Chief Executive Officer · Sterling Check Corp. (STER)

Joshua Peirez

A named executive officer of Sterling Check in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2023

$10,028,409

FY2022: $11,328,631

1st of 4 named executive officers at Sterling Check by FY2023 total.

4 named officers on file for Sterling Check, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Joshua Peirez compensation by year

Sterling Check Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Sterling Check reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$650,000$650,000$650,000
Bonus—$110,000$0
Stock awards$4,000,022$7,150,012$6,650,007
Option awards$16,000,006$2,748,753$2,850,002
Non-equity incentive$1,100,000$765,000$518,500
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0
All other$907,771$14,866$9,900
Total$22,657,799$11,328,631$10,028,409

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Sterling Check Corp. DEF 14A filed April 9, 2024, accession 0001140361-24-018867, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Sterling Check Corp. filed document, accession 0001140361-24-018867. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2024.

$22.7M
$11.3M
$10.0M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU519,938$7,237,537—
RSU191,553$2,666,418—
RSU110,739$1,541,487—
RSU86,957$1,210,441—
Option403,112—$12.79
Option237,189—$22.35
Option781,563—$23.00

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Sterling Check Corp.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed April 9, 2024)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—1,497,500—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—1,563,126—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—643,326—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—263,543—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—403,112—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer—1,308,846—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer—375,295—0
2024-10-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—239,600—0

The 8 most recent of 9 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Sterling Check’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Joshua Peirez · this pageChief Executive Officer$10,028,409
Lou PagliaPresident and Chief Operating Officer$4,139,902
Peter WalkerFormer Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer$3,903,296
Steven BarnettExecutive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal & Risk Officer$2,740,553

Board service

Sterling Check board · FY2021–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: Sterling Check pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Restricted Stock. As stated in Sterling Check's FY2023 proxy.

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