SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Binder-Scholl Gwendolyn Knowlton (Last) (First) (Middle) 1903 CARPENTER STREET (Street) PHILADELPHIA PA 19146 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC [ ADAP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, Adaptimmune LLC
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/18/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares	$1.2717(1)	01/18/2016		A		704,961		(2)	01/18/2026	Ordinary Shares	704,961	$0	704,961	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The exercise price was converted from GBP0.89 based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the U.S. dollar on the business day prior to the date of grant. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of grant or of exercise.

2. Exercisable as to 176,240 Ordinary Shares on January 18, 2017 and will be exercisable as to the remainder in monthly installments of 14,686 Ordinary Shares on the eighteenth of each month from February 18, 2017 through December 18, 2019, and in one installment of 14,711 Ordinary Shares on January 18, 2020.

	/s/ Gwendolyn Knowlton Binder-Scholl	01/20/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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