Note 10 — Stockholders’ equity

Ordinary shares

Each holder of ordinary shares is entitled to one vote, on a show of hands and one vote per share on a poll, at general meetings of the Company. On the winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company available for distribution to holders remaining after payment of all other debts and liabilities of the Company shall be paid to the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares held by each of them. The payment of dividends by Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc is governed by English law

Effective from June 21, 2017, the Directors have the authority to allot new ordinary shares or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into ordinary shares in the Company up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £140,000.This authority runs for five years and will expire on June 20, 2022. Effective from June 21, 2017, the Directors also have the authority to allot ordinary shares for cash or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into ordinary shares in the Company without first offering them to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings up to an aggregate maximum nominal amount of £140,000. This power will expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2019.

2018 Registered direct offering

On September 7, 2018, the Company completed a registered direct offering of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) following its entry into a definitive agreement with Matrix Capital Management Company, LP, New Enterprise Associates 16, L.P., New Enterprise Associates 14, L.P. and Syncona Portfolio Limited. The Company sold 10,000,000 ADSs (representing 60,000,000 ordinary shares) at a price of $10.00 per ADS.  The net proceeds were $99,653,000 after deducting offering expenses of $347,000.

Underwritten public offering

On March 27, 2017, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of the Company’s American Depositary Shares. The Company sold 15,700,223 ADSs (representing 94,201,338 ordinary shares) at a price to the public of $4.20 per ADS.  The net proceeds were $61,397,000 after deducting offering expenses of $4,544,000.

2017 Registered direct offering

On April 10, 2017, the Company completed a registered direct offering of the Company’s ADSs following its entry into a definitive agreement with Matrix Capital Management Company, LP. The Company sold 7,000,000 ADSs (representing to 42,000,000 ordinary shares) at a price of $6.00 per ADS.  The net proceeds were $41,770,000 after deducting offering expenses of $230,000.