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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HALLETT JAMES P   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KAR Auction Services, Inc. [KAR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O: KAR AUCTION SERVICES, INC., 13085 HAMILTON CROSSING BOULEVARD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/20/2016 (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 Common Stock 02/20/2016   M   6,431 A $ 0 (1) 6,431 D   Common Stock 02/20/2016   P(2)   2,032 D $ 33.9 4,399 D

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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)

$ 13.46

(3)(4)(5)

03/01/2020

Common Stock

150,000 (3) (4)

150,000

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 30.89

(5)(6)

02/27/2024

Common Stock

194,404 (5) (6)

194,404

D

Restricted Stock Units

(1)

02/20/2016

M

6,431

(7)

(7)

Common Stock

6,431

$ 0

12,862

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HALLETT JAMES P C/O: KAR AUCTION SERVICES, INC. 13085 HAMILTON CROSSING BOULEVARD CARMEL, IN 46032	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

Rebecca C. Polak as Attorney In Fact		02/23/2016
**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)	Each restricted stock unit is convertible into a share of common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. The restricted stock units vested in common stock on 2/20/16.
(2)	Shares withheld by the Company to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements.
(3)	37,500 of these service options are currently exercisable.
(4)	112,500 of these performance options are currently exercisable.
(5)	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.
(6)	These options are service options that vest based upon the passage of time and the reporting person's continued service with the Company. These options will vest as follows: 25% of these options became exercisable on 2/27/2015, 25% of these options become exercisable on 2/27/2016, 25% of these options become exercisable on 2/27/2017, and the remaining 25% of these options become exercisable on 2/27/2018.
(7)	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, assuming continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

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