Transaction in Own Shares

17 February 2026

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

Autotrader Group plc Transaction in Own Shares

Autotrader Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 17 February 2026 it purchased through Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) ("Deutsche Numis") the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 460.2112 pence per share:

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

540,000

Highest purchase price paid per share:

464.40p

Lowest purchase price paid per share:

455.10p

Following the above transaction, the Company has 838,845,294 ordinary shares in issue and holds 4,459,624 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 834,385,670 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 Deutsche Numis 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

Number of ordinary shares purchased

Transaction price(GBp share)

Time of transaction (UK Time)

Trading venue

287

461.60

 08:12:39

XLON

1352

461.80

 08:13:39

XLON

163

461.60

 08:13:39

XLON

613

461.60

 08:13:39

XLON

576

461.60

 08:13:39

XLON

1673

461.80

 08:15:18

XLON

1330

462.00

 08:16:56

XLON

1199

461.80

 08:16:56

XLON

1300

463.80

 08:17:39

XLON

1300

463.70

 08:17:39

XLON

1210

463.70

 08:17:39

XLON

1340

463.70

 08:17:47

XLON

1426

464.40

 08:18:40

XLON

1383

464.10

 08:20:07

XLON

1389

463.80

 08:21:45

XLON

1344

462.90

 08:21:58

XLON

1344

463.00

 08:21:58

XLON

1862

462.40

 08:22:01

XLON

707

462.00

 08:23:19

XLON

513

462.00

 08:23:19

XLON

1496

462.30

 08:31:39

XLON

1366

462.20

 08:31:39

XLON

1373

461.70

 08:32:20

XLON

1327

461.60

 08:32:20

XLON

1171

461.50

 08:34:05

XLON

1301

461.30

 08:34:05

XLON

1643

461.40

 08:36:28

XLON

1291

461.30

 08:36:28

XLON

1036

461.40

 08:36:41

XLON

383

461.40

 08:36:41

XLON

1373

461.00

 08:41:10

XLON

1306

461.30

 08:46:22

XLON

1382

461.20

 08:46:22

XLON

1417

461.00

 08:47:25

XLON

1293

460.80

 08:50:50

XLON

1275

461.20

 08:53:51

XLON

1968

461.00

 08:53:51

XLON

1466

460.60

 08:53:54

XLON

1218

460.80

 08:55:42

XLON

479

462.40

 09:01:42

XLON

250

462.40

 09:01:42

XLON

1174

462.40

 09:01:42

XLON

1174

462.40

 09:01:42

XLON

531

462.40

 09:01:42

XLON

1356

462.20

 09:01:49

XLON

1391

462.10

 09:01:49

XLON

1389

462.60

 09:04:42

XLON

1471

462.60

 09:04:55

XLON

250

462.60

 09:04:55

XLON

897

462.50

 09:04:55

XLON

390

462.50

 09:04:55

XLON

1337

462.40

 09:05:32

XLON

1353

462.30

 09:07:28

XLON

1394

462.00

 09:08:31

XLON

579

461.60

 09:08:31

XLON

756

461.60

 09:08:31

XLON

1249

461.10

 09:13:00

XLON

1200

461.10

 09:16:02

XLON

1341

461.00

 09:18:01

XLON

1208

460.70

 09:19:39

XLON

1553

460.10

 09:19:40

XLON

1302

459.70

 09:22:01

XLON

1300

459.50

 09:22:06

XLON

93

460.10

 09:28:03

XLON

1223

460.10

 09:28:03

XLON

1196

460.40

 09:29:11

XLON

1512

460.30

 09:29:13

XLON

124

460.10

 09:30:49

XLON

1543

460.30

 09:32:07

XLON

26

460.60

 09:34:49

XLON

250

460.60

 09:34:49

XLON

35

460.60

 09:34:49

XLON

807

460.50

 09:35:31

XLON

1225

460.50

 09:35:31

XLON

77

460.40

 09:35:33

XLON

75

460.40

 09:35:34

XLON

149

460.40

 09:36:20

XLON

139

460.40

 09:37:16

XLON

712

460.40

 09:37:16

XLON

1261

460.40

 09:37:16

XLON

83

460.10

 09:37:42

XLON

1438

460.10

 09:37:42

XLON

1268

460.00

 09:38:38

XLON

1375

460.60

 09:41:27

XLON

1305

460.40

 09:43:01

XLON

1

460.20

 09:44:32

XLON

76

460.20

 09:44:57

XLON

71

460.20

 09:46:09

XLON

1872

460.40

 09:47:02

XLON

1535

460.20

 09:47:10

XLON

137

460.00

 09:50:12

XLON

1162

460.00

 09:51:50

XLON

1293

460.00

 09:51:50

XLON

624

459.70

 09:54:34

XLON

644

459.70

 09:54:34

XLON

1366

461.40

 10:01:01

XLON

1161

461.40

 10:02:13

XLON

1254

461.10

 10:04:29

XLON

1416

460.10

 10:07:38

XLON

1316

460.00

 10:10:57

XLON

1158

460.20

 10:18:09

XLON

1178

460.60

 10:19:11

XLON

1298

460.40

 10:19:37

XLON

1199

460.40

 10:19:37

XLON

1184

460.30

 10:19:38

XLON

1420

459.90

 10:20:54

XLON

1814

458.90

 10:21:15

XLON

1346

458.80

 10:22:06

XLON

1434

458.60

 10:23:10

XLON

1355

457.80

 10:25:05

XLON

1412

457.60

 10:29:23

XLON

630

457.50

 10:30:11

XLON

670

457.50

 10:30:11

XLON

1384

456.80

 10:35:09

XLON

1268

456.60

 10:39:04

XLON

115

456.30

 10:39:20

XLON

1315

456.30

 10:39:20

XLON

1805

456.50

 10:47:44

XLON

1392

456.20

 10:49:45

XLON

2372

457.00

 10:57:21

XLON

1173

456.80

 11:02:34

XLON

1263

456.80

 11:02:34

XLON

1365

456.70

 11:06:11

XLON

1186

456.50

 11:06:13

XLON

141

456.00

 11:06:54

XLON

1009

456.00

 11:07:14

XLON

94

455.50

 11:08:56

XLON

1084

455.50

 11:08:56

XLON

397

455.10

 11:09:31

XLON

2000

456.00

 11:14:46

XLON

1524

456.00

 11:16:50

XLON

1032

455.90

 11:18:52

XLON

338

455.90

 11:18:52

XLON

1221

456.30

 11:23:23

XLON

2169

456.90

 11:27:24

XLON

1326

456.90

 11:29:47

XLON

1320

457.20

 11:33:37

XLON

1320

457.10

 11:34:02

XLON

1347

457.60

 11:38:59

XLON

1940

457.50

 11:38:59

XLON

1383

457.30

 11:39:02

XLON

1228

457.60

 11:44:35

XLON

1256

457.60

 11:44:35

XLON

95

457.60

 11:44:44

XLON

245

457.60

 11:44:44

XLON

102

457.60

 11:44:44

XLON

479

457.60

 11:44:44

XLON

1419

458.00

 11:46:40

XLON

1361

458.10

 11:50:14

XLON

1204

458.00

 11:51:30

XLON

1536

458.10

 11:57:10

XLON

1480

457.80

 11:57:31

XLON

1373

457.60

 11:59:59

XLON

1238

457.60

 12:00:44

XLON

1907

457.80

 12:02:03

XLON

1298

459.00

 12:04:02

XLON

1885

459.00

 12:04:02

XLON

1308

459.10

 12:07:15

XLON

1492

458.80

 12:07:15

XLON

1428

458.60

 12:07:16

XLON

991

458.30

 12:09:49

XLON

437

458.30

 12:09:49

XLON

1313

458.30

 12:13:30

XLON

205

458.30

 12:22:27

XLON

123

458.30

 12:22:27

XLON

988

458.30

 12:22:29

XLON

1413

458.30

 12:22:29

XLON

2146

458.30

 12:29:55

XLON

1609

458.00

 12:31:24

XLON

2355

458.30

 12:40:35

XLON

114

458.10

 12:41:22

XLON

1266

458.10

 12:41:22

XLON

1483

458.00

 12:43:32

XLON

1647

458.00

 12:52:55

XLON

212

457.90

 12:52:55

XLON

972

457.90

 12:55:08

XLON

278

457.90

 12:55:08

XLON

925

457.90

 12:55:08

XLON

1989

457.60

 12:56:57

XLON

1373

457.70

 12:57:24

XLON

1213

457.70

 13:00:49

XLON

1491

457.70

 13:00:49

XLON

1554

457.40

 13:02:03

XLON

1503

457.10

 13:02:03

XLON

1834

456.90

 13:02:57

XLON

1381

456.60

 13:03:29

XLON

3014

458.50

 13:14:32

XLON

1495

458.30

 13:14:32

XLON

1414

458.80

 13:17:29

XLON

1183

458.80

 13:18:59

XLON

1285

458.80

 13:18:59

XLON

481

458.90

 13:18:59

XLON

928

458.90

 13:18:59

XLON

1269

458.30

 13:22:02

XLON

1365

459.30

 13:24:14

XLON

1238

458.90

 13:26:27

XLON

1288

458.90

 13:26:27

XLON

1523

459.30

 13:30:34

XLON

450

459.30

 13:30:34

XLON

1188

459.30

 13:33:38

XLON

1299

459.30

 13:33:38

XLON

1480

459.10

 13:35:24

XLON

1578

458.70

 13:35:45

XLON

1190

458.70

 13:36:07

XLON

466

458.80

 13:37:11

XLON

962

458.80

 13:37:11

XLON

25

459.80

 13:37:11

XLON

457

460.00

 13:37:12

XLON

479

460.40

 13:37:12

XLON

712

460.40

 13:37:12

XLON

479

460.50

 13:37:12

XLON

5800

460.50

 13:37:12

XLON

12967

460.50

 13:37:12

XLON

3824

459.90

 13:37:26

XLON

855

459.70

 13:37:29

XLON

818

459.70

 13:37:29

XLON

1674

460.20

 13:39:23

XLON

1274

460.20

 13:39:23

XLON

1803

459.80

 13:40:44

XLON

1339

459.90

 13:41:18

XLON

1332

459.70

 13:41:19

XLON

1359

460.70

 13:44:42

XLON

1415

460.70

 13:45:28

XLON

1343

460.80

 13:49:18

XLON

481

461.00

 13:49:18

XLON

920

461.00

 13:49:18

XLON

622

462.90

 13:54:35

XLON

1088

462.90

 13:54:35

XLON

1409

462.80

 13:54:35

XLON

1381

462.90

 13:56:17

XLON

1365

462.80

 13:56:18

XLON

611

462.40

 13:56:26

XLON

711

462.40

 13:56:26

XLON

1268

462.20

 13:59:19

XLON

1298

461.70

 13:59:25

XLON

1167

461.70

 14:02:00

XLON

1244

461.80

 14:03:58

XLON

1350

461.80

 14:05:29

XLON

1858

461.80

 14:06:41

XLON

1681

461.90

 14:07:46

XLON

782

461.90

 14:09:02

XLON

404

461.90

 14:09:02

XLON

1406

461.60

 14:09:10

XLON

1221

461.60

 14:10:07

XLON

1431

461.60

 14:10:34

XLON

1163

461.70

 14:12:21

XLON

435

461.60

 14:14:11

XLON

919

461.60

 14:14:11

XLON

1266

461.50

 14:14:22

XLON

1204

461.20

 14:18:38

XLON

1243

461.80

 14:21:39

XLON

569

461.60

 14:21:39

XLON

674

461.60

 14:21:39

XLON

1279

461.30

 14:22:21

XLON

1401

461.00

 14:22:27

XLON

196

461.10

 14:23:51

XLON

958

461.10

 14:23:51

XLON

20

461.10

 14:23:51

XLON

1359

461.00

 14:26:27

XLON

1348

460.70

 14:26:39

XLON

1320

461.60

 14:29:01

XLON

1310

461.60

 14:29:01

XLON

98

461.10

 14:29:30

XLON

1273

461.10

 14:29:30

XLON

1434

461.20

 14:30:31

XLON

1359

461.40

 14:31:44

XLON

1320

461.90

 14:33:00

XLON

1038

461.60

 14:33:41

XLON

638

461.60

 14:33:41

XLON

1618

461.60

 14:35:25

XLON

1869

461.20

 14:35:34

XLON

1284

461.20

 14:35:34

XLON

1201

460.80

 14:36:32

XLON

1252

460.60

 14:36:58

XLON

1292

460.90

 14:39:04

XLON

1430

461.00

 14:40:30

XLON

11

460.90

 14:40:30

XLON

1393

460.90

 14:40:30

XLON

1533

461.40

 14:41:53

XLON

1764

461.60

 14:42:14

XLON

481

461.60

 14:42:14

XLON

942

461.60

 14:42:14

XLON

1426

461.10

 14:42:40

XLON

1354

460.70

 14:45:54

XLON

1554

460.70

 14:45:54

XLON

1834

461.20

 14:46:56

XLON

1179

461.00

 14:47:04

XLON

1317

461.00

 14:47:04

XLON

1277

460.70

 14:47:11

XLON

1232

460.70

 14:48:57

XLON

250

460.70

 14:48:57

XLON

1340

460.70

 14:48:57

XLON

950

460.60

 14:48:57

XLON

203

460.60

 14:48:57

XLON

75

460.60

 14:48:57

XLON

1180

460.40

 14:50:25

XLON

1328

460.20

 14:51:07

XLON

1291

460.80

 14:54:29

XLON

1883

460.60

 14:54:55

XLON

1326

460.50

 14:55:46

XLON

1536

460.30

 14:56:37

XLON

661

460.30

 14:58:18

XLON

572

460.30

 14:58:18

XLON

104

460.30

 14:58:23

XLON

440

460.30

 14:58:23

XLON

993

460.30

 14:58:23

XLON

1418

461.50

 15:01:46

XLON

2361

461.50

 15:01:46

XLON

1621

461.50

 15:02:54

XLON

1293

461.50

 15:02:54

XLON

446

461.20

 15:03:31

XLON

1041

461.20

 15:03:31

XLON

1488

461.10

 15:03:32

XLON

1561

459.40

 15:05:03

XLON

963

460.50

 15:07:14

XLON

203

460.50

 15:07:14

XLON

1271

460.50

 15:07:21

XLON

2511

460.70

 15:09:10

XLON

1690

460.60

 15:09:10

XLON

462

460.30

 15:09:20

XLON

941

460.30

 15:09:20

XLON

398

460.10

 15:10:12

XLON

119

460.10

 15:10:24

XLON

1036

460.30

 15:10:40

XLON

161

460.30

 15:10:40

XLON

1361

460.00

 15:11:17

XLON

746

460.40

 15:11:59

XLON

447

460.40

 15:11:59

XLON

1390

460.30

 15:12:20

XLON

1431

460.00

 15:12:52

XLON

1227

459.70

 15:12:57

XLON

1314

459.40

 15:15:05

XLON

1447

459.30

 15:15:30

XLON

1499

459.60

 15:17:00

XLON

1291

460.40

 15:18:35

XLON

1341

460.40

 15:18:35

XLON

1303

460.00

 15:19:20

XLON

1418

460.00

 15:20:05

XLON

1285

460.30

 15:20:54

XLON

1289

460.00

 15:22:00

XLON

1367

460.00

 15:22:00

XLON

1154

460.30

 15:22:41

XLON

1234

460.30

 15:23:47

XLON

1341

460.40

 15:25:16

XLON

1285

460.00

 15:25:28

XLON

1282

459.70

 15:27:31

XLON

1316

459.70

 15:28:36

XLON

1204

460.10

 15:30:05

XLON

12649

460.10

 15:31:10

XLON

1421

460.00

 15:31:10

XLON

1635

459.70

 15:31:11

XLON

1228

459.80

 15:32:05

XLON

1339

459.80

 15:33:03

XLON

1519

459.70

 15:34:11

XLON

1422

459.40

 15:34:40

XLON

2561

460.00

 15:37:26

XLON

1531

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

250

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

1200

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

291

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

14

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

1297

459.80

 15:37:50

XLON

1266

459.50

 15:39:08

XLON

1387

459.70

 15:41:33

XLON

1193

459.60

 15:41:33

XLON

1440

459.30

 15:41:35

XLON

1386

460.00

 15:44:08

XLON

1366

460.10

 15:44:48

XLON

390

460.00

 15:45:18

XLON

1268

460.00

 15:45:18

XLON

1427

460.00

 15:45:18

XLON

49

460.00

 15:45:18

XLON

1293

459.70

 15:45:36

XLON

1536

459.80

 15:47:24

XLON

1384

460.20

 15:48:51

XLON

1592

460.00

 15:48:59

XLON

1152

460.50

 15:50:33

XLON

1213

460.50

 15:51:00

XLON

402

460.70

 15:52:28

XLON

654

460.70

 15:52:30

XLON

2353

460.70

 15:52:30

XLON

1398

460.70

 15:53:29

XLON

1929

460.80

 15:54:08

XLON

1173

460.80

 15:54:08

XLON

1355

460.80

 15:56:22

XLON

2054

460.80

 15:56:22

XLON

479

460.80

 15:56:22

XLON

250

460.80

 15:56:22

XLON

570

460.80

 15:56:22

XLON

117

460.50

 15:56:23

XLON

1301

460.50

 15:56:25

XLON

1643

460.70

 15:59:44

XLON

2430

460.70

 15:59:44

XLON

479

460.50

 15:59:54

XLON

714

460.50

 15:59:54

XLON

1557

460.50

 16:00:31

XLON

1325

460.40

 16:01:28

XLON

2594

460.50

 16:02:15

XLON

1227

460.40

 16:02:20

XLON

1431

460.20

 16:02:57

XLON

1204

460.20

 16:03:27

XLON

1381

460.00

 16:03:39

XLON

1222

459.60

 16:03:46

XLON

1350

460.40

 16:05:38

XLON

1838

460.20

 16:06:27

XLON

799

460.40

 16:06:58

XLON

484

460.40

 16:06:58

XLON

1428

460.80

 16:07:26

XLON

1687

460.60

 16:07:26

XLON

1434

460.00

 16:07:36

XLON

939

460.20

 16:09:33

XLON

349

460.20

 16:09:33

XLON

1626

460.40

 16:10:29

XLON

835

460.50

 16:10:54

XLON

379

460.50

 16:10:54

XLON

1386

460.50

 16:10:54

XLON

143

460.60

 16:11:05

XLON

3419

461.10

 16:12:29

XLON

2228

461.10

 16:13:29

XLON

1478

461.20

 16:14:12

XLON

1608

461.00

 16:14:17

XLON

973

461.90

 16:15:35

XLON

437

461.90

 16:15:35

XLON

1345

462.00

 16:15:47

XLON

195

462.00

 16:15:47

XLON

1539

462.00

 16:16:03

XLON

1332

462.00

 16:16:18

XLON

520

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

324

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

206

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

73

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

88

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

121

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

14

462.10

 16:17:18

XLON

1290

462.00

 16:17:43

XLON

26

462.00

 16:17:43

XLON

1269

461.90

 16:19:07

XLON

632

461.90

 16:19:07

XLON

1844

461.90

 16:19:07

XLON

1456

462.00

 16:20:08

XLON

479

462.00

 16:20:08

XLON

250

462.00

 16:20:08

XLON

89

462.00

 16:20:08

XLON

369

462.00

 16:20:18

XLON

479

462.00

 16:20:18

XLON

304

462.00

 16:20:18

XLON

243

462.00

 16:20:18

XLON

1233

461.90

 16:20:32

XLON

1406

461.60

 16:20:35

XLON

1795

461.80

 16:21:42

XLON

895

461.90

 16:22:45

XLON

4259

461.90

 16:22:45

XLON

1223

461.80

 16:22:54

XLON

1352

461.60

 16:23:22

XLON

106

461.00

 16:23:42

XLON

613

461.00

 16:23:42

XLON

872

461.00

 16:23:46

XLON