Heads Up: Getty Images shareholders accept buyout offer (The Kansas City Star) at 2008-06-21 06:22:49 +0200
Shareholders voted Friday to let Getty Images Inc., the leading provider of stock photography and video, be sold to San Francisco private equity group Hellman & Friedman for $2 billion. In addition to paying $34 a share for Getty's nearly 60 million outstanding shares, Hellman & Friedman will take on $300 million in debt.
