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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2006.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Genuine Parts Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Georgia</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2999 Circle 75 Parkway<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30339<BR>
(770)&nbsp;953-1700</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>JERRY W. NIX</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>LAURA G. THATCHER</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Alston &#038; Bird LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Genuine Parts Company</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Atlantic Center</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2999 Circle 75 Parkway</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1201 West Peachtree Street, NW</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30339</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(770)&nbsp;953-1700</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(404)&nbsp;881-7546</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $1.00 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">8,000,000 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">358,560,000</TD>
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    <TD>Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Genuine Parts Company
(the &#147;Company&#148;) common stock to be issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under
the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), including additional
shares of Company common stock that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registration fee calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Company&#146;s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;12, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration
Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, Genuine Parts Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The
Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required
to be delivered to participants pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned
information should be directed to Carol B. Yancey, Senior Vice President&#151;Finance and Corporate
Secretary, at the address and telephone number on the cover of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act since December&nbsp;31, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The description of common stock contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement filed
under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is
deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
provided under Georgia law, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that a
director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for breach of duty of care or any other duty owed to the corporation as a director, except that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a)&nbsp;for any appropriation,
in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation, (b)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;for unlawful
corporate distributions, or (d)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director received an improper
benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Under its Amended and Restated By-Laws, the Company is required to indemnify its directors to the full extent
permitted by Georgia law. The Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, fines, penalties,
amounts paid in settlement, and reasonable expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, resulting from
various types of legal actions or proceedings, including, but not limited to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, if the actions of the party being
indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified therein. Determination concerning whether or
not the applicable standard of conduct has been met can be made by (a)&nbsp;the Board of Directors by a
majority vote of all the disinterested directors, if there are at least two disinterested
directors, (b)&nbsp;a majority vote of a committee of two or more disinterested directors, (c)&nbsp;special
legal counsel, or (d)&nbsp;an affirmative vote of a majority of shares held by disinterested
shareholders. No indemnification shall be made (i)&nbsp;in connection with a proceeding by or in the
right of the Company, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if
it is determined that the indemnitee has met the relevant standard of conduct, or (ii)&nbsp;in
connection with any other proceeding in which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that
personal benefit was improperly received by him.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated here by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Company in the successful
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(signatures on following page)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on April 18, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Genuine Parts Company</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jerry W. Nix
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jerry W. Nix&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Thomas C. Gallagher and Carol B. Yancey, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of the, or their or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas C. Gallagher
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas C. Gallagher</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jerry W. Nix
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerry W. Nix</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mary B. Bullock
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mary B. Bullock</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard W. Courts II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard W. Courts II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jean Douville
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jean Douville</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John D. Johns
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Johns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Michael M. E. Johns
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael M. E. Johns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J. Hicks Lanier
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Hicks Lanier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Wendy B. Needham
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wendy B. Needham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Larry L. Prince
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Larry L. Prince</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary W. Rollins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary W. Rollins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Lawrence G. Steiner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lawrence G. Steiner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 17, 2006</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX<BR>
TO<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, dated April&nbsp;17, 2006. (Incorporated herein by
reference from the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K,
dated April 18, 2006.)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated April&nbsp;17,
2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated April 18, 2006.)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2006.
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Genuine Parts Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Georgia
58-0254510
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2999 Circle 75 Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(770) 953-1700
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number)
Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copy to:
JERRY W. NIX
LAURA G. THATCHER
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Alston & Bird LLP
Genuine Parts Company
One Atlantic Center
2999 Circle 75 Parkway
1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
(770) 953-1700
(404) 881-7546
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value
8,000,000
(1)
$
44.82
(2)
$
358,560,000
(2)
$
38,365.92
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Genuine Parts Company
(the "Company") common stock to be issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under
the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), including additional
shares of Company common stock that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registration fee calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Company's common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 12, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF COUNSEL
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a) The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration
Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(b) Upon written or oral request, Genuine Parts Company (the "Company") will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The
Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required
to be delivered to participants pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned
information should be directed to Carol B. Yancey, Senior Vice President—Finance and Corporate
Secretary, at the address and telephone number on the cover of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005;
(2) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act since December 31, 2005;
(3) The description of common stock contained in the Company's registration statement filed
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description; and
(4) All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is
deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
As
provided under Georgia law, the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that a
director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for breach of duty of care or any other duty owed to the corporation as a director, except that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any appropriation,
in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation, (b) for acts or
omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) for unlawful
corporate distributions, or (d) for any transaction from which the director received an improper
benefit.
Under its Amended and Restated By-Laws, the Company is required to indemnify its directors to the full extent
permitted by Georgia law. The Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, fines, penalties,
amounts paid in settlement, and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, resulting from
various types of legal actions or proceedings, including, but not limited to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, if the actions of the party being
indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified therein. Determination concerning whether or
not the applicable standard of conduct has been met can be made by (a) the Board of Directors by a
majority vote of all the disinterested directors, if there are at least two disinterested
directors, (b) a majority vote of a committee of two or more disinterested directors, (c) special
legal counsel, or (d) an affirmative vote of a majority of shares held by disinterested
shareholders. No indemnification shall be made (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the
right of the Company, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if
it is determined that the indemnitee has met the relevant standard of conduct, or (ii) in
connection with any other proceeding in which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that
personal benefit was improperly received by him.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated here by reference.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Company in the successful
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defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(signatures on following page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on April 18, 2006.
Genuine Parts Company
By:
/s/ Jerry W. Nix
Jerry W. Nix
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Thomas C. Gallagher and Carol B. Yancey, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of the, or their or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas C. Gallagher
Thomas C. Gallagher
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 17, 2006
/s/ Jerry W. Nix
Jerry W. Nix
Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 17, 2006
/s/ Mary B. Bullock
Mary B. Bullock
Director
April 17, 2006
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/s/ Richard W. Courts II
Richard W. Courts II
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Jean Douville
Jean Douville
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ John D. Johns
John D. Johns
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Michael M. E. Johns
Michael M. E. Johns
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ J. Hicks Lanier
J. Hicks Lanier
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Wendy B. Needham
Wendy B. Needham
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Larry L. Prince
Larry L. Prince
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Gary W. Rollins
Gary W. Rollins
Director
April 17, 2006
/s/ Lawrence G. Steiner
Lawrence G. Steiner
Director
April 17, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, dated April 17, 2006. (Incorporated herein by
reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated April 18, 2006.)
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated April 17,
2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 18, 2006.)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel.
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).