On
November 6, 2012, Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (the Company) closed (the Closing) the previously announced purchase of certain assets used in connection with the design, development, marketing and distribution of certain
spinal implant products, together with the intellectual property rights, contractual rights, inventories, and certain liabilities related thereto, from Phygen, LLC (Phygen) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of
October 19, 2012 (the Asset Purchase Agreement), between the Company and Phygen.
At the Closing, the Company
issued to Phygen 4,069,087 unregistered shares of the Companys common stock and paid to Phygen $2 million in cash. In addition, the Company issued 1,170,960 unregistered shares of its common stock into an escrow account, which shares were
issued in Phygens name and will be maintained by a third party escrow agent to secure the indemnification obligations of Phygen under the Asset Purchase Agreement for a period of 12 months following the Closing. The Asset Purchase Agreement
provides that Phygen will not, without the Companys prior written consent, directly or indirectly, sell, offer, pledge, transfer, distribute or otherwise dispose of the Shares (Lock-Up Restrictions), provided that the Lock-Up
Restrictions shall lapse with respect to 1,922,049, 1,658,999, and 1,658,999 Shares on each of the first, second and third annual anniversaries of the Closing, respectively.
At the Closing, the Company and Phygen also entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the Autolok License Agreement), pursuant to which Phygen granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide
license under Phygens patents, trademarks and know-how to make, market, distribute and sell products incorporating Phygens proprietary Autolok set screw locking technology.
Additional information with respect to the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Autolok License Agreement is available in the current report
on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2012, and is hereby incorporated by reference. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Asset Purchase Agreement, including the ancillary agreements that are exhibits thereto, and the Autolok License Agreement, copies of which the Company expects to file with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending
December 31, 2012.