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RNS Number : 3545Q  Auto Trader Group plc  09 July 2025

9 July 2025

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

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

 

Auto Trader announces the following exercise of nil-cost options by PDMRs
granted in previous years under the Performance Share Plan ("PSP") and the
Deferred Annual Bonus Plan ("DABP"), and the subsequent sale of shares to
cover tax and other deductions.  All shares were disposed of at a sale price
of £8.1245

 

 Director    Share scheme                     Number of shares
 Nathan Coe  2022 PSP(1)                      150,452
             2023 DABP(2)                     53,431
             Total options exercised          203,883
             Total number of shares sold      96,066
             Total number of shares retained  107,817

 

 Director          Share scheme                     Number of shares
 Catherine Faiers  2022 PSP(3)                      62,577
                   2023 DABP(4)                     25,680
                   Total options exercised          88,257
                   Total number of shares sold      41,585
                   Total number of shares retained  46,672

 

 Director      Share scheme                     Number of shares
 James Warner  2022 PSP(5)                      65,557
               2023 DABP(6)                     26,903
               Total options exercised          92,460
               Total number of shares sold      43,566
               Total number of shares retained  48,894

 

1.     Includes 5,720 rolled up dividend shares.

2.     Includes 1,353 rolled up dividend shares.

3.     Includes 2,379 rolled up dividend shares.

4.     Includes 650 rolled up dividend shares.

5.     Includes 2,492 rolled up dividend shares.

6.     Includes 681 rolled up dividend shares.

 

The transactions took place on 8 July 2025, and the Company was notified of
the transactions on 8 July 2025.

 

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market
Abuse Regulation.

The notification of dealing forms can be found below.

 

 Notification of dealing form
 1   Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /
      person  closely associated
 a)  Name                                                          Nathan Coe
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Director
 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                                     Exercise of nil-cost options, and sale of ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                    Nil        203,883
                                                                    812.45p   96,066
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       8 July 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      XLON

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

   Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

   n/a  - reported separately above

e)

Date of the transaction

8 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

 Notification of dealing form
 1   Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /
      person  closely associated
 a)  Name                                                          Catherine Faiers
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Director
 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                                     Exercise of nil-cost options, and sale of ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                    Nil       88,257
                                                                    812.45p   41,585
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       8 July 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      XLON

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

   Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

   n/a  - reported separately above

e)

Date of the transaction

8 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

 Notification of dealing form
 1   Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /
      person  closely associated
 a)  Name                                                          James Warner
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                               Director
 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                                     Exercise of nil-cost options, and sale of ordinary shares of 1 pence
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                    Nil       92,460
                                                                    812.45p   43,566
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       8 July 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                      XLON

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

   Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

   n/a  - reported separately above

e)

Date of the transaction

8 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

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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