---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-26-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:22:13.284615+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genuine Parts enters $1B term loan facilities; declares $1.0625 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Seventh Amendment adds $500M Initial Term Loan A and $500M Delayed Draw Term Loan A, maturing Oct 28, 2027.
- Interest rates: SOFR + 0.875%-1.500% or base rate + 0%-0.500% based on credit rating.
- Board declares regular quarterly dividend of $1.0625 per share, payable July 2, 2026 to holders of record June 5, 2026.
- At annual meeting, all 11 director nominees elected; say-on-pay and auditor ratification approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-26-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098726000021/0000040987-26-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098726000021/gpc-20260427.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  GENUINE PARTS CO amended Seventh Amendment with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, domestic swing line lender and L/C issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acting through its Toronto Branch, as Canadian swing line lender and the other lenders valued at $500 million and a Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million (effective 2026-04-28).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, domestic swing line lender and L/C issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acting through its Toronto Branch, as Canadian swing line lender and the other lenders
  - Value: $500 million and a Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million
  - Effective: 2026-04-28
  source text: On April 28, 2026, Genuine Parts Company (the "Company") entered into a seventh amendment (the "Seventh Amendment") to its existing Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated October 30, 2020, by and among the Company, UAP, Inc., certain designated Company subsidiaries, as borrowers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, domestic swing line lender and L/C issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acting through its Toronto Branch, as Canadian swing line lender and the other lenders and L/C issuers from time to time party thereto.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098726000021/0000040987-26-000021-index.htm

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