---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158449-23-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAP"
cik: "0001158449"
company_name: "ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T02:24:34.623645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advance Auto Parts reassigns duties of EVP Robert Cushing, extends service through Q1 2024

## Summary
- EVP Professional Robert B. Cushing will transition certain responsibilities to other executives for succession planning.
- Cushing loses Section 16 officer designation but retains EVP title and reports to CEO.
- Current compensation unchanged through at least Q1 2024; termination payment locked at current rate.
- He defers right to resign for Good Reason; employment extended through first fiscal quarter 2024.
- Cushing continues leading Worldpac, Carquest Canada, strategic professional accounts, and Technet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158449-23-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAP
- cik: 0001158449
- company_name: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844923000112/0001158449-23-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844923000112/aap-20230412.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-23-000112
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-23-000112.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-23-000112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert B. Cushing changed role as Executive Vice President, Professional at ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC.
  - Action: reassigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Professional
  source text: "On April 12, 2023, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) and Robert B. Cushing, 69, Executive Vice President, Professional, agreed to reassign portions of Mr. Cushing’s job responsibilities to other executives to further streamline field operations and support long-term succession planning."
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844923000112/0001158449-23-000112-index.htm

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