{"url_path":"/sec/gety/8-k/2026-05-15/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/0001213900-26-057130-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-057130","cik":"0001898496","ticker":"GETY","issuer_name":"Getty Images Holdings, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898496/0001213900-26-057130-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001898496","primary_entity_name":"Getty Images Holdings, Inc."},"word_count":868,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**\n\n \n\n(d)\nExhibits\n\n \n\nExhibit No.\n \nDescription\n\n104\n \nCover\nPage Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).\n\n \n\n**Cautionary\nNote Regarding Forward-Looking Statements**\n\n \n\nThe\nstatements in this document, and any related oral statements, include forward-looking statements concerning Getty Images, Shutterstock,\nthe proposed transaction described herein and other matters. All statements, other than historical facts, are forward-looking statements.\nForward-looking statements may discuss goals, intentions and expectations as to future plans, trends, events, results of operations or\nfinancial condition, financings or otherwise, based on current beliefs and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause\nactual results to differ materially from expectations. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made or as of the\ndates indicated in the statements and should not be relied upon as predictions of future events, as there can be no assurance that the\nevents or circumstances reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur or the timing thereof. Forward-looking statements\ncan often, but not always, be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including “believes,” “expects,”\n“may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “seeks,” “intends,”\n“plans,” “pro forma,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “designed,” or the negative\nof these words and phrases, other variations of these words and phrases or comparable terminology, but not all forward-looking statements\ninclude such identifying words. Forward-looking statements are based upon current plans, estimates and expectations that are subject\nto risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions\nprove incorrect, actual results may vary. The forward-looking statements in this document relate to, among other things, obtaining applicable\nregulatory approvals on a timely basis or otherwise. A more fulsome discussion of the risks related to the proposed transaction has been\nincluded in the information statement and proxy statement/prospectus. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to\ndiffer materially from those contemplated by forward-looking statements, see the section captioned “Risk Factors” in each\nof Getty Images’ and Shutterstock’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and other filings\nwith the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual\nresults may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward looking statements. While the list of factors presented\nhere is, and the list of factors presented in the information statement and proxy statement/prospectus is, considered representative,\nno such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant\nadditional obstacles to the realization of forward looking statements. Neither Getty Images nor Shutterstock assumes, and each hereby\ndisclaims, any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.\n\n \n\n**Additional\nInformation about the Merger and Where to Find It**\n\n \n\nIn\nconnection with the proposed transaction, on March 31, 2025, Getty Images filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)\na preliminary registration statement on Form S-4 that includes an information statement of Getty Images and a proxy statement of Shutterstock\nand that also constitutes a prospectus with respect to shares of Getty Images’ common stock to be issued in the proposed transaction\n(the “information statement and proxy statement/prospectus”). The registration statement was amended in a pre-effective amendment\non Form S-4/A on April 28, 2025. The registration statement, as amended, was declared effective on April 30, 2025, and Getty Images filed\na final prospectus on April 30, 2025. Each of Getty Images and Shutterstock may also file with or furnish to the SEC other relevant documents\nregarding the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitute for the information statement and proxy statement/prospectus\nor any other document that Getty Images or Shutterstock has filed or may file with or furnish to the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR\nINVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE INFORMATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL\nOTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE OR WILL BE FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS,\nCAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED\nMATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the information statement and definitive proxy statement/prospectus\nand other documents containing important information about Getty Images, Shutterstock and the proposed transaction through the website\nmaintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by Getty Images are available free of\ncharge on Getty Images’ website at investors.gettyimages.com or by contacting Getty Images’ Investor Relations department\nby email at investorrelations@gettyimages.com. Copies of the documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by Shutterstock are available\nfree of charge on Shutterstock’s website at investor. shutterstock.com or by contacting Shutterstock’s Investor Relations\ndepartment by email at IR@Shutterstock.com.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\nSIGNATURE\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by\nthe undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\n** **\n\n \n**GETTY IMAGES HOLDINGS, INC.**\n\n \n \n \n\nDate:  May 15, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Kjelti\nKellough\n\n \nName: \nKjelti Kellough\n\n \nTitle:\nSenior Vice President, General Counsel, and\n\nCorporate\nSecretary\n\n \n\n2"}