TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt United States securities and exchange commission logo April 30, 2024 Matthew Walsh Chief Financial Officer Organon & Co. 30 Hudson Street, Floor 33 Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 Re: Organon & Co. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 Form 8-K filed February 15, 2024 File No. 001-40235 Dear Matthew Walsh: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. 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. Form 8-K Filed February 15, 2024 Exhibit 99.1 Organon Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31, 2023, page 1 1. Within the header of your earnings release you discuss the non-GAAP measure Adjusted EBITDA without also discussing the most comparable GAAP measure of net income. This presentation gives greater prominence to the non-GAAP measure and does not comply with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K. Please revise your header and presentations in future filings accordingly. Refer to Question 102.10(a) of the Division's Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations ( C&DIs ) on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Table 4. Reconciliation of GAAP Reported to Non-GAAP Adjusted Information, page 14 2. We note your non-GAAP reconciliation tables presented here and on page15 give the appearance of a full non-GAAP income statement. Please note that the presentation of a full non-GAAP income statement, or a presentation that gives the appearance of one, may place undue prominence on the non-GAAP information and give the impression that Matthew Walsh Organon & Co. April 30, 2024 Page 2 the non-GAAP income statement represents a comprehensive basis of accounting. Please remove this presentation in your future filings. To the extent you wish to present any of the non-GAAP measures, you could present a separate reconciliation for each non-GAAP measure and provide all the disclosures required by Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K including quantification and description of each adjustment individually. Refer to Question 102.10(a) and (c) of the C&DIs for Non-GAAP Financial Measures. 3. We note that table 4 presents the tax impact of your non-GAAP adjustments. Please revise future filings to provide a brief explanation as to how the tax impact of the non-GAAP adjustments were computed. Refer to Question 102.11 of the C&DIs for Non- GAAP Financial Measures. Table 5. Reconciliation of GAAP Income Before Income Taxes to Adjusted EBITDA, page 16 4. We note that you present Adjusted EBITDA as a non-GAAP performance measure. However, your reconciliation does not reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income (loss), as required by Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K. Please revise your presentation in future filings accordingly. Refer also to Question 103.02 of the C&DIs for Non-GAAP Financial Measures. 5. Please refer to footnote (2) and one-time costs. Please tell us and revise your future filings to quantify and describe the nature of each of the significant components of these adjustments. Explain to us how each of these one-time costs comply with the guidance of Questions 100.01 and 102.03 of the C&DIs for Non-GAAP Financial Measures. 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 Gary Newberry at 202-551-3761 or Tara Harkins at 202-551-3639 with any questions. FirstName LastNameMatthew Walsh Sincerely, Comapany NameOrganon & Co. Division of Corporation Finance April 30, 2024 Page 2 Office of Life Sciences FirstName LastName