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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-Q

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes x    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes x    No o

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of September 30, 2003.

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PART 1 — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note A — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and therefore do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Except as disclosed herein, there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Genuine Parts Company (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2002. Accordingly, the quarterly condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures should be read in conjunction with the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The preparation of interim financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions for the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Specifically, the Company makes estimates in its interim financial statements for the accrual of bad debts, certain inventory adjustments and volume rebates earned. Bad debts are accrued based on a percentage of sales and volume rebates are estimated based upon cumulative and projected purchasing levels. Inventory adjustments are estimated on an interim basis and adjusted in the fourth quarter to reflect year-end valuation and book to physical results. The estimates for interim reporting may change upon final determination at year-end, and such changes may be significant.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of income for the interim period have been made. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year.

Note B — Segment Information

For management purposes, net sales by segment exclude the effect of certain discounts, incentives and freight billed to customers. The line item “other” represents the net effect of the discounts, incentives and freight billed to customers, which are reported as a component of net sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

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Note C — Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Total comprehensive income (loss) was $297,613,000 and $(136,011,000) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The difference between total comprehensive income and net income (loss) was due to foreign currency translation adjustments and adjustments to the fair value of derivative instruments, as summarized below (in thousands):

Comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 totaled $90,399,000 and $79,611,000, respectively.

Note D — New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement No. 141 (“SFAS 141”) “Business Combinations,” and Statement No. 142 (“SFAS 142”), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS 141 prospectively prohibits the pooling of interests method of accounting for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. Effective January 1, 2002, SFAS 142 requires that goodwill resulting from prior acquisitions no longer be amortized and establishes a new method for testing goodwill for impairment on an annual basis (or an interim basis if an event occurs that might reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value). SFAS 142 also requires that an identifiable intangible asset that is determined to have a finite life continue to be amortized and separately tested for impairment using an undiscounted cash flows approach.

Within the reportable segments, the Company identified reporting units as defined in SFAS 142. The reporting units’ goodwill was tested for impairment during the first quarter of 2002 as required by SFAS 142 upon adoption based upon the expected present value of future cash flows approach. As a result of this valuation process, as well as the application of the remaining provisions of SFAS 142, the Company recorded a transitional impairment loss of $395.1 million ($2.27 loss per share basic and $2.26 loss per share diluted). This write-off was reported as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Company’s consolidated statement of income as of January 1, 2002. For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, additions to goodwill of $.9 million relate to additional consideration for earnouts on prior acquisitions. The Company also assessed the finite-lived, identifiable intangible assets for impairment under the undiscounted cash flows approach and concluded there was no impairment.

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The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill as of December 31, 2002 and during the period by reportable segment are summarized as follows (in thousands):

In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement No. 146 (“SFAS 146”) “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities”. SFAS 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)” (“Issue 94-3”). The principal difference between SFAS 146 and Issue 94-3 relates to SFAS 146’s requirements for recognition of a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity. SFAS 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Severance pay under SFAS 146, in many cases, would be recognized over time rather than up front. The provisions of this Statement are effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. To date, SFAS 146 has had no significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and the Company does not believe this statement will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements in the future.

In December 2002, the FASB issued Statement No. 148 (“SFAS 148”) “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure”. SFAS 148 amends SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”) to provide alternative methods of transition to SFAS 123’s fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS 148 also amends the disclosure provisions of SFAS 123 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting”, to require disclosure in the summary of significant accounting policies of the effects of an entity’s accounting policy with respect to stock-based employee compensation on reported net income and earnings per share in annual and interim financial statements. The disclosure provisions of SFAS 148 are applicable to all companies with stock-based employee compensation, regardless of whether they account for that compensation using the fair value method of SFAS 123 or the intrinsic value method of APB Opinion No. 25. SFAS 148’s amendment of the transition and annual disclosure requirements of SFAS 123 are effective for fiscal years ended after December 15, 2002. The additional disclosures required under SFAS 148 have been included in Note 7 of the Company’s notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as in Note F to the consolidated financial statements for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2003.

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On January 1, 2003, the Company began accounting for all future stock compensation awards in accordance with SFAS 123’s fair value method. The adoption of the preferred recognition provisions of SFAS 123 had no impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations in 2003, and the effect on periods thereafter, while entirely dependent on the terms of future stock compensation awards, is not expected to be significant.

In January 2003, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) of the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 02-16, Accounting by a Customer (Including a Reseller) for Certain Consideration Received from a Vendor (“EITF 02-16”). EITF 02-16 addresses accounting and reporting issues related to how a reseller should account for certain consideration received from vendors. Generally, certain consideration received from vendors is presumed to be a reduction of the prices of the vendor’s products or services and should, therefore, be characterized as a reduction of cost of sales when recognized in the customer’s income statement. However, under certain circumstances, this presumption may be overcome and recognition as revenue or as a reduction of other costs in the income statement may be appropriate. The Company, in certain circumstances, included funds of this type in selling, administrative, and other expenses. Under the new method, vendor allowances for advertising and catalog related programs are generally considered a reduction of cost of goods sold. On January 1, 2003, the Company adopted EITF 02-16 and recorded a non-cash charge of $19.5 million related to the capitalization of certain vendor consideration as part of inventory cost. In addition, as a result of the January 1, 2003 adoption of EITF 02-16, approximately $71.3 million was reclassified from selling, administrative and other expenses to cost of goods sold in the consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. In accordance with EITF 02-16, the income statement presentation for periods prior to January 1, 2003 have not been reclassified.

As more fully discussed in Note 10 of the Company’s notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, in November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (“FIN 45”). FIN 45 requires an entity to disclose in its interim and annual financial statements information with respect to its obligations under certain guarantees that it has issued. It also requires an entity to recognize, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee. The disclosure requirements of FIN 45 are effective for interim and annual periods ended after December 15, 2002. The Company included the disclosures required by FIN 45 in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report. The adoption of the recognition provisions of FIN 45, which were required to be adopted for new arrangements beginning on January 1, 2003, were not significant for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003.

As more fully discussed in Note 1 of the Company’s notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, in January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51” (“FIN 46”). FIN 46 requires certain variable interest entities to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. FIN 46 is effective for all new variable interest entities created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For variable interest entities created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 must be applied for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company guarantees the borrowings of certain independently controlled automotive parts stores (“independents”) and certain other affiliates in which the Company has a minority equity ownership interest (“affiliates”). Presently, the independents are generally consolidated by an enterprise that has a controlling financial interest through ownership of a majority voting interest in the entity. The Company has no voting interest or other equity conversion rights in any of the independents. The Company is currently evaluating whether the independents and the affiliates are variable interest entities as defined under the Interpretation. At September 30, 2003, the total borrowings outstanding to the independents and the affiliates, which are subject to guarantee by the Company, are approximately $163 million. The Company does not control the independents or the affiliates, but receives a fee for the guarantee. Separately, the Company’s construction and lease facility was amended and restated on June 27, 2003. Subject to the amendment and restatement, the Interpretation No. 46 did not change the Company’s accounting for the construction and lease facility.

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Note E — Facility Consolidation, Impairment, and Other Charges

As more fully disclosed in Note 3 of the Company’s notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, prior to December 31, 2001, the Company’s management approved a plan to close and consolidate certain facilities, terminate certain employees, and exit certain other activities. The Company also determined certain assets were impaired. Following is a summary of the charges and the related accruals for continuing liabilities associated with the plan (in thousands):

There have been no material changes to the Company’s plans or estimates at December 31, 2001, and no additional charges were recorded in the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 related to management’s plan. In addition, the Company has not experienced any significant declines in net sales as a result of the facility consolidations completed through September 30, 2003, and none are anticipated. The Company’s plan is substantially complete. The remaining liabilities primarily relate to abandoned lease obligations, which are being paid according to the original contractual lease terms.

Note F — Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards

As more fully disclosed in Note 7 of the Company’s notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share as if the fair value based method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period (in thousands, except per share amounts):

On January 1, 2003, the Company began accounting for all future stock compensation awards in accordance with SFAS 123’s fair value method. The adoption of the preferred recognition provisions of SFAS 123 had no impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations in 2003, and the effect on periods thereafter, while entirely dependent on the terms of future stock compensation awards, is not expected to be significant.

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the December 31, 2002 and September 30, 2003 consolidated financial statements, accompanying notes, related information and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2002.

Results of Operations

Sales for the quarter were $2.2 billion, up 2% over the same period in 2002. Net income was $88 million for the three months ended September 30, 2003, compared to $94 million for the same period of the previous year. Earnings per share, assuming dilution, were $.51 for the three months ended September 30, 2003 compared to $.54 for the same period in 2002.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, sales totaled $6.4 billion, up 2% as compared to the same period in 2002. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, before the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles related to certain consideration from vendors and goodwill as discussed below, was $267 million compared to $277 million for the same period in 2002, a decrease of 4%. On a per share diluted basis, net income for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003, before the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, was $1.53. After accounting changes recorded in the first quarter of 2003 and 2002 as discussed below, net income was $247 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 compared to a net loss of $118 million for the same period of the previous year. Earnings per share were $1.42 for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 compared to a loss of $.67 for the same period of the previous year.

In the first quarter of 2002, the Company completed impairment testing for goodwill in conjunction with the new provisions introduced in FASB No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” resulting in a non-cash charge of $395.1 million. This was recorded as of January 1, 2002 as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. Effective January 1, 2003, the Company was required to adopt the Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force’s Issue No. 02-16, related to accounting treatment of cash consideration received from vendors (“EITF 02-16”). This encompasses certain advertising and promotional allowances, catalog support and other cash support arrangements that normally exist among retailers and distributors with their vendors. The Company historically classified certain vendor monies received, primarily advertising related, as a component of selling, administrative, and other expenses. Under the new EITF 02-16, these vendor monies must be classified as cost of goods sold and a portion of the amounts must be capitalized into ending inventory. In connection with the adoption of EITF 02-16, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of approximately $19.5 million. In addition, as a result of the January 1, 2003 adoption of EITF 02-16, approximately $16.1 million and $71.3 million was reclassified from selling, administrative and other expenses to cost of goods sold in the consolidated statement of income for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2003, respectively. Under EITF 02-16, prior periods were not reclassified.

Automotive Group revenues increased by 3% for the third quarter and 2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. S. P. Richards, our office products company, was up 5% for the third quarter and 4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, due to expanded customer base, new product offerings and additional market share. Motion Industries, our Industrial Group, was down 3% for the third quarter and unchanged for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, reflecting the contracting manufacturing economy and declining capacity utilization. EIS, our Electrical Group, was down 6% for the third quarter and 8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. EIS continues to be impacted by the declining telecommunication and manufacturing sectors of the economy.

Cost of goods sold for the three months ended September 30, 2003, after the reclassification associated with the adoption of EITF 02-16, was $1.5 billion ($1.6 billion before accounting change), as compared to $1.5 billion for the same period of the previous year. Operating profit margin as a percentage of sales was 7.7% for the three month period ended September 30, 2003 compared to 8.2% for the same period of 2002. The overall decline is primarily attributed to an increase in pension costs, a reduction in rebates earned, and overall competitive pricing pressures. The Automotive Group’s operating profit decreased 4% for the three month period ended September 30, 2003, which can be primarily attributed to increases in salaries, insurance, and other expenses associated with the continuing addition of Company owned stores. Operating profit for the Industrial Group decreased 12% for the three month period ended September 30, 2003. Operating profit margin decreased from 6.8% for the same period of the previous year to 6.1%, primarily due to the rebate and competitive pricing factors mentioned above. The Office Products Group’s operating profit margin decreased from 8.4% for the same period of the previous year to 8.1% for the three month period ended September 30, 2003, which can be primarily attributed to customer and product mix. EIS, the Electrical /Electronic Materials Group had an operating profit margin of 2.5% for the

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three months ended September 30, 2003 compared to 1.4% for the same period of the previous year, which reflects continued cost and headcount reductions resulting from branch closings and operating expense controls.

Selling, administrative and other expenses were up 2.5% for the three month period ended September 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of the previous year, reflecting the reclassification of certain vendor consideration, of approximately $16.1 million to cost of goods sold for the three months ended September 30, 2003, associated with the adoption of EITF 02-16. Before the effect of this reclassification required upon adoption of EITF 02-16, selling, administrative and other expenses decreased 1% as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2002.

Cost of goods sold for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003, after the reclassification associated with the adoption of EITF 02-16, was $4.4 billion ($4.5 billion before accounting change), as compared to $4.4 billion for the nine month period ended September 30, 2002. Operating profit as a percentage of sales was 8.0% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 compared to 8.4% for the same period of the previous year. The Automotive Group’s operating profit decreased 3.4% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003, which can be primarily attributed to increases in salaries, insurance, and other expenses associated with the continuing addition of Company owned stores, as well as a reduction in rebates earned. Operating profit for the Industrial Group decreased 12% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003. Operating profit margin decreased from 7.4% as compared to 6.5% for the same period of the previous year. The deterioration in the Industrial segment can be primarily attributed to competitive pricing pressures, as well as a reduction in rebates earned. The Office Products Group’s operating margin decreased slightly for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003, from 9.6% to 9.4% for the same period of the previous year. EIS, the Electrical /Electronic Materials Group had an operating profit margin of 2.4%, which is an increase from .4% as compared to the same period of the previous year, reflecting cost and headcount reductions resulting from branch closings.

Selling, administrative and other expenses were up 4.2% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of the previous year, reflecting the reclassification of certain vendor consideration ($71.3 million) to cost of goods sold, associated with the adoption of EITF 02-16. Before the effect of this reclassification required upon adoption of EITF 02-16, selling, administrative and other expenses were flat.

The effective income tax rate remained unchanged at 39.1% for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2003, as compared to 39.2% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2002, and 39.4% for the three month period ended September 30, 2002.

Financial Condition

The major balance sheet categories for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 were relatively consistent with the December 31, 2002 balance sheet. Prepaid expenses declined approximately $53 million as compared to December 31, 2002 primarily due to the collection of accrued receivables in 2003. Inventory has been reduced $62 million as compared to December 31, 2002, which reflects the Company’s planned inventory reduction initiatives and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, which contributed $33.2 million to the decline. Cash declined $11.5 million as compared to December 31, 2002, primarily due to a reduction in debt as discussed below. Other assets increased approximately $29 million as compared to December 31, 2002 primarily due to an increase in the Company’s prepaid pension asset. Accounts payable declined by approximately $67 million due to the Company’s reduced vendor obligations in connection with planned inventory reductions in the Automotive and Industrial segments, which have resulted in lower overall purchases. The Company’s long-term debt is discussed in detail below.

Prior to December 31, 2001, the Company’s management approved a plan to close and consolidate certain facilities, terminate certain employees, and exit certain other activities. The Company also determined certain assets were impaired. Following is a summary of the charges and related accruals for continuing liabilities associated with the plan (in thousands):