FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Jerry W. Nix, Vice Chairman and CFO — (770) 612-2048
Sidney G. Jones, Vice President-Investor Relations – (770) 818-4628
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
Atlanta, Georgia, November 16, 2009 — The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company
(NYSE: GPC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of forty cents ($.40) per share on the Company’s common stock.
The dividend is payable January 4, 2010 to shareholders of record December 4, 2009.
About Genuine Parts Company
Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S. and Canada through its Motion Industries subsidiary. S. P. Richards Company, the Office Products Group, distributes business products nationwide in the U.S. and in Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS, Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Genuine Parts Company had 2008 revenues of $11.0 billion.