Transaction in Own Shares

16 February 2026

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

Autotrader Group plc Transaction in Own Shares

Autotrader Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 16 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 463.8413 pence per share:

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

530,000

Highest purchase price paid per share:

470.80p

Lowest purchase price paid per share:

455.20p

Following the above transaction, the Company has 839,385,294 ordinary shares in issue and holds 4,471,930 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 834,913,364 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

1252

469.50

 08:12:35

XLON

1432

467.90

 08:13:50

XLON

1278

467.60

 08:14:31

XLON

1401

466.60

 08:15:00

XLON

946

466.90

 08:15:41

XLON

2807

466.90

 08:16:03

XLON

1425

466.40

 08:17:08

XLON

89

466.40

 08:17:08

XLON

1193

466.40

 08:17:08

XLON

602

467.50

 08:19:56

XLON

754

467.50

 08:19:59

XLON

1220

469.70

 08:20:42

XLON

2049

469.80

 08:20:42

XLON

1399

469.00

 08:20:52

XLON

1206

470.20

 08:21:56

XLON

1209

470.00

 08:21:56

XLON

480

469.80

 08:21:56

XLON

762

469.80

 08:21:56

XLON

3715

470.00

 08:21:56

XLON

332

469.50

 08:22:26

XLON

1062

469.50

 08:23:04

XLON

2672

469.50

 08:23:04

XLON

1369

469.50

 08:23:04

XLON

1424

469.00

 08:24:15

XLON

1370

468.80

 08:24:40

XLON

1297

470.40

 08:27:01

XLON

1262

470.80

 08:28:12

XLON

382

470.80

 08:28:59

XLON

802

470.80

 08:28:59

XLON

1260

470.60

 08:29:28

XLON

1319

470.30

 08:31:11

XLON

1401

469.80

 08:31:14

XLON

529

467.70

 08:32:47

XLON

811

467.70

 08:32:47

XLON

1332

467.40

 08:35:16

XLON

1336

468.00

 08:37:09

XLON

1194

467.70

 08:37:09

XLON

953

467.10

 08:39:04

XLON

387

467.10

 08:39:04

XLON

1435

467.40

 08:40:10

XLON

1318

467.90

 08:45:23

XLON

1647

467.70

 08:45:23

XLON

1262

467.70

 08:45:23

XLON

278

469.90

 08:48:45

XLON

1379

469.90

 08:48:45

XLON

1893

469.90

 08:48:45

XLON

4219

469.90

 08:48:45

XLON

312

469.90

 08:48:45

XLON

8212

470.00

 08:48:45

XLON

972

469.80

 08:48:45

XLON

328

469.80

 08:48:45

XLON

1455

467.30

 08:59:00

XLON

483

466.70

 08:59:00

XLON

334

466.70

 08:59:00

XLON

357

466.80

 08:59:00

XLON

85

466.80

 08:59:00

XLON

1294

467.40

 09:02:47

XLON

1406

467.30

 09:02:47

XLON

1166

467.90

 09:05:21

XLON

1393

467.90

 09:05:21

XLON

1222

467.70

 09:05:21

XLON

1422

467.40

 09:06:31

XLON

1540

467.80

 09:08:54

XLON

1302

467.70

 09:08:54

XLON

1330

467.90

 09:12:55

XLON

1224

467.90

 09:12:55

XLON

1361

468.20

 09:16:21

XLON

1455

468.20

 09:16:21

XLON

1462

468.00

 09:16:29

XLON

1394

467.90

 09:20:49

XLON

1404

467.40

 09:22:56

XLON

1423

466.90

 09:23:12

XLON

1359

467.10

 09:24:06

XLON

1169

466.30

 09:28:51

XLON

350

468.30

 09:32:32

XLON

491

468.30

 09:32:32

XLON

2176

469.10

 09:32:50

XLON

1549

469.10

 09:32:50

XLON

1294

469.10

 09:38:53

XLON

1274

469.10

 09:38:53

XLON

1378

469.10

 09:38:53

XLON

726

468.80

 09:43:29

XLON

550

468.80

 09:43:29

XLON

87

468.80

 09:43:29

XLON

1353

468.80

 09:43:29

XLON

37

468.20

 09:44:53

XLON

1301

468.20

 09:44:53

XLON

945

467.80

 09:46:34

XLON

279

467.80

 09:46:34

XLON

762

467.40

 09:47:50

XLON

525

467.40

 09:47:50

XLON

37

467.40

 09:47:50

XLON

1357

467.70

 09:52:37

XLON

923

467.10

 09:54:37

XLON

673

467.30

 09:59:46

XLON

536

467.30

 09:59:46

XLON

1215

467.30

 09:59:46

XLON

830

467.30

 10:01:15

XLON

438

467.30

 10:04:14

XLON

1399

467.30

 10:04:14

XLON

1217

467.50

 10:04:59

XLON

1177

467.50

 10:04:59

XLON

955

467.90

 10:10:11

XLON

346

467.90

 10:10:11

XLON

1362

467.90

 10:10:11

XLON

1900

467.70

 10:10:39

XLON

575

469.90

 10:16:26

XLON

280

469.90

 10:16:26

XLON

8

469.90

 10:16:26

XLON

480

470.20

 10:16:47

XLON

1277

470.10

 10:16:47

XLON

867

470.20

 10:16:47

XLON

1293

470.10

 10:17:02

XLON

1466

469.50

 10:17:08

XLON

834

469.10

 10:20:31

XLON

585

469.10

 10:20:31

XLON

385

468.80

 10:20:57

XLON

893

468.80

 10:20:57

XLON

1293

468.80

 10:22:17

XLON

1218

468.20

 10:25:40

XLON

1252

468.20

 10:26:43

XLON

1258

467.80

 10:26:47

XLON

1284

467.80

 10:30:57

XLON

1432

467.80

 10:33:45

XLON

1326

468.00

 10:34:59

XLON

1372

468.00

 10:36:41

XLON

1295

467.80

 10:37:55

XLON

1227

467.40

 10:45:08

XLON

1356

467.00

 10:45:21

XLON

801

466.80

 10:51:19

XLON

353

466.80

 10:51:19

XLON

1691

466.60

 10:51:36

XLON

1187

466.60

 10:51:36

XLON

1332

466.10

 10:51:42

XLON

1273

466.00

 10:56:51

XLON

1569

466.00

 10:57:51

XLON

569

466.00

 10:59:24

XLON

1644

466.00

 11:00:03

XLON

250

466.00

 11:00:03

XLON

1223

466.00

 11:00:03

XLON

755

465.80

 11:00:39

XLON

874

465.80

 11:00:39

XLON

1319

465.40

 11:02:46

XLON

1372

465.40

 11:02:46

XLON

1155

465.60

 11:06:23

XLON

1432

465.60

 11:06:23

XLON

483

465.70

 11:12:00

XLON

966

465.70

 11:12:00

XLON

92

465.70

 11:12:00

XLON

1399

465.30

 11:12:53

XLON

650

465.00

 11:13:44

XLON

1329

465.10

 11:18:36

XLON

145

465.00

 11:18:48

XLON

1234

465.00

 11:18:48

XLON

391

465.00

 11:18:48

XLON

919

464.80

 11:20:23

XLON

274

464.80

 11:20:23

XLON

138

464.20

 11:22:56

XLON

982

464.20

 11:23:37

XLON

47

464.20

 11:23:37

XLON

1203

464.40

 11:27:52

XLON

1401

464.40

 11:30:01

XLON

1429

464.40

 11:34:12

XLON

1391

464.20

 11:34:33

XLON

1384

463.80

 11:34:34

XLON

10

463.40

 11:35:46

XLON

952

463.40

 11:36:26

XLON

350

463.40

 11:36:26

XLON

1325

464.00

 11:40:55

XLON

1403

464.00

 11:47:15

XLON

1203

464.00

 11:47:15

XLON

1302

464.00

 11:47:15

XLON

1378

463.70

 11:48:31

XLON

1389

464.20

 11:52:05

XLON

1386

464.10

 11:55:10

XLON

1407

463.90

 11:55:10

XLON

1256

463.90

 11:57:11

XLON

1255

466.20

 12:02:53

XLON

1971

466.30

 12:02:53

XLON

1531

465.10

 12:02:54

XLON

1357

465.70

 12:04:57

XLON

1249

465.70

 12:04:57

XLON

1384

465.30

 12:04:58

XLON

1219

465.50

 12:14:00

XLON

1435

465.50

 12:14:00

XLON

1000

465.60

 12:14:00

XLON

306

465.60

 12:14:00

XLON

53

465.60

 12:14:00

XLON

1639

466.20

 12:21:08

XLON

1831

466.20

 12:21:08

XLON

1405

465.90

 12:22:34

XLON

1388

465.90

 12:25:04

XLON

1246

466.20

 12:29:47

XLON

1312

466.10

 12:29:47

XLON

1199

465.90

 12:34:06

XLON

1271

465.90

 12:34:06

XLON

1367

465.80

 12:38:24

XLON

1403

465.60

 12:38:24

XLON

1417

465.50

 12:39:20

XLON

246

465.30

 12:41:30

XLON

969

465.30

 12:41:30

XLON

1215

465.10

 12:43:00

XLON

1211

465.00

 12:45:14

XLON

1154

465.10

 12:49:54

XLON

1598

465.00

 12:50:02

XLON

1228

464.60

 12:52:42

XLON

599

464.50

 12:55:07

XLON

392

464.50

 12:56:03

XLON

396

464.50

 12:58:40

XLON

537

464.50

 12:58:40

XLON

678

464.50

 12:58:40

XLON

1271

464.50

 12:59:29

XLON

1276

464.20

 13:06:28

XLON

1281

464.20

 13:06:28

XLON

1696

464.00

 13:07:54

XLON

1276

463.70

 13:07:54

XLON

1346

463.20

 13:11:09

XLON

1414

463.10

 13:18:09

XLON

1285

462.90

 13:18:28

XLON

1241

462.90

 13:18:28

XLON

1649

462.40

 13:21:11

XLON

1180

461.70

 13:21:41

XLON

1080

461.40

 13:21:50

XLON

1234

462.10

 13:24:47

XLON

1176

462.40

 13:28:00

XLON

1219

462.40

 13:30:01

XLON

1204

462.20

 13:31:49

XLON

3327

463.60

 13:38:21

XLON

1694

463.40

 13:38:25

XLON

1310

463.70

 13:40:57

XLON

1474

464.00

 13:41:51

XLON

1160

464.00

 13:42:33

XLON

1280

464.40

 13:44:02

XLON

1220

464.50

 13:44:49

XLON

1237

464.20

 13:47:53

XLON

849

464.20

 13:49:56

XLON

522

464.20

 13:49:56

XLON

1238

464.10

 13:49:57

XLON

1309

465.40

 13:55:15

XLON

1175

465.30

 13:55:15

XLON

1100

465.10

 13:55:15

XLON

375

465.10

 13:55:15

XLON

160

465.10

 13:55:15

XLON

1354

465.00

 13:59:49

XLON

1257

465.10

 14:02:11

XLON

1318

465.20

 14:02:11

XLON

1284

465.30

 14:04:17

XLON

1397

465.50

 14:04:48

XLON

1403

465.30

 14:05:51

XLON

1311

465.60

 14:08:10

XLON

1288

465.30

 14:08:37

XLON

1353

465.00

 14:08:37

XLON

1244

465.00

 14:11:06

XLON

1350

465.00

 14:16:19

XLON

1160

465.20

 14:17:00

XLON

2022

465.00

 14:17:59

XLON

1639

464.60

 14:19:07

XLON

333

464.60

 14:19:07

XLON

154

464.60

 14:19:07

XLON

220

464.60

 14:19:07

XLON

160

464.60

 14:19:07

XLON

305

464.70

 14:19:07

XLON

204

464.70

 14:19:07

XLON

1841

464.30

 14:20:41

XLON

1332

464.30

 14:20:41

XLON

1390

463.90

 14:24:58

XLON

1490

463.70

 14:26:19

XLON

1365

463.70

 14:26:19

XLON

1281

464.20

 14:28:03

XLON

1516

464.00

 14:28:23

XLON

717

464.00

 14:28:37

XLON

496

464.00

 14:28:37

XLON

1422

463.80

 14:29:57

XLON

1231

463.80

 14:29:57

XLON

1157

463.70

 14:31:00

XLON

1413

464.10

 14:31:29

XLON

1392

464.30

 14:32:29

XLON

1391

464.20

 14:32:30

XLON

1269

464.10

 14:32:30

XLON

1190

464.10

 14:32:30

XLON

1215

462.90

 14:33:09

XLON

1399

463.50

 14:35:03

XLON

1329

463.30

 14:35:16

XLON

1279

462.70

 14:35:30

XLON

1347

462.20

 14:38:18

XLON

1325

462.20

 14:38:58

XLON

1300

462.90

 14:39:54

XLON

1198

462.50

 14:40:42

XLON

1318

462.80

 14:44:02

XLON

1403

462.60

 14:44:02

XLON

1292

462.40

 14:44:02

XLON

1203

462.70

 14:47:19

XLON

1186

462.60

 14:47:25

XLON

1409

463.10

 14:51:01

XLON

1348

462.80

 14:51:13

XLON

1436

462.30

 14:51:17

XLON

1165

461.60

 14:53:38

XLON

1275

461.40

 14:54:01

XLON

1639

461.80

 14:56:59

XLON

1169

462.10

 14:57:50

XLON

1367

462.10

 14:57:50

XLON

1302

462.30

 14:58:59

XLON

1310

462.00

 14:59:33

XLON

1150

461.60

 15:00:02

XLON

875

461.70

 15:00:30

XLON

501

461.70

 15:00:30

XLON

1381

461.50

 15:04:01

XLON

1613

461.50

 15:05:45

XLON

1179

461.50

 15:05:45

XLON

299

461.50

 15:05:45

XLON

313

461.50

 15:05:45

XLON

802

461.50

 15:05:45

XLON

1238

461.00

 15:09:10

XLON

1554

461.60

 15:09:30

XLON

1242

462.10

 15:10:13

XLON

1242

462.00

 15:10:13

XLON

1027

461.90

 15:10:14

XLON

1236

461.90

 15:10:14

XLON

1235

461.70

 15:10:34

XLON

1366

461.50

 15:11:50

XLON

853

462.20

 15:16:14

XLON

415

462.20

 15:16:14

XLON

1363

462.40

 15:16:32

XLON

793

462.40

 15:16:32

XLON

1302

462.40

 15:16:32

XLON

1965

461.50

 15:16:35

XLON

483

461.20

 15:16:35

XLON

236

461.20

 15:16:35

XLON

574

461.20

 15:16:35

XLON

823

460.80

 15:16:35

XLON

505

460.80

 15:16:35

XLON

1307

461.00

 15:17:10

XLON

1403

461.10

 15:18:24

XLON

1315

461.70

 15:19:42

XLON

1326

461.40

 15:20:06

XLON

1238

462.40

 15:22:37

XLON

1281

462.40

 15:24:41

XLON

1331

462.40

 15:24:41

XLON

1328

461.30

 15:25:04

XLON

1895

461.20

 15:25:04

XLON

1624

461.10

 15:26:10

XLON

1523

461.10

 15:26:10

XLON

1360

461.00

 15:28:13

XLON

2628

461.40

 15:28:44

XLON

1320

461.30

 15:28:56

XLON

1197

461.30

 15:28:56

XLON

1296

461.60

 15:29:50

XLON

1200

461.60

 15:29:50

XLON

1352

461.40

 15:29:51

XLON

1152

461.10

 15:30:13

XLON

976

461.80

 15:32:51

XLON

581

461.80

 15:32:51

XLON

1374

461.60

 15:33:05

XLON

1400

461.60

 15:33:05

XLON

1758

461.50

 15:33:06

XLON

1425

461.60

 15:35:23

XLON

1436

461.60

 15:35:23

XLON

314

461.20

 15:36:54

XLON

1162

461.20

 15:36:55

XLON

1211

461.20

 15:36:55

XLON

1302

461.20

 15:40:02

XLON

1195

461.20

 15:40:02

XLON

264

461.20

 15:40:18

XLON

1803

461.20

 15:40:18

XLON

1783

461.10

 15:40:50

XLON

2155

461.30

 15:43:09

XLON

1392

461.30

 15:43:57

XLON

1296

461.30

 15:44:27

XLON

1503

460.90

 15:44:57

XLON

1052

460.30

 15:44:57

XLON

128

460.30

 15:44:57

XLON

126

460.30

 15:44:57

XLON

1281

461.00

 15:46:26

XLON

1380

461.30

 15:48:24

XLON

1219

461.20

 15:48:48

XLON

1155

461.20

 15:48:48

XLON

1433

461.00

 15:48:48

XLON

1404

461.00

 15:50:37

XLON

1622

460.80

 15:50:37

XLON

483

460.60

 15:53:17

XLON

222

460.60

 15:53:17

XLON

814

460.60

 15:53:17

XLON

1337

460.60

 15:53:25

XLON

1301

460.50

 15:53:25

XLON

1196

460.30

 15:53:40

XLON

765

460.40

 15:54:28

XLON

685

460.40

 15:54:28

XLON

1422

460.40

 15:54:28

XLON

1249

460.20

 15:54:32

XLON

1338

459.20

 15:55:40

XLON

1199

459.20

 15:55:40

XLON

1155

459.10

 15:56:07

XLON

745

458.20

 15:57:52

XLON

483

458.20

 15:57:52

XLON

160

458.20

 15:57:52

XLON

1259

458.40

 15:58:28

XLON

2025

458.30

 16:00:00

XLON

1717

457.90

 16:00:39

XLON

666

457.60

 16:01:25

XLON

817

457.60

 16:01:25

XLON

1341

457.40

 16:02:07

XLON

1377

458.20

 16:04:02

XLON

1195

458.10

 16:04:02

XLON

171

458.10

 16:04:02

XLON

2155

457.90

 16:04:16

XLON

1324

457.80

 16:05:05

XLON

1379

457.80

 16:05:20

XLON

1371

458.00

 16:06:39

XLON

200

458.10

 16:06:39

XLON

483

458.10

 16:06:39

XLON

333

458.10

 16:06:39

XLON

384

458.10

 16:06:39

XLON

901

457.80

 16:07:19

XLON

1231

458.10

 16:08:05

XLON

1235

458.40

 16:08:32

XLON

1369

458.30

 16:08:46

XLON

1426

458.30

 16:08:46

XLON

1574

458.10

 16:09:10

XLON

1352

457.80

 16:09:31

XLON

1389

457.70

 16:10:00

XLON

1357

457.70

 16:11:23

XLON

1669

457.80

 16:12:06

XLON

1220

457.80

 16:12:09

XLON

1220

457.70

 16:12:28

XLON

1372

457.70

 16:12:28

XLON

1173

457.10

 16:13:14

XLON

1376

456.80

 16:13:29

XLON

187

457.00

 16:14:06

XLON

1046

457.00

 16:14:06

XLON

1383

456.80

 16:14:06

XLON

1315

456.60

 16:15:12

XLON

375

456.40

 16:16:52

XLON

335

456.40

 16:16:52

XLON

600

456.40

 16:16:52

XLON

2179

456.40

 16:16:52

XLON

1670

456.30

 16:16:52

XLON

1386

455.70

 16:17:30

XLON

1417

455.40

 16:18:30

XLON

1403

455.60

 16:19:02

XLON

1724

455.40

 16:20:01

XLON

2638

455.20

 16:20:05

XLON

1107

455.40

 16:20:54

XLON

130

455.40

 16:20:54

XLON

1292

455.40

 16:21:04

XLON

4268

455.40

 16:22:18

XLON

1430

455.40

 16:22:21

XLON

4243

455.60

 16:23:06

XLON

2260

455.60

 16:23:06

XLON

398

455.40

 16:23:22

XLON

238

455.40

 16:23:22

XLON

600

455.40

 16:23:22

XLON

345

455.40

 16:23:22

XLON

1252

455.70

 16:24:05

XLON

2088

455.70

 16:24:05

XLON