SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sterling Check Corp. [ STER ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/13/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock(1)	12/13/2023		S		157	D	$13.58	49,808,484	I	See footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)
Common Stock(1)	12/22/2023		P		157	A	$13.44	49,808,542	I	See footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Checkers Control Partnership, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Broad Street Control Advisors, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10282 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported activity represents use of a Goldman Sachs firm error account to make whole a client who, due to issues in the Nasdaq exchange's FIX / RASH order handling system, failed to receive STER shares that the client purchased on the exchange on December 13, 2023. Without conceding this trading activity can result in liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the amount of profit potentially recoverable by the Issuer from the reported transactions in the event that they were subject to Section 16(b) will be remitted to the Issuer.

2. Each of Goldman Sachs, BSPI and BSCA (each as defined below) is a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Group (as defined below). 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.

3. 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").

4. 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.

5. As of September 13, 2023, Checkers holds 32,928,405 shares of Common Stock, BSPI holds 16,878,275 shares of Common Stock and BSCA holds 1,064 shares of Common Stock. In addition, as of June 30, 2023, GS Group and Goldman Sachs are deemed to beneficially own all of the abovementioned shares of Common Stock and are deemed to beneficially own an additional 740 shares of Common Stock.

Remarks:

	Crystal Orgill, Attorney-in-fact	12/26/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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