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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-111193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GETY"
cik: "0001898496"
company_name: "Getty Images Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-21T12:01:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-21T12:05:11.551052+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Getty Images files prepackaged Chapter 11; existing equity cancelled with no recovery

## Summary
- Getty Images Holdings and six subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in Delaware on Oct. 21, 2026 to implement a prepackaged plan backed by majority shareholders and funded-debt holders.
- Plan cancels all Class A common stock and other existing equity on the effective date; holders, including majority shareholders, receive no distribution or recovery.
- Chapter 11 filing accelerated about $40.1M USD term loans, €407M euro term loans and a $150M revolving credit facility; enforcement is stayed by the Bankruptcy Code.
- Accelerated notes: $539.9M of 11.250% senior secured notes due 2030, $264.7M of 14.000% senior notes due 2028 and $5.3M of 9.750% senior notes due 2027.
- Voting on the prepackaged plan runs to Nov. 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET; general unsecured claims are unimpaired and the company seeks approval of debtor-in-possession financing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-111193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GETY
- cik: 0001898496
- company_name: Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-21T12:01:13+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 2.04, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026111193/0001213900-26-111193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026111193/ea0309225-8k_getty.htm

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