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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-242066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230926

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ZimVie Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001876588
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DENTAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3843]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10225 WESTMOOR DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTMINSTER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80021
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-443-7500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10225 WESTMOOR DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTMINSTER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80021

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ZB SpinCo Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20210803
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">10225 Westmoor Drive </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Westminster, Colorado 80021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;26,
2023 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Via EDGAR Transmission </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office
of Industrial Applications and Services </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Tracey Houser and Terence
O&#146;Brien </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>ZimVie Inc.</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> Filed March&nbsp;1, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for Fiscal Quarter Ended June&nbsp;30, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-41242</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Houser and Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Brien, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter is submitted in response to the comment letter of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, dated September&nbsp;12, 2023, with respect to review of the above-referenced filings of ZimVie Inc. (&#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; &#147;ZimVie&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;).&nbsp;For your
convenience, we have reproduced the text of the Staff&#146;s comments below in bold type, and our response thereto follows each comment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2022 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&#8201;7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Results of Operations, page 38 </U></B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note that your analysis for net sales and the various operating expenses line items discuss multiple
factors positively and/or negatively impacting the corresponding line item. Please expand your analyses to quantify the impact of the factors impacting the line items when multiple factors contribute positively and/or negatively to the change or
amounts being discussed. Refer to Item 303(b)(2) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> and Section&nbsp;501.12.b. of the Financial Reporting Codification for guidance. As part of your response, please provide us with the
components of the acquisition, integration, divestiture and other line item for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 and your subsequent interim periods. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response</U>: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#146;s
comment and advise the Staff that in future filings, we will expand our discussion and analysis to quantify the impact of the factors that materially affect reported line items when multiple factors contribute to the change or amounts being
discussed. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below is an illustrative example of how we would intend to expand our disclosures in future
filings, using the paragraph from our discussion and analysis of net sales in the MD&amp;A from our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Demand (Volume/Mix) Trends </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Demand in the spine product category was negatively impacted in 2022 compared to 2021 by the exit of a number of unprofitable markets in
late 2021 and the discontinuation of certain products and brands ($15.6 million), operational disruptions resulting from ERP implementation and other IT systems projects ($7.0 million), the impact of the third party net sales retained by Zimmer
Biomet until we completed our separation activities in certain markets at the end of the third quarter of 2022 ($5.2 million), a slowdown of customer purchases in China in anticipation of VBP ($1.4 million) and continued competitive pressures in the
spine market. The spine product category was also negatively impacted by distributor bulk orders in the first quarter of 2021 that did not recur ($2.6 million) and the surge in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">COVID-19</FONT> cases in the first half
of 2022 related to the Omicron variant. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to the portion of the Staff&#146;s comment related to the acquisition, integration, divestiture
and related line item, the following sets forth the components of that line item for the periods requested: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Professional fees <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14.8</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12.9</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.1</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Employee costs <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lease-related costs <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(3) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.5</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Contingent consideration adjustments <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(4)
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Re-branding</FONT>
<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(5) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.1</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other spin-related costs <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(6) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.7</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Professional fees represent spin-related activities predominantly for information technology (&#147;IT&#148;)
to stand up our IT infrastructure, as well as consulting fees for assistance in carving out our financial statements from our former parent, tax structuring, and corporate organizational design. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Employee costs represent wages, benefits, relocation and recruiting costs related to building our corporate
organization prior to the separation date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Lease-related costs represent costs incurred related to a leased facility that was transferred to our former
parent after the separation date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Contingent consideration adjustments represent adjustments to contingent consideration for acquisitions closed
prior to the separation date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Re-branding</FONT> represents costs incurred to change marketing materials,
signage, etc. to replace our former parent&#146;s name with ZimVie Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Other spin-related costs primarily represent costs incurred to support the separation of our activities from
our former parent. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for Fiscal Quarter Ended June&nbsp;30, 2023 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Exhibit 31 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Please expand the language included in paragraph 4 to the 302 certifications to include &#147;and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(f))&#148;</FONT> as required by Item 601(b)(31)(i) of Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K.</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response</U>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and advise the Staff that in future filings, the Company will include, in the introductory language in
paragraph 4 of the 302 certifications, the language &#147;and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(f)).&#148;</FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> Filed March&nbsp;1, 2023 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Exhibit 99.1 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure presentations. For the adjustments
titled, &#147;acquisition, integration, divestiture and related&#148; and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;one-time</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> allocations and other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT>
costs,&#148; quantify each of the components for both periods presented and for your fiscal year 2023 interim periods and provide a discussion of the nature of each component. For the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;one-time</FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> allocations and other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> costs&#148; title, tell us how you concluded that this title appropriately characterizes the components included in this adjustment
line, as it appears some of the components may be normal, recurring type costs and/or span multiple periods presented. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment. As an initial matter related to the Company&#146;s presentation of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial metrics, please note that effective March&nbsp;1, 2022 (the &#147;separation date&#148;), Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (the Company&#146;s former parent) completed the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">spin-off</FONT> (the &#147;separation&#148; or &#147;spin&#148;) of its spine and dental businesses into ZimVie, creating a new publicly traded company. As such, various costs, expenses, decisions, events and other matters
were determined and/or incurred as a result of the former parent&#146;s policies, decisions and preparation for the spin, which are not representative of the Company&#146;s ongoing business or indicative of the Company&#146;s core operations. We
believe that excluding related expenses from certain <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures enables investors to better identify our core operations, results and trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by these
items that were specific to the separation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acquisition, integration, divestiture and related adjustments in the periods presented include costs incurred
to prepare for and complete the separation from our former parent (costs incurred related to transition services agreements and to stand up our corporate infrastructure continued to be incurred after the separation date), as well as changes in the
fair value of contingent consideration for acquisitions closed prior to the separation date, as further described in the footnotes to the table in our response to Comment 1 above. We believe these types of costs are not normal, recurring, cash
operating expenses necessary to operate our ongoing business and therefore are not indicative of our core operations. We believe that excluding these expenses from certain <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measures offer investors the
ability to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">make&nbsp;period-to-period&nbsp;comparisons</FONT></FONT> that are not impacted by certain items that can cause changes in reported income but that do not impact the
fundamentals of our operations, as well as enabling the evaluation of operating results and trend analysis by allowing a reader to better identify operating trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by these types of items that are excluded
from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-GAAP&nbsp;financial</FONT> measures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A description and quantification of each component of the
acquisition, integration, divestiture and related line item is included in our response to Comment 1 above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;one-time</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> allocations and other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> costs&#148; category represents inventory charges related to our former
parent&#146;s decision to rationalize certain brands within its Spine products portfolio in the second half of 2021, costs allocated to the Company by our former parent during the preparation of our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT>
financial statements for purposes of preparing our registration statement on Form 10 (e.g., charges that our former parent had excluded from its <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures, primarily representing spin-related
professional fees), asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation resulting from our decision to exit our Spine business in China following our unsuccessful volume-based procurement (&#147;VBP&#148;) bid, and other charges as described below. </P>
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allocations and other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> costs consisted of the following for the periods requested: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Excess and obsolete inventory charges resulting from Spine brand rationalization project</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Allocations from our former parent included in our
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> financial statements</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation resulting from our decision to exit our Spine
business in China following our unsuccessful VBP bid</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&#8194;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other charges <SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1) </SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.4</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>52.7</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>4.7</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>1.7</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>1.7</B></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Other charges in 2021 primarily represent the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">write-off</FONT> of instruments
in conjunction with the Spine brand rationalization project, as well as other spin-related charges. Other charges in 2022 and the 2023 periods represent other spin-related charges. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe that the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> allocations and other <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> costs are the result of discrete decisions and do not represent or relate to normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate our ongoing business, and therefore, are appropriate items to
exclude when preparing our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure presentations. We utilized <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;one-time&#148;</FONT> to indicate that these charges were the result of discrete decisions. While
some of the charges extended over multiple periods, the initial incurrence of the costs was the result of specific, discrete decisions or events. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
brand rationalization adjustments are specifically related to the discrete decision to rationalize the Spine products portfolio. The initial estimates of the impact of the brand rationalization project recorded in 2021 were refined in early 2022.
The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">carve-out</FONT> allocations and other spin-related charges are specifically related to our former parent&#146;s discrete decision to spin off its Spine and Dental businesses and were applied to all periods prior
to the separation date. The asset write-offs resulting from our discrete decision to exit our Spine business in China in late 2022 and the charges in subsequent periods represent the costs of winding down those activities including the accelerated
depreciation of assets that will be disposed of at the completion of the exit activities. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note that for fiscal year 2021, you included an adjustment to cost of products sold excluding intangible
asset amortization for $37.4&nbsp;million for excess and obsolete inventory related to certain discontinued product lines that did not qualify for discontinued operations presentation. Please tell us how you concluded this adjustment is consistent
with the guidance in Questions 100.01 and/or 100.04 of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, as inventory provisions and write-offs are cost of sales items, and are
typically recurring costs that are based on a variety of factors. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and respectfully advise that the Company has considered the guidance set forth in Questions 100.01<B> </B>and 100.04 of
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation. The adjustment for excess and obsolete inventory charges included in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure
presentations is limited to the products impacted by the discrete decision to rationalize the Spine products portfolio. Excess and obsolete inventory charges for retained products that were not impacted by the product rationalization project were
not included in this adjustment. As the adjustment is limited to rationalized products, we believe that the costs are not normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate our ongoing business, and therefore, it is appropriate to
exclude these charges when preparing our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial measure presentations. As noted, the Company does not exclude from its <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures charges
related to excess and obsolete inventory that are part of the normal, recurring business as a cost of sales item, and therefore, we believe that the adjustments made by the Company did not have the effect of changing the recognition or measurement
principles required to be applied in accordance with US&nbsp;GAAP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Exhibit 99.2 </U></B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your presentations of third party gross profit, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross profit
margin, which are all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measures. As required by Rule 100(a) of Regulation G, please disclose in equal or greater prominence the most directly comparable US&nbsp;GAAP measure and provide reconciliations
from that measure. In this regard, total net sales would not qualify as the most comparable US&nbsp;GAAP measure, since it does not include any costs that are being adjusted out. Also note that gross profit and gross profit margin presented in
accordance with US&nbsp;GAAP must be calculated with a fully burdened cost of products sold.</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response</U>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and respectfully advise that the Company does not intend to present gross profit or adjusted gross profit metrics in
its future investor presentations or other public disclosures. However, as a point of clarification regarding the prior disclosures, when considering the most directly comparable US&nbsp;GAAP measure for purposes of these <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> metrics, the Company limited its consideration to captions presented in its statement of operations. As the Company does not present gross profit in its statement of operations, we determined that the most
directly comparable US&nbsp;GAAP measure for purposes of this metric was net sales. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your presentation of adjusted spine third party net sales for fiscal year 2022 that increase the
US&nbsp;GAAP amount for various items. Please provide us with a comprehensive explanation how you concluded that each adjustment is appropriate and does not result in a tailored accounting presentation. Refer to Question 100.04 of the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation for guidance. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and respectfully advise that the intent of the disclosure was to present the various items within total Spine third
party net sales that affected the comparability of 2022 as compared with 2021, to enable readers to make <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">period-to-period</FONT></FONT> comparisons without the impact of certain
unusual events. Each adjustment represented a category of Spine third party net sales that was appropriately recognized as sales in 2021 but did not recur in 2022, and therefore, we believe that the adjustments made by the Company did not have the
effect of changing the recognition or measurement principles required to be applied in accordance with US&nbsp;GAAP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company respectfully notes that
it did not include this presentation of adjusted spine third party net sales in its investor presentations related to its first quarter and second quarter 2023 results, and it does not intend to include this presentation in future investor
presentations or other public disclosures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">* * * * </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We appreciate the opportunity to respond to your comments.&nbsp;If you have any questions with respect to this letter or if you require
additional information, please feel free to contact me directly at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">972-740-2989.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Heather Kidwell, ZimVie Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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