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RNS Number : 4220B  Auto Trader Group plc  22 August 2024

22 August 2024

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 £8.2398.

 Director    Share scheme                     Number of shares
 Nathan Coe  2021 PSP(1)                      200,341
             2022 DABP(2)                     56,296
             Total options exercised          256,637
             Total number of shares sold      120,922
             Total number of shares retained  135,715

 

 Director          Share scheme                     Number of shares
 Catherine Faiers  2021 PSP(3)                      83,323
                   2022 DABP(4)                     27,056
                   Total options exercised          110,379
                   Total number of shares sold      52,009
                   Total number of shares retained  58,370

 

 Director      Share scheme                     Number of shares
 James Warner  2021 PSP(5)                      87,294
               2022 DABP(6)                     28,344
               Total options exercised          115,638
               Total number of shares sold      54,487
               Total number of shares retained  61,151

 

1.     Includes 7,573 rolled up dividend shares.

2.     Includes 1,510 rolled up dividend shares.

3.     Includes 3,146 rolled up dividend shares.

4.     Includes 724 rolled up dividend shares.

5.     Includes 3,299 rolled up dividend shares.

6.     Includes 758 rolled up dividend shares.

Following the transactions, the interests held in shares of each PDMR
(including connected persons) are as follows:

 Director          Number of shares  % of Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares)
 Nathan Coe        3,322,270         0.371%
 Catherine Faiers  134,476           0.015%
 James Warner      102,162           0.011%

The transactions took place on 21 August 2024, and the Company was notified of
the transactions on 21 August 2024.

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       135,715
                                                                    824p      120,922
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       21 August 2024
 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

21 August 2024

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       58,370
                                                                    824p      52,009
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       21 August 2024
 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

21 August 2024

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       61,151
                                                                    824p      54,487
 d)  Aggregated information                                        Aggregate Price                    Aggregate Volume  Aggregate Total

     -     Aggregated volume                                        n/a  - reported separately above

     -     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                       21 August 2024
 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

21 August 2024

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 creating a diverse and inclusive culture, it aims to build
stronger partnerships with its customers and use its voice and influence to
drive more environmentally friendly vehicle choices.

 

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. The same data that powers
the Index is used by the Office for National Statistics to make the UK's
official measures of inflation more robust, as well as the Bank of England to
feed the broader UK economic indicators.

 

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