---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-095778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GETY"
cik: "0001898496"
company_name: "Getty Images Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-31T20:54:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T20:56:37.127579+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Getty Images to defer Sept 1 interest on notes via grace periods; explores financing alternatives

## Summary
- Engaged Guggenheim Securities as financial advisor to evaluate strategic financing alternatives and balance sheet management.
- Will rely on 30-day grace periods for interest payments due Sept 1, 2026 on 9.750% Senior Notes due 2027 and 14.000% Senior Notes due 2028.
- Company states it has sufficient cash to make payments and meet day-to-day obligations; decision is not an event of default.
- Previously disclosed substantial doubt about going concern; majority equityholders may provide a capital solution under Section 13(d) group.
- Assessment of liquidity initiatives remains ongoing; no definitive outcome or timeline provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-095778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GETY
- cik: 0001898496
- company_name: Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T20:54:54+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026095778/0001213900-26-095778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026095778/ea0304109-8k_getty.htm

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