Osmium Nominees Elected to the Spark Networks Board of Directors

GREENBRAE, Calif., July 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Osmium Partners, LLC today announced that shareholders of Spark Networks, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LOV) have elected all four of Osmium's nominees to the Spark board of directors. According to IVS Associates, the independent inspector of election for the June 27, 2014 annual meeting of Spark shareholders, the final voting results of the 19,931,427 shares of Spark common stock voted at the meeting are as follows:

As a result, each of the Osmium nominees received at least 88% of the votes cast at the meeting. Because the current size of the Spark Networks board is six members, each of the four Osmium Nominees and two incumbent directors, Messrs. Stockham and Hughes, were elected.  

Following IVS certification of this final report, Osmium learned that Thomas Stockham, one of the two duly elected incumbent directors, resigned.

"We sincerely appreciate the tremendous shareholder support for Osmium's slate of nominees," stated Osmium's founder and Managing Partner John Lewis.  Further, Mr. Lewis added, "The new Board is eager to work alongside Spark employees with a renewed sense of urgency, accountability and focus, in order to drive increased shareholder value. We look forward to Spark's future and to reporting on our progress in the months ahead."

About Osmium Partners

Osmium Partners is a strategic, long-term oriented, value fund based in Greenbrae, California. Our process is based on eight simple factors involving balance sheet strength, aligned interests, attractive reinvestment opportunities, a low valuation, and reasonable growth. Our main circle of competence over the past 12 years has been public market value realization of undervalued, small capitalization companies in the US equity markets.

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Contact:
Osmium Partners, LLC
John H. Lewis, 415-785-4044
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