Getty Images Holdings, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 9, 2023
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (GETY)
About this 8-K
Getty Images Holdings, Inc filed this 8-K on June 9, 2023, reporting on events of June 7, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 7, 2023, Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”). Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). Present at the Annual Meeting in person, electronically or represented by proxy were holders of 317,943,246 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, together representing 80.07% of the voting power of the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company as of the close of business on April 21, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
The stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Proxy Statement:
| 1. | To elect three directors to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. | |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. |
The number of votes cast with respect to each proposal was as indicated below.
1. Election of Directors
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld |
Broker Non- Votes |
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| Patrick Maxwell | 316,163,869 | 321,470 | 1,457,907 | ||||
| James Quella | 316,449,444 | 35,895 | 1,457,907 | ||||
| Jeffrey Titterton | 316,476,960 | 8,379 | 1,457,907 | ||||
Based on the votes set forth above, each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 317,926,104 | 11,759 | 5,383 | ||||||
There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 9, 2023 | GETTY IMAGES HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Kjelti Kellough | |
| Name: | Kjelti Kellough | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary | |