secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (GETY)
CIK:        0001898496
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-13T11:01:14+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-108700
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.95
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Getty Images to enter prepackaged Chapter 11; existing equity cancelled, $533M new investment
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- RSA signed Oct 12, 2026 with majority shareholders, 100% of revolver lenders, ~89% of secured debt and ~83.5% of unsecured notes.
- Getty Family and Koch Equity Development commit up to $533M new equity, including a $143M DIP term loan ($113M term + $30M delayed-draw).
- Senior unsecured notes retired for ~$170.2M cash; revolver converted into a $150M amended RCF, repaid and undrawn at emergence.
- All existing equity including Class A common stock cancelled with no recovery; Equity Investors to own 100% of reorganized Getty Images.
- Milestones: start Chapter 11 by Oct 21, 2026, plan confirmation within 55 days and effective date within 75 days of filing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026108700/0001213900-26-108700-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026108700/ea0308343-8k_getty.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-108700

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