Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Hammer John C
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KAR Auction Services, Inc. [KAR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO of AFC
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
13085 HAMILTON CROSSING BLVD.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/09/2016
(Street)

CARMEL, IN 46032
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 10               (1)(2) 07/29/2019 Common Stock 24,166   24,166 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 16.07               (1)(3) 02/28/2022 Common Stock 32,000   32,000 D  
Restricted Stock Units (4) 02/09/2016   A   2,859     (5)   (5) Common Stock 2,859 $ 0 2,859 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Hammer John C
13085 HAMILTON CROSSING BLVD.
CARMEL, IN 46032
      President and CEO of AFC  

Signatures

 Rebecca C. Polak, as Attorney In Fact   02/11/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) An additional condition to vesting is that the reporting person must be a director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the date on which the conditions set forth above are satisfied.
(2) 24,166 of these performance options are currently exercisable.
(3) 24,000 of these service options are currently exercisable and 8,000 of these options become exercisable on 2/28/2016.
(4) Converts into common stock on a 1-for-1 basis.
(5) The compensation committee certified on February 9, 2016 that the Company achieved the 2015 net income performance goal for the restricted stock unit awards granted in 2015 under the KAR Auction Services, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units remain subject to a time-vesting requirement and are scheduled to vest and settle in common stock as follows: one-third of these restricted stock units vest on 2/20/2016, one-third of these restricted stock units vest on 2/20/2017 and the remaining one-third of these restricted stock units vest on 2/20/2018.

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