TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt June 23, 2025 Nate Olmstead Chief Financial Officer Penguin Solutions, Inc. c/o Walkers Corporate Limited 190 Elgin Avenue George Town, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands, KY1-9008 Re: Penguin Solutions, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended August 30, 2024 Filed October 24, 2024 Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended February 28, 2025 Filed April 2, 2025 File No. 001-38102 Dear Nate Olmstead: We have reviewed your June 18, 2025 response to our comment letter and have the following comment. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our May 20, 2025 letter. Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended February 28, 2025 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Impairment of Goodwill, page 31 1. We note your response to prior comment 2. Please provide a more detailed analysis supporting your conclusion that a full impairment of the remaining $10 million in goodwill is not necessary when impairment became probable. Specifically, explain to us the last sentence of your response that as the Penguin Edge business continues to wind down, cash flows from the business will be received by the Company, decreasing the remaining cash flows from customer contracts and resulting in further June 23, 2025 Page 2 declines in the fair value of the business and additional impairments of goodwill. In this regard, we would expect that the remaining cash flows have already been considered in the fair value calculation at the time of measurement. Please advise. Additionally, in your response, please be more specific in discussing the methods and key assumptions you used to estimate the fair value of the Penguin Edge business in connection with your goodwill impairment assessment during the second quarter of 2025. See guidance in ASC 350-10-50-2. Please contact Eiko Yaoita Pyles at 202-551-3587 or Claire Erlanger at 202-551-3301 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing