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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-200869

 

PROSPECTUS

 

1,200,000 Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Exercise of Warrants

ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

This prospectus relates solely to the resale or other disposition by the selling stockholders identified in the prospectus of up to 1,200,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants acquired by the selling stockholders on November 21, 2014 in private placements, or the Warrants.

The selling stockholders, or their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may, from time to time, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

We are not selling any common stock under this prospectus, and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. To the extent the Warrants are exercised for cash, if at all, we will receive the exercise price for the Warrants. The selling stockholders will sell the shares in accordance with the “Plan of Distribution” set forth in this prospectus. The selling stockholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sales of shares. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the shares.

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ATEC.” On December 22, 2014, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $1.38.

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer executing sell orders on behalf of the selling stockholders, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Commissions received by any broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions under the Securities Act. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider the risks that we have described in “Risk Factors” on page 3, as updated in any future filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before investing in our securities.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The date of this prospectus is December 23, 2014

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Prospectus Summary			1
Risk Factors			3
Forward-looking Statements			3
Description of Financing Transaction and Warrants			4
Use of Proceeds			6
Selling Stockholders			6
Plan of Distribution			7
Legal Matters			9
Experts			9
Where You Can Find More Information			9
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference			10

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision about investing in our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as updated by our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which are incorporated herein by reference, together with the information in this prospectus and any other information incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See the sections of this prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation by Reference.” The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. The occurrence of any of these known or unknown risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the information and documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain certain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including statements regarding:

 

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our estimates regarding anticipated operating losses, future revenue, expenses, capital requirements, uses and sources of cash and liquidity, including our anticipated revenue growth and cost savings;

 

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our ability to market, improve, grow, commercialize and achieve market acceptance of any of our products or any product candidates that we are developing or may develop in the future;

 

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the effect of our strategy to streamline our organization and lower our costs, including the effect of the restructuring of our French operations, on the financial condition and operations of our business and the timing of such effects;

 

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our beliefs about the attractiveness of the features and benefits of our products;

 

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our ability to successfully integrate, and realize benefits from acquisitions;

 

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our ability to successfully achieve and maintain regulatory clearance or approval for our products in applicable jurisdictions and in a timely manner;

 

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the effect of any existing or future federal, state or international regulations on our ability to effectively conduct our business;

 

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our estimates of market sizes and anticipated uses of our products, including the market size of the aging spine market and our ability to successfully penetrate such market;

 

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our business strategy and our underlying assumptions about market data, demographic trends, reimbursement trends, pricing trends, and trends relating to customer collections;

 

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our ability to achieve profitability, and the potential need to raise additional funding;

 

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our ability to maintain an adequate sales network for our products, including to attract and retain independent distributors;

 

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our ability to enhance our U.S. and international sales networks and product penetration;

 

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our ability to attract and retain a qualified management team, as well as other qualified personnel and advisors;

 

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our ability to enter into licensing and business combination agreements with third parties and to successfully integrate the acquired technology and/or businesses;

 

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our beliefs with respect to the attainment of sales milestones, development milestones, and product design and functionality testing requirements;

 

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our management team’s ability to accommodate growth and manage a larger organization;

 

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our ability to protect our intellectual property, and to not infringe upon the intellectual property of third parties;

 

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our ability to maintain compliance with the quality requirements of the FDA and similar regulatory authorities outside of the U.S.;

 

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our ability to meet the financial covenants under our credit facilities;

 

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our ability to conclude that we have effective disclosure controls and procedures;

 

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our ability to meet or exceed the industry standard in clinical and legal compliance and corporate governance programs;

 

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potential liability resulting from litigation and its potential effects on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position;

 

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potential liability resulting from a governmental review of our business practices;

 

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our beliefs about the usefulness of non-GAAP financial measures;

 

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our ability to meet and potential liability from not meeting the payment obligations under either the Cross Medical or Orthotec settlements;

 

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our beliefs with respect to our critical accounting policies and the reasonableness of our estimates and assumptions; and

 

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our expectations about the technological and commercial feasibility of our acquired in-process research and development, or IPR&D, assets and our plans in the event any such IPR&D assets are not technologically or commercially feasible.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in our discussion included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be important in determining future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual future results may vary materially from expected results.

We also provide a cautionary discussion of risks and uncertainties under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. Other factors besides those discussed could also adversely affect us.

Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “seek,” “intend,” “continue,” “project,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. There are a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond our control, including the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” herein. In addition, the forward-looking statements contained herein represent our estimate only as of the date of this prospectus and should not be relied upon as representing our estimate as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking statements.

DESCRIPTION OF FINANCING TRANSACTION AND WARRANTS

Facility Agreement

On March 17, 2014, we entered into a Facility Agreement, or the Facility Agreement, with Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P., Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P., Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P., and Deerfield Special Situations International Master Fund, L.P., which we collectively refer to as Deerfield, pursuant to which Deerfield agreed to loan us up to $50.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Facility Agreement. Under the terms of the Facility Agreement, we have the option, but are not required, upon certain conditions to draw the entire amount available under the Facility Agreement, at any time until January 30, 2015, provided that the initial draw be used for a portion of the payments made in connection with a litigation settlement entered into between us, OrthoTec, LLC and certain other parties, for which settlement we entered into a binding term sheet on March 15, 2014. On March 20, 2014, we made an initial draw under the Facility Agreement of $20.0 million, and on November 21, 2014, we made an additional draw under the Facility Agreement of $6.0 million. We may draw down additional amounts under the Facility Agreement relating to the litigation settlement and up to an aggregate of $15.0 million for working capital or general corporate purposes. In addition, in the event certain events relating to the litigation settlement have not occurred prior to December 15, 2014, we may request no later than January 30, 2015 a draw of the entire amount available under the Facility Agreement, or an End-Term Draw; provided that such amount will remain in a special deposit account until such events relating to the litigation

 

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settlement occur. We agreed to pay Deerfield, upon each disbursement of funds under the Facility Agreement, a transaction fee equal to 2.5% of the principal amount of the funds disbursed.

Any amounts drawn under the Facility Agreement accrue interest at a rate of 8.75% per annum. Accrued interest is payable quarterly in cash. At any time after the third anniversary of the first disbursement, we have the right to prepay any amounts owed at a price equal to all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, late charges and other amounts then due and owing on the principal amount repaid plus 105% of the outstanding principal amount repaid. One-third of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility Agreement is payable on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the first disbursement of funds. The Facility Agreement also includes several potential events of default, such as payment default, insolvency conditions and the consummation of certain change of control transactions, which could cause interest to be charged at a specified rate above the rate effective immediately before the event of default or result in Deerfield’s right to declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable.

Security Agreement

In connection with the Facility Agreement, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into a Guaranty and Security Agreement with Deerfield, pursuant to which, as security for our repayment of our obligations under the Facility Agreement, such subsidiaries guaranteed our obligations under the facility agreement, and we and such subsidiaries granted to Deerfield a security interest in substantially all of our assets, and all proceeds and products thereof, subject to the limitations in such Guaranty and Security Agreement and other security interests that are senior to Deerfield’s security interest.

Warrants

In connection with the execution of the Facility Agreement, on March 17, 2014, we issued to Deerfield warrants to purchase up to 6,250,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price equal to $1.39. In connection with our initial draw under the Facility Agreement, on March 20, 2014, we issued to Deerfield warrants to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price equal to $1.39. In connection with our draw under the Facility Agreement on November 21, 2014, we issued to Deerfield warrants to purchase up to 1,200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price equal to $1.39. In addition, as noted above, we have the right to draw down on the Facility Agreement one or more additional cash disbursements in the minimum amount of $2.5 million per disbursement for an aggregate remaining amount of $24.0 million. Each additional disbursement will be accompanied by the issuance to Deerfield of warrants, or the Draw Warrants, to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to 4,800,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such disbursement, and the denominator of which is 24,000,000. The exercise price of the Draw Warrants shall be equal to the lower of $1.39 and the daily Volume Weighted Average Price (as defined in the Draw Warrants) per share of common stock for the fifteen consecutive trading day period following receipt by Deerfield of the draw notice. In addition, in the event we effect an End-Term Draw, we are required to issue warrants, which we refer to as the End-Term Draw Warrants, to Deerfield to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to the lower of $1.39 and the daily Volume Weighted Average Price per share of common stock for the fifteen consecutive trading day period following receipt by Deerfield of the draw notice for the End-Term Draw. If the Company, in its discretion, elects to draw down the entire $50.0 million under the Facility Agreement, then the Company will have issued warrants to purchase a total of 16,250,000 shares of common stock, excluding the End-Term Draw Warrants.

The number of shares of common stock into which each Warrant is exercisable and the exercise price of any Warrant will be adjusted to reflect any stock splits, recapitalizations or similar adjustments in the number of outstanding shares of common stock. Each Warrant issued under the Facility Agreement expires on the sixth anniversary of its issuance and contains certain limitations that prevent the holder from acquiring shares upon exercise of a Warrant that would result in the number of shares beneficially owned by it to exceed 9.985% of the total number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding.

The holder of a Warrant may exercise the Warrant either for cash or on a cashless basis. In connection with certain Major Transactions (as defined in the Warrant), including certain changes of control of the Company or the sale of more than 50% of the Company’s assets, the holder may have the option to receive, in exchange for

 

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the Warrant, a number of shares of common stock equal to the Black-Scholes value of the Warrant, as calculated pursuant to the terms of the Warrant. In certain circumstances, a portion of such payment may be made in cash rather than in shares of common stock.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Facility Agreement and the related warrants, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with Deerfield, or the Registration Rights Agreement, obligating us to register for resale the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants on a registration statement on Form S-3 (or if Form S-3 is not then available, such other form of registration statement as is then available) to be filed with the SEC within 45 days of the issuance of the initial warrants and, thereafter, within 20 days after the date on which any other warrants may be issued.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We are registering the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus pursuant to registration rights granted to the selling stockholders in the Registration Rights Agreement. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the shares covered hereby. The holders of the Warrants are not obligated to exercise their Warrants, and we cannot predict whether holders of the Warrants will choose to exercise all or any of their Warrants or if they will do so for cash or on a cashless basis. However, if all of the Warrants were exercised for cash, we would receive gross proceeds of approximately $1.7 million. Any funds received from the exercise of the Warrants will be used by us for general corporate purposes.

We have agreed to pay all costs, expenses and fees relating to the registration of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus. The selling stockholders will pay any brokerage commissions and/or similar charges incurred in connection with the sale or other disposition by them of the shares covered hereby.

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

We have prepared this prospectus to allow the selling stockholders or their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest to sell or otherwise dispose of, from time to time, up to an aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, plus an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as described in the Warrants. The table below presents information regarding the selling stockholders, the shares of common stock beneficially owned by each of them prior to the issuance of the Warrants, the shares of common stock that they may sell or otherwise dispose of from time to time under this prospectus and the number and percentage of our common stock each of the selling stockholders will own assuming all of the shares covered by this prospectus are sold by the selling stockholders.

We do not know whether, when or in what amounts the selling stockholders may sell or otherwise dispose of the shares of common stock covered hereby. The selling stockholders might not sell or dispose of any or all of the shares covered by this prospectus or may sell or dispose of some or all of the shares other than pursuant to this prospectus. Because the selling stockholders may not sell or otherwise dispose of some or all of the shares covered by this prospectus and because there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale or other disposition of any of the shares, we cannot estimate the number of the shares that will be held by the selling stockholders after completion of the offering. However, for purposes of this table, we have assumed that all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus will be sold by the selling stockholders and that any other shares of our common stock beneficially owned by these selling stockholders will continue to be beneficially owned.

The information in the table is based on 99,595,503 shares outstanding as of December 5, 2014 and was prepared based on information supplied to us by the selling stockholders. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange

 

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Act and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and including any securities that grant the selling stockholder the right to acquire shares of common stock within 60 days of December 5, 2014. Other than the transactions referred to herein and in documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the selling stockholders have not within the past three years had any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our subsidiaries other than as a holder of our securities.

 

Name of Selling Stockholder(1)(2)		Number of Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering				Number of Shares Offered Hereby(3)				Number of Shares Beneficially Owned After the Offering				Percent of Class Beneficially Owned After the Offering
Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P.			4,585,725	(4)			480,600				4,105,125				4.0	%
Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P.			4,001,775	(5)			419,400				3,582,375				3.5	%
Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P.			3,754,675	(6)			165,600				3,589,075				3.5	%
Deerfield Special Situations International Master Fund, L.P.			3,090,563	(7)			134,400				2,956,163				2.9	%

 

(1)	James E. Flynn, with an address at 780 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, New York 10017 has voting and disposition power over the securities held by the selling stockholder.

(2)	Additional information concerning named selling stockholders or pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest of any such stockholder may be set forth in a prospectus supplement to this prospectus.

(3)	Represents shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

(4)	Consists of 4,105,125 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued in March 2014 and 480,600 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

(5)	Consists of 3,582,375 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued in March 2014 and 419,400 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

(6)	Consists of 2,174,575 shares of common stock, 1,414,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued in March 2014 and 165,600 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

(7)	Consists of 1,808,163 shares of common stock, 1,148,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued in March 2014 and 134,400 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The selling stockholders, including their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may from time to time offer some or all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus. To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended and supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.

The selling stockholders will not pay any of the costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration and sale of the shares covered by this prospectus, but they will pay any and all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes, if any, attributable to sales of the shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock covered hereby.

The selling stockholders may sell the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus from time to time, and may also decide not to sell all or any of the shares of common stock that they are allowed to sell under this prospectus. The selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions regarding the timing, manner and size of each sale. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at privately negotiated prices. Sales may be made by the selling stockholders in one or more types of transactions, which may include:

 

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purchases by underwriters, dealers and agents who may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders and/or the purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent;

 

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one or more block transactions, including transactions in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares of common stock as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction, or in crosses, in which the same broker acts as an agent on both sides of the trade;

 

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ordinary brokerage transactions or transactions in which a broker solicits purchases;

 

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purchases by a broker-dealer or market maker, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

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the pledge of shares of common stock for any loan or obligation, including pledges to brokers or dealers who may from time to time effect distributions of shares of common stock;

 

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short sales or transactions to cover short sales relating to the shares of common stock;

 

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one or more exchanges or over-the-counter market transactions;

 

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through distribution by a selling stockholder or its successor in interest to its members, general or limited partners or shareholders (or their respective members, general or limited partners or shareholders);

 

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privately negotiated transactions;

 

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the writing of options, whether the options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

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distributions to creditors and equity holders of the selling stockholders; and

 

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any combination of the foregoing, or any other available means allowable under applicable law.

A selling stockholder may also resell all or a portion of its common stock in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act provided it meets the criteria and conforms to the requirements of Rule 144.

The selling stockholders may enter into sale, forward-sale and derivative transactions with third parties, or may sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those sale, forward-sale or derivative transactions, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions and by issuing securities that are not covered by this prospectus but are exchangeable for or represent beneficial interests in the common stock. The third parties also may use shares received under those sale, forward-sale or derivative arrangements or shares pledged by the selling stockholder or borrowed from the selling stockholders or others to settle such third-party sales or to close out any related open borrowings of common stock. The third parties may deliver this prospectus in connection with any such transactions. Any third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part).

In addition, the selling stockholders may engage in hedging transactions with broker-dealers in connection with distributions of common stock or otherwise. In those transactions, broker-dealers may engage in short sales of securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume with selling stockholders. The selling stockholders may also sell securities short and redeliver securities to close out such short positions. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers which require the delivery of securities to the broker-dealer. The broker-dealer may then resell or otherwise transfer such securities pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may loan or pledge shares, and the borrower or pledgee may sell or otherwise transfer the common stock so loaned or pledged pursuant to this prospectus. Such borrower or pledgee also may transfer those shares of common stock to investors in our securities or the selling stockholders’ securities or in connection with the offering of other securities not covered by this prospectus.

To the extent necessary, we may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution. We will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required, upon being notified by the selling stockholders that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of shares through a block trade, offering or a purchase by a broker or dealer. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the specific terms of the offering of securities, including:

 

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the price of such common stock;

 

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any underwriting discounts, agency fees or other compensation to underwriters or agents; and

 

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any discounts or concessions allowed or paid to dealers.

In connection with sales of common stock covered hereby, the selling stockholders and any underwriter, broker-dealer or agent and any other participating broker-dealer that executes sales for the selling stockholders may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Accordingly, any profits realized by the selling stockholders and any compensation earned by such underwriter, broker-dealer or agent may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions. Because the selling stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” under the Securities Act, the selling stockholders must deliver this prospectus and any prospectus supplement in the manner required by the Securities Act. This prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied through the facilities of the NASDAQ Global Select Market in accordance with Rule 153 under the Securities Act.

We and the selling stockholders have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In addition, we or the selling stockholders may agree to indemnify any underwriters, broker-dealers and agents against or contribute to any payments the underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be required to make with respect to, civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Underwriters, broker-dealers and agents and their affiliates are permitted to be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us and our affiliates or the selling stockholders or their affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

The selling stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of Regulation M of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, which provisions may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the common stock by the selling stockholders. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the common stock. These restrictions may affect the marketability of such common stock.

In order to comply with applicable securities laws of some states, the common stock may be sold in those jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain states the common stock may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirements is available. In addition, any common stock of a selling stockholder covered by this prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold in open market transactions under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the shares offered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Latham & Watkins LLP, San Diego, California.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. appearing in Alphatec Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2013 (including schedule appearing therein) and the effectiveness of Alphatec Holdings, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, of which this prospectus forms a part. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit from this prospectus certain information included in the registration statement. For further information about us and our securities, you should

 

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refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement. With respect to the statements contained in this prospectus regarding the contents of any agreement or any other document, in each instance, the statement is qualified in all respects by the complete text of the agreement or document, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.

We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Exchange Act. You may read and copy this information from the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into this document the information we have filed with it. This means that we can disclose important business, financial and other information to you by referring you to other documents separately filed with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. Statements in this prospectus regarding the provisions of certain documents filed with, or incorporated by reference in, the registration statement are not necessarily complete and each statement is qualified in all respects by that reference. Copies of all or any part of the registration statement, including the documents incorporated by reference and the exhibits, may be obtained at the SEC’s public reference room or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:

 

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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014;

 

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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2014;

 

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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2014;

 

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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, filed with the SEC on October 30, 2014;

 

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the portions of our Current Reports on Form 8-K that are deemed “filed” with the SEC under the Exchange Act, filed with the SEC on January 2, 2014, March 19, 2014, March 26, 2014, April 30, 2014, May 2, 2014, July 2, 2014, August 5, 2014, October 2, 2014, November 13, 2014 and November 24, 2014;

 

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the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as filed with SEC on May 26, 2006, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

 

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all documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of offerings under this prospectus, including all such documents we may file with the SEC after the date of the initial registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement, are deemed to be incorporated by reference into, and to be a part of, this prospectus, except in each case for information contained in any such filing where we indicate that such information is being furnished and is not considered “filed” under the Exchange Act.

Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

To receive a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than exhibits to the Registration Statement) call or write us at the following address:

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

5818 El Camino Real

Carlsbad, California 92008

(760) 431-9286

Attn: Corporate Secretary

 

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