Michael James White Form 4 OLAPLEX / Michael James White ownership change

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

White Michael James

(Last) (First) (Middle)

PRUDENTIAL TOWER

800 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 3300

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02199-8069

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC. [ OLPX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/09/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form 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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/09/2023		A		53,571(1)	A	$0.00	62,257	D
Common Stock								499,468,771(2)(3)	I	See Notes(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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents the conditional right to receive one share of Common Stock. The RSUs will vest in full on August 9, 2024, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through such vesting date.

2. Advent International, L.P. (f/k/a Advent International Corporation, "Advent") manages funds that collectively own 499,468,771 shares of common stock of the Issuer, which are represented as follows: (i) 178,649,759 shares held by Advent International GPE IX Limited Partnership, 36,196,850 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-B Limited Partnership, 14,695,785 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-C Limited Partnership, 15,716,152 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-F Limited Partnership, 50,735,073 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-G Limited Partnership, 58,304,526 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-H Limited Partnership, and 32,399,939 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-I Limited Partnership (collectively, the "Advent IX Cayman Funds"); (ii) 53,588,842 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-A SCSp, 11,181,639 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-D SCSp, 23,162,376 shares held by Advent International GPE IX-E SCSp, and

3. (continued) 1,232,119 shares held by Advent International GPE IX Strategic Investors SCSp (collectively, the "Advent IX Luxembourg Funds"); and (iii) 943,950 shares held by Advent Partners GPE IX Limited Partnership, 1,369,396 shares held by Advent Partners GPE IX-A Limited Partnership, 5,510,717 shares held by Advent Partners GPE IX Cayman Limited Partnership, 571,802 shares held by Advent Partners GPE IX-A Cayman Limited Partnership, and 15,209,846 shares held by Advent Partners GPE IX-B Cayman Limited Partnership (collectively, the "Advent IX Partners Funds").

4. GPE IX GP Limited Partnership is the general partner of the Advent IX Cayman Funds, GPE IX GP S.a r.l. is the general partner of the Advent IX Luxembourg Funds, and AP GPE IX GP Limited Partnership is the general partner of the Advent IX Partners Funds. Advent International GPE IX, LLC is the general partner of GPE IX GP Limited Partnership and AP GPE IX GP Limited Partnership, and is the sole shareholder of GPE IX GP S.a r.l. Advent is the manager of Advent International GPE IX, LLC and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Advent IX Luxembourg Funds, the Advent IX Cayman Funds and the Advent IX Partners Funds. Advent International GP, LLC is the general partner of Advent.

5. The Reporting Person is a Principal of Advent and may have limited partner or other interests in one or more of the entities described herein. The Reporting Person disclaims Section 16 beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

	/s/ Michael James White	08/10/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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