Getty Images Holdings, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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Letter to Stockholders

To Our Stockholders:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) of Getty Images Holdings, Inc. to be held on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. We have adopted a virtual format for our 2025 Annual Meeting to provide a consistent experience to all stockholders regardless of location.

Our stockholders (or their proxy holders) as of the close of business on the record date, July 14, 2025 (the “Record Date”), can participate in and vote at our 2025 Annual Meeting by visiting https://meetings.lumiconnect.com/200-447-447-348(password getty2025) and entering the 11-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”), voting instruction form or proxy card. All others may view the 2025 Annual Meeting through our Investor Relations website atinvestor.gettyimages.com.

Further details regarding participation in the 2025 Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted are described in the Notice and this proxy statement. We have also made available a copy of our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders (“Annual Report”) with this proxy statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and provides information about our business.

We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the Internet under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. If you want more information, please see the Questions and Answers section of this proxy statement or visit the 2025 Annual Meeting section of our Investor Relations website atinvestor.gettyimages.com.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote over the Internet, as well as by telephone, or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. Please review the instructions on each of your voting options described in this proxy statement, as well as in the Notice you received in the mail.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Craig Peters, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held Monday, September 8, 2025

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) of Getty Images Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held virtually on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. You will be able to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting https://meetings.lumiconnect.com/200-447-447-348(password getty2025) and entering your 11-digit control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

•To elect Craig Peters, Michael Harris and Hilary Schneider as Class III Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;

•To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and

•To transact such other business as may properly come before the 2025 Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Our Board of Directors has set the close of business on July 14, 2025 as the record date for determining stockholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting, or any continuation, postponement or adjournment of the 2025 Annual Meeting. This proxy statement, together with the accompanying 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders (“Annual Report”) and a proxy or voting instruction form, are first being distributed or made available to stockholders on or about July 22, 2025.

To provide convenient access and promote attendance and participation, we will hold our 2025 Annual Meeting virtually. Stockholders may attend the 2025 Annual Meeting by logging in athttps://meetings.lumiconnect.com/200-447-447-348(password getty2025). The meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. Online check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and you should allow for time to complete the online check-in procedure.

Stockholders who received this Notice, proxy materials and the Annual Report by email and would like to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials and Annual Report, free of charge, may: call 888-Proxy-NA (888-776-9962) or 201-299-6210 (for international callers), write to help@equiniti.com, or visit https://us.astfinancial.com/OnlineProxyVoting/ProxyVoting/RequestMaterials. Please see “Questions and Answers about the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders” on pages 6 to 9 of the proxy statement for additional information regarding participation in the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Your vote is very important to us. You can ensure your shares are represented at the 2025 Annual Meeting if you are a stockholder of record by promptly voting electronically over the Internet or, if you requested to receive paper copies of these materials by mail, by returning your completed proxy card in the pre-addressed, postage-paid return envelope, or, if your shares are held in street name, by returning your completed voting instruction card to your broker. If, for any reason, you desire to revoke or change your proxy, you may do so at any time before it is exercised. The proxy is solicited by our Board of Directors.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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