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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-038139"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSTK"
cik: "0001549346"
company_name: "Shutterstock, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:03:50.180863+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shutterstock Announces Departure of John Caine as Chief Product and Digital Officer; Reaffirms 2024 Guidance

## Summary
- John Caine's employment as Chief Product and Digital Officer will end effective August 23, 2024.
- Jonathan Oringer, as Executive Chairman, will support the digital marketplace on an interim basis starting August 26, 2024.
- Shutterstock reaffirms its 2024 guidance as disclosed in the August 6, 2024 press release.
- Caine will receive benefits per Section 7(a) of his Employment Agreement dated January 12, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-038139
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSTK
- cik: 0001549346
- company_name: Shutterstock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036124038139/0001140361-24-038139-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036124038139/ef20034486_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-038139
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-038139.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-038139.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Caine departed as Chief Product and Digital Officer at Shutterstock, Inc..
  - Action: employment will end
  - Role: Chief Product and Digital Officer
  source text: On August 19, 2024, Shutterstock, Inc. (the “Company”) notified John Caine that his employment as Chief Product and Digital Officer of the Company will end, effective August 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036124038139/0001140361-24-038139-index.htm

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