GENUINE PARTS CO 8K

Genuine Parts Company named the future leadership and board structures for its Automotive (GPC) and Industrial (Motion) businesses and set December 2026 investor days as it advances toward a planned separation into two independent public companies in the first quarter of 2027.

Genuine Parts Company announced the designated leadership teams and board leadership structure for its Automotive business (which will retain the Genuine Parts Company, or GPC, name) and its Industrial business (Motion) in connection with the company’s previously disclosed plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies in the first quarter of 2027, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Effective immediately, board member Court Carruthers has been appointed Chief Executive Officer-elect of GPC and will become CEO at separation, while current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bert Nappier will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer of GPC. Upon separation, current board member and European operations co‑founder Jean‑Jacques Lafont will become Non‑Executive Chairman of GPC. Current GPC Chairman and CEO Will Stengel will transition at separation to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Motion, supported by James Howe, who is elevated to President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately, and Howard Yu, newly appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Motion. GPC also detailed additional key leaders for both businesses and announced separate investor days for GPC and Motion on December 8 and 9, 2026, in New York City to outline their strategies and growth and value-creation plans as the separation progresses toward an expected completion in the first quarter of 2027.

Filing Facts

CIK

40987

Ticker

GPC

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8K

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sec

Accession

0001193125-26-385959

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8