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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-112265"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GETY"
cik: "0001898496"
company_name: "Getty Images Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-26T11:00:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-26T11:05:19.619574+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; $143M DIP; existing equity to be cancelled

## Summary
- Chapter 11 petitions filed Oct 21, 2026 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware by Getty Images Holdings and six subsidiaries under a prepackaged plan.
- $143.0M DIP from Cantor Fitzgerald: $85.0M interim drawn Oct 23, $28.0M final term, $30.0M delayed draw; interest at SOFR+5.00% or base+4.00%, payable in kind.
- Under the Plan, all Class A common stock and other existing equity are cancelled with holders receiving no distribution or recovery; stock now quoted OTC under GETY.
- DIP matures earliest of Jan 31, 2027, plan effective date or a section 363 sale; 2.00% exit fee if the RSA is terminated; $15.0M minimum cash covenant.
- Proceeds fund Chapter 11 costs, DIP fees and working capital; interim/final term loans may be equitized into new common equity, delayed draw into preferred.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-112265
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GETY
- cik: 0001898496
- company_name: Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-26T11:00:25+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.03, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026112265/0001213900-26-112265-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/000121390026112265/ea0309581-8k_getty.htm

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