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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000709283-24-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240926

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUANTUM CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000709283
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				942665054
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408 944 4000

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		STREET 1:		224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i41ceaa88debc4b3a84b50d55e924a241_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">September 26, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">VIA EDGAR </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ms. Joyce Sweeney </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ms. Kathleen Collins</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporate Finance, Office of Technology</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, NE</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Re&#58; Quantum Corporation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">       Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">       Filed June 28, 2024</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">       File No. 001-13449</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Dear Ms. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Joyce Sweeney </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and Ms. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Kathleen Collins&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Quantum Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) provides the following information in response to the comment contained in the correspondence of the staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), dated September 17, 2024, relating to the aforementioned Form&#160;10-K.&#160;For reference purposes, the text of your letter dated September 17, 2024, has been reproduced herein (in bold), with the Company&#8217;s response below the numbered comment. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline">Explanatory Note</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;padding-left:9pt">We note your disclosure regarding restatement of previously issued financial statements. Please tell us whether a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation was performed. If no recovery analysis was performed, explain why. Describe the timing and terms of awards received during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and your compensation recovery policy. In addition, please tell us what consideration was given to providing the disclosures pursuant to Item 402(w) of Regulation S-K and filing the company's clawback policy as an exhibit to your Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(97) of Regulation S-K.</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Response</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#58; </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">The Company offers two types of incentive-based compensation&#58; (i) an incentive cash bonus program&#59; and (ii) an equity incentive program with the issuance of performance-based stock units (PSUs) which vest upon the achievement of certain performance targets. The Company did not perform a recovery analysis for the cash bonus component for the restated periods (fiscal year </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">ended March 31, 2022 and fiscal year ended March 31, 2023), because the Company made no cash bonus payments in either fiscal year to any participant.  For the PSUs, there were two vesting conditions contained in the PSUs applicable to the restated periods of fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023. The first performance vesting condition pertained to annual recurring revenue, which condition was not achieved based on the originally reported financial results, and the PSUs were cancelled. The second performance vesting condition of the PSUs pertained to free cash flow, which was not impacted by the restatement process, as the restatement items were restricted to revenue allocation and debt&#47;equity classification of warrants. Because the restatement did not impact this metric (i.e., free cash flow did not change for the restated periods), the Company did not perform a recovery analysis on this portion of the PSU.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, which was not restated, the Company paid a portion of the incentive cash bonus amount that could be earned, which represented 25% attainment. The Company partially achieved the single metric for fiscal year 2024, which was a reduction of non-GAAP operating expenses. Bonus payments were made in September 2024 (actual timing depends on the country where the payee is located). Non-GAAP operating expenses were not impacted by either of the items which were restated, being revenue allocation and debt&#47;equity classification of warrants.  As a result, the restatement of prior periods had no impact on the metric which resulted in a partial payout of cash bonuses for fiscal 2024. With respect to 2024 PSUs, the Company met its free cash flow metrics. However, as noted above, the portion of the PSUs related to revenue performance were cancelled based on the original results and the restatement did not impact free cash flow&#59; and therefore, no recovery analysis was completed with respect to the PSUs.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">The Company&#8217;s recovery policy requires the covered executives to promptly repay or forfeit to the Company, on a pre-tax basis, the full amount of the excess of&#58; (a) the amount of any incentive-based compensation received by the covered executive during a clawback period that was calculated based on the erroneous data in the original financial statements that were subsequently restated over (b) the amount of such incentive-based compensation to which the covered executive would have been entitled to receive based on the restated financial statements (such excess amount, the recoverable incentive-based compensation).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">The Company considered whether disclosure pursuant to Item 402(w) of Regulation S-K should be included in the 10-K. The Company determined not to provide any disclosure pursuant to Item 402(w), because there were no amounts of compensation previously paid for performance of financial measures impacted by the restatement during the restated periods (fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023). Item 402(w)(2) of Regulation S-K requires disclosure if &#8220;&#8230; the registrant concluded that recovery of erroneously awarded compensation was not required pursuant to the registrant&#8217;s compensation recovery policy&#8230;.&#8221;  Because the Company paid no cash bonuses for the restated periods and issued no equity related to the financial metrics that were restated, there was no compensation to potentially recover&#59; and therefore, the Company&#8217;s clawback policy and Item 402(w)(2) were not applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">The Company respectfully notes that it erroneously failed to file a copy of the Company's clawback policy as an exhibit to the Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(97) of Regulation S-K.  </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Subject to any further feedback from the Staff, the Company intends to file a copy of its clawback policy as an exhibit to its next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, rather than amend its Form 10-K for the purpose of filing this exhibit.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">***</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at ken.gianella&#64;quantum.com.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#171717;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Quantum Corporation</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Kenneth Gianella&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Kenneth Gianella</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:185%">Copy to&#58;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:185%">Brian E. Cabrera, Chief Administrative Officer, Quantum Corporation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:185%">Laura A. Nash, Chief Accounting Officer, Quantum Corporation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:185%">James J. Masetti, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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