7. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception by assessing whether there is an identified asset and whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of the identified asset in exchange for consideration over a period of time. If both criteria are met, the Company records the associated lease liability and corresponding ROU asset upon commencement of the lease using a discount rate based on the incremental borrowing rate of interest that the Company would borrow on a collateralized basis for an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Any short-term leases defined as twelve months or less or month-to-month leases are excluded and are expensed each month. Total costs associated with these short-term leases are immaterial to all years presented.

The Company leases office and storage facilities and equipment under various operating and financing lease agreements. The initial terms of these leases range from 1 to 10 years and generally provide for periodic rent increases. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material variable lease payments, residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The Company aggregates all lease and non-lease components for each class of underlying assets into a single lease component and variable charges for common area maintenance and other variable costs are recognized as expense as incurred. Total variable costs associated with leases for the year ended December 31, 2025 were immaterial. The Company had an immaterial amount of financing leases as of December 31, 2025, which is included in property and equipment, net, accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and other long-term liabilities, on the consolidated balance sheets.

Future minimum annual lease payments for all operating leases of the Company are as follows as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

 

2026

 

$

6,864

 

2027

 

 

6,735

 

2028

 

 

6,207

 

2029

 

 

6,122

 

2030

 

 

6,230

 

Thereafter

 

 

4,467

 

Total undiscounted lease payments

 

 

36,626

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(6,472

)

Operating lease liability

 

 

30,154

 

Less: current portion of operating lease liability

 

 

(6,298

)

Operating lease liability, less current portion

 

$

23,856

 

The Company’s weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)

 

5.5

 

 

 

6.4

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

7.0

%

 

 

6.9

%

Information related to the Company’s operating leases is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Rent expense

$

7,620

 

 

$

7,393

 

 

$

5,045

 

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities

$

7,307

 

 

$

6,296

 

 

$

5,120

 

 

Purchase Commitments

The Company is obligated to certain minimum inventory purchase commitment requirements with a third-party supplier through December 2026. As of December 31, 2025, the remaining minimum purchase commitment required by the Company under the agreement was $5.0 million.

Litigation

The Company is and may become involved in various legal proceedings arising from its business activities. While management is not aware of any litigation matter that in and of itself would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position, litigation is inherently unpredictable, and depending on the nature and timing of a proceeding, an unfavorable resolution could materially affect the Company’s future consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position in a particular period. The Company assesses contingencies to determine the degree of probability and range of possible loss for potential accrual or disclosure in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. An estimated loss contingency is accrued in the Company’s consolidated financial statements if it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Because litigation is inherently unpredictable and unfavorable resolutions could occur, assessing contingencies is highly subjective and requires judgments about future events. When evaluating contingencies, the Company may be unable to provide a meaningful estimate due to a number of factors, including the procedural status of the matter in question, the presence of complex or novel legal theories, and/or the ongoing discovery and development of information important to the matters. In addition, damage amounts claimed in litigation against the Company may be unsupported, exaggerated or unrelated to reasonably possible outcomes, and as such are not meaningful indicators of the Company’s potential liability.

In May 2025, the Company entered into a settlement with a shareholder to resolve a legal dispute. The Company recorded the amount of the settlement, which is included in litigation-related expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into agreements under which it occasionally indemnifies third-parties for intellectual property infringement claims or claims arising from breaches of representations or warranties. In addition, from time to time, the Company provides indemnity protection to third-parties for claims relating to past performance arising from undisclosed liabilities, product liabilities, environmental obligations, representations and warranties, and other claims. In these agreements, the scope and amount of remedy, or the period in which claims can be made, may be limited. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount of future payments, if any, due under these indemnities due to the conditional nature of the obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each agreement.

In October 2017, NuVasive, Inc. filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court against Mr. Miles, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, who was a former officer and board member of NuVasive. The Company itself was not initially a named defendant in this lawsuit; however, in June 2018, NuVasive amended its complaint to add the Company as a defendant. In October 2018, the Delaware Court ordered that NuVasive advance legal fees for Mr. Miles’ defense in the lawsuit, as well as Mr. Miles’ legal fees incurred in pursuing advancement of his fees, pursuant to an indemnification agreement between NuVasive and Mr. Miles. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has not recorded any liability on the consolidated balance sheets related to this matter.

Royalties

The Company has entered into various intellectual property agreements requiring the payment of royalties based on the sale of products that utilize such intellectual property. These royalties primarily relate to products sold by Alphatec Spine and are based on fixed fees or calculated either as a percentage of net sales or on a per-unit sold basis. Royalties are included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as a component of cost of sales.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 24, 2026Showing above
2017Mar 9, 2018

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.