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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 30, 2019, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the presentation of updated data from patients with synovial sarcoma who were treated in the Company’s ongoing Phase 1 trial with SPEAR T-cells targeting MAGE-A4 (ADP-A2M4). The data were presented on September 30, 2019 in an oral presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by the Company by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated September 30, 2019. | |
| 104 | Cover Page formatted in Inline XBRL |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC | ||
| Date: September 30, 2019 | By: | /s/ Margaret Henry |
| Name: Margaret Henry | ||
| Title: Corporate Secretary | ||