ATLANTA, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts
Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today that its Board of Directors
elected three new corporate officers, effective immediately.
Kirk J. Allan was named Vice
President of Human Resources Operations and Compliance,
Vickie S. Smith was named Vice
President of Employee Relations and Thomas
E. Dunmon was named Vice President of Corporate Reporting
and Analysis.
Previously, Mr. Allan was Senior Director of Human Resources and
has served the Company in several important areas in his seven
years with Genuine Parts. Ms. Smith was previously Vice
President of Human Resources for the U.S. Automotive Parts Group
and in her 12 years with the Company, has served in a broad range
of key HR positions. Mr. Dunmon was most recently Vice
President and Controller for S. P.
Richards, where he has served in a variety of accounting and
financial roles during his 24 year career.
Tom Gallagher, Chairman and CEO
of Genuine Parts Company, commented, "All three of these
individuals bring valuable experience and expertise to their new
positions in the organization. Kirk and Vickie are key
leaders within our Human Resources group and, likewise, Tom is a
highly valued member of our Finance team. We are
pleased to have these three talented officers in their expanded
leadership roles. They are well deserving and we look forward
to their future contributions."
The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of fifty-seven and one-half cents
($.5750) per share on the Company's
common stock.
The dividend is payable July 1,
2014 to shareholders of record June
6, 2014.
About Genuine Parts Company
Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement
parts in the U.S., Canada,
Mexico and Australasia. 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. Genuine Parts Company had 2013 revenues of
$14.1 billion.
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