FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Lunger John
   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)
Chief Patient Supply Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC,, 60 JUBILEE AVENUE, MILTON PARK		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/12/2022
(Street)

ABINGDON, X0 OX14 4RX		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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 $ 0.6 (1) 01/12/2022   A   1,407,072     (2) 01/12/2032 Ordinary Shares 1,407,072 $ 0 1,407,072 D  
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares $ 0.0014 (3) 01/12/2022   A   314,256     (4)   (5) Ordinary Shares 314,256 $ 0 314,256 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Lunger John
C/O ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC,
60 JUBILEE AVENUE, MILTON PARK
ABINGDON, X0 OX14 4RX		       Chief Patient Supply Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ John Lunger   01/13/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The exercise price was converted from GBP0.44 based on an exchange rate of U.S.$ 1.362272 to GBP1.00. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount.
(2) Exercisable as to 351,768 Ordinary Shares on January 12, 2023 and will be exercisable as to the remainder in monthly installments of 29,310 Ordinary Shares on the twelfth of each month from February 12, 2023 through December 12, 2025 and 29,454 Ordinary Shares on January 12, 2026.
(3) The exercise price was converted from GBP0.001, being the nominal value of an ordinary share, based on an exchange rate of U.S.$ 1.362272 to GBP1.00. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount.
(4) Exercisable as to 78,564 Ordinary Shares on January 12, 2023 and will be exercisable as to the remainder in annual installments of 78,564 Ordinary Shares on the twelfth of each January from January 12, 2024 through January 12, 2026.
(5) The expiration date of each annual installment of ordinary shares is March 15 of the calendar year following the year in which that installment becomes exercisable.

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