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RNS Number : 4074O  Auto Trader Group plc  25 June 2025

25 June 2025

 

Auto Trader Group plc ("Auto Trader", the "Company", or "the Group")

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

 

Grant of Awards under the Company's 2024 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")

The following PDMRs were granted nil cost option awards over ordinary shares
of £0.01 each on 25 June 2025 under the LTIP as noted below:

 

 Name                         Number of Shares under Awards
 Nathan Coe (Director)        215,648
 Catherine Faiers (Director)  96,487
 Jamie Warner (Director)      107,208

 

Subject to the terms of the LTIP, the awards will ordinarily vest and become
exercisable from the later of; the date on which the Committee determines the
extent to which the applicable performance conditions have been satisfied and
25 June 2028.

 

The awards will be subject to the grantee's continued service and the extent
to which performance conditions are met over a measurement period comprising
three consecutive financial years ending with the 2027/28 financial year. The
performance conditions are as outlined in the DRR in the 2025 Annual Report.

 

In line with best practice and shareholder expectations, the Remuneration
Committee shall retain discretion to adjust the vesting outcome if it is not
considered to be reflective of underlying financial or non-financial
performance of the business or the performance of the individual over the
performance period, or where the outcome is not considered appropriate in the
context of the experience of shareholders or other stakeholders.

 

Once exercisable, awards shall ordinarily remain exercisable until the tenth
anniversary of the grant date of the awards. No consideration was paid for the
grant of the awards and no consideration is due on the vesting and/or exercise
of the awards. Dividend equivalents apply to the awards to the extent they
vest.

 

Grant of Awards under the Company's 2024 Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP")

 

The following PDMRs were granted nil cost option awards over ordinary shares
of £0.01 each on 25 June 2025 under the Auto Trader Group DBP as noted below:

 

 Name                         Number of Shares under Awards
 Nathan Coe (Director)                             27,818
 Catherine Faiers (Director)  13,484
 Jamie Warner (Director)      14,982

 

Subject to the terms of the DBP, the awards will ordinarily vest and become
exercisable as from 25 June 2027 subject to the grantee's continued service.

 

Once exercisable, the awards shall ordinarily remain exercisable until the
tenth anniversary of the grant date of the awards. No consideration was paid
for the grant of the awards and no consideration is due on the vesting and/or
exercise of the awards. Dividend equivalents apply to the awards to the extent
they vest.

 

The Company was notified of the above transactions on 25 June 2025. The
transactions took place in the United Kingdom.

 

The notification of dealing forms can be found below.

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                          Nathan Coe
 2)  Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Chief Executive Officer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment                                Initial notification
 3   Details of the issuer
 a)  Name                                                          Auto Trader Group plc
 b)  LEI                                                           213800QLK9BZILB1DI86
 4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument.  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

     Identification code                                           ISIN: GB00BVYVFW23
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                     Grant of nil cost options over ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)              Volume(s)
                                                                   GBP0                  215,648               LTIP
                                                                   GBP0                  27,818                DBP
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price       Aggregate Volume      Aggregate Total

                                                                   GBP0                     243,466            n/a
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       25 June 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      Outside of a trading venue

 

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                          Catherine Faiers
 2)  Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Chief Operating Officer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment                                Initial notification
 3   Details of the issuer
 a)  Name                                                          Auto Trader Group plc
 b)  LEI                                                           213800QLK9BZILB1DI86
 4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument.  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

     Identification code                                           ISIN: GB00BVYVFW23
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                     Grant of nil cost options over ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)              Volume(s)
     GBP0                                                                                96,487                LTIP
     GBP0                                                                                13,484                DBP
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price       Aggregate Volume      Aggregate Total

     GBP0                                                                                   109,971            n/a
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       25 June 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      Outside of a trading venue

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                          Jamie Warner
 2)  Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Chief Financial Officer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment                                Initial notification
 3   Details of the issuer
 a)  Name                                                          Auto Trader Group plc
 b)  LEI                                                           213800QLK9BZILB1DI86
 4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument.  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

     Identification code                                           ISIN: GB00BVYVFW23
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                     Grant of nil cost options over ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)              Volume(s)
     GBP0                                                                                107,208               LTIP
     GBP0                                                                                14,982                DBP
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price       Aggregate Volume      Aggregate Total

     GBP0                                                                                   122,190            n/a
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       25 June 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      Outside of a trading venue

 

 

Enquiries:

 Auto Trader                      0345 111 0006
 Claire Baty, Company Secretary

 

About Auto Trader

Auto Trader Group plc is the UK's largest automotive platform. It listed on
the London Stock Exchange in March 2015 and is a member of the FTSE 100
Index.

 

Auto Trader's purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. Auto Trader is
committed to improving the efficiency of car buying and selling in the UK, to
building stronger partnerships with customers, using its influence to drive
more environmentally friendly vehicle choices and enabling this through a
culture that enables our people to develop and perform. With the largest
number of car buyers and the largest choice of trusted stock, Auto Trader's
marketplace sits at the heart of the UK car buying process. That marketplace
is built on an industry-leading technology and data platform, which is
increasingly used across the automotive industry. Auto Trader is continuing to
bring more of the car buying journey online, creating an improved buying
experience, whilst enabling all its retailer partners to sell vehicles online.

 

Auto Trader publishes a monthly used car Retail Price Index which is based on
pricing analysis of circa 800,000 unique vehicles each day. This data is used
by the Bank of England to feed the broader UK economic indicators.

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