---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-25-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:20:41.801286+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genuine Parts elects Laurie Schupmann as new director; declares $1.03 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Laurie Schupmann elected to board; four directors retire due to mandatory age: Camp, Fayard, Johns, Needham.
- Regular quarterly cash dividend declared at $1.03 per share, payable July 2, 2025 to holders of record June 6, 2025.
- Shareholders approved advisory say-on-pay (103.1M for), plurality voting charter amendment, and auditor ratification.
- Shareholder proposal on DEI effectiveness report rejected with 84.7 million against versus 19.2 million for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-25-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/gpc-20250428.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-25-000073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-25-000073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-25-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth W. Camp retired as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Additionally, Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp, Mr. Gary P. Fayard, Mr. John D. Johns and Ms. Wendy B. Needham have retired as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  John D. Johns retired as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Additionally, Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp, Mr. Gary P. Fayard, Mr. John D. Johns and Ms. Wendy B. Needham have retired as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wendy B. Needham retired as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Additionally, Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp, Mr. Gary P. Fayard, Mr. John D. Johns and Ms. Wendy B. Needham have retired as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurie Schupmann was elected as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 29, 2025, Genuine Parts Company (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that its shareholders elected Ms. Laurie Schupmann as a new director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary P. Fayard retired as Director at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Additionally, Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp, Mr. Gary P. Fayard, Mr. John D. Johns and Ms. Wendy B. Needham have retired as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000073/0000040987-25-000073-index.htm

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