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  0001792619
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001210677
  FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
  001-31666
  1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200
  ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ.
  ATLANTA
  GA
  30328
  888-314-9761
  Clark James Lindsey
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  5603
  91048.75
  145197595
  06/10/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  06/06/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  5603
  06/06/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  06/10/2024
  08/14/2023
  /s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for James Clark