UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 2128, 2024

HireRight Holdings Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-40982	83-1092072
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Centerview Drive, Suite 300	Nashville	Tennessee	37214
(Address of Principal Executive Officer)			(Zip Code)

(615) 320-9800

(Registrant telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share		HRT		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

~~Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.~~Introduction

OnAs ~~June~~previously 21disclosed, ~~2024,~~ HireRight Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ~~held~~entered ainto ~~special~~an ~~meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider certain proposals related to the~~ Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 15, 2024 (the “Merger Agreement”), by with ~~and among the Company,~~ Hearts Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Hearts Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”, and together with Parent, the “Buyer Parties”). On June 28, ~~pursuant~~2024 (the “Closing Date”), upon the terms and subject to ~~which~~the conditions set forth in the Merger ~~Sub~~Agreement ~~will~~and ~~merge~~in accordance with ~~and~~the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger as the surviving corporation (the “~~Merger~~Surviving Corporation,”) and ~~approve~~such merger, the ~~transactions~~“Merger”). ~~contemplated~~Capitalized ~~thereby,~~terms ~~including~~used herein but not otherwise defined have the ~~Merger~~meaning (set forth in the “Merger Agreement ~~Proposal”)~~.

AsItem ~~of May 7, 2024, the record date for the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 67,352,961 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0~~1.~~001 per share (the “Company Common Stock” or “Shares”) outstanding~~01. AtEntry ~~the~~into ~~Special Meeting,~~ a ~~total~~Material ofDefinitive ~~61,968,235 Shares, equivalent to 61,968,235 votes, representing approximately 92~~Agreement.00% of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote, equivalent to approximately 92.00% of the voting power of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote, were present in person (which includes presence virtually at the Special Meeting) or represented by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.

AtConcurrently with the ~~Special~~closing ~~Meeting~~of the Merger, a subsidiary of Parent and the ~~following~~Company, ~~proposals~~Genuine ~~were~~Financial ~~considered:~~Holdings, LLC, as borrower, entered into that certain Third Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), which amends that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2018 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and a letter of credit issuer, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the guarantors from time to time party thereto. The Amendment provides for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000, resulting in an aggregate principal amount of term loans funded under the Credit Agreement equal to $1,044,375,000, after giving effect to the incremental term loan facility and the other transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement. Genuine Financial Holdings, LLC is the borrower, and certain of its subsidiaries are guarantors, under the Credit Agreement. The obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured on a first priority basis by substantially all assets of the borrower and the guarantors (subject to certain exclusions and exceptions). The Credit Agreement includes representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and other provisions that are customary for facilities of their respective types.

~~(1)~~Item ~~Merger Agreement Proposal~~2.01. ~~The~~Completion ~~proposal~~of toAcquisition ~~approve~~or ~~and~~Disposition ~~adopt~~of ~~the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger~~Assets.

~~(2) Adjournment Proposal.~~ The ~~proposal~~information toset ~~approve~~forth ~~one~~in ~~or more proposals to adjourn~~ the ~~Special~~Introduction ~~Meeting,~~of ifthis ~~necessary~~Current orReport ~~appropriate,~~on ~~including~~Form ~~adjournments~~8-K tois ~~solicit~~incorporated ~~additional~~by ~~proxies~~reference ifin ~~there~~this ~~are~~Item ~~insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to adopt the Merger Agreement Proposal~~2.01.

~~For~~Closing ~~more information on each~~ of ~~these proposals, see~~ the ~~Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”).~~Merger

~~The~~On ~~approval~~the Closing Date, Parent completed the acquisition of the ~~Merger~~Company. ~~Agreement~~Pursuant ~~Proposal~~to ~~required~~the ~~(i)~~Merger Agreement, at the ~~affirmative~~effective ~~vote~~time of the ~~holders~~Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of atcommon ~~least~~stock, a$0.001 ~~majority~~par value per share, of the ~~voting~~Company ~~power~~(the “Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the ~~Shares~~Effective ~~entitled~~Time to(other than ~~vote~~shares ~~and~~held ~~(ii)~~by the ~~affirmative~~Company ~~vote~~as oftreasury ~~the~~stock ~~holders~~or ofotherwise ator ~~least~~owned aby ~~majority~~the ofBuyer ~~the~~Parties ~~voting~~and ~~power~~any of their subsidiaries (including the ~~Shares~~shares ~~held~~of Company Common Stock owned by the ~~Unaffiliated~~Sponsor Stockholders) (asthe ~~defined~~“Owned inCompany ~~the~~Shares”) ~~Proxy~~and ~~Statement)~~shares ~~entitled~~of toCompany ~~vote,~~Common Stock held by stockholders who properly and validly exercised their statutory rights of appraisal in ~~each~~respect ~~case,~~of such shares in accordance with Section 262 of the ~~General~~DGCL) was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to ~~Corporation~~ receive ~~Law~~cash ofin an amount equal to $14.35 per share, payable to the ~~State~~holder ofthereof, ~~Delaware~~without interest thereon (the “Per Share Price”), and each Owned Company Share was automatically cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration paid therefor.

~~The~~In ~~approval~~addition, ofpursuant ~~the~~to ~~Adjournment Proposal required~~ the ~~affirmative~~Merger ~~vote~~Agreement, ~~of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Shares present in person or represented by proxy~~ at the ~~virtual~~Effective ~~Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon, assuming that a quorum is present.~~Time:

~~For each of the Merger Agreement Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, each record holder of Company Common Stock was entitled to one~~ (1i) ~~vote for each outstanding share of Company Common Stock owned of record on the Record Date.~~

~~Both~~each ~~proposals~~outstanding ~~were~~Company stock ~~approved~~option bygranted under the ~~requisite~~HireRight ~~vote~~GIS ofGroup ~~the~~Holdings ~~Company’s~~LLC ~~stockholders.~~Equity ~~The~~Incentive ~~final~~Plan, ~~voting~~whether ~~results~~vested ~~for~~or ~~each~~unvested, was ~~proposal~~automatically ~~are~~converted ~~described~~into ~~below. Because~~an option to purchase the ~~Merger Agreement~~same ~~and~~number of shares of common stock of the ~~transactions~~Surviving ~~contemplated~~Corporation ~~thereby,~~(or ~~including~~an affiliate thereof) at the ~~Merger,~~same ~~were~~per-share ~~approved~~exercise price and ~~adopted~~subject byto the ~~Company’s~~same ~~Stockholders,~~terms noand ~~adjournment~~conditions toas ~~solicit~~the ~~additional~~applicable ~~proxies~~Company ~~was~~stock ~~necessary.~~option (including vesting conditions);

(1ii) ~~Merger Agreement Proposal:~~

~~The~~each ~~total~~vested ~~number~~outstanding ofCompany stock option granted under the ~~votes~~HireRight Holdings Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (~~based~~the on“2021 Equity Plan”) was automatically converted into the ~~voting~~right ~~power~~to ofreceive ~~Shares~~an ~~entitled~~amount (without interest) in cash equal to ~~vote~~the product of (A) ~~with~~the ~~respect~~excess, if any, of (1) the Per Share Price over (2) the per-share exercise price for such Company stock option, multiplied by (B) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Company stock option; provided that if the per-share exercise price of such Company stock option was equal to or greater than the ~~Merger~~Per ~~Agreement~~Share ~~Proposal~~Price, ~~were~~such Company asstock ~~follows:~~option was automatically forfeited and cancelled for no consideration;

	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Majority Vote	61,908,023	6,067	54,145	0
Unaffiliated Stockholder Vote	11,041,499	6,067	54,145	0

(iii)

each outstanding and unvested Company stock option granted under the 2021 Equity Plan was automatically converted into the right to receive a cash-based award in an amount equal to the product of (A) the excess, if any, of (1) the Per Share Price over (2) ~~Adjournment~~the ~~Proposal:~~per-share exercise price for such Company stock option, multiplied by (B) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Company stock option, which cash-based award remains subject to the same vesting conditions as the applicable Company stock option; provided that if the per-share exercise price for such Company stock option was equal to or greater than the Per Share Price, such Company stock option was automatically forfeited and cancelled for no consideration;

~~The total number of the votes~~ (~~based on the voting power of Shares entitled to vote~~iv) ~~with respect to the Adjournment Proposal were as follows:~~

		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
		61,327,597		586,963		53,675		0

each outstanding Company restricted stock unit that was subject to time-based vesting conditions (a “Company RSU”) that had vested but not yet settled as of the Effective Time was automatically converted into the right to receive an amount (without interest) in cash equal to the product of (A) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company RSU multiplied by (B) the Per Share Price;

~~As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Merger is expected to close on or about June 28, 2024, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions.~~(v)

each outstanding and unvested Company RSU (including each Company restricted stock unit that was subject to adjusted EBITDA performance conditions and that was converted to an unvested Company RSU on March 12, 2024, based on the level of achievement) was automatically converted into the right to receive a cash-based award in an amount equal to the product of (A) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company RSU multiplied by (B) the Per Share Price, which cash-based award remains subject to the same vesting conditions as the applicable Company RSU;

(vi)

each outstanding Company restricted stock unit that was subject to performance-based vesting conditions (a “Company PRSU”) in respect of the Company’s total stockholder return was automatically forfeited and cancelled for no consideration; and

(vii)

each other outstanding Company PRSU was converted into the right to receive a cash-based award in an amount equal to the product of (A) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company PRSU multiplied by (B) the Per Share Price, which cash-based award remains subject to the same vesting conditions (including performance conditions) as the applicable Company PRSU.

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 16, 2024 and incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.01.

In connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) of its intent to remove the Company Common Stock from listing on the NYSE and requested that the NYSE (i) suspend trading of the Company Common Stock on the NYSE prior to the opening of trading on June 28, 2024 and (ii) file a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration on Form 25 with the SEC to delist and deregister the Company Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

The Company intends to file with the SEC a Form 15 under the Exchange Act requesting the deregistration of the Company’s securities and the suspension of the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in Item 2.01, Item 3.01, Item 5.02 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each of the members of the board of directors of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time ceased his or her respective service as a director of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub became the directors of the Surviving Corporation.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the officers of the Company became the officers of the Surviving Corporation.

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

At the Effective Time, (i) the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety and (ii) the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws were amended and restated in their entirety, each in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Copies of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 28, 2024, the Company and Parent issued a joint press release announcing the closing of the Merger. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
2.1*	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 15, 2024, by and among HireRight Holdings Corporation, Hearts Parent, LLC and Hearts Merger Sub, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 16, 2024).
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HireRight Holdings Corporation
3.2	Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of HireRight Holdings Corporation
99.1	Joint Press Release, dated as of June 28, 2024
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)

* The schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such schedules and exhibits, or any section thereof, to the SEC upon request; provided that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedules so furnished.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HireRight Holdings Corporation
Date: June 21, 2024
Date: June 28, 2024
	By:	/s/ Brian Copple
		Name:	Brian Copple
		Title:	General Counsel and Secretary

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