---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158449-22-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAP"
cik: "0001158449"
company_name: "ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:51:16.698318+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advance Auto Parts appoints William Pellicciotti as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Pellicciotti named SVP, Controller and CAO, effective January 24, 2022.
- Annual base salary of $400,000; bonus target 65% of base salary.
- One-time cash signing bonus of $324,500, repayable if he resigns within 2 years.
- Expected annual equity grant of ~$350,000 under 2014 LTIP for 2022-2024 cycle.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158449-22-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAP
- cik: 0001158449
- company_name: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844922000021/0001158449-22-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844922000021/aap-20220111.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-22-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-22-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-22-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Pellicciotti was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On January 11, 2022, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors (“Board”) has appointed William Pellicciotti to become the Company's Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), effective January 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844922000021/0001158449-22-000021-index.htm

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