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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * PEAK6 Investments, L.P.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPARK NETWORKS INC [LOV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 141 W. JACKSON BLVD., SUITE 500 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/02/2017 (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60604 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/02/2017   D   5,000,000 D (1) 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PEAK6 Investments, L.P. 141 W. JACKSON BLVD. SUITE 500 CHICAGO, IL 60604	X	X
Hulsizer Matthew 141 W. JACKSON BLVD. SUITE 500 CHICAGO, IL 60604	X	X
Just Jennifer 141 W. JACKSON BLVD. SUITE 500 CHICAGO, IL 60604	X	X
PEAK6 LLC 141 W. JACKSON BLVD. SUITE 500 CHICAGO, IL 60604	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Matthew N. Hulsizer individually and for PEAK6 Investments, L.P. and PEAK6 LLC		11/06/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Jennifer Just		11/06/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 2, 2017, by and among the Issuer, Affinitas GmbH, Spark Networks SE (f/k/a Blitz 17-655 SE) ("New Spark"), and Chardonnay Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Spark (the "Merger Agreement"), in exchange for 0.1 American depositary shares of New Spark ("New Spark ADSs") per each share, with each New Spark ADS representing 0.1 ordinary shares of New Spark (the "Merger Consideration").
Remarks: For purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Person may be deemed to be a director by deputization due to Bradley Goldberg and Daniel Rosenthal serving as members of the board of directors of the Issuer.

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