---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:53:14.603302+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genuine Parts appoints Darren Rebelez to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Darren Rebelez appointed as independent director effective June 1, 2023, increasing board to 14 members.
- Rebelez is President & CEO of Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY); brings retail, fuel, restaurant expertise.
- Appointed to Nominating and ESG Committee; determined independent under NYSE standards.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation; no related party transactions reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098723000023/0000040987-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098723000023/gpc-20230601.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-23-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-23-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-23-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Darren M. Rebelez was appointed as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of June 1, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Genuine Parts Company (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and ESG Committee, increased the size of the Board to fourteen directors and appointed Darren M. Rebelez to fill the vacancy created by such increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098723000023/0000040987-23-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.