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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Carol B. Yancey, Executive Vice President and CFO – (770) 612-2044
Sidney G. Jones, Vice President — Investor Relations – (770) 818-4628

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Atlanta, Georgia, August 19, 2013 – The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of fifty-three and three-quarter cents ($.5375) per share on the Company’s common stock.

The dividend is payable October 1, 2013 to shareholders of record September 6, 2013.

About Genuine Parts Company

Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. 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 Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS, Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Genuine Parts Company had 2012 revenues of $13.0 billion.