26 June 2024
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 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
("DABP")
The following PDMRs were granted nil
cost option awards over ordinary shares of £0.01 each on 26 June
2024 under the Auto Trader Group DABP as noted below:
|
Name
|
Number of Shares under
Awards
|
|
Nathan Coe (Director)
|
58,212
|
|
Catherine Faiers
(Director)
|
27,978
|
|
Jamie Warner (Director)
|
29,311
|
Subject to the terms of the DABP,
the awards will ordinarily vest and become exercisable as from the
second anniversary of the grant of the awards subject to the
grantee's continued service.
Once exercisable, the awards shall
ordinarily remain exercisable until the eve of 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 26 June 2024. The transactions took place in
the United Kingdom.
Grant of Awards under the Company's Performance Share Plan
("PSP")
PSP awards will be granted in
September subject to the proposed Directors' Remuneration Policy
being approved at the AGM.
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.
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 1 pence
each
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
|
58,212
|
DABP
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
Aggregate Price
|
Aggregate Volume
|
Aggregate Total
|
|
|
GBP0
|
58,212
|
n/a
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
26 June 2024
|
|
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.
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 1 pence
each
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
|
27,978
|
DABP
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
Aggregate Price
|
Aggregate Volume
|
Aggregate Total
|
|
GBP0
|
27,978
|
n/a
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
26 June 2024
|
|
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.
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 1 pence
each
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
|
29,311
|
DABP
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
Aggregate Price
|
Aggregate Volume
|
Aggregate Total
|
|
GBP0
|
29,311
|
n/a
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
26 June 2024
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of a trading
venue
|
Enquiries:
|
Auto Trader
Claire Baty,
Company Secretary
|
0345 111 0006
|
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.
For more information, please
visit: https://plc.autotrader.co.uk/