Transaction in Own Shares

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Autotrader Group plc announced that between May 18th and May 22nd, 2026, it purchased a total of 1,734,600 ordinary shares for cancellation through Merrill Lynch International. The weighted average purchase price across these transactions was approximately 479.79 pence per share, with the highest price paid being 517.00 pence and the lowest 443.40 pence. Following these purchases, the company has 814,423,031 ordinary shares in issue, with 810,072,120 voting rights remaining, which will be used by shareholders for notification purposes under FCA rules.

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Autotrader Group PLC
26 May 2026
 






26 May 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 18 May 2026 to 22 May 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)

18-May-26

410,000

497.4158

503.2000

484.3000

19-May-26

390,000

506.9450

517.0000

503.2000

20-May-26

360,000

491.9195

498.0000

484.8000

21-May-26

-

-

-

-

22-May-26

974,600

452.9190

462.2000

443.4000











Following the above transactions, the Company has 814,423,031 ordinary shares in issue and holds 4,350,911 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 810,072,120 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/6942F_1-2026-5-26.pdf

 

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