On September 26, 2014, the Company entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2014, by and among the Company and its direct subsidiaries, including Alphatec Spine, Inc., Alphatec Holdings International C.V., Scient'x S.A.S. and Surgiview S.A.S.; HealthpointCapital, LLC, HealthpointCapital Partners, L.P., HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P., John H. Foster and Mortimer Berkowitz III; and Orthotec, LLC and Patrick Bertranou, (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Orthotec, LLC $49.0 million in cash, including initial cash payments totaling $1.75 million, which the Company paid in March 2014, and an additional lump sum payment of $15.75 million, which the Company paid in April 2014. The Company agreed to pay the remaining $31.5 million in 28 quarterly installments of $1.1 million and one additional quarterly installment of $0.7 million, commencing October 1, 2014. The unpaid balance of the principal amount due accrues interest at the rate of 7% per year until the balance is paid in full. The accrued but unpaid interest will be paid in quarterly installments of $1.1 million (or the full amount of the accrued but unpaid interest if less than $1.1 million) following the full payment of the $31.5 million in quarterly installments.

The payments set forth above are guaranteed by Stipulated Judgments held against the Company, HealthpointCapital Partners, L.P., HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P., HealthpointCapital, LLC, John H. Foster and Mortimer Berkowitz III and, in the event of a default, will be entered and enforced against these entities and/or individuals in that order. In September 2014, the Company and HealthpointCapital entered into an agreement for joint payment of settlement whereby HealthpointCapital agreed to contribute $5.0 million to the $49.0 million settlement amount. During the year ended December 31, 2021, HealthpointCapital completed its contribution to the settlement amount.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company has made installment payments in the aggregate of $51.2 million, with a remaining outstanding balance of $6.5 million (including imputed interest). The Settlement Agreement provides for mutual releases of all claims in the Orthotec, LLC v. Surgiview, S.A.S, et al. matter in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County and all other related litigation matters involving the Company and its directors and affiliates.

A reconciliation of the total net settlement obligation is as follows (in thousands):


	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Litigation settlement obligation - short-term portion	$	4,400	$	4,400
Litigation settlement obligation - long-term portion		1,865		3,587
Total		6,265		7,987
Future imputed interest		254		478
Total settlement obligation, net	$	6,519	$	8,465

The short-term portion of the litigation settlement obligation is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the long-term portion of the litigation settlement obligation is included in other long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.