Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 13, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") of Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (the "Company") met to conduct its annual review of the compensation of the Company's employees, including its executive officers (the "Compensation Meeting").

2019 Cash Bonus Payments

At the Compensation Meeting, the Committee authorized and approved non-equity incentive plan compensation with respect to performance in 2019 in the form of cash bonus payments to certain of the Company's employees, including named executive officers identified in the Company's prospectus dated January 23, 2020 (the "Prospectus") and the related registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-235989). The compensation to the named executive officers was set forth in the Prospectus, except that the amounts of non-equity incentive plan compensation payable to Chad Robins, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Harlan Robins, Chief Scientific Officer, were not calculable at the time of filing the Prospectus.



The following table sets forth the specific cash bonus payments to these named
executive officers.



                              Non-Equity
                            Incentive Plan
                             Compensation       Total

Named Executive Officers         ($)             ($)
Chad Robins                         385,950   2,856,181
Harlan Robins, PhD                  237,500   2,647,022

The Committee, in its sole discretion, authorized and approved the cash bonuses for fiscal year 2019 for both of these named executive officers. Bonuses were determined based upon: (a) corporate goals set by the Committee deemed appropriate given the performance of the Company, including revenue achievements and milestone achievements related to long-term projects, (b) the individual's base salary, and (c) the individual's bonus target rate.


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