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Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
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Cahill Represents Financing Sources in $2.4bn Acquisition of Getty Images

Date: 02/25/08

Getty Images Inc. (NYSE:GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC in a transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion, including the assumption of existing debt. Cahill is representing Barclays Capital, GE Commercial Finance and RBS Greenwich Capital in connection with the acquisition financing. 

Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
212.701.3614
jcohen@cahill.com