FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Binder-Scholl Gwendolyn Knowlton 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2016 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC [ADAP] (Last) (First) (Middle) 1903 CARPENTER STREET 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP, Adaptimmune LLC 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) PHILADELPHIA, PA 19146 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares	  (1)	03/01/2021	Ordinary Shares	300,000	$ 0.1736 (5)	D	Â
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares	  (2)	01/01/2023	Ordinary Shares	200,000	$ 0.1671 (6)	D	Â
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares	  (3)	04/15/2024	Ordinary Shares	500,000	$ 0.1671 (7)	D	Â
Option to purchase Ordinary Shares	  (4)	12/19/2024	Ordinary Shares	1,000,000	$ 0.5308 (8)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Binder-Scholl Gwendolyn Knowlton 1903 CARPENTER STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19146	Â	Â	  EVP, Adaptimmune LLC	Â

Signatures

/s/ Gwendolyn Knowlton Binder-Scholl Name: Gwendolyn Knowlton Binder-Scholl		01/04/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Curently exercisable as to 300,000 Ordinary Shares.
(2)	Currently exercisable as to 150,000 Ordinary Shares and will be exercisable as to 50,000 Ordinary Shares on January 1, 2017.
(3)	Exercisable as to 125,000 Ordinary Shares on April 15, 2015 and exercisable as to the remainder ratably in annual installments on the fifteenth of April from April 15, 2016 through April 15, 2018.
(4)	Exercisable as to 250,000 Ordinary Shares on December 19, 2015 and will be exercisable as to the remainder in monthly installments of 20,800 Ordinary Shares on the nineteenth of each month from January 19, 2016 through November 19, 2018, and in one installment of 22,000 Ordinary Shares on December 19, 2018.
(5)	The exercise price was converted from GBP0.1163 based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the U.S. dollar on the date of grant. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of grant or of exercise.
(6)	The exercise price was converted from GBP0.112 based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the U.S. dollar on the date of grant. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of grant or of exercise.
(7)	The exercise price was converted from GBP0.112 based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the U.S. dollar on the date of grant. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of grant or of exercise.
(8)	The exercise price was converted from GBP0.3557 based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the U.S. dollar on the date of grant. The actual exercise price will be the pounds sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of grant or of exercise.

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