---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001364954-21-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHGG"
cik: "0001364954"
company_name: "CHEGG, INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:27:54.913627+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chegg appoints Squarespace CFO Marcela Martin to board, effective Sept 15, 2021

## Summary
- Marcela Martin appointed as Class III director and member of Audit Committee.
- Board size increased from 9 to 10 to accommodate appointment.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $40k annual cash retainer plus $10k for Audit Committee, pro-rated for 2021.
- Eligible for two RSU grants: $200k vesting in one year and $200k vesting quarterly over three years.
- Martin is CFO of Squarespace, led its direct listing in May 2021; previously CFO of Booking.com.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001364954-21-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHGG
- cik: 0001364954
- company_name: CHEGG, INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364954/000136495421000104/0001364954-21-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364954/000136495421000104/chgg-20210915.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001364954-21-000104.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marcela Martin was appointed as Class III Director at CHEGG, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On September 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chegg, Inc. (the “Company”), on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), appointed Marcela Martin, effective immediately, to serve as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364954/000136495421000104/0001364954-21-000104-index.htm

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