Genuine Parts (GPC) 8-K Genuine Parts Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

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, August 20, 2012 – The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of forty-nine and one-half cents ($.495) per share on the Company’s common stock.

The dividend is payable October 1, 2012 to shareholders of record September 7, 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.