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The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K solely to update the presentation of certain financial information and related disclosures contained in the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (&#8220;the 2019 Form 10-K&#8221;) to reflect: (i) the revised presentation of the Company&#8217;s segments into two segments: Automotive and Industrial, as previously reported on Form 10-Q filed on July 30, 2020, and (ii) the reclassification of the historical financial results of the Company&#8217;s Business Products Group as discontinued operations as a result of the Transactions.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%;">The results of operations and cash flows for the Business Products Group are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and the assets and liabilities being sold as part of the Transactions have been presented in the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements as assets and liabilities held for sale for all periods presented.</span></div><div style="text-indent:11pt;text-align:justify;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%;">Attached as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the updated &#8220;Item 1. Business&#8221;, &#8220;Item 6. Selected Financial Data&#8221;, &#8220;Item 7. Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#8221; and &#8220;Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data&#8221;, respectively, from the 2019 Form 10-K, to reflect the revised segment presentation and the reclassification of the historical financial results of the Business Products Group as discontinued operations.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%;">The information included in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K is presented in connection with the reporting changes described above for the Business Products Group. All other information in our 2019 Form 10-K has not been updated for events or developments that occurred subsequent to the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For developments since the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K, please refer to the Company's subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on From 10-Q. The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits, should be read in conjunction with the 2019 Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(d) Exhibits</span></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:14.129%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.093%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:82.378%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit Number</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Description</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">23</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;"><a style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="gpcconsent2019-exx238k.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">99.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;"><a style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="gpc-12312019xex991busi.htm">Item 1. Business</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">99.2</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;"><a style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="gpc-12312019xex992sele.htm">Item 6. Selected Financial Data</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">99.3</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;"><a style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="gpc-12312019xex993mda8.htm">Item 7. Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">99.4</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;"><a style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="gpc-20201023_d2.htm">Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.INS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Instance Document - The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.SCH</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.CAL</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.DEF</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.LAB</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit 101.PRE</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in inline XBRL</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><span><br/></span></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:45pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%;"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Forward-Looking Statements</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Some statements in this report, as well as in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or otherwise release to the public and in materials that we make available on our website, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in the future tense and all statements accompanied by words such as &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;likely,&#8221; &#8220;outlook,&#8221; &#8220;forecast,&#8221; &#8220;preliminary,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;position,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;on track,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;to come,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;possible,&#8221; &#8220;assume,&#8221; and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Senior officers may also make verbal statements to analysts, investors, the media and others that are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our expected ability to operate and protect our workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, our strategies for growing our automotive and industrial businesses, the execution and effect of our cost savings initiatives, our efforts and initiatives to help us emerge from the pandemic well-positioned, our ongoing efforts to maintain compliance and flexibility under our debt covenants, our liquidity position and actions to maximize cash flow to continue to operate during these highly uncertain times and plans for future cost savings.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">The Company cautions that its forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and while we believe that our expectations for the future are reasonable in view of currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events may differ materially from those indicated as a result of various important factors. Such factors may include, among other things, the extent and duration of the disruption to our business operations caused by the global health crisis associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, including the effects on the financial health of our business partners and customers, on supply chains and our suppliers, on vehicle miles driven as well as other metrics that affect our business, and on access to capital and liquidity provided by the financial and capital markets; the Company&#8217;s ability to maintain compliance with its debt covenants; the Company's ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into the Company and to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits; the Company's ability to successfully divest businesses; the Company's ability to successfully implement its business initiatives in its two business segments; slowing demand for the Company's products; the ability to maintain favorable supplier arrangements and relationships; disruptions in our suppliers' operations, including the impact of COVID-19 on our suppliers as well as our supply chain; changes in national and international legislation or government regulations or policies, including changes to import tariffs, short-term government subsidies, and the unpredictability of such changes and their impact to the Company and its suppliers and customers, data security policies and requirements as well as privacy legislation; changes in general economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation (including the impact of tariffs) or deflation and the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, commonly known as Brexit, and the unpredictability of the impact following such exit from the European Union; changes in tax policies; volatile exchange rates; volatility in oil prices; significant cost increases, such as rising fuel and freight expenses; the Company's ability to successfully attract and retain employees in the current labor market; uncertain credit markets and other macroeconomic conditions; competitive product, service and pricing pressures; failure or weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, including as a result of the work from home environment; the uncertainties and costs of litigation; disruptions caused by a failure or breach of the Company's information systems, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2019, the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020 and from time to time in the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other reports filed with the SEC.</span></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:45pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%;"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SIGNATURES</span></div><div style="margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report 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gpc-20201023
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 23, 2020
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
GENUINE PARTS CO
MPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
GA
001-05690
58-0254510
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2999 WILDWOOD PARKWAY,
ATLANTA,
GA
30339
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(
678
)
934-5000
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share
GPC
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Effective June 30, 2020, Genuine Parts Company (the "Company") completed the previously announced divestiture of its Business Products Group by selling Supply Source Enterprises, Inc. ("SSE") and S.P. Richards Company ("SPR") in separate transactions (collectively, the "Transactions"). The Business Products Group was previously a reportable segment of the Company. As a result of the divestiture of this segment, beginning in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2020, the Company presented the Business Products Group as discontinued operations in its condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, the Business Products segment must be retrospectively reclassified to discontinued operations for all prior periods subsequently presented. The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K solely to update the presentation of certain financial information and related disclosures contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 ("the 2019 Form 10-K") to reflect: (i) the revised presentation of the Company's segments into two segments: Automotive and Industrial, as previously reported on Form 10-Q filed on July 30, 2020, and (ii) the reclassification of the historical financial results of the Company's Business Products Group as discontinued operations as a result of the Transactions.
The results of operations and cash flows for the Business Products Group are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and the assets and liabilities being sold as part of the Transactions have been presented in the Company's consolidated financial statements as assets and liabilities held for sale for all periods presented.
Attached as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the updated "Item 1. Business", "Item 6. Selected Financial Data", "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data", respectively, from the 2019 Form 10-K, to reflect the revised segment presentation and the reclassification of the historical financial results of the Business Products Group as discontinued operations.
The information included in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K is presented in connection with the reporting changes described above for the Business Products Group. All other information in our 2019 Form 10-K has not been updated for events or developments that occurred subsequent to the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For developments since the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K, please refer to the Company's subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on From 10-Q. The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits, should be read in conjunction with the 2019 Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
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99.1
Item 1. Business
99.2
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
99.3
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
99.4
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this report, as well as in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or otherwise release to the public and in materials that we make available on our website, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in the future tense and all statements accompanied by words such as "expect," "likely," "outlook," "forecast," "preliminary," "would," "could," "should," "position," "will," "project," "intend," "plan," "on track," "anticipate," "to come," "may," "possible," "assume," and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Senior officers may also make verbal statements to analysts, investors, the media and others that are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our expected ability to operate and protect our workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, our strategies for growing our automotive and industrial businesses, the execution and effect of our cost savings initiatives, our efforts and initiatives to help us emerge from the pandemic well-positioned, our ongoing efforts to maintain compliance and flexibility under our debt covenants, our liquidity position and actions to maximize cash flow to continue to operate during these highly uncertain times and plans for future cost savings.
The Company cautions that its forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and while we believe that our expectations for the future are reasonable in view of currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events may differ materially from those indicated as a result of various important factors. Such factors may include, among other things, the extent and duration of the disruption to our business operations caused by the global health crisis associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, including the effects on the financial health of our business partners and customers, on supply chains and our suppliers, on vehicle miles driven as well as other metrics that affect our business, and on access to capital and liquidity provided by the financial and capital markets; the Company's ability to maintain compliance with its debt covenants; the Company's ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into the Company and to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits; the Company's ability to successfully divest businesses; the Company's ability to successfully implement its business initiatives in its two business segments; slowing demand for the Company's products; the ability to maintain favorable supplier arrangements and relationships; disruptions in our suppliers' operations, including the impact of COVID-19 on our suppliers as well as our supply chain; changes in national and international legislation or government regulations or policies, including changes to import tariffs, short-term government subsidies, and the unpredictability of such changes and their impact to the Company and its suppliers and customers, data security policies and requirements as well as privacy legislation; changes in general economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation (including the impact of tariffs) or deflation and the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, commonly known as Brexit, and the unpredictability of the impact following such exit from the European Union; changes in tax policies; volatile exchange rates; volatility in oil prices; significant cost increases, such as rising fuel and freight expenses; the Company's ability to successfully attract and retain employees in the current labor market; uncertain credit markets and other macroeconomic conditions; competitive product, service and pricing pressures; failure or weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, including as a result of the work from home environment; the uncertainties and costs of litigation; disruptions caused by a failure or breach of the Company's information systems, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2019, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020 and from time to time in the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other reports filed with the SEC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Genuine Parts Company
October 23, 2020
By:
/s/ Carol B. Yancey
Name: Carol B. Yancey
Title: Executive Vice President and CFO