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SYDNEY, Sept. 24, 2026 — Car Group Limited (ASX:CAR) has closed the book on director Kee Wong's board tenure, lodging a Final Director's Interest Notice that confirms he stepped down on Sept. 22, 2026. The disclosure paints a clean exit on paper: Wong held no shares directly in his own name, while a family superannuation fund connected to him retained 19,437 ordinary shares in the company.
The Appendix 3Z notice was filed under ASX Listing Rule 3.19A.3, with Car Group submitting it as agent for Wong under section 205G of the Corporations Act 2001. It is the standard checkpoint the market sees when a directorship ends, and it gives investors their final snapshot of the departing director's securities interests.
The previous director's interest notice for Wong was dated April 17, 2023. The roughly 3.5-year gap between the two filings points to a static position throughout that stretch. Under ASX rules, any movement in a director's relevant interests would normally generate an intermediate notice, so the absence of one suggests the 19,437-share holding sat unchanged.
The form splits into three prescribed sections, each with a different function.
Part 1 — registered holder: nil. Wong owned no Car Group securities in his own name at the time of the notice.
Part 2 — indirect holdings: the disclosure shifts to E-Imagine Pty Ltd (ACN 089 541 088), which acts as trustee for the Kee & Wai Superannuation Fund. That entity held 19,437 ordinary shares. Wong's relevant interest flows from two roles: he is a member of the superannuation fund, and he serves as a director of the trustee company. The structure is laid out explicitly in the notice, with no ambiguity about where control sits.
Part 3 — interests in contracts: every field carries "N/A." There are no margin loans, equity swaps, or derivative positions linked to the company's shares.
The choice of vehicle matters more than the headline number. Self-managed superannuation funds are typically built around long-term retirement planning, not short-term trading. Seeing Wong's stake parked inside the Kee & Wai Superannuation Fund — rather than in a brokerage account — suggests the holding is meant to persist.
There is also a governance nuance worth flagging. Wong's overlapping roles as both beneficiary of the fund and director of its trustee create a dual-interest situation. That is precisely what Part 2 exists to surface, and the notice handles it without any hedging or fine print. For a departing director, that level of transparency is exactly what the ASX regime is designed to extract.
The "N/A" string in Part 3 is itself informative. A director who walks away with no contract-based interests tied to company securities leaves the cleanest possible disclosure trail — no outstanding financing arrangements, no undisclosed hedging, no ongoing obligations that could complicate the share register down the line. In that respect, the notice ticks every box an investor would want checked.
Car Group Limited, which carries ABN 91 074 444 018, is the entity formerly known as carsales.com Ltd. The company rebranded in 2023 to reflect a portfolio that now stretches well beyond its Australian roots. It operates digital automotive marketplaces in Australia and selected markets across Asia and Latin America, with additional strategic interests in North America.
The group's main listing on the ASX makes directors' interest disclosures part of the regular information flow that institutional and retail investors alike monitor. While a single director departure rarely moves the stock by itself, the completeness of the accompanying paperwork is something governance analysts do watch — especially when the outgoing director retains an indirect stake.
The notice does not explain why Wong left, and the ASX rules do not require it to. Departures happen for any number of routine reasons at the end of a board term.
For investors, the practical reading is straightforward: there are no red flags in this filing. No large disposal, no contract controversy, no lapse in disclosure. The 19,437 shares sitting in the superannuation fund stay where they are, which means Wong retains a modest financial interest in the company's performance even without a board seat.
Placed next to the wider pattern of insider activity at Car Group, the notice is a low-key, procedural event. But low-key is not the same as meaningless. An unambiguous final disclosure removes uncertainty for the market, and for Kee Wong it closes a long-standing relationship with the board — with his indirect position in the company still on the record for anyone who cares to look.
