Alphatec Holdings, Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

May 5, 2017

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ACCOUNT NO. SHARES

Company Notice of Annual Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017
Time: 2:00 P.M. (Pacific Time)
Place: 5818 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA
92008

The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to take action on the following proposals:

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the following.

01	Mortimer Berkowitz III	03	Donald A. Williams	05	David H. Mowry
02	R. Ian Molson	04	Stephen O’Neil	06	Terry M. Rich

| The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the following, and “every year” on proposal 6. — 2. | Proposal 2: | Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; | | --- | --- | --- | | 3. | Proposal 3: | Approval of an amendment and restatement of our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan; | | 4. | Proposal 4: | Approval of an amendment and restatement of our 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; | | 5. | Proposal 5: | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers; | | 6. | Proposal 6: | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future stockholder votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers; and | | 7. | Proposal 7: | Approval of the issuance of up to an aggregate of 17,525,972 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of outstanding shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the exercise of outstanding warrants. |