EX-99.1 3 gpc-divq42018.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
 
NEWS RELEASE
 
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2018 - Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of seventy two cents ($0.72) per share on the Company’s common stock.

The dividend is payable January 2, 2019 to shareholders of record December 7, 2018.

About Genuine Parts Company

Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Germany and Poland. The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts and electrical and electronic materials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through its Industrial Parts Group. S.P. Richards, the Company’s Business Products Group, distributes a variety of business products in the U.S. and in Canada. Genuine Parts Company had 2017 revenues of $16.3 billion. Further information is available at www.genpt.com.

Contacts

Carol B. Yancey, Executive Vice President and CFO – (678) 934-5044
Sidney G. Jones, Senior Vice President - Investor Relations – (678) 934-5628