Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/24/2014		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KAR Auction Services, Inc. [KAR]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
13085 HAMILTON CROSSING BLVD.		 4. 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
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CARMEL, IN 46032		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1)(2) 07/29/2019 Common Stock 31,666 $ 10 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (2)(3) 02/28/2022 Common Stock 32,000 $ 16.07 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 04/08/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) 15,833 of these performance options are currently exercisable. 15,833 of these options vest if the closing price of a share of the Company's common stock exceeds $35.00 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days.
(2) 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.
(3) 16,000 of these service options are currently exercisable. 8,000 of these options become exercisable on 2/28/2015 and 8,000 of these options become exercisable on 2/28/2016.

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