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| UK Businesses For SaleGetty Images up for sale for $1.5 Billion
23/01/2008
Getty Images, the market-leading online photography platform, is up for sale. Goldman Sachs has been appointed to consider their strategic options.
Getty Images owns the UK-based Tony Stone Images, Image Bank and the Hulton Archive. Getty posted a profit of $130.4m in 2006 on a turnover of $807m. For 2007, the company is expecting to post higher sales of around $850m. It has been reported that the compnay is holding out for a $1.5bn sale price. It is thought that private equity groups Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are interested in the sale. |
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