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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001571049-16-020825
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161216
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001130166
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				911766850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50626
		FILM NUMBER:		162066931

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 CONNELL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			BERKELEY HEIGHTS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07922
		BUSINESS PHONE:		908-517-7330

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 CONNELL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			BERKELEY HEIGHTS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07922

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	XCYTE THERAPIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001218
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) </B></P>

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December 16, 2016</B></P>

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its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>91-1707622</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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        No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500</B><BR>
<B>Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922</B><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)</B></FONT><B> </B></P>

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area code: (908) 517-7330</B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction
A.2. below): </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On December
16, 2016, the Compensation and Organization Development Committee of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;)
approved the extension of the employment agreements (each &ldquo;<B>Employment Agreement</B>&rdquo; being extended by an &ldquo;<B>Extension
Agreement</B>&rdquo;) with Spiro Rombotis, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Paul McBarron, the Executive
Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, such Extension Agreements to be effective
as of January 1, 2017.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The terms of Mr. Rombotis&rsquo;s
Employment Agreement, which were previously disclosed under cover of Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2008, December
14, 2010, and March 21, 2014, remain unchanged, except that the term has been extended for another six months, through June 30,
2017.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The terms of Mr. McBarron&rsquo;s
Employment Agreement, which were previously disclosed under cover of Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 2, 2008, December
14, 2010, and March 21, 2014, remain unchanged, except that the term has been extended for another six months, through June 30,
2017.</P>

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Agreements will be filed as exhibits to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Paul McBarron</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Paul McBarron</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Operating Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date: December 22, 2016</P>

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