Alphatec (ATEC) 10-K 2012 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION UNDER

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Leslie H. Cross, Chief Executive Officer, certify, to my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:    March 4, 2013	/s/ Leslie H. Cross
	Leslie H. Cross
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer of the Company)

In connection with the Annual Report of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael O’Neil, Chief Financial Officer, certify, to my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:    March 4, 2013	/s/ Michael O’Neill
	Michael O’Neill
	Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer of the Company)