Spark Networks to Reorganize in the United States

Spark Networks plc (AMEX:LOV), a leading provider of online personals services, announced that today the High Court of Justice in England and Wales has approved the Scheme of Arrangement under U.K. law through which Spark Networks plc will become a subsidiary of Spark Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

It is anticipated that the effective date of the reorganization will be July 9, 2007. On the effective date, the U.K. Company’s shares - including Global Depositary Shares (GDSs), which currently trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, American Depositary Shares (ADSs), which currently trade on the American Stock Exchange, and ordinary shares - will be canceled and GDS holders, ADS holders and ordinary shareholders will each receive one share of common stock of Spark Networks, Inc. for each depositary share or ordinary share that they currently own.

Also, on the effective date, shares of common stock in Spark Networks, Inc. will be listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “LOV” (the current ticker symbol for Spark Networks plc) and the ADSs will cease trading on the American Stock Exchange. The quotation and admission for trading of the GDSs on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange are expected to expire within 48 hours after the effective date.