13G Filing: Matrix Capital Management and Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC – ADR (ADAP)

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Item 2(e). CUSIP NUMBER:
There is no CUSIP number assigned to the Shares.  CUSIP number 00653A107 has been assigned to the ADSs of the Company.  Each ADS represents 6 Shares.
Item 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO §§ 240.13d-1(b) OR 240.13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:
(a) ¨ Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);
(b) ¨ Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
(c) ¨ Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
(d) ¨ Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
(e) x Investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) ¨

Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
with

Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

(g) x

Parent holding company or control person in
accordance with

Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

(h) ¨

Savings association as defined in Section 3(b)
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

(i) ¨

Church plan that is excluded from the definition
of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j) ¨ Non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
(k) ¨ Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J),
please

specify
the type of institution:_________________________

Item
4.
OWNERSHIP:

The information required by Items 4(a) – (c) is set forth in Rows
5 – 11 of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.

The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 561,114,526
Shares outstanding, which reflects the number of Shares outstanding as of August 3, 2017, as reported in the Company’s quarterly
report on Form 10-Q filed on August 3,2017.

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