SEC FORM 4SEC Form 4
FORM 4UNITED 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
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Lyons Jonathan M.

(Last)(First)(Middle)
9100 SOUTH HILLS BLVD, SUITE 300

(Street)
BROADVIEW HEIGHTSOH44147

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sotera Health Co [ SHC ]
Foreign Trading Symbol
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
checkbox checkedOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Sr. Vice President, CFO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/05/2026
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
checkbox checkedForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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)
CodeVAmount(A) or (D)Price
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share08/05/2026F11,316(1)D$17.98217,304D
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)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Stock Options(2)$14.59 (3)03/04/2034Common Stock81,67681,676D
Stock Options(2)$16.89 (4)08/07/2033Common Stock33,64033,640D
Performance RSUs(2)(5) (5) (5)Common Stock11,95811,958D
Performance RSUs(2)(6) (6) (6)Common Stock29,67829,678D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These securities represent the number of shares of Common Stock withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations due upon the vesting of 25,657 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), which represents 33% of the RSU awards granted to the Reporting Person on August 7, 2023. These awards were granted pursuant to the terms of RSU agreements under the Sotera Health Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan ("2020 Incentive Plan"). Each RSU represents the Reporting Person's right to receive one share of Common Stock, subject to vesting conditions.
2. No transaction is being reported on this line. Reported on a previously filed Form 4.
3. These options were granted on March 4, 2024, pursuant to the terms of a stock option agreement under the 2020 Incentive Plan. The options vest annually in three equal installments commencing on March 2, 2025, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through each such date.
4. These options were granted on August 7, 2023, pursuant to the terms of a stock option agreement under the 2020 Incentive Plan. The options vest annually in three equal installments commencing August 5, 2024, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through each such date.
5. These securities consist of the remaining additional performance-based RSUs that were granted on March 3, 2025, pursuant to the terms of an RSU agreement under the 2020 Incentive Plan. Each additional RSU represents the Reporting Person's right to receive one share of Common Stock, subject to stock price-related performance conditions. These RSUs vest in equal installments on March 3, 2027 and March 3, 2028, subject to performance.
6. These securities consist of the maximum number of additional performance-based RSUs that were granted on March 2, 2026, pursuant to the terms of an RSU agreement under the 2020 Incentive Plan. Each additional RSU represents the Reporting Person's right to receive one share of Common Stock, subject to stock price-related performance conditions. The additional RSUs generally vest annually in 60%, 20% and 20% installments, respectively, commencing March 2027, subject to performance.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney
Gregory S. Harvey, Attorney-in-Fact08/07/2026
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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EX-24.1

Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Erika Ostrowski, Sarah Kim, Michael J. Solecki and Gregory S. Harvey, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.
obtain credentials (including codes or passwords) enabling the undersigned to make filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including (a) preparing, executing in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submitting to the SEC a Form ID (and any amendments thereto) or any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain such credentials and legally binding the undersigned for purpose of the Form ID or such other documents; and (b) enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next or any successor filing system;
2.
act as an account administrator for the undersigned’s EDGAR account, including (a) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities; (b) maintaining the security of filer’s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (c) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigned’s EDGAR account dashboard; and (d) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T;
3.
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Sotera Health Company (the “Company”), (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder, and (b) Forms 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules thereunder (collectively, the “SEC Filings”);
4.
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such SEC Filings, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
5.
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of July 8, 2026.

 

/s/ Jonathan Lyons

Name: Jonathan Lyons