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Employment Agreement - Steve Lubischer

 Exhibit 10.27 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made this 10th day of November, 2006, is by and among Steve Lubischer
(“Employee”), Alphatec Spine, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), and Alphatec Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”). 
 1. Commencement Date. Employee’s employment with the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall commence on November 30, 2006
(the “Commencement Date”). 
 2. At-Will Employment. The parties to this Agreement agree and acknowledge that the
Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered at will. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without Cause (as defined below) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
 3. Title; Capacity; Office. The Company shall employ Employee, and Employee agrees to work for the Company as its Vice President, Sales. Employee
shall perform the duties and responsibilities inherent in the position in which Employee serves and such other duties and responsibilities as the Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing (or his or her designee(s)) shall from time to time
reasonably assign to Employee. 
 4. Compensation and Benefits. While employed by the Company, Employee shall be entitled to the
following (it being agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that, except as explicitly provided in this Agreement, bonuses or any other amounts payable on the happening of any specified event will not be payable if the Employee is not employed by the
Company upon the happening of such event): 
 4.1 Salary. The Company shall pay Employee an annual base salary of $275,000, less
applicable payroll withholdings, payable in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices, with salary increases, if any, to be determined by the President and Chief Executive Officer on an annual basis beginning January 1,
2008. 
 4.2 Incentive Bonus. From the Commencement date until January 1, 2008, Employee will be eligible to receive a cash
performance bonus each fiscal year, payable in accordance with the Company’s incentive bonus policy in an amount of up to 50% of the base salary received by Employee for such fiscal year. After January 1, 2008 the bonus percentage shall be
established by the President and Chief Executive Officer. 
 4.3 Fringe Benefits and Reimbursement of Expenses. Employee will be
entitled to participate in all benefit programs that the Company establishes and makes available to employees with a comparable level of employment with the Company. Employee will also be entitled to take fully paid vacation in accordance with
Company policy, which shall be not less than three weeks per calendar year, and will accrue in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy. Employee shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred or paid by Employee in
connection with, or related to the performance of, Employee’s duties, 

 
responsibilities or services under this Agreement. All such reimbursement shall be pursuant to and in accordance with the Company’s travel and expense
reimbursement policy. 
 4.4 Equity. 
 (a) Employee acknowledges and agrees that all grants of equity to the Employee (excluding any shares held as a result of such shares being purchased in a private placement) pursuant to any agreement, written or
otherwise, as of the date of this Agreement are as follows: (i) Restricted Stock Grant of 10,000 shares of Series A-1 Common Stock issued August 12, 2005; and (ii) Restricted Stock Grant of 2,000 shares of Series A-1 Common Stock
issued September 26, 2005 (collectively, the “Restricted Shares”). 
 (b) Following the execution of this Agreement and upon
the approval of the Parent’s board of directors, Employee shall be granted options to purchase 7,160 shares of the common stock of Parent (the “Options”), which Options shall have an exercise price equal to the closing price of
Parent’s common stock on the trading day prior to issuance. The Options shall vest over a five-year period in equal amounts beginning on the first anniversary of the date of issuance, and shall vest immediately upon a Change in Control (as
defined in the Plan referenced below). The Options shall be subject, in all respects, to (i) the Parent’s Amended and Restated 2005 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the “Plan”), (ii) an Incentive Stock Option
Agreement to be entered into by the Parent and the Employee, and (iii) the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of March 17, 2005 between the Parent and its stockholders, to which the Employee hereby agrees to be subject. 
 5. Termination of for Cause. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company for Cause upon the occurrence of any of the following (each of which
shall constitute "Cause"): (i) Employee being convicted of a felony; (ii) Employee committing any act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intended to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company;
(iii) failure or refusal by Employee to follow policies or directives reasonably established by the President and Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee(s) that goes uncorrected for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after
written notice has been provided to Employee; (iv) a material breach of this Agreement that goes uncorrected for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after written notice has been provided to Employee; (v) any gross or willful
misconduct or gross negligence by Employee in the performance of Employee’s duties; (vi) egregious conduct by Employee that brings Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates into public disgrace or disrepute; or (vii) a material
violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct. 
 6. Effect of Termination for Cause or at the Election of Employee. In the event
that Employee’s employment is terminated (i) for Cause pursuant to Section 5; or (ii) at the election of the Employee for any reason or for no reason, other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall have
no further obligations under this Agreement other than to pay to Employee the salary and benefits, including payment for accrued but untaken vacation days, otherwise payable to Employee under Section 4.1 and Section 4.3 through the last
day of Employee’s actual employment by the Company. 
 7. Proprietary Information and Nonsolicitation. 
  

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 7.1 Proprietary Information. 
 (a) Employee agrees that all information and know-how, whether or not in writing, of a private, secret or confidential nature concerning the
Company’s business or financial affairs (collectively, “Proprietary Information”) is and shall be the exclusive property of the Company. By way of illustration, but not limitation, Proprietary Information may include inventions,
products, processes, methods, techniques, formulas, compositions, compounds, projects, developments, plans, research data, clinical data, financial data, personnel data, computer programs, and customer and supplier lists. Employee will not disclose
any Proprietary Information to others outside the Company or use the same for any unauthorized purposes without written approval by an officer of the Company, either during or after Employee’s employment, unless and until such Proprietary
Information has become public knowledge without fault by Employee. 
 (b) Employee agrees that all files, letters, memoranda, reports,
records, data, sketches, drawings, laboratory notebooks, program listings, or other written, photographic, or other tangible material containing Proprietary Information, whether created by Employee or others, which shall come into Employee’s
custody or possession, shall be and are the exclusive property of the Company to be used by Employee only in the performance of Employee’s duties for the Company. 
 (c) Employee agrees that Employee’s obligation not to disclose or use information, know-how and records of the types set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, also extends to such types of information,
know-how, records and tangible property of subsidiaries and joint ventures of the Company, customers of the Company or suppliers to the Company or other third parties who may have disclosed or entrusted the same to the Company or to Employee in the
course of the Company’s business. 
 7.2 Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation. 
 (a) During Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, render services of a business, professional or
commercial nature to any other person or entity that competes with the Company’s business, whether for compensation or otherwise, or engage in any business activities competitive with the Company’s business, whether alone, as an Employee,
as a partner, or as a shareholder (other than as the holder of not more than one percent of the combined voting power of the outstanding stock of a public company), officer or director of any corporation or other business entity, or as a trustee,
fiduciary or in any other similar representative capacity of any other entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the expenditure of reasonable amounts of time as a member of other companies’ Board of Directors shall not be deemed a breach of this
if those activities do not materially interfere with the services required under this Agreement. 
 (b) In order to protect the Company from
unauthorized use of Proprietary Information following the termination of Employee’s employment either: (i) by the Company for Cause; or (ii) by the Employee for any reason prior to August 12, 2007, for a period of 12 months
following such termination, Employee will not directly or indirectly (A)

  

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recruit, solicit or induce, (B) attempt to recruit, solicit or induce, (C) encourage any person or entity to recruit, solicit or induce, or
(D) encourage any person or entity to attempt to recruit, solicit or induce, any employee, consultant, agent, physician, hospital, customer or supplier of the Company to terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease, suspend, modify or
amend their relationship with the Company. 
 (c) In order to protect the Company from unauthorized use of Proprietary Information following
the termination of Employee’s employment by the Company without Cause, at the election of the Company, for a period of either three or 12 months following such termination (the “Paid Nonsolicitation Period”), Employee will not
directly or indirectly (i) recruit, solicit or induce, (ii) attempt to recruit, solicit or induce, (iii) encourage any person or entity to recruit, solicit or induce, or (iv) encourage any person or entity to attempt to recruit,
solicit or induce, any employee, consultant, agent, physician, hospital, customer or supplier of the Company to terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease, suspend, modify or amend their relationship with the Company. Within two business
days of such termination, the Company shall notify the Employee of its intention to enforce either a three-month or 12-month Paid Nonsolicitation Period. Following such election by the Company, in consideration for the Employee’s performance of
Employee’s obligations during the Paid Nonsolicitation Period, the Company shall pay the Employee’s salary as set forth in Section 4.1 during the applicable Paid Nonsoliciation Period. As additional consideration during the Paid
Nonsolicitation Period, the Company shall agree to waive its option to repurchase 70% of the Restricted Shares and to take all such other actions to allow such Restricted Shares to vest to the Employee in accordance with the terms of the agreements
governing the issuance of such Restricted Shares. 
 (d) In order to protect the Company from unauthorized use of Proprietary Information
following the termination of Employee’s employment by the Employee for any reason after August 12, 2007, for a period of 12 months following such termination (the “Employee Termination Nonsolicitation Period”), Employee will not
directly or indirectly (i) recruit, solicit or induce, (ii) attempt to recruit, solicit or induce, (iii) encourage any person or entity to recruit, solicit or induce, or (iv) encourage any person or entity to attempt to recruit,
solicit or induce, any employee, consultant, agent, physician, hospital, customer or supplier of the Company to terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease, suspend, modify or amend their relationship with the Company. Within two business
days of a termination by the Company without Cause, the Company shall notify the Employee of its intention to enforce the Employee Termination Nonsolicitation Period. In consideration for the Employee’s performance of Employee’s
obligations during the Employee Termination Nonsolicitation Period, the Company shall agree to waive its option to repurchase 70% of the Restricted Shares and to take all such other actions to allow such Restricted Shares to vest to the Employee in
accordance with the terms of the agreements governing the issuance of such Restricted Shares. 
  

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 7.3 During Employee’s employment with the Company and during any of the applicable nonsolicitation
periods set forth in this Section 7, Employee shall not make any statements that are professionally or personally disparaging about, or adverse to, the interests of the Company or any of its divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries or other related
entities, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “Company-Related Parties”), including, but not limited to, any statements that disparage any person, product, service, finances,
financial condition, capability or any other aspect of the business of any Company-Related Party, and that Employee will not engage in any conduct which could reasonably be expected to harm professionally or personally the reputation of any
Company-Related Party. 
 7.4 If any restriction set forth in this Section 7 is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time or over too great a range of activities or in too broad a geographic area, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area
as to which it may be enforceable. 
 7.5 The Employee agrees that due to Employee’s position in the Company as a senior sales executive
and the access to Proprietary Information that is a result of Employee’s position, the restrictions contained in this Section 7 are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of the Company and are considered by Employee to
be reasonable for such purpose. Employee agrees that any breach of this Section 7 will cause the Company substantial and irrevocable damage and therefore, in the event of any such breach, in addition to such other remedies which may be
available, the Company shall have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive relief. 
 8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement
and any agreements explicitly referenced herein constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral relating to the Employee’s employment with the Company.

 9. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument executed by both the Company and Employee.

 10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of both parties and their respective
successors and assigns, including any corporation into which the Company may be merged or which may succeed to its assets or business. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company by delivering written notice the Employee. This Agreement shall not
be assigned by Employee, and any such assignment shall be null and void. 
 11. Miscellaneous. 
 11.1 No Waiver. No delay or omission by the Company in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that or any other
right. A waiver or consent given by the Company on any one occasion shall be effective only in that instance and shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any right on any other occasion. 
  

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 11.2 Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or otherwise
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall in no way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 11.3
Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents
and submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California, sitting in San Diego County, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, sitting in the San Diego County, as the exclusive jurisdiction and
venue for any actions or proceedings brought against either party hereto, arising out of or relating to this Agreement. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year set forth
above. 
 EMPLOYEE 
 /s/ Steve Lubischer 
 Steve Lubischer 
 ALPHATEC SPINE, INC. 
 By: /s/ Ronald G. Hiscock 
 Ronald G. Hiscock 
 President and Chief Executive Officer 
 ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. 
 By: /s/ Ronald G. Hiscock 
 Ronald G. Hiscock 
 President and Chief Executive Officer 
  

 7Seperation Letter

 Exhibit 10.28 
 ALPHATEC SPINE, INC. 
 ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. 
 December 13, 2006 
 Scott Wiese 
  

	Re:	Separation of Employment 

 Scott Wiese (hereinafter “you”
or “your”): 
 The purpose of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”) is to set forth the terms of your separation from
Alphatec Spine, Inc. and Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”). Payment of the Separation Pay described below is contingent on your agreement to and compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Neither this offer to you nor
the Company’s entering into this Agreement shall constitute an admission by the Company and this letter shall be construed as an offer of compromise. 
 1. Separation of Employment. You acknowledge that the Company has no obligation to provide you with severance benefits. You acknowledge that from and after the Termination Date, you shall have no
authority to, and shall not, represent yourself as an employee of the Company, and you shall have no rights to any future payments from the Company. In addition, by law, and regardless of whether you sign this Agreement, you will have the right to
continue your medical insurance pursuant to the provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) upon a qualifying event such as termination of employment. You will receive your COBRA notice under separate cover.

 Regardless of whether you sign this Agreement, other than as set forth in this Agreement, you will cease to participate in the
Company’s employee equity ownership program and your unvested shares will be repurchased as set forth in your Restricted Stock Agreement with the Company. 
 2. Separation Pay. In exchange for the mutual promises set forth in this Agreement, and if you do not revoke this Agreement as you are entitled to do as set forth below, and even though the
Company has no prior obligation to provide you with severance benefits, the Company will pay you a severance amount equal to (i) 26 weeks of salary less applicable payroll tax withholdings and deductions (the “Weekly Separation Pay”);
(ii) $7,880.88 less applicable payroll tax withholdings and deductions (the “Lump-Sum Separation Pay”) (collectively, the Weekly Separation Pay and the Lump-Sum Separation Pay shall be referred to as the “Separation Pay”).
The Weekly Pay shall be payable in equal weekly installments in accordance with the Company’s payroll policies. The Lump-Sum Separation Pay shall be payable in a lump sum simultaneously with the first payment of the Weekly Separation Pay.

  

 You acknowledge and agree that the Separation Pay is not otherwise due or owing to you
under any Company employment agreement (oral or written) or Company policy or practice. You also agree that the Separation Pay to be provided to you is not intended to and does not constitute a severance plan and does not confer a benefit on anyone
other than the parties. You further acknowledge that except for the specific financial consideration set forth in this Agreement, you are not now and shall not in the future be entitled to any compensation from the Company including, without
limitation, other wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation pay, holiday pay, paid time off or any other form of compensation or benefit. You represent by signing this Agreement that you have received all payments to which you are legally
entitled. 
 3. Equity Ownership Acknowledgement. You acknowledge that upon the consummation of the repurchase
right set forth in Section 1 above, other than with respect to any vested shares, you will own no equity in the Company or any rights to acquire equity in the Company through the Company’s equity ownership program. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, the parties to this Agreement intend to enter into a distribution agreement for you to sell the Company’s products as an independent distributor, and the parties intend that such agreement contain provisions mutually
acceptable to both parties that allow for continued vesting of your equity upon the achievement of certain sales milestones. 
 4.
Confidentiality, Non-Disparagement and Non-Solicitation. You expressly acknowledge and agree to the following: 
 (i) that you
promptly will return to the Company all Company documents (and any copies thereof) and property, and that you shall abide by all provisions of the Employment Agreement governing confidentiality, proprietary information and the like, the terms of
which shall survive the signing of this Agreement. Further, you agree that you will abide by any and all common law and/or statutory obligations relating to protection and non-disclosure of the Company’s trade secrets and/or confidential and
proprietary documents and information; 
 (ii) that all information relating in any way to the negotiation of this Agreement, including the
terms and amount of financial consideration provided for in this Agreement, shall be held confidential by you and shall not be publicized or disclosed to any person (other than an immediate family member, legal counsel or financial advisor, provided
that any such individual to whom disclosure is made agrees to be bound by these confidentiality obligations), business entity or government agency (except as mandated by state or federal law), except that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit you
from acting as a witness in an investigation with a state or federal agency if subpoenaed by the agency to do so; 
 (iii) that you will not,
either directly or indirectly, make any statements or representations, either orally or in writing that are professionally or personally disparaging about, or adverse to, the interests of the Company (including its officers, 

  

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directors, employees and consultants) including, but not limited to, any statements that disparage any, person, product, service, finances, financial
condition, capability or any other aspect of the business of the Company or the Company’s business practices, and that you will not engage in any conduct which could be expected to directly or indirectly harm professionally or personally the
reputation of the Company (including its officers, directors, employees and consultants); likewise, the Company will not make any statements that are professionally or personally disparaging about you. 
 (iv) that for a period of one year after the Termination Date you will not, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association,
corporation or other entity, directly or indirectly solicit (either orally or in writing), or in any manner attempt to influence or induce (i) any employee of the Company to leave the employment of the Company, or (ii) any surgeon,
customer, supplier or agent of the Company to terminate, modify or amend its then-current relationship with the Company. 
 (v) that a breach
of this Section 4 shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedy available to the Company, shall entitle the Company to recover any monies paid to you under Section 2 of this
Agreement. 
 5. Your Release of Claims. You hereby agree and
acknowledge that by signing this Agreement and accepting the Separation Pay, and for other good and valuable consideration, you are waiving your right to assert any and all forms of legal claims against the Company1 of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, arising from the beginning of time through the date you execute this Agreement (the “Execution
Date”). Except as set forth below, your waiver and release herein is intended to bar any form of legal claim, charge, complaint or any other form of action (jointly referred to as “Claims”) against the Company seeking any form of
relief including, without limitation, equitable relief (whether declaratory, injunctive or otherwise), the recovery of any damages, or any other form of monetary recovery whatsoever (including, without limitation, back pay, front pay, compensatory
damages, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, attorneys fees and any other costs) against the Company, for any alleged action, inaction or circumstance existing or arising through the Execution Date. 
 Without limiting the foregoing general waiver and release, you specifically waive and release the Company from any Claim arising from or related to your
prior employment relationship with the Company or the termination thereof, including, without limitation: 
  

	 	**	Claims under any state or federal discrimination, fair employment practices or other employment related statute, regulation or executive order (as they may have

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	 For purposes of this Agreement, the Company includes the Company and any of its divisions, affiliates
(which means all persons and entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company), subsidiaries and all other related entities, and its and their directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents,
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been amended through the Execution Date) prohibiting discrimination or harassment based upon any protected status including, without limitation, race,
national origin, age, gender, marital status, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation. Without limitation, specifically included in this paragraph are any Claims arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Civil
Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Equal Pay Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Labor Code and any similar
California or other state statute. 

  

	 	**	Claims under any other state or federal employment related statute, regulation or executive order (as they may have been amended through the Execution Date) relating to wages, hours
or any other terms and conditions of employment. 

  

	 	**	Claims under any state or federal common law theory including, without limitation, wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment,
breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of public policy, defamation, interference with contractual relations, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud or
negligence. 

  

	 	**	Any other Claim arising under state or federal law. 

 In addition to the forgoing, you hereby agree that you waive all rights under section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California. Section 1542 provides that: 
 A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor. 
 Pursuant to section 1542, you acknowledge that
you may hereafter discover facts different from or in addition to facts which you now know or believe to be true with regard to the released claims, and further agree that this Agreement shall remain effective in all respects not withstanding such
discovery of new or different facts, including any such facts which may give rise to currently unknown claims, including but not limited to any claims or rights which you may have under section 1542 of the California Civil Code. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section does not release the Company from any obligation expressly set forth in this Agreement. You acknowledge and
agree that, but for providing this waiver and release, you would not be receiving the economic benefits being provided to you under the terms of this Agreement. 
  

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 It is the Company’s desire and intent to make certain that you fully understand the provisions
and effects of this Agreement. To that end, you have been encouraged and given the opportunity to consult with legal counsel for the purpose of reviewing the terms of this Agreement. Also, because you are over the age of 40, and consistent with the
provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, the Company is providing you with twenty-one (21) days in which to consider and accept the terms of this Agreement by
signing below and returning it to Ebun Garner at the Company. In addition, you may rescind your assent to this Agreement if, within seven (7) days after you sign this Agreement, you deliver by hand or send by mail (certified, return receipt and
postmarked within such 7 day period) a notice of rescission to Ebun Garner at the Company. The eighth day following your signing of this Agreement is the "Effective Date". You agree and acknowledge that no amounts are due and payable to you until
the Effective Date. 
 Also, consistent with the provisions of the Federal Discrimination Laws, nothing in this release shall be deemed
to prohibit you from challenging the validity of this release under the federal age or other discrimination laws (the “Federal Discrimination Laws”) or from filing a charge or complaint of employment-related discrimination with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), or from participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC. Further, nothing in this release or Agreement shall be deemed to limit the Company’s right to seek immediate
dismissal of such charge or complaint on the basis that your signing of this Agreement constitutes a full release of any individual rights under the Federal Discrimination Laws, or to seek restitution to the extent permitted by law of the economic
benefits provided to you under this Agreement in the event that you successfully challenge the validity of this release and prevail in any claim under the Federal Discrimination Laws. 
 6. Miscellaneous. You acknowledge and agree that, except as set forth herein, this Agreement supersedes any and all prior or
contemporaneous oral and/or written agreements between you and the Company, and sets forth the entire agreement between you and the Company. No variations or modifications hereof shall be deemed valid unless reduced to writing and signed by the
parties hereto. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of California and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of California without giving effect to conflict of law principles. To ensure the timely and economical
resolution of disputes that arise in connection with this Agreement, you and the Company agree that any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance or interpretation of this
Agreement shall be resolved to the fullest extent permitted by law by final, binding and confidential arbitration, by a single arbitrator, in San Diego County, California, conducted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“
JAMS”) under the applicable JAMS employment rules, or other arbitrator or arbitration rules to which you and the Company mutually agree. The arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the
dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (b) issue a confidential written arbitration decision, to include the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions and a statement of the award. The arbitrator
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be authorized to award any or all remedies that you or the Company would be entitled to seek in a court of law. The Company shall pay all arbitrator and
arbitration administrative fees in excess of the amount of court fees that would be required if the dispute were decided in a court of law. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent either you or the Company from obtaining injunctive relief
in court to prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if for any reason any part hereof shall be found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be enforced
in full. 
 By executing this Agreement, you are acknowledging that you have been afforded sufficient time to understand the terms and
effects of this Agreement, that your agreements and obligations hereunder are made voluntarily, knowingly and without duress, and that neither the Company nor its agents or representatives have made any representations inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement agree that you may be requested to provide transitional services to the Company during the period in which you are receiving Separation Pay. You agree to make yourself available to the
Company during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice in connection with such activities. The Company shall pay you an hourly rate of $108.00 for the provision of such services and shall reimburse your for your reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses in connection with such services. 
 The parties agree that the last act necessary to render this Agreement effective is for the Company to sign the
Agreement, and that the Agreement may be signed on one or more copies, each of which when signed will be deemed to be an original, and all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. 
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 If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please sign, date and return the enclosed copy
of this Agreement to Ebun Garner at the Company. 
 Sincerely, 
 Alphatec Spine, Inc. 
 By: /s/ Ebun S. Garner  
 Its: General Counsel and VP, Compliance 
 Alphatec Holdings, Inc. 
 By: /s/ Ebun S. Garner  
 Its: General Counsel and VP, Compliance 
 Dated: December 13, 2006 
 Confirmed,
Agreed and Acknowledged: 
 /s/ Scott Wiese 
 Scott Wiese

 Dated: December 15, 2006 
  

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