GENUINE PARTS CO 10-Q

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds The following table provides information about the purchases of shares of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2022: ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) Average Price Paid Per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2) Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs July 1, 2022 through July 31, 2022 145,453 $139.71 145,453 10,770,664 August 1, 2022 through August 31, 2022 158,642 $155.69 129,558 10,641,106 September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022 65,277 $159.24 58,440 10,582,666 Totals 369,372 $150.02 333,451 10,582,666 (1) Includes shares surrendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options and/or tax withholding obligations. (2) On August 21, 2017, the Board of Directors announced that it had authorized the repurchase of 15 million shares. The authorization for the repurchase continues until all such shares have been repurchased or the repurchase plan is terminated by action of the Board of Directors. Approximately 10.6 million shares authorized remain available to be repurchased. There were no other repurchase plans announced as of September 30, 2022. 22 Table of Contents Item 6. Exhibits (a) The following exhibits are filed or furnished as part of this report: Exhibit 3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated April 23, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007) Exhibit 3.2 By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated November 19, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 19, 2018) Exhibit 31.1 Certification pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a) signed by the Chief Executive Officer – filed herewith Exhibit 31.2 Certification pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a) signed by the Chief Financial Officer – filed herewith Exhibit 32 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer – furnished herewith Exhibit 101.INS XBRL Instance Document - The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document. Exhibit 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document Exhibit 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document Exhibit 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document Exhibit 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document Exhibit 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document Exhibit 104 The cover page from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 formatted in Inline XBRL 23 Table of Contents SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Genuine Parts Company (Registrant) Date: October 20, 2022 /s/ Bert Nappier Bert Nappier Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 24