UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
von Bargen, Sally
2101 Fourth Avenue, Fifth Floor
Seattle, WA 98121
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Getty Images, Inc. (GETY)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
04/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
President PhotoDisc, Inc.
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 56,565 D Direct
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (Right to$20.91 02/09/08
buy)
Employee Stock Option (Right to$23.32 04/09/99 A 70,000 (1) 04/09/09
buy)
Incentive Stock Option (right $0.18 11/01/04
to buy)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Month
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (Right to Common Stock 65,000 65,000 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (Right to04/09/99 Common Stock 70,000 70,000 D Direct
buy)
Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 8,167 8,167 D Direct
to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
This option vests as to 25% on April 9, 2000 and the remainder vests ratably as of the first of each month thereafter for the
following three years.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ By: Heather Redman
For: Sally von Bargen
DATE
