OPENLANE Announces Results of Offer to Purchase Certain of its Outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2025

CARMEL, Ind., June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OPENLANE, Inc. (f/k/a KAR Auction Services, Inc.) (NYSE: KAR) (the "Company"), today announced the results of its previously announced offer to purchase (the "Asset Sale Offer") up to $140,000,000 of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Notes") for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, equivalent to $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, for such Notes up to, but not including, June 2, 2023.  The Asset Sale Offer was made pursuant to indenture governing the Notes (as amended and supplemented, the "Indenture") and an Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, each dated May 3, 2023.

As of 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 2, 2023 (the expiration date with respect to the Notes), $140,000,000 principal amount of the Notes, representing 40% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, has been validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Company.

This press release does not constitute a notice of redemption under the optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. No offer, solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

About OPENLANE

OPENLANE, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), provides sellers and buyers across the global wholesale used vehicle industry with innovative, technology-driven remarketing solutions. The company's unique end-to-end platform supports whole car, financing, logistics and other ancillary and related services. Our integrated marketplaces reduce risk, improve transparency and streamline transactions for customers around the globe. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, the company has employees across the United States, Canada, Europe, Uruguay and the Philippines. For more information and the latest company news, visit corporate.openlane.com.

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