SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Silvio Peter (Last) (First) (Middle) 350 FIFTH AVENUE 21ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10118 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Shutterstock, Inc. [ SSTK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Technology Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2021
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/01/2021		M		6,870(1)	A	$89.22	33,006	D
Common Stock	03/01/2021		F		2,626(2)	D	$89.22	30,380	D
Common Stock	03/01/2021		F		639(3)	D	$89.22	29,741	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units	(4)	03/01/2021		A		6,870		03/01/2021(5)	(5)	Common Stock	6,870	$0	6,870	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units	(4)	03/01/2021		M			6,870	03/01/2021(5)	(5)	Common Stock	6,870	$0	0(5)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares of the Issuer's common stock acquired upon the vesting of the 2021 tranche of the 2020 Award (defined below). The Compensation Committee of the Issuer (the "Compensation Committee") confirmed the achievement of performance and a corresponding payout at 150% of the targeted amount of shares.

2. Reflects shares of common stock withheld by the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of PSUs.

3. On March 1, 2021, the Reporting Person acquired 1,559 shares of Issuer's common stock upon the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs). In connection with this vest, 639 shares were withheld by the Issuer to cover taxes due upon vesting of the RSUs and the remaining net 920 shares of common stock continue to be held by the Reporting Person.

4. Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.

5. Performance-based restricted stock unit ("PSU") award, granted on April 1, 2020 (the "2020 Award") that provides for an aggregate target award of 13,881 shares of Issuer's Common Stock, contingent upon, and subject to adjustment based on, the achievement of certain adjusted EBITDA margin and revenue growth performance thresholds for each annual performance period. Subject to Compensation Committee confirmation of achievement of performance, the 2020 Award vests on March 1, 2021, March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023 at 33%, 33% and 34% of the aggregate target, respectively, subject to adjustment pursuant to the award agreement.

	/s/ John Lapham, Attorney-in-Fact	03/03/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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