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Published on 6/2/2006 in the Prospect News Biotech Daily.

New Issue: Alphatec prices $83.7 million IPO at $9 per share, below guidance

New York, June 2 - Alphatec Holdings, Inc. priced its $83.7 million initial public offering of common stock at $9.00 per share, below the target price range of $11.00 to $12.00.

Deutsche Bank Securities and First Albany Capital were joint bookrunners with RBC Capital Markets as co-manager.

The deal has a greenshoe for 1.395 million shares.

Alphatec will use $35.7 million of the $71.4 million net proceeds to meet redemption obligations and to pay dividends to existing shareholders. A further $26.3 million will be used to expand the company's sales and marketing, to support its research and development, to fund the clearance or approval and subsequent commercialization of near-term product candidates, and to acquire complementary businesses, products or technologies, or to obtain rights to complementary technologies.

An additional $9.4 million will be used to repay debt, including repaying $6.8 million outstanding on the company's revolving credit facility with Bank of the West and $2.6 million to repay a loan to chairman, president and chief executive officer Shunshiro "Roy" Yoshimi.

Following the IPO, Alphatec has 34.76 million shares outstanding.

Alphatec is a Carlsbad, Calif., medical device company concentrating on products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders.

Issuer:Alphatec Holdings, Inc.
Issue:Initial public offering
Gross proceeds:$83.7 million
Net proceeds:$71.4 million
Shares:9.3 million
Greenshoe:1.395 million shares
Price:$9.00
Pricing date:June 1, after close
Bookrunners:Deutsche Bank Securities, First Albany Capital
Guidance:$11.00 to $12.00
Stock symbol:Nasdaq: ATEC

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