Getty Images and six subsidiaries file for Chapter 11 in Delaware
An 8-K filed on 21 October 2026 shows Getty Images Holdings, Inc. and six subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to carry out a prepackaged reorganization plan agreed with lenders and majority shareholders.
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An 8-K filed with the SEC on 21 October 2026 shows Getty Images Holdings, Inc. and six subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions that day in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to implement a prepackaged reorganization plan agreed under a 12 October 2026 restructuring support agreement, triggering acceleration of debt instruments including approximately $539.9 million of 1
- Petition date
- 21 October 2026
- Court
- US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
- RSA date
- 12 October 2026
- Senior Secured Notes due 2030 accelerated
- approximately $539.9 million
- Senior Notes due 2028 accelerated
- approximately $264.7 million
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. and six subsidiaries, including Getty Images, Inc. and Griffey Midco (DE), LLC, filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on 21 October 2026 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, according to the 8-K filed that day. The filing states the petitions implement a prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization agreed under a restructuring support agreement that the company and certain subsidiaries entered into on 12 October 2026 with its majority shareholders and holders of all of its outstanding funded indebtedness.
The 8-K says the company commenced solicitation of votes on the plan on 20 October 2026, the day before the petitions were filed, and has asked the court to administer the cases jointly under the caption In re Getty Images Holdings, Inc., et al. The filing states the plan contemplates that general unsecured claims will be unimpaired, and that the company parties have filed first-day motions to continue paying employee wages and benefits and vendors, suppliers and content contributors in the ordinary course of business, along with a motion seeking approval of debtor-in-possession financing under the RSA.
Under Item 2.04, the filing states that commencement of the cases triggered an event of default accelerating obligations under several debt instruments: approximately $40.1 million of US dollar-denominated term loans and approximately €407 million of euro-denominated term loans under a Credit Agreement dated 19 February 2019; approximately $150.0 million of revolving loans under the same agreement; approximately $539.9 million of 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 issued under an indenture dated 5 May 2025; approximately $264.7 million of 14.000% Senior Notes due 2028 issued under an indenture dated 21 October 2025; and approximately $5.3 million of 9.750% Senior Notes due 2027.
SEC EDGAR records show the company filed a 25-NSE exchange notice of delisting on 2 October 2026 and an 8-K describing the restructuring support agreement on 13 October 2026. The 21 October 2026 filing does not state when the court is expected to rule on the plan or the debtor-in-possession financing motion.
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