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
ANNOUNCES 1st QUARTER 2012
EARNINGS RELEASE DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL
Atlanta, Georgia, March 29, 2012 — Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) plans to release First Quarter Earnings on April 19, 2012. Management will also conduct a conference call on this date at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. You are invited to join the call, which will be hosted by Chairman and CEO Tom Gallagher and Vice Chairman and CFO Jerry Nix. The public may access the call on the Company’s website,www.genpt.com, by clicking “Investor Services”, or by dialing 877-331-5106. The conference ID is 67410952. If you are unable to participate during the call, a replay of the call will be available on the Company’s website or toll-free at 855-859-2056, ID 67410952, two hours after the completion of the conference call until 12:00 a.m. Eastern time on May 3, 2012.
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., Canada and Mexico 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 2011 revenues of $12.5 billion.