New insider Ecor1 Capital, Llc claimed ownership of 164,424,420 units of Ordinary Shares (SEC Form 3)
$ADAP
Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Health Care
| 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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 03/08/2024 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC [ ADAP ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 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) |
| Ordinary Shares(1) | 164,424,420 | I | See Note(2)(3) |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 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: 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 | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. These Ordinary Shares are held through 27,404,070 American Depository Shares, each representing 6 Ordinary Shares. |
| 2. The filing persons (the "Filers") are EcoR1 Capital, LLC ("EcoR1"), EcoR1 Capital Fund Qualified, L.P. ("Qualified Fund") and Oleg Nodelman. EcoR1 is the general partner and investment adviser of private funds, including Qualified Fund (collectively, the "Funds"). Mr. Nodelman is the manager and controlling owner of EcoR1. EcoR1 is filing this Form 3 for itself and the other reporting person. The reporting persons are filing this Form 3 jointly, but not as a group, and each expressly disclaims membership in a group, within the meaning of Rule 3d-5(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Funds hold these securities directly for the benefit of their investors. EcoR1 indirectly beneficially owns them as the investment adviser to the Funds, and Mr. Nodelman indirectly beneficially owns them as the control person of EcoR1. The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein. |
| 3. Qualified Fund beneficially owns 155,106,660 Ordinary Shares. |
| /s/ Oleg Nodelman, Manager of EcoR1 Capital, LLC | 03/25/2024 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * 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). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||