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Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc Prices Public Offering of American Depositary SharesPHILADELPHIA and OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom, June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (“Adaptimmune”)(Nasdaq: ADAP), a leader in cell therapy to treat cancer, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 20,500,000 of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) at a price to the public of $11.00 per ADS. In connection with the offering, Adaptimmune has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,075,000 ADSs at the public offering price. The gross offering size for this offering is expected to be $225.5 million, excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ADSs. All ADSs in this offering are being sold by Adaptimmune with net proceeds to be used to advance the development of Adaptimmune’s immunotherapies into and through clinical trials as well as for other general corporate purposes. This offering is expected to close on or about June 4, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. Cowen and SVB Leerink are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering and Roth Capital Partners is acting as lead manager for the offering. A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the public offering of the ADSs described above was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 10, 2019. The offering was made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may also be obtained by sending a request to: Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (833) 297-2926; or SVB Leerink LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6218, or by emailing [email protected]. This press release does not constitute an offer o sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted. For readers in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom For readers in the United Kingdom About Adaptimmune Forward-Looking Statements This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation: the success, cost and timing of our product development activities and clinical trials and our ability to successfully advance our TCR therapeutic candidates through the regulatory and commercialization processes. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to our business in general, we refer you to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 14, 2020, and our other SEC filings. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made and we do not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Media Relations: Sébastien Desprez — VP, Communications and Investor Relations Investor Relations: Juli P. Miller, Ph.D. — Senior Director, Investor Relations
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