TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt July 10, 2024 Samantha Stoddard Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. 2645 Silver Crescent Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 Re: JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 Form 8-K filed February 20, 2024 Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 File No. 001-38000 Dear Samantha Stoddard: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures 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. Forms 8-K Filed February 20, 2024 and May 6, 2024 Exhibit 99.1 1. We note you present non-GAAP financial measures that include an adjustment for "net legal and professional expenses and settlements . For each of the two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period, including the comparable interim period, please tell us the specific nature and amount of the legal expenses, professional expenses, and settlements included in your non-GAAP adjustments. Explain the specific nature of the strategic transformation expenses, that you indicate are primarily third-party advisory fees, including the services provided to date and the services expected to be continued to be provided. Also, explain how you determined each expense included in your non-GAAP adjustment does not represent a normal operating expense necessary to operate your business and is consistent with the guidance in Question 100.01 of the Division of Corporation Finance's Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. July 10, 2024 Page 2 In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Jeffrey Gordon at 202-551-3866 or Anne McConnell at 202-551-3709 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing