Transaction in Own Shares

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Autotrader Group plc has announced the purchase of 780,000 ordinary shares for cancellation on April 1st and 2nd, 2026, through Merrill Lynch International. The weighted average purchase price was approximately 469.54 pence per share, with the highest price paid at 477.20 pence and the lowest at 459.40 pence. Following these transactions, the company has 826,722,432 ordinary shares in issue, with 4,412,082 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 822,310,350 voting rights.

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Autotrader Group PLC
07 April 2026
 






7 April 2026

 







Autotrader Group plc ("Autotrader" or the "Company")

 





Autotrader Group plc Transaction in Own Shares

 





Autotrader Group plc (the "Company") announces that in the period 1 April 2026 to 2 April 2026 it purchased through Merrill Lynch International the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation.

Date of purchase

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)

Highest purchase price paid per share (pence)

Lowest purchase price paid per share (pence)

01-Apr-26

390,000

468.1392

477.2000

459.4000

02-Apr-26

390,000

470.8856

474.9000

463.8000











Following the above transactions, the Company has 826,722,432 ordinary shares in issue and holds 4,412,082 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 822,310,350 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Autotrader Group plc under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Merrill Lynch International on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.






Enquiries:

 








Autotrader Group plc

 



Claire Baty, Company Secretary

     0345 111 0006













Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Please see attached PDF for full list of transactions.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4606Z_1-2026-4-7.pdf

 

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