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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-005262
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200116
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200117

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAYTON-MARTIN HELEN KATRINA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001661780

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37368
		FILM NUMBER:		20534917

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BROCK HOUSE, SHEEPDROVE
		STREET 2:		LAMBOURN
		CITY:			HUNGERFORD, BERKS
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			RG17 7XA

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Tayton-Martin Helena Katrina
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20151222

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001621227
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		60 JUBILEE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		MILTON PARK
		CITY:			ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			OX14 4RX
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44 1235 430000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		60 JUBILEE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		MILTON PARK
		CITY:			ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			OX14 4RX

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Adaptimmune Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20141001
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        <footnote id="F1">The exercise price was converted from GBP0.57 based on an exchange rate of U.S$1.302659 to GBP1.00.  The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Exercisable as to 314,436 Ordinary Shares on January 16, 2021 and will be exercisable as to the remainder in monthly installments of 26,202 Ordinary Shares on the sixteenth of each month from February 16, 2021 through December 16, 2023 and 26,238 Ordinary Shares on January 16, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The exercise price was converted from GBP0.001, being the nominal value of an ordinary share, based on an exchange rate of $U.S 1.302659 to GBP1.00.  The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Helen Tayton-Martin</signatureName>
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