---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001549346-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSTK"
cik: "0001549346"
company_name: "Shutterstock, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:34:59.668099+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shutterstock appoints Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan to board of directors

## Summary
- Jaime Teevan appointed as Class I director effective July 8, 2024; term expires at 2025 annual meeting.
- Teevan is Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, led creation of Copilot for Microsoft 365.
- Initial compensation: prorated RSU of 4,168 shares, annual cash retainer of $50,000, and annual RSU grant of $175,000.
- Board determined Teevan qualifies as independent under NYSE and SEC standards.
- No material transactions or arrangements between Teevan and any other person in connection with her appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001549346-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSTK
- cik: 0001549346
- company_name: Shutterstock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000154934624000025/0001549346-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000154934624000025/sstk-20240708.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001549346-24-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001549346-24-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001549346-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jaime Teevan was appointed as Class I Director at Shutterstock, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: appointed Jaime Teevan as Class I director of the Company, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, effective July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000154934624000025/0001549346-24-000025-index.htm

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