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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

     
Contact:  
Jerry W. Nix, Vice Chairman and CFO – (770) 612-2048
Sidney G. Jones, Vice President — Investor Relations – (770) 818-4628

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY
REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS AND RECORD SALES AND EARNINGS PER SHARE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 2010

Atlanta, Georgia, February 22, 2011 — Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) reports fourth quarter results and record sales and earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Tom Gallagher, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, announced today that sales in 2010 were $11.2 billion, up 11% compared to 2009. Net income for the year was $476 million, an increase of 19% compared to $400 million in 2009. Earnings per share on a diluted basis were $3.00, up 20% compared to $2.50 in 2009.

Mr. Gallagher stated, “We are pleased to report record sales and earnings per share in 2010. The improving market conditions in the industries that we serve, which we began to see in the latter part of 2009, continued throughout the year and they further supported our internal growth initiatives, resulting in the strong performance for the year.”

Mr. Gallagher added, “Our 11% sales increase for the Company was driven by positive sales growth in all four of our businesses. The Automotive Group reported a 7% sales increase for the year and we were encouraged to see our automotive sales momentum strengthen as the year progressed. Motion Industries, our Industrial Group, generated a 22% sales increase for the year and they benefited from the combination of good internal growth initiatives and the strong rebound that occurred across the manufacturing sector of the economy this past year. Likewise, EIS, our Electrical Group, had a fine year as well, with sales up 30%. Finally, revenues at S.P. Richards, our Office Products Group, were up just slightly over 2009.”

Fourth Quarter 2010

Sales increased 14% to $2.81 billion in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, compared to $2.47 billion for the same period in 2009. Diluted earnings per share in the fourth quarter were 75 cents, up 21% compared to 62 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2009.

In reviewing the quarter, Mr. Gallagher commented, “We are encouraged by the strength in sales across all of our business segments in the fourth quarter. Our Automotive sales were up 9%, our Industrial Group sales were up 24%, our Electrical Group sales were up 40% and our Office Products Group sales were up 3%.”
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Mr. Gallagher concluded, “We enter 2011 with a degree of optimism in each of our four businesses, and with a continued corporate-wide commitment to sustaining good revenue growth, further improving operating margins, generating solid cash flows and maintaining a strong balance sheet.”

Conference Call

Genuine Parts Company will hold a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. EST to discuss the results of the quarter, the year and the future outlook. Interested parties may listen to the call on the Company’s website, www.genpt.com, by clicking “Investor Services”, or by dialing 877-316-2549, conference ID 41289008. A replay will also be available on the Company’s website or at 800-642-1687, conference ID 41289008, two hours after the completion of the call until 12:00 a.m. EST on March 8, 2011.

Forward Looking Statements

Some statements in this report, as well as in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or otherwise release to the public and in materials that we make available on our website, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Senior officers may also make verbal statements to analysts, investors, the media and others that are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may relate, for example, to future operations, prospects, strategies, financial condition, economic performance (including growth and earnings), industry conditions and demand for our products and services. The Company cautions that its forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and while we believe that our expectations for the future are reasonable in view of currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events may differ materially from those indicated as a result of various important factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the ability to maintain favorable supplier arrangements and relationships, changes in general economic conditions, the growth rate of the market demand for the Company’s products and services, competitive product, service and pricing pressures, including internet related initiatives, changes in financial markets, including particularly the capital and credit markets, impairment of financial institutions with which we do business, the effectiveness of the Company’s promotional, marketing and advertising programs, changes in laws and regulations, including changes in accounting and taxation guidance, the uncertainties of litigation, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2009 and from time to time in the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent Forms 10-K, 10-Q, Form 8-K and other reports to the SEC.

About Genuine Parts Company

Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through its Motion Industries subsidiary. S.P. Richards Company, the Office Products Group, distributes business products nationwide in the U.S. and Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS, Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

                                 
    Three Months Ended Dec. 31,   Year Ended Dec. 31,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
    (Unaudited)                
    (in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales
  $ 2,807,728   $ 2,471,214   $ 11,207,589   $ 10,057,512
Cost of goods sold
  1,990,600   1,703,754   7,954,645   7,047,750
 
                               
Gross profit
  817,128   767,460   3,252,944   3,009,762
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling, administrative & other expenses
  608,832   581,802   2,401,829   2,275,186
Depreciation and amortization
  21,910   22,917   89,332   90,411
 
                               
 
  630,742   604,719   2,491,161   2,365,597
Income before income taxes
  186,386   162,741   761,783   644,165
Income taxes
  67,736   63,574   286,272   244,590
 
                               
Net income
  $ 118,650   $ 99,167   $ 475,511   $ 399,575
 
                               
Basic net income per common share
  $ .75   $ .62   $ 3.01   $ 2.51
Diluted net income per common share
  $ .75   $ .62   $ 3.00   $ 2.50
Weighted average common shares outstanding
  157,543   159,144   158,032   159,410
Dilutive effect of stock options and
                               
non-vested restricted stock awards
  775   376   429   297
 
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding -
                               
assuming dilution
  158,318   159,520   158,461   159,707
 
                               

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
SEGMENT INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

                                 
    Three Months Ended Dec. 31,   Year Ended Dec. 31,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
    (Unaudited)                
    (in thousands)
Net sales:
                               
Automotive
  $ 1,376,734   $ 1,264,646   $ 5,608,101   $ 5,225,389
Industrial
  915,166   736,582   3,521,863   2,885,782
Office Products
  394,979   383,849   1,641,963   1,639,018
Electrical/Electronic Materials
  125,603   89,702   449,770   345,808
Other (1)
  (4,754 )   (3,565 )   (14,108 )   (38,485 )
 
                               
Total net sales
  $ 2,807,728   $ 2,471,214   $ 11,207,589   $ 10,057,512
 
                               
Operating profit:
                               
Automotive
  $ 82,123   $ 75,026   $ 421,109   $ 387,945
Industrial
  73,796   60,240   255,616   162,353
Office Products
  38,076   27,023   131,746   126,104
Electrical/Electronic Materials
  8,754   7,694   30,910   25,254
 
                               
Total operating profit
  202,749   169,983   839,381   701,656
Interest expense, net
  (6,610 )   (6,602 )   (26,598 )   (27,112 )
Other, net
  (9,753 )   (640 )   (51,000 )   (30,379 )
 
                               
Income before income taxes
  $ 186,386   $ 162,741   $ 761,783   $ 644,165
 
                               
Capital expenditures
  $ 26,448   $ 20,085   $ 85,379   $ 69,445
 
                               
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 21,910   $ 22,917   $ 89,332   $ 90,411
 
                               

(1) Represents the net effect of discounts, incentives and freight billed reported as a component of net sales.

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                 
    Dec. 31,   Dec. 31,
    2010   2009
    (in thousands)
ASSETS
               
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 529,968     $ 336,803  
Trade accounts receivable, net
    1,364,406       1,187,075  
Merchandise inventories, net
    2,224,717       2,214,076  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    295,796       294,874  
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
    4,414,887       4,032,828  
Goodwill and other intangible assets, less accumulated amortization
    209,548       171,532  
Deferred tax asset
    157,392       167,722  
Other assets
    199,087       147,583  
Net property, plant and equipment
    484,130       485,024  
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 5,465,044     $ 5,004,689  
 
               
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Trade accounts payable
  $ 1,374,930     $ 1,094,347  
Current portion of debt
    250,000        
Income taxes payable
    23,145       42,988  
Dividends payable
    64,600       63,586  
Other current liabilities
    259,139       207,363  
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    1,971,814       1,408,284  
Long-term debt
    250,000       500,000  
Retirement and other post-retirement benefit liabilities
    258,807       300,197  
Other long-term liabilities
    181,709       166,836  
Common stock
    157,636       158,918  
Retained earnings and other
    2,934,535       2,772,309  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (298,352 )     (309,897 )
 
               
TOTAL PARENT EQUITY
    2,793,819       2,621,330  
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
    8,895       8,042  
 
               
TOTAL EQUITY
    2,802,714       2,629,372  
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
  $ 5,465,044     $ 5,004,689  
 
               

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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                 
    Year Ended Dec. 31,
    2010   2009
    (in thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net income
  $ 475,511   $ 399,575
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
  89,332   90,411
Share-based compensation
  7,016   8,578
Excess tax (benefits) expense from share-based compensation
  (3,251 )   684
Other
  10,309   24,142
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
  99,746   321,908
 
               
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
  678,663   845,298
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
  (85,379 )   (69,445 )
Acquisitions and other
  (86,969 )   (122,161 )
Purchase of properties under construction and lease agreement
    (72,814 )
 
               
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
  (172,348 )   (264,420 )
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Stock options exercised
  9,085   1,878
Excess tax benefits (expense) from share-based compensation
  3,251   (684 )
Dividends paid
  (257,898 )   (253,558 )
Changes in cash overdraft position
    (52,000 )
Purchase of stock
  (75,007 )   (26,019 )
 
               
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
  (320,569 )   (330,383 )
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
  7,419   18,531
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
  193,165   269,026
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
  336,803   67,777
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
  $ 529,968   $ 336,803
 
               

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