X0306 4 2021-09-23 0 0001645070 Sterling Check Corp. STER 0000886982 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0000769993 GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001575993 Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001645928 Checkers Control Partnership, L.P. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001883665 Broad Street Control Advisors, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2021-09-23 4 S 0 200 28.56 D 69556449 I See footnotes Common Stock 2021-09-23 4 P 0 200 23.00 A 69556649 I See footnotes Common Stock 2021-09-23 4 S 0 100 27.00 D 69556549 I See footnotes Common Stock 2021-09-27 4 S 0 9603419 21.56 D 59953130 I See footnotes Common Stock 2021-09-28 4 P 0 100 26.455 A 59953230 I See footnotes Without conceding that riskless principal trades in connection with client trade facilitation in the ordinary course of business can result in liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the amount of profit potentially recoverable by the issuer from the reported transactions will be promptly remitted to the issuer. These transactions in the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the issuer ("Common Stock") were effected by Goldman Sachs acting as agent on behalf of certain international affiliates that had entered into riskless principal trades in connection with client trade facilitation in the ordinary course of their business. Each of Goldman Sachs, BSPI and BSCA is a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs is the manager of each of BSPI and BSCA and the investment manager of Checkers. BSCA is the general partner of Checkers. Because of the relationships among the Reporting Persons, each of GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed a beneficial owner of Common Stock held by Checkers, BSPI and BSCA, and BSCA may be deemed a beneficial owner of Common Stock held by Checkers. This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"), Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. ("BSPI"), Checkers Control Partnership, L.P. ("Checkers"), and Broad Street Control Advisors, L.L.C. ("BSCA" and, together with GS Group, Goldman Sachs, BSPI and Checkers, the "Reporting Persons"). Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated September 22, 2021 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the final prospectus dated September 22, 2021, which offering was consummated on September 27, 2021 (the "Offering"), Checkers and BSPI sold in aggregate 9,603,419 shares of Common Stock, consisting of 6,349,076 shares of Common Stock sold by Checkers and 3,254,343 shares of Common Stock sold by BSPI. Goldman Sachs was one of the underwriters in the Offering. In Table I above, the per share sale price of $21.5625 set forth in the Underwriting Agreement has been rounded to the nearest whole cent. As of September 27, 2021, after giving effect to the sales made in connection with the Offering, Checkers holds 39,635,846 shares of Common Stock, BSPI holds 20,316,320 shares of Common Stock and BSCA holds 1,064 shares of Common Stock. /s/ Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact 2021-09-29 /s/ Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact 2021-09-29 /s/ Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact 2021-09-29 /s/ Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact 2021-09-29 /s/ Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact 2021-09-29