Shutterstock, Inc. filings document the company’s public disclosures as an operating business in licensable digital content, creative services and GenAI solutions. Recent Form 8-K reports cover financial results, Regulation FD disclosures, cash dividend declarations, shareholder voting outcomes, material agreements, capital-structure matters and governance events.
The filing record also includes disclosures tied to the company’s Content and Data, Distribution and Services offerings, common stock matters, annual meeting votes, board elections, executive-compensation advisory votes, risk factors and other material events affecting Shutterstock’s reporting obligations and corporate structure.
Shutterstock, Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer Rikki Powell exercised 47,460 Restricted Stock Units into common stock on April 2, 2026, converting a compensation award into shares. To cover tax obligations, 20,118 of these shares were delivered back at a price of $16.51 per share, a non‑market tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale.
After these transactions, Powell directly owned 30,844 shares of Shutterstock common stock. On April 1, 2026, she also received a new grant of 60,790 Restricted Stock Units, each representing one future share of common stock, scheduled to vest on April 1, 2027, subject to continued employment. A prior RSU award granted on April 1, 2025 vests in three equal annual installments beginning April 1, 2026.
Shutterstock, Inc. chief accounting officer Steven Ciardiello reported a series of equity compensation moves. On April 2, 2026 he exercised and vested performance-based and time-based restricted stock units into 16,099 shares of common stock. To cover tax obligations, 5,806 shares were automatically withheld at $16.51 per share, a non–open-market disposition, leaving him with 56,692 directly held shares of Shutterstock common stock.
Separately, on April 1, 2026 he received a new grant of 10,638 restricted stock units, scheduled to vest on April 1, 2027 if he remains employed. Existing performance-based RSU awards from 2023 and 2024 continue to vest in annual installments and depend on meeting adjusted EBITDA margin and revenue growth performance thresholds confirmed by the compensation committee.
Shutterstock Inc. ownership disclosure: The Vanguard Group reports beneficial ownership of 0 shares of common stock (CUSIP 825690100), representing 0% of the class. The filing notes an internal Vanguard realignment on 01/12/2026 that led to disaggregated reporting by subsidiaries.
The filing is signed by Vanguard's Head of Global Fund Administration on 03/27/2026.
Shutterstock, Inc. filed an 8-K to report that the U.S. Department of Justice has completed its review of the proposed merger of equals between Shutterstock and Getty Images Holdings, Inc., and the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period has expired without conditions. This unconditional U.S. antitrust clearance is a key regulatory milestone for the deal.
The companies expect the merger to generate substantial cost and investment synergies across SG&A and CAPEX after closing. Regulatory review continues in other jurisdictions, including a Phase 2 investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, with a final CMA decision due by April 19.
Shutterstock describes how the UK Competition and Markets Authority has issued a provisional decision on its proposed merger with Getty Images. The authority does not expect the deal to create competition issues in the global stock content market but has provisionally found possible harm in the UK editorial market.
The company states it disagrees with the CMA’s concerns about a “substantial lessening of competition” in UK editorial content and argues the analysis does not reflect actual market conditions or alternatives for customers. Shutterstock plans to respond within the CMA’s timeline and continues to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Justice as its separate review of the merger progresses.
Shutterstock, Inc. filed its annual report describing a year of growth and a pending merger-of-equals with Getty Images. Revenue for 2025 reached $989.9 million, up from $935.3 million in 2024, driven mainly by Content revenue of $786.7 million and Data, Distribution, and Services revenue of $203.3 million.
The report explains Shutterstock’s marketplace for images, footage, music, 3D models and data, its global contributor network, and AI-driven search and metadata licensing. It details merger terms under which Shutterstock stockholders can elect cash, Getty Images stock, or a mix, subject to proration, and notes that regulatory reviews by the DOJ and UK CMA remain key closing conditions.
Shutterstock, Inc. reported full-year 2025 revenue of $989.9 million, up 6% from 2024, with net income of $45.5 million and adjusted EBITDA of $271.8 million, reflecting a 27.5% margin. Growth was driven by its Data, Distribution, and Services business and a full-year contribution from Envato.
Results weakened in the fourth quarter: revenue fell 12% year over year to $220.2 million, and the company posted a net loss of $16.0 million, while adjusted EBITDA declined 21% to $46.8 million. Subscriber revenue and paid downloads also trended lower versus the prior year.
Cash and cash equivalents increased to $178.2 million at December 31, 2025, supported by $166.7 million of net cash from operating activities and adjusted free cash flow of $149.5 million. Shutterstock paid $0.33 per share in quarterly dividends in Q4 and has declared a $0.36 per-share dividend payable in March 2026. The company continues to pursue its previously announced merger of equals with Getty Images, which remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
The Vanguard Group filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 1,776,228 shares of Shutterstock common stock, representing 5% of the class.
Vanguard reports no sole voting or dispositive power, with shared voting power over 185,822 shares and shared dispositive power over all 1,776,228 shares.
The filing states the holdings are kept in the ordinary course of business and not for changing or influencing control of Shutterstock. Vanguard also notes an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, after which certain subsidiaries are expected to report beneficial ownership separately.
Shutterstock, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.36 per common share. The dividend will be paid on March 19, 2026 to shareholders who are on record as of March 5, 2026. This payment provides direct cash returns to holders of Shutterstock’s common stock on those key dates.
Shutterstock, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 22, 2025, with a quorum present as 31,293,114 of 35,520,353 outstanding common shares were represented in person or by proxy as of the November 19, 2025 record date.
Stockholders elected three Class III directors — Jonathan Oringer, Rachna Bhasin, and Jaime Teevan — to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until earlier departure events. Support ranged from about 28.3 million to 29.0 million votes “for” each nominee, with broker non-votes of 2,131,887 on each director proposal.
Stockholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with 24,891,023 votes for, 4,240,770 against, 29,434 abstentions, and 2,131,887 broker non-votes. In addition, they ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, with 31,007,244 votes for, 280,835 against, and 5,035 abstentions.