UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2008

Commission File Number: 001-31516

GETTY IMAGES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   98-0177556
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

601 NORTH 34TH STREET,

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98103

(Address of principal executive offices)

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (206) 925-5000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS

On March 13, 2008, Getty Images, Inc. (the company, we), we were notified by the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has completed its informal inquiry into the company’s stock option grant practices, and that it has recommended that the inquiry be closed without recommending any enforcement action by the SEC against the company, or any individuals associated with the company, in connection with this matter.

We had previously reported on November 9, 2006, that the SEC had earlier notified the company that it was conducting an informal inquiry into the company’s stock option grant practices.

The information in this report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.

 

GETTY IMAGES, INC.
By:   /s/ JOHN LAPHAM
John Lapham
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Date: March 18, 2008

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