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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-095091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GETY"
cik: "0001898496"
company_name: "Getty Images Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-28T20:30:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-28T20:32:23.355114+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Getty Images faces $92.3M judgment in warrant litigation; director resigns

## Summary
- Director Chinh Chu resigned Aug 27, 2026 from Board and Compensation Committee; no disagreement cited.
- Court entered judgment of $92,306,578 (incl. interest) in Funicular Funds warrant suit; appeal filed Aug 26, 2026.
- Company and plaintiffs signed standstill agreement Aug 25, 2026; enforcement stayed 60 days; partial payment of ~$4,153,796.
- Judgment stems from breaches of Aug 4, 2020 warrant agreements; amounts reserved in Q2 10-Q.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-095091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GETY
- cik: 0001898496
- company_name: Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-28T20:30:48+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026095091/0001213900-26-095091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026095091/ea0303383-8k_getty.htm

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