---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158449-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAP"
cik: "0001158449"
company_name: "ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:56:33.504889+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advance Auto Parts appoints Elizabeth Dreyer as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Elizabeth Dreyer named SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective Jan 9, 2024.
- Dreyer brings 30+ years experience; previously CAO at Amyris, Travel+Leisure, and Edgewell.
- Compensation: $425K base salary, 65% bonus target, $350K signing bonus (repayable if resign within 2 yrs), ~$250K RSU grant vesting over 3 yrs.
- Severance: 1x base + pro rata bonus, outplacement up to $12K, benefits up to 52 weeks on termination without cause.
- Annual equity grant expected ~$350K for 2024-2026 under 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158449-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAP
- cik: 0001158449
- company_name: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000002/0001158449-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000002/aap-20240105.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158449-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth E. Dreyer 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 5, 2024, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Elizabeth E. Dreyer to the position of Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, commencing January 9, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000002/0001158449-24-000002-index.htm

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