Getty Images 在特拉华州申请第 11 章破产保护：预重整引资最高 5.33 亿美元将转私有化
全球知名图片库 Getty Images 10月21日宣布，已在特拉华州联邦破产法院启动自愿第11章破产程序，以执行此前披露的财务重组方案。公司声明称，此次为「预打包」（prepackaged）重组：Getty 家族关联方与 Koch Equity Development 关联方承诺提供最高5.33亿美元新股权投资，重组完成后将持有公司100%股权，公司将转为私有化，并大幅削减未偿债务。法庭文件显示，Getty Images 申报的资产与负债均在10亿至100亿美元区间。
公司表示，预计在今年年底前完成重组，重组期间日常运营不受影响，员工、供稿人、合作伙伴与客户均不受影响，供应商将获得全额付款。Getty Images 曾是全球最大的商业图片供应商之一，近年来受高额债务与 SI 生成图片竞争冲击，其与竞争对手 Shutterstock 的合并计划此前已经告吹。公司9月1日未支付无担保票据利息并进入30天宽限期，借此与债权人敲定了这份协商重组方案。
Getty Images Files for Chapter 11 in Delaware: Prepackaged Plan Brings Up to $533 Million in New Equity and Takes It Private
Getty Images, the global photo archive and stock-image company, announced on Oct. 21 that it has filed voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to implement its previously disclosed financial restructuring. Under the prepackaged plan, affiliates of the Getty family and Koch Equity Development have committed up to $533 million in new equity and will own 100 percent of the company after the restructuring, which also significantly reduces its outstanding debt. In its Delaware filing, the company listed both assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion.
Getty said it expects to complete the restructuring by year-end and will operate in the ordinary course throughout, with no impact on contributors, partners, customers or employees, and suppliers paid in full. The company has wrestled with a high debt load and growing competition from SI-generated imagery; its planned merger with rival Shutterstock previously collapsed. Getty entered a 30-day grace period after missing interest payments due Sept. 1 on unsecured notes, using the reprieve to finalize the consensual restructuring deal.
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