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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-008739
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240315
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240320
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240320

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Leib Ryan J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001659260
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39413
		FILM NUMBER:		24768008

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O TRINSEO S.A.
		STREET 2:		1000 CHESTERBROOK BOULEVARD, SUITE 300
		CITY:			BERWYN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19312

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vertex, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001806837
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				232081753
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2301 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD
		CITY:			KING OF PRUSSIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19406
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 355-3500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2301 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD
		CITY:			KING OF PRUSSIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19406
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents an award of restricted stock units that will vest as to 25% of the amount of shares on each of February 1, 2025, February 1, 2026, February 1, 2027 and February 1, 2028.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents an award of restricted stock units that will vest as to 25% of the amount of shares on each of February 22, 2025, February 22, 2026, February 22, 2027 and February 22, 2028.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Lisa Coleman, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-03-20</signatureDate>
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<html><head><title>ex24-03202024_080338.htm</title><meta name="author" content="Crystal Bailey"><meta name="date" content="03/06/2024"></head><body style="margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:6.6pt" align="right"><b>EXHIBIT</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:6.6pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Vertex, Inc. (the &#147;<b><i>Company</i></b>&#148;), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on <u>Schedule A</u> attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: </p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:51.333px; width:96.333px; float:left">1.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96.333px; text-indent:-2px" align="justify">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<b><i>Exchange Act</i></b>&#148;), and the rules thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder; </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:51.333px; width:96.333px; float:left">2.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96.333px; text-indent:-2px" align="justify">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 Schedule 13D or 13G or Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such schedule or form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:51.333px; width:96.333px; float:left">3.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96.333px; text-indent:-2px" align="justify">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&#146;s discretion. </p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">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 attorneys-in-fact 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. </p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">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&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act. </p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Schedule 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#146;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. </p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify"><br>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of March, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:384px"><u>/s/ RYAN LEIB</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:384px">Ryan Leib</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">US-DOCS\120295976.1</p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin:0px; page-break-before:always" align="center"><b><u>Schedule A </u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px" align="center">Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and Resubstitution </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:27px; width:51px; float:left">1.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:51px; text-indent:-2px">Bryan Rowland</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:27px; width:51px; clear:left; float:left">2.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:51px; text-indent:-2px">Lisa Coleman</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:27px; width:51px; clear:left; float:left">3.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:51px; text-indent:-2px">Jonathan Bradbard</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">US-DOCS\120295976.1</p>
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