Genuine Parts Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

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Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:20pm EDT 

ATLANTA, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Genuine
Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of forty
cents($.40) per share on the Company's common stock.

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The dividend is payable July 1, 2009 to shareholders of record June 5, 2009.

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. and Canada through its Motion Industries subsidiary.  S. P.
Richards Company, the Office Products Group, distributes business products
nationwide in the U.S. and in Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS,
Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico.  Genuine Parts Company had 2008 revenues of $11.0 billion.



SOURCE  Genuine Parts Company

Jerry W. Nix, Vice Chairman and CFO, +1-770-612-2048, or Sidney G. Jones, Vice
President-Investor Relations, +1-770-818-4628
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