---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-037967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATEC"
cik: "0001350653"
company_name: "Alphatec Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:30:56.432627+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ATEC appoints Beth Altman to Board as Audit Chair; Don Williams resigns

## Summary
- Donald A. Williams resigns from Board and as Audit Chair, effective Aug 11, 2021; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- Beth Altman appointed as independent director and Audit Committee Chair, effective Aug 12, 2021.
- Altman receives standard non-employee director compensation: initial $300k RSU grant vesting over 3 years.
- Altman is former KPMG Managing Partner; brings life science and tech sector expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-037967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATEC
- cik: 0001350653
- company_name: Alphatec Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350653/000156459021037967/0001564590-21-037967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350653/000156459021037967/atec-8k_20210720.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037967.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Beth Altman was appointed as Director; Chairman of Audit Committee at Alphatec Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director; Chairman of Audit Committee
  source text: On July 22, 2021, the Board appointed Beth Altman to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Williams’s resignation to serve as a director of the Company and as Chair of the Company’s Audit Committee for a term commencing on August 12, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350653/000156459021037967/0001564590-21-037967-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald A. Williams resigned as Director; Chairman of Audit Committee at Alphatec Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director; Chairman of Audit Committee
  source text: On July 20, 2021, the Company received written notice from Donald A. Williams of his resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective August 11, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350653/000156459021037967/0001564590-21-037967-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.