Lou Paglia - Jun 5, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Sterling Check Corp. (STER)

Role: Mr. Paglia is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Check Corp.
Signature: /s/ Steven L. Barnett, Attorney-in-Fact for Lou Paglia
Stock symbol: STER
Transactions as of: Jun 5, 2024
Transactions value $: -$1,260
Form type: 4
Date filed: 6/7/2024, 04:14 PM
Previous filing: Mar 18, 2024
Next filing: Jun 13, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	STER	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$1.88K	+200	+0.03%	$9.39	619K	Jun 5, 2024	Direct
transaction	STER	Common Stock	Sale	-$3.14K	-200	-0.03%	$15.69	618K	Jun 5, 2024	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	STER	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Options Exercise	$0	-200	-0.57%	$0.00	35.1K	Jun 5, 2024	Common Stock	200	$9.39	Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan adopted by Mr. Paglia on June 20, 2023.
F2	These options are fully vested.

Remarks:

Mr. Paglia is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Check Corp.