- Current report filing (8-K)
06 Janvier 2012 - 10:35PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2011
ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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000-52024
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20-2463898
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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5818 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (760) 431-9286
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 31, 2011, Alphatec Spine, Inc. (Alphatec Spine), a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Alphatec Holdings, and together with Alphatec Spine, Alphatec); Cross Medical Products, LLC, a subsidiary of Biomet, Inc. (Cross Medical); and EBI, LLC, an affiliated company of Cross
Medical, entered into a Settlement Agreement and General Release (the Settlement Agreement) and an Amended License Agreement (the Amended License Agreement), each dated December 30, 2011 to settle two disputes between
the parties. In the first lawsuit, Cross Medical Products claimed that Alphatec Spine had breached its April 23, 2003 license agreement with Cross Medical by failing to make certain royalty payments. In the second lawsuit, Alphatec Spine
claimed that EBI, LLC infringed a patent owned by Alphatec Spine.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, each of the
parties agreed to resolve all claims and potential claims that they may have against each other arising out of the disputes. Under the Amended License Agreement, Alphatec Spine agreed to pay Cross Medical an initial payment of $5 million no later
than January 6, 2012. In addition to the initial payment, Alphatec Spine shall pay royalties of $13 million in 13 equal quarterly installments of $1 million, with the first payment being due on August 1, 2012, and each subsequent payment
due three months thereafter until the final payment, which is due on August 1, 2015, is made.
In addition, pursuant to
the Settlement Agreement, the parties have exchanged covenants not to sue for patent infringement with respect to products that each respective company had on the market as of December 30, 2011.
The foregoing descriptions of the material terms of the Settlement Agreement and the Amended License Agreement do not purport to be a
complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Settlement Agreement and the Amended License Agreement, which Alphatec Holdings will file as an exhibit to its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 5, 2012, Alphatec issued a press release announcing that it entered into the Settlement Agreement and
Amended License Agreement to settle the disputes described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Alphatecs press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
99.1
Press Release of Alphatec Holdings, Inc., dated January 5, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.
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Dated: January 6, 2012
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By:
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/s/ Ebun S. Garner, Esq.
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Ebun S. Garner, Esq.
General Counsel and Senior Vice President
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