officers:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Indemnification of directors in respect of proceedings brought by third parties
(covering both legal costs and the financial costs of any adverse judgment, except for the legal
costs of unsuccessful defenses of criminal proceedings, fines imposed in criminal proceedings
and penalties imposed by certain regulatory bodies);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Payment of directors&#146; defense costs as they are incurred, including if the action
is brought by the Company itself. A director in this situation would still be liable to pay any
damages awarded to the Company and to repay his defense costs to the Company if his defense were
unsuccessful, other than where the Company chooses to indemnify him in respect of legal costs
incurred in certain types of civil third party proceedings; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Indemnification of the Company&#146;s officers who are not directors without the
restrictions that apply to indemnification of directors.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers
that will require the Company to indemnify them from and against all liabilities, costs, including
legal costs, claims, actions, proceedings, demands, expenses and damages arising in connection with
the performance by them of their respective duties to the fullest extent permitted by the Company&#146;s
Memorandum and Articles of Association and applicable law, each as modified from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company is required to disclose such indemnities in its annual directors&#146; report which is
publicly filed with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales. Shareholders are able to
inspect any relevant indemnification agreement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance policy. The policy insures directors and
other officers against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities
as directors and officers and reimburses the Company for those losses for which the Company has
lawfully indemnified its directors and officers. The policy contains various exclusions.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption From Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Steptoe &#038; Johnson</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2(a)**
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Option Agreement for 2004 Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Executive Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3(a)**
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Option Agreement for 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Tanner LC</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Steptoe &#038; Johnson (contained in exhibit 5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 8)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No.&nbsp;333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">**</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A Amendment No.&nbsp;3 (No.&nbsp;333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">2
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Beverly Hills, State of California, on this 18th day of
November, 2005.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SPARK NETWORKS, plc</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ David E. Siminoff
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David E. Siminoff&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">3
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints David E. Siminoff and Mark Thompson as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Position</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David E. Siminoff<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
David E. Siminoff</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and President<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mark Thompson<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark Thompson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joe Shapira<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joe Shapira</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael Brown</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Martial Chaillete<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martial Chaillete</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Benjamin Derhy<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benjamin Derhy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Laura Lauder<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Laura Lauder</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Scott Shleifer<BR><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Scott Shleifer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">4
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Steptoe &#038; Johnson</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2(a)**
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Option Agreement for 2004 Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Executive Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3(a)**
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Option Agreement for 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Tanner LC</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Steptoe &#038; Johnson (contained in exhibit 5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 8)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No.&nbsp;333-123228) as filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">**</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A Amendment No.&nbsp;3 (No.&nbsp;333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2005
Registration No. 333-________________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Spark Networks plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
98-0200628
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(Address of principal executive offices)
(323) 836-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
2004 Share Option Scheme
2000 Executive Share Option Scheme
(Full Title of the plans)
David E. Siminoff
President and Chief Executive
Spark Networks plc
8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Beverly Hills, California 90211
Telephone: (323) 836-3000
Fax: (323) 836-3333
(Name, Address, and Telephone and Fax Numbers, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Thomas J. Poletti, Esq.
Katherine J. Blair, Esq.
Anh Q. Tran, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: (310) 552-5000
Facsimile: (310) 552-5001
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share
14,358,562 shares(2)
$5.70(5)
$  81,843,803
$  9,633
Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share
2,618,938 shares(3)
$2.57(6)
$    6,730,671
$     792
Ordinary Shares, par value 1p per share
6,100,750 shares(4)
$6.92(6)
$  42,217,190
$  4,969
Total
23,078,250 shares
$130,791,664
$15,394
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of the Registrant's ordinary shares that become issuable under the
2004 Share Option Scheme by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the
number of the Registrant's outstanding ordinary shares.
(2)
Represents ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options that are available for grant
under the Registrant's 2004 Share Option Scheme.
(3)
Represents ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options as of the date of
this Registration Statement under the 2004 Share Option Scheme.
(4)
Represents shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options as of the date of this
Registration Statement under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme. The Registrant ceased
granting options under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme in September 2004.
(5)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee
based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the ordinary shares traded in the
form of Global Depositary Receipts, or GDRs, as reported by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in
Germany on November 15, 2005. For purposes of this calculation the sales price of the GDRs is
converted into U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 0.85507 Euros per $1.00, which is based on
the average bid and ask currency exchange price as reported by OANDA on November 15, 2005.
(6)
Calculated solely for purposes of the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
of the Securities Act on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding
options. For purposes of this calculation the exercise prices of the outstanding options have
been converted into U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 0.85507 Euros per $1.00, which is
based on the average bid and ask currency exchange price as reported by OANDA on November 15,
2005.
Spark Networks plc
Registration Statement on Form S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Spark Networks plc (the "
Company
") hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "
SEC
"):
•
The Company's Registration Statement on Form 10/A (No. 000-51195) as filed with the SEC
on November 14, 2005 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and effective as of
November 15, 2005.
•
All other filings made by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since November 15, 2005.
•
The description of the Company's ordinary shares contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10/A as filed with the SEC on November 14, 2005.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Pursuant to the Company's Articles of Association and in accordance with the Companies Act 1985,
the Company provides the following indemnification to its directors and other officers:
(a) Indemnification of directors in respect of proceedings brought by third parties
(covering both legal costs and the financial costs of any adverse judgment, except for the legal
costs of unsuccessful defenses of criminal proceedings, fines imposed in criminal proceedings
and penalties imposed by certain regulatory bodies);
(b) Payment of directors' defense costs as they are incurred, including if the action
is brought by the Company itself. A director in this situation would still be liable to pay any
damages awarded to the Company and to repay his defense costs to the Company if his defense were
unsuccessful, other than where the Company chooses to indemnify him in respect of legal costs
incurred in certain types of civil third party proceedings; and
(c) Indemnification of the Company's officers who are not directors without the
restrictions that apply to indemnification of directors.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers
that will require the Company to indemnify them from and against all liabilities, costs, including
legal costs, claims, actions, proceedings, demands, expenses and damages arising in connection with
the performance by them of their respective duties to the fullest extent permitted by the Company's
Memorandum and Articles of Association and applicable law, each as modified from time to time.
The Company is required to disclose such indemnities in its annual directors' report which is
publicly filed with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales. Shareholders are able to
inspect any relevant indemnification agreement.
The Company maintains a directors' and officers' insurance policy. The policy insures directors and
other officers against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities
as directors and officers and reimburses the Company for those losses for which the Company has
lawfully indemnified its directors and officers. The policy contains various exclusions.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Steptoe & Johnson
10.2*
2004 Share Option Scheme
10.2(a)**
Form of Option Agreement for 2004 Share Option Scheme
10.3*
2000 Executive Share Option Scheme
10.3(a)**
Form of Option Agreement for 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young
23.2
Consent of Tanner LC
23.3
Consent of Steptoe & Johnson (contained in exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 8)
*
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2005.
**
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A Amendment No. 3 (No. 333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 14, 2005.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Beverly Hills, State of California, on this 18th day of
November, 2005.
SPARK NETWORKS, plc
By:
/s/ David E. Siminoff
David E. Siminoff
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints David E. Siminoff and Mark Thompson as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Position
Date
/s/ David E. Siminoff
David E. Siminoff
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 18, 2005
/s/ Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
November 18, 2005
/s/ Joe Shapira
Joe Shapira
Executive Chairman of the Board
November 18, 2005
Michael Brown
Director
/s/ Martial Chaillete
Martial Chaillete
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Benjamin Derhy
Benjamin Derhy
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Laura Lauder
Laura Lauder
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Scott Shleifer
Scott Shleifer
Director
November 18, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Steptoe & Johnson
10.2*
2004 Share Option Scheme
10.2(a)**
Form of Option Agreement for 2004 Share Option Scheme
10.3*
2000 Executive Share Option Scheme
10.3(a)**
Form of Option Agreement for 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young
23.2
Consent of Tanner LC
23.3
Consent of Steptoe & Johnson (contained in exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 8)
*
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-123228) as filed with the SEC on March 10, 2005.
**
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A Amendment No. 3 (No. 333-123228) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 14, 2005.
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