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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

 þANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20132016

Or

 ¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number: 1-5690

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia 58-0254510

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2999 Circle 75Wildwood Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

770-953-1700

678-934-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $1 par value per share New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.    Yes  ¨    No  þ

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  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    þ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  þ


As of June 30, 2013,2016, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $11,558,411,000$14,613,215,000 based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class

  

Outstanding at February 18, 2013

14, 2017
Common Stock, $1 par value per share  153,727,213148,378,606 shares

Specifically identified portions of the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 28, 201424, 2017 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.




PART I.

ITEM 1

ITEM 1.BUSINESS.

.    BUSINESS.

Genuine Parts Company, a Georgia corporation incorporated on May 7, 1928, is a service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials through our four operating segments, each described in more detail below. In 2013,2016, business was conducted from approximately 2,6002,670 locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and, effective April 1, 2013, Australia and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company employed approximately 37,50040,000 persons.

As used in this report, the “Company” refers to Genuine Parts Company and its subsidiaries,Subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated by the context; and the terms “automotive parts” and “industrial parts” refer to replacement parts in each respective category.

Financial Information about Segments.    For financial information regarding segments as well as our geographic areas of operation, refer to Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning onpage F-1.

Available Information.    The Company’s internet website can be found at www.genpt.com. The Company makes available, free of charge through its internet website, access to the Company’s annual reports onForm 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and other reports, and any amendments to these documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Additionally, our corporate governance guidelines, codes of conduct and ethics, and charters of the Audit Committee and the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors, as well as information regarding our procedure for shareholders and other interested parties to communicate with our Board of Directors, are available on our website.

In Part III of this Form 10-K, we incorporate certain information by reference to our proxy statement for our 20142017 annual meeting of shareholders. We expect to file that proxy statement with the SEC on or about February 27, 2014,2017, and we will make it available online at the same time at http://www.proxydocs.com/gpc. Please refer to the proxy statement for the information incorporated by reference into Part III of this FromForm 10-K when it is available.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS GROUP

The Automotive Parts Group, the largest division of the Company, distributes automotive parts and accessory items. In addition to nearly 450,000approximately 500,000 available part numbers, the Company offers complete inventory, cataloging, marketing, training and other programs in the automotive aftermarket. The Company as a result of its acquisition of Quaker City Motor Parts Co. in May 2012, is the sole member of the National Automotive Parts Association (“NAPA”), a voluntary trade association formed in 1925 to provide nationwide distribution of automotive parts.

During 2013,2016, the Company’s Automotive Parts Group included NAPA automotive parts distribution centers and automotive parts stores (“auto parts stores” or “NAPA AUTO PARTS stores”) owned and operated in the United States by the Company; NAPA and Traction automotive parts distribution centers and auto parts stores in the United States and Canada owned and operated by the Company and NAPA Canada/UAP Inc. (“NAPA Canada/UAP”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; auto parts stores and distribution centers in the United States operated by corporations in which the Company owned either a noncontrolling or controlling interest; auto parts stores in Canada operated by corporations in which UAP owns a 50% interest; Repco and other automotive parts distribution centers, branches and auto parts stores in Australia and New Zealand owned and operated by GPC Asia Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; import automotive parts distribution centers in the United States owned by the Company and operated by its Altrom America division; import automotive parts distribution centers in Canada owned and operated by Altrom Canada Corporation (“Altrom Canada”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; distribution centers in the United States owned by Balkamp, Inc. (“Balkamp”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; distribution facilities in the United

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States owned by the Company and operated by its Rayloc division; and automotive parts distribution centers and automotive parts stores in Mexico, owned and operated by Grupo Auto Todo, S.A. de C.V. (“Auto Todo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and an automotive parts distribution center and automotive parts stores in Mexico, owned and operated by Autopartes NAPA Mexico ("NAPA Mexico"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

In addition, effective April 1, 2013,

The Company's network of U.S. automotive parts stores was expanded in 2016 via the acquisition of various store groups located in various regions of the United States. Further, the Company's import automotive parts businesses were supplemented by the acquisitions of Olympus and Auto-Camping in February and July, 2016, respectively. As original equipment import parts distributors, Olympus operates in the U.S. from six locations, while Auto-Camping operates from 20 locations across Canada. Additionally, the Company completedadded six new locations to its heavy vehicle parts operations with the purchaseacquisition of Global Parts in May 2016. Finally, the remaining 70% stake of Exego Group, subsequently renamed GPC Asia Pacific for approximately $590 million (USD), netautomotive business acquired three businesses in 2016 to further expand its automotive distribution network. In March, this business acquired Covs Parts, a leading distributor of cash acquired of $70 million,original equipment and the assumption of approximately $230 million (USD) in net debt. The purchase was funded using a combination of cash on handaftermarket automotive parts, mining and borrowings under existing credit facilities. The Company had previously purchased a 30% stake inindustrial consumable and truck products, with 21 locations across Western Australia. GPC Asia Pacific on January 1, 2012 for approximately $166 million (USD)Pac also acquired AMX and ASL in cash. GPC Asia Pacific, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia,June and September 2016, respectively. AMX is a leadingfour store Melbourne based
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retailer of aftermarket motorcycle parts and accessories, which complements the existing McLeod business. ASL is a 15 branch New Zealand based distributor of automotive replacement partsaftermarket products, primarily to the commercial industry. Collectively, these new store groups and accessories in Australasia, withautomotive businesses are expected to generate annual revenues of approximately $1.1 billion (USD) and a company-owned store footprint of 460 locations across Australia and New Zealand. In 2012, the Company accounted for this investment under the equity method of accounting.

$235 million USD.

The Company has a 15% interest in Mitchell Repair Information Corporation (“MRIC”), a subsidiary of Snap-on Incorporated. MRIC is a leading automotive diagnostic and repair information company with over 40,000that links North American subscribers linked to its services and information databases. MRIC’s core product, “Mitchell ON-DEMAND”,ON-DEMAND,” is a premier electronic repair information source in the automotive aftermarket.

The Company’s NAPA automotive parts distribution centers distribute replacement parts (other than body parts) for substantially all motor vehicle makes and models in service in the United States, including imported vehicles, trucks, SUVs, buses, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and farm vehicles. In addition, the Company distributes replacement parts for small engines, farm equipment and heavy duty equipment. The Company’s inventories also include accessory items for such vehicles and equipment, and supply items used by a wide variety of customers in the automotive aftermarket, such as repair shops, service stations, fleet operators, automobile and truck dealers, leasing companies, bus and truck lines, mass merchandisers, farms, industrial concerns and individuals who perform their own maintenance and parts installation. Although the Company’s domestic automotive operations purchase from approximately 100 different suppliers, approximately 50%48% of 20132016 automotive parts inventories were purchased from 10 major suppliers. Since 1931, the Company has had return privileges with most of its suppliers, which have protected the Company from inventory obsolescence.

Distribution System.    In 2013,2016, the Company operated 6257 domestic NAPA automotive parts distribution centers located in 41 states and approximately 1,100 domestic company-owned NAPA AUTO PARTS stores located in 4645 states. The Company also operated domestically three TW Distribution heavy duty parts distribution centers and 20 company-owned Traction Heavy Duty parts stores located in four states. The Traction operations are discussed further below in Related Operations. At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company owned either a noncontrolling or controlling interest in sixseven corporations, which operated approximately 114152 auto parts stores in nine12 states.

The Company’s domestic distribution centers serve approximately 4,800 independently owned NAPA AUTO PARTS stores located throughout the United States. NAPA AUTO PARTS stores, in turn, sell to a wide variety of customers in the automotive aftermarket. Collectively, sales to these independent automotive parts stores account for approximately 60% of the Company’s total U.S. Automotive sales and 23% of the Company’s total sales, with no automotive parts store or group of automotive parts stores with individual or common ownership accounting for more than 0.38% of the total sales of the Company.
NAPA Canada/UAP, founded in 1926, is a Canadian leader in the distribution and marketing of replacement parts and accessories for automobiles and trucks. NAPA Canada/UAP employs approximately 3,800 peopletrucks and operates a network of 12 distribution centers supplying approximately 594 NAPA stores and 104 Traction wholesalers. Traction is a supplier of parts to small and large fleet owners and operators and, together with NAPA stores, isalso a significant supplier to the mining and forestry industries.industries in Canada. NAPA Canada/UAP employs approximately 3,700 people and operates a network of 9 NAPA automotive parts distribution centers, three heavy duty parts distribution centers and one fabrication/remanufacturing facility supplying approximately 595 NAPA stores and 107 Traction wholesalers. The NAPA stores and Traction wholesalers in Canada include approximately 187176 company owned stores, 1211 joint ventures and 2825 progressive owners in which NAPA Canada/UAP owns a 50% interest and approximately 471490 independently owned stores. NAPA and Traction operations supply bannered installers and independent installers in all provinces of Canada, as well as networks of service stations and repair shops operating under the banners of national accounts. UAP is a licensee of the NAPA® name in Canada.

In Canada, Altrom Canada operates 13four import automotive parts distribution centers.centers and 29 branches. In the United States, Altrom America operates two import automotive parts distribution centers.

In Mexico, Auto Todo ownscenters and operates 11 distribution centers, four auto parts storessix branches. These include the expanded footprints for these businesses resulting from the Auto-Camping and four tire centers. Auto Todo is a licensee of the NAPA® name in Mexico.

Olympus acquisitions discussed earlier.

In Australia and New Zealand, GPC Asia Pacific, originally established in 1922, is a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. GPC Asia Pacific operates eight11 distribution centers, 399474 Repco and other banner stores and 6180 branches associated with the Ashdown Ingram, Motospecs, McLeod and McLeodRDA Brakes operations.

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The Company’s domestic As discussed earlier, GPC Asia Pacific expanded its footprint with the 2016 acquisitions of Covs Parts, AMX and ASL.

In Mexico, Auto Todo owns and operates 11 distribution centers, serve approximately 4,900 independently owned NAPA AUTO PARTS stores located throughout the United States. NAPA AUTO PARTS stores, in turn, sell to a wide variety of customers in the automotive aftermarket. Collectively, these independent automotivetwo auto parts stores account for approximately 65%and three tire centers. NAPA Mexico owns and operates one distribution center and 10 auto parts stores. Auto Todo and NAPA Mexico are licensees of the Company’s total U.S. Automotive sales and 24% of the Company’s total sales, with no automotive parts store or group of automotive parts stores with individual or common ownership accounting for more than 0.25% of the total sales of the Company.

NAPA® name in Mexico.

Products.    Distribution centers have access to over 446,000approximately 500,000 different parts and related supply items. Each item is cataloged and numbered for identification and accessibility. Significant inventories are carried to provide for fast and frequent deliveries to customers. Most orders are filled and shipped the same day as they are received. The majority of sales are paid from statements with varied terms and conditions. The Company does not manufacture any of the products it distributes. The majority of products are distributed under the NAPA® name, a mark licensed to the Company by NAPA, which is
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important to the sales and marketing of these products. Traction sales also include products distributed under the HD Plus name, a proprietary line of automotive parts for the heavy duty truck market.

Related Operations.    Balkamp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, distributes a wide variety of replacement parts and accessory items for passenger cars, heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycles and farm equipment. In addition, Balkamp distributes service items such as testing equipment, lubricating equipment, gauges, cleaning supplies, chemicals and supply items used by repair shops, fleets, farms and institutions. Balkamp packages many of the 45,00042,000 products, which constitute the “Balkamp” line of products that are distributed through the NAPA system. These products are categorized into over 175238 different product categories purchased from approximately 450438 domestic suppliers and over 100 foreign manufacturers. Balkamp has two distribution centers located in Plainfield, Indiana, and West Jordan, Utah. In addition, Balkamp operates two redistribution centers that provide the NAPA system with over 1,1001,125 SKUs of oils and chemicals. BALKAMP®, a federally registered trademark, is important to the sales and marketing promotions of the Balkamp organization.

The Company, through its Rayloc division, operates four facilities where certain small automotive parts are distributed through the NAPA system under the NAPA® brand name. Rayloc® is a mark licensed to the Company by NAPA.

The Company’s Heavy Vehicle Parts Group operates as TW Distribution, with one warehouse location in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves 22three heavy vehicle automotive parts distribution centers and 27 Traction Heavy Duty parts stores in the United States,States. Twenty of which 14these stores are company-owned and eightseven are independently owned. This group, which expanded its U.S. footprint with the acquisition of Global Parts in 2016, as discussed earlier, distributes heavy vehicle parts through the NAPA system and direct to small and large fleet owners and operators.

Segment Data.    In the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, sales from the Automotive Parts Group were approximately 53% of the Company’s net sales, as compared to 49%52% in 20122015 and 2011.53% in 2014. For additional segment information, see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

Service to NAPA AUTO PARTS Stores.    The Company believes that the quality and the range of services provided to its automotive parts customers constitute a significant advantage for its automotive parts distribution system. Such services include fast and frequent delivery, parts cataloging (including the use of electronic NAPA AUTO PARTS catalogs) and stock adjustment through a continuing parts classification system which, as initiated by the Company from time to time, allows independent retailers (“jobbers”) to return certain merchandise on a scheduled basis. The Company offers its NAPA AUTO PARTS store customers various management aids, marketing aids and service on topics such as inventory control, cost analysis, accounting procedures, group insurance and retirement benefit plans, as well as marketing conferences and seminars, sales and advertising manuals and training programs. Point of sale/inventory management is available through TAMS® (Total Automotive Management Systems), a computer system designed and developed by the Company for the NAPA AUTO PARTS stores.

The Company has developed and refined an inventory classification system to determine optimum distribution center and auto parts store inventory levels for automotive parts stocking based on automotive registrations, usage rates, production statistics, technological advances and other similar factors. This system, which undergoes continuous analytical review, is an integral part of the Company’s inventory control procedures and

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comprises an important feature of the inventory management services that the Company makes available to its NAPA AUTO PARTS store customers. Over the last 2025 years, losses to the Company from obsolescence have been insignificant and the Company attributes this to the successful operation of its classification system, which involves product return privileges with most of its suppliers.

Competition.    The automotive parts distribution business is highly competitive. The Company competes with automobile manufacturers (some of which sell replacement parts for vehicles built by other manufacturers as well as those that they build themselves), automobile dealers, warehouse clubs and large automotive parts retail chains. In addition, the Company competes with the distributing outlets of parts manufacturers, oil companies, mass merchandisers including(including national retail chains,chains), and with other parts distributors and retailers. The Automotive Parts Group competes primarily on product offering, service, brand recognition and price. Further information regarding competition in the industry is set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors — We Face Substantial Competition in the Industries in Which We Do Business.”

NAPA.    The Company is the sole member of the National Automotive Parts Association, a voluntary association formed in 1925 to provide nationwide distribution of automotive parts. NAPA, which neither buys nor sells automotive parts, functions as a trade association whose sole member in 20132016 owned and operated 6257 distribution centers located throughout the United States. NAPA develops marketing concepts and programs that may be used by its members which, at December 31, 2013,2016, includes only the Company. It is not involved in the chain of distribution.

Among the automotive lines within the NAPA system thatproducts purchased by the Company purchases and distributesfrom various manufacturers for distribution are certain lines designated, cataloged, advertised and promoted as “NAPA” lines. TheGenerally, the Company is not required to purchase any specific quantity of parts so designated and it may, and does, purchase competitive lines from the same as well as other supply sources.

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The Company uses the federally registered trademark NAPA® as part of the trade name of its distribution centers and parts stores. The Company contributes to NAPA’s national advertising program, which is designed to increase public recognition of the NAPA name and to promote NAPA product lines.

The Company is a party, together with the former members of NAPA, to a consent decree entered by the Federal District Court in Detroit, Michigan, on May 4, 1954. The consent decree enjoins certain practices under the federal antitrust laws, including the use of exclusive agreements with manufacturers of automotive parts, allocation or division of territories among the Company and former NAPA members, fixing of prices or terms of sale for such parts among such members, and agreements to adhere to any uniform policy in selecting parts customers or determining the number and location of, or arrangements with, auto parts customers.

INDUSTRIAL PARTS GROUP

The Industrial Parts Group is operated as Motion Industries, Inc. (“Motion”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Motion distributes industrial replacement parts and related supplies such as bearings, mechanical and electrical power transmission products, industrial automation, hose, hydraulic and pneumatic components, industrial and safety supplies and material handling products to MRO (maintenance, repair and operation) and OEM (original equipment manufacturer) customers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

In Canada, industrial parts are distributed by Motion Industries (Canada), Inc. (“Motion Canada”). The Mexican market is served by Motion Mexico S de RL de CV (“Motion Mexico”). These organizations operate in the Company’s North American structure.

In 2013,2016, the Industrial Parts Group served more than 150,000300,000 customers in all types of industries located throughout North America, including the food and beverage, forest products, primary metal,metals, pulp and paper, mining, automotive, oil and gas, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries; as well as strategically targeted specialty industries such as power generation, wastewater treatment facilities, wind power generation, solar power,alternative energy, government, projects, pipelines, railroad,transportation, ports, and others. Motion services all manufacturing and processing industries with access to a database of 5.66.9 million parts. Additionally, Motion provides U.S. government agencies access to approximately 600,000400,000 products and replacement parts through a Government Services Administration (GSA) schedule.

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Effective March 1, 2016, Motion enhanced its product and service offering with the acquisition of two complementary industrial distribution companies, Epperson and Company and Missouri Power Transmission. Epperson and Company, with three locations and based in Tampa, Florida, specializes in material handling products and services. Missouri Power Transmission, with 15 locations and based in St. Louis, Missouri, distributes power transmission equipment and industrial supplies. Combined, these two companies are expected to Financial Statements

generate approximately $50 million in annual revenues.

In 2016, the fourth quarterIndustrial Parts Group also acquired Colmar Belting Company and OBBCO Safety and Supply. Colmar Belting, acquired April 1, 2016, and located in South Boston, Massachusetts, is a distributor of 2013, Motion made two strategic acquisitions. belting, bearing and power transmission products. OBBCO Safety and Supply, acquired August 1, 2016, is a Chesapeake, Virginia, based industrial safety supply distributor. Combined, we expect Colmar and OBBCO to generate approximately $30 million in annual revenues.
Effective October 26, 2013,1, 2016, Motion acquired the stockBraas Company, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota based distributor of AST Bearings LLC (“AST”), with facilities in Montville, New Jerseyproducts and Irvine, California. AST is anservices for industrial distributorautomation and control, specializing in high-precision, miniature and specialty bearings, bushingspneumatics, motion control, industrial networking, machine safety, robotics and related services, withindustrial parts. With five sales offices and three stocking branches, we expect Braas to generate annual revenues of approximately $35$90 million. Effective December 2, 2013, Motion acquired the assets of Paragon Service & Supply, Inc. (“Paragon”), located in Lima, Ohio. Paragon is a distributor of industrial cutting tools, abrasives and metal-working equipment, with approximately $15 million in annual revenues.

Effective January 31, 2014, Motion Canada acquired Commercial Solutions Inc. (“CSI”), which at that time was a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CSA”. CSI’s shares were delisted following the acquisition. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, CSI is an independent national distributor of industrial supplies, including bearings and power transmission products, complete solutions for drilling rigs and industrial and safety supplies. Its customers represent a broad cross-section of industries and are served from 22 locations across Canada and one in the U.S. CSI is expected to generate approximately $100 million in annual revenues.

The Industrial Parts Group provides customers with supply chain efficiencies achieved through the Company’s Inventory Management Solutions offering. This service provides inventory management, asset repair and logistical solutions coupled with Motion’s vast product knowledge and system capabilities. The Company meets the MRO demand of a large and fragmented market with high levels of service in the areas oftracking, vendor managed inventory commonly referred to as VMI, as well as RFID asset management inventoryof the customer’s inventory. Motion’s Energy Services Team routinely performs in-plant surveys and logistics management, product applicationassessments, helping customers reduce their energy consumption and utilization management processes.finding opportunities for improved sustainability, ultimately helping customers operate more profitably. Motion also provides a wide range of services and repairs such as: gearbox and fluid power assembly repair, process pump assembly and repair, hydraulic drive shaft repair, electrical panel assembly and repair, hose and gasket manufacture and assembly, as well as many other value-added services. A highly developed supply chain with vendor partnerships and customer connectivity are enhanced by Motion’s leading e-business capabilities, such as MiSupplierConnect, which provides integration between the Company’s information technology network and suppliers’ systems, creating numerous benefits for both the supplier and customer.

These services and supply chain efficiencies assist Motion in meeting the cost savings that many of its customers require and expect.

Distribution System.    In North America, the Industrial Parts Group operated 511483 branches, 1513 distribution centers and 4243 service centers as of December 31, 2013.2016. The distribution centers stock and distribute more than 240,000275,000 different items purchased from more than 1,1001,050 different suppliers. The service centers provide hydraulic, hose and mechanical repairs for customers. Approximately 34%45% of 2013 total industrial product purchases in 2016 were made from 10 major suppliers. Sales are generated from the Industrial Parts Group’s branches located in 49 states, Puerto Rico, nine provinces in Canada, and Mexico. Each branch has
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Most branches have warehouse facilities that stock significant amounts of inventory representative of the products used by customers in the respective market area served.
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Products.    The Industrial Parts Group distributes a wide variety of parts and products to its customers, which are primarily industrial concerns. Products include such items as hoses, belts, bearings, pulleys, pumps, valves, chains, gears, sprockets, speed reducers, electric motors, and industrial supplies. In recent years, Motion expanded its offering to include systems and automation products in response to the increasing sophistication of motion control and process automation for full systems integration of plant equipment. Manufacturing trends and government policies have led to opportunities in the “green” and energy-efficient product markets, focusing on product offerings such as energy-efficient motors and drives, recyclable and environmentally friendly parts and supplies. The nature of this group’s business demands the maintenance of adequate inventories and the ability to promptly meet demanding delivery requirements. Virtually all of the products distributed are installed by the customer or used in plant and facility maintenance activities. Most orders are filled immediately from existing stock and deliveries are normally made within 24 hours of receipt of order. The majority of all sales are on open account. Motion has ongoing purchase agreements with existing customers that represent approximately 50% of the annual sales volume.

Supply Agreements.    Non-exclusive distributor agreements are in effect with most of the Industrial Parts Group’s suppliers. The terms of these agreements vary; however, it has been the experience of the Industrial Parts Group that the custom of the trade is to treat such agreements as continuing until breached by one party or until terminated by mutual consent. Motion has return privileges with most of its suppliers, which hashave protected the Company from inventory obsolescence.

Segment Data.    In the yearyears ended December 31, 2013,2016 and 2015, sales from the Company’s Industrial Parts Group approximated 31%30% of the Company’s net sales, as compared to 34%31% in 2012 and 33% in 2011.2014. For additional segment information, see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

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Competition.    The industrial parts distribution business is highly competitive. The Industrial Parts Group competes with other distributors specializing in the distribution of such items, general line distributors and others who provide similar services. To a lesser extent, the Industrial Parts Group competes with manufacturers that sell directly to the customer. The Industrial Parts Group competes primarily on the breadth of product offerings, service and price. Further information regarding competition in the industry is set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors — We Face Substantial Competition in the Industries in Which We Do Business.”

OFFICE PRODUCTS GROUP

The Office Products Group, operated through S. P. Richards Company (“S. P. Richards” or "SPR"), a wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. S. P. Richards is engaged in the wholesale distribution of a broad line of office and other business related products through a diverse customer base of resellers. These products are used in homes, businesses, schools, offices, and other institutions. Office products fall into the general categories of computer supplies, imaging products, office furniture, office machines,technology products, general office, products, school supplies, cleaning, janitorial sanitation and breakroom supplies, safety and security items, healthcare products and disposable food service products.

The Office Products Group is represented in Canada through S. P. Richards Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company headquartered near Toronto, Ontario. S. P. Richards Canada services office product resellers throughout Canada from locations in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg.

Effective FebruaryJune 1, 2014,2016, S. P. Richards acquiredexpanded its products and services in the assetsFacilities, Breakroom and Safety ("FBS")category with the acquisition of The Safety Zone. The Safety Zone, headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut, is a direct importer and distributor of supplies and devices for safety, janitorial, medical, food service and food processing applications, and is complementary to previous acquisitions in this category, including Impact Products, Malt Industries and Garland C. Norris Company, Inc. (“GCN”), headquarteredNorris. Its broad customer base of more than 2,300 distributors is served from eight distribution centers in Apex, North Carolina. GCN is a regional wholesale distributor of food service disposablesthe U.S. and janitorial and cleaning supplies, withone in Canada. We expect this business to generate annual revenues of approximately $35$180 million.

Effective July 1, 2016, S. P. Richards further expanded its capabilities in the FBS category with the acquisition of certain assets within the Janitorial and Sanitation ("Jan/San") business of Rochester Midland Corporation. This business supplies a variety of Jan/San accessories to more than 400 distributors, primarily in North America, and is expected to generate annual revenues of approximately $20 million.
Distribution System.    The Office Products Group distributes more than 55,00069,000 items to over 4,3009,300 resellers and distributors throughout the United States and Canada from a network of 4156 distribution centers. This group’s network of strategically located distribution centers provides overnight delivery of the Company’s comprehensive product offering. Approximately 47%44% of the Company’s 2013 total office products purchases in 2016 were made from 10 major suppliers.

The Office Products Group sells to a wide variety of resellers. These resellers include independently owned office product dealers, national office product superstores and mass merchants, large contract stationers, mail order companies, Internet resellers, college bookstores, military base stores, office furniture dealers, value-addedvalue-add technology resellers, business
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machine dealers, janitorial and sanitation supply distributors, safety product resellers and food service distributors. Resellers are offered comprehensive marketing programs, which include print and electronic catalogs and flyers, electronicdigital content and email campaigns for reseller websites, and education and training resources. In addition, world-class market analytics programs are made available to qualified resellers.

Products.    The Office Products Group distributes computer suppliestechnology products and consumer electronics including storage media, printer supplies, iPad, iPhone and computer accessories;accessories, calculators, shredders, laminators, copiers, printers, fitness bracelets and digital cameras; office furniture including desks, credenzas, chairs, chair mats, partitions,office suites, panel systems, file, mobile and storage cabinets and computer furniture; office machines including telephones, answering machines, calculators, fax machines, multi-function copiers, printers, digital cameras, televisions, laminators and shredders;workstations; general office supplies including desk accessories, business forms, accounting supplies, binders, filing supplies, report covers, writing instruments, envelopes, note pads, copy paper, mailroom and shipping supplies, drafting supplies and audiovisual supplies; school suppliesand educational products including bulletin boards, teaching aids and art supplies; healthcare products including first aid supplies, gloves, exam room supplies and accessories;furnishings, cleaners and waste containers; janitorial and cleaning supplies; safety supplies; disposable food service products; and breakroom supplies including napkins, utensils, snacks and beverages. S. P. Richards has return privileges with most of its suppliers, which have protected the Company from inventory obsolescence.

While the Company’s inventory includes products from nearly 600850 of the industry’s leading manufacturers worldwide, S. P. Richards also markets products under its eightnine proprietary brands. These brands include: Sparcotm, an economical line of office supply basics; Compucessory®, a line of computer accessories; Lorelltm®, a line of office furniture; NatureSaver®, an offering of recycled products; Elite Image®, a line of new and remanufactured toner cartridges, premium papers and labels; Integratm, a line of writing instruments; Genuine Joe®, a line

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of cleaning and breakroom products; and Business Source®, a line of basic office supplies available only to independent resellers.resellers; and Lighthouse, a brand of janitorial and cleaning products offered through the GCN business. The Company’s Impact and The Safety Zone businesses also offer an additional series of proprietary brands including ProGuard®,ProMax® and The Safety Zone that are product based and solution-specific oriented. Through the Company’s FurnitureAdvantagetm program, S. P. Richards provides resellers with an additional 11,00016,000 furniture items made available to consumers in 7 to 10 business days.

Segment Data.    In the yearyears ended December 31, 2013,2016 and 2015, sales from the Company’s Office Products Group approximated 12%13% of the Company’s net sales, as compared to 13%11% in 2012 and 14% in 2011.2014. For additional segment information, see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

Competition.    The office products distribution business is highly competitive. In the distribution of its product offering to resellers, S. P. Richards competes with many other wholesale distributors, as well as with certain manufacturers of office products. S. P. Richards competes primarily on price, product offerings, service, marketing programs, brand recognition and brand recognition.price. Further information regarding competition in the industry is set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors — We Face Substantial Competition in the Industries in Which We Do Business.”

ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC MATERIALS GROUP

The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group, was formed on July 1, 1998 through the acquisition ofoperated as EIS, Inc. (“EIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This GroupEIS distributes materials to more than 20,000 electrical and electronic manufacturers, as well as to industrial assembly and specialty wire and cable markets in North America. With 4738 branch locations and seven fabrication facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Canada, this GroupEIS distributes over 100,000 items including wire, cable and cable,connectivity solutions, insulating and conductive materials, assembly tools and test equipment. EIS also has six manufacturingEIS' seven fabrication facilities that provide custom fabricated parts.

In 2013, EIS made two strategic acquisitions. Effective August 1, 2013, EIS acquired the assets of Trient Technologies Inc., a fabricator of flexible materials with one location in Woodville, Wisconsinparts and annual revenues of approximately $9 million. specialty coated materials.

Effective October 31, 2013,2016, EIS acquired the assetsCommunications Products and Services ("CPS"), a distributor of Tekra Corporation (“Tekra”), headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Tekra is an independent fabricatorplant product solutions for both aerial and coater of filmsunderground broadband cable and flexible materials with approximately $75 million in annual revenues.

Additionally, effective February 1, 2014, EIS acquired the assets of Electro-Wire, Inc. (“Electro-Wire”). Headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, Electro-Wire is a North American distributor and contract manufacturer of specialty wire andwireless network infrastructure. This business further strengthens EIS' cable products with four locationsoperations in the western U.S. and primarily serving the telecom and transit markets. Electro-Wire is expected to generate approximately $100$12 million in annual revenues.

Distribution System.    The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group provides distribution services to OEM’s,OEMs, motor repair shops and a variety of industrial assembly markets, as well as specialty wire and cable users in market segments such as Telecom and a broad variety of industrial assembly markets.Broadband, Marine, Security and Industrial. EIS actively utilizes its e-commerce Internet site to present its products to customers while allowing these on-line visitors to conveniently purchase from a large product assortment.

Electrical and electronic, industrial assembly, and wire and cable products are distributed from warehouse locations in major user markets throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. EIS has return privileges with some of its suppliers, which have protected the Company from inventory obsolescence.

Products.    The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group distributes a wide variety of products to customers from over 350 vendors.2,000 suppliers. These products include custom fabricated flexible materials that are used as components within a customer’s manufactured finished product in a variety of market segments. Among the products distributed and fabricated are such items as magnet wire, conductive materials, electrical wire and cable, insulating and shielding materials, assembly tools, test equipment, adhesives and chemicals, pressure sensitive tapes, solder, anti-static products, thermal management products and
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coated films. To meet the prompt delivery demands of its customers, this Group maintains large inventories. The majority of sales are on open account. Approximately 45%55% of 2013 total Electrical/Electronic Materials Group purchases in 2016 were made from 10 major suppliers.

Integrated Supply.    The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group’s integrated supply programs are a part of the marketing strategy, as a greater number of customers — especially national accounts — are given the opportunity to participate in this low-cost, high-service capability. The GroupEIS has developed AIMS (Advanced Inventory

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Management System)Solutions), a totally integrated, highly automated solutionsuite of solutions for inventory management. The Group’sEIS’ Integrated Supply offering also includes AIMS EASI,Dispense, an electronic vending dispenser used to eliminate costly tool cribs, or in-house stores, at customer warehouse facilities.

Segment Data.    In the yearsyear ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011,2016, sales from the Company’s Electrical/Electronic Materials Group approximated 4% of the Company’s net sales.sales, as compared to 5% in 2015 and 2014. For additional segment information, see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

Competition.    The electrical and electronics distribution business is highly competitive. The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group competes with other distributors specializing in the distribution of electrical and electronic products, general line distributors and, to a lesser extent, manufacturers that sell directly to customers. EIS competes primarily on factors of price, product offerings, service and engineered solutions. Further information regarding competition in the industry is set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors — We Face Substantial Competition in the Industries in Which We Do Business.”

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS.


ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some statements in this report, as well as in other materials we file with the 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 in our forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed below.

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-Q, Form 8-K and other reports to the SEC.

Set forth below are the material risks and uncertainties that, if they were to occur, could materially and adversely affect our business or could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this report and in the other public statements we make. Please be aware that these risks may change over time and other risks may prove to be important in the future. New risks may emerge at any time, and we cannot predict such risks or estimate the extent to which they may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or the trading price of our securities.

Our business will be adversely affected if demand for our products slows.

Our business depends on customer demand for the products that we distribute. Demand for these products depends on many factors.

With respect to our automotive group, the primary factors are:

the number of miles vehicles are driven annually, as higher vehicle mileage increases the need for maintenance and repair;

the quality of the vehicles manufactured by the original vehicle manufacturers and the length of the warranty or maintenance offered on new vehicles;

the number of vehicles in current service that are six years old and older, as these vehicles are typically no longer under the original vehicle manufacturers’ warranty and will need more maintenance and repair than newer vehicles;

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gas prices, as increases in gas prices may deter consumers from using their vehicles;

changes in travel patterns, which may cause consumers to rely more on other transportation;

restrictions on access to diagnostic tools and repair information imposed by the original vehicle manufacturers or by governmental regulation, as consumers may be forced to have all diagnostic work, repairs and maintenance performed by the vehicle manufacturers’ dealer networks; and

the economy generally, which in declining conditions may cause consumers to defer vehicle maintenance and repair and defer discretionary spending.

With respect to our industrial parts group, the primary factors are:

the level of industrial production and manufacturing capacity utilization, as these indices reflect the need for industrial replacement parts;

changes in manufacturing reflected in the level of the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, as an index reading of 50 or more implies an expanding manufacturing economy, while a reading below 50 implies a contracting manufacturing economy;

the consolidation of certain of our manufacturing customers and the trend of manufacturing operations being moved overseas; and

the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for industrial output.

With respect to our office products group, the primary factors are:

the increasing digitization of the workplace, as this impacts the need for certain office products;

the level of unemployment, especially as it relates to white collar and service jobs, as this impacts the need for office products; and

the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for office products consumption.

With respect to our electrical/electronic materials group, the primary factors are:

changes in manufacturing reflected in the level of the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, as an index reading of 50 or more implies an expanding manufacturing economy, while a reading below 50 implies a contracting manufacturing economy; and

the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for industrial output.

Uncertainty and/or deterioration in general macro-economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation or deflation, high energy costs, uncertain credit markets, or other economic conditions, could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our business and operating results may in the future be adversely affected by uncertain global economic conditions, including instability in credit markets, declining consumer and business confidence, fluctuating commodity prices, volatile exchange rates, and other challenges that could affect the global economy. Both our commercial and retail customers may experience deterioration of their financial resources, which could result in existing or potential customers delaying or canceling plans to purchase our products. Our vendors could experience similar conditions, which could impact their ability to fulfill their obligations to us. Future weakness in the global economy could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in future periods.

We depend on our relationships with our vendors, and a disruption of our vendor relationships or a disruption in our vendors’ operations could harm our business.

As a distributor of automotive parts, industrial parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials, our business depends on developing and maintaining close and productive relationships with our vendors. We depend

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on our vendors to sell us quality products at favorable prices. Many factors outside our control, including, without limitation, raw material shortages, inadequate manufacturing capacity, labor disputes, transportation disruptions or weather conditions, could adversely affect our vendors’ ability to deliver to us quality merchandise at favorable prices in a timely manner. Furthermore, financial or operational difficulties with a particular vendor could cause that vendor to increase the cost of the products or decrease the quality of the products we purchase from it. Vendor consolidation could also limit the number of suppliers from which we may purchase products and could materially affect the prices we pay for these products. In our automotive business, the number of vendors could decrease considerably, and the prices charged to us by the remaining vendors could increase, to the extent that vehicle production slows due to a decline in consumer spending and, possibly, the failure of one or more of the large automobile manufacturers. We would suffer an adverse impact if our vendors limit or cancel the return privileges that currently protect us from inventory obsolescence.

We face substantial competition in the industries in which we do business.

The sale of automotive and industrial parts, office products and electrical materials is highly competitive and impacted by many factors, including name recognition, product availability, customer service, anticipating changing customer preferences, store location, and pricing pressures. Because we seek to offer competitive prices, if our competitors reduce their prices, we may be forced to reduce our prices, which could result in a material decline in our revenues and earnings. Increased competition among distributors of automotive and industrial parts, office products and electronic materials, including internet-related initiatives, could cause a material adverse effect on our results of operations. The Company anticipates no decline in competition in any of its four business segments in the foreseeable future.

In particular, the market for replacement automotive parts is highly competitive and subjects us to a wide variety of competitors. We compete primarily with national and regional auto parts chains, independently owned regional and local automotive parts and accessories stores, automobile dealers that supply manufacturer replacement parts and accessories, mass merchandisers and wholesale clubs that sell automotive products and regional and local full service automotive repair shops. Furthermore, the automotive aftermarket has experienced consolidation in recent years. Consolidation among our competitors could further enhance their financial position, provide them with the ability to provide more competitive prices to customers for whom we compete, and allow them to achieve increased efficiencies in their consolidated operations that enable them to more effectively compete for customers. If we are unable to continue to develop successful competitive strategies or if our competitors develop more effective strategies, we could lose customers and our sales and profits may decline.

We may not be able to successfully implement our business initiatives in each of our four business segments to grow our sales and earnings, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We have implemented numerous initiatives in each of our four business segments to grow sales and earnings, including the introduction of new and expanded product lines, strategic acquisitions, geographic expansion (including through acquisitions), sales to new markets, enhanced customer marketing programs and a variety of gross margin and cost savings initiatives. If we are unable to implement these initiatives efficiently and effectively, or if these initiatives are unsuccessful, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Successful implementation of these initiatives also depends on factors specific to the automotive parts industry and the other industries in which we operate and numerous other factors that may be beyond our control. In addition to the other risk factors contained in this “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, adverse changes in the following factors could undermine our business initiatives and have a material adverse affecteffect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows:

the competitive environment in our end markets may force us to reduce prices below our desired pricing level or to increase promotional spending;

our ability to anticipate changes in consumer preferences and to meet customers’ needs for our products in a timely manner;

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our ability to successfully enter new markets, including by successfully identifying and acquiring suitable acquisition targets in these new markets;

our ability to effectively manage our costs;

our ability to continue to grow through acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses in our existing operations;

our ability to identify and

successfully implement appropriate technological, digital and e-commerce solutions; and

the economy in general.

Our business will be adversely affected if demand for our products slows.
Our business depends on customer demand for the products that we distribute. Demand for these products depends on many factors.
With respect to our automotive group, the primary factors are:
the number of miles vehicles are driven annually, as higher vehicle mileage increases the need for maintenance and repair;
the number of vehicles in the automotive fleet, a function of new vehicle sales and vehicle scrappage rates, as a steady or growing total vehicle population supports the continued demand for maintenance and repair;
the quality of the vehicles manufactured by the original vehicle manufacturers and the length of the warranty or maintenance offered on new vehicles;
the number of vehicles in current service that are six years old and older, as these vehicles are typically no longer under the original vehicle manufacturers’ warranty and will need more maintenance and repair than newer vehicles;
gas prices, as increases in gas prices may deter consumers from using their vehicles;
changes in travel patterns, which may cause consumers to rely more on other transportation;
restrictions on access to diagnostic tools and repair information imposed by the original vehicle manufacturers or by governmental regulation, as consumers may be forced to have all diagnostic work, repairs and maintenance performed by the vehicle manufacturers’ dealer networks; and
the economy generally, which in declining conditions may cause consumers to defer vehicle maintenance and repair and defer discretionary spending.
With respect to our industrial parts group, the primary factors are:
the level of industrial production and manufacturing capacity utilization, as these indices reflect the need for industrial replacement parts;
changes in manufacturing reflected in the level of the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, as an index reading of 50 or more implies an expanding manufacturing economy, while a reading below 50 implies a contracting manufacturing economy;
the consolidation of certain of our manufacturing customers and the trend of manufacturing operations being moved overseas, which subsequently reduces demand for our products;
changes in legislation or government regulations or policies which could impact international trade among our multi-national customer base and cause reduced demand for our products; and
the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for industrial output.
With respect to our office products group, the primary factors are:
the increasing digitization of the workplace, as this negatively impacts the need for certain office products;
the level of unemployment, especially as it relates to white collar and service jobs, as high unemployment reduces the need for office products;
the level of office vacancy rates, as high vacancy rates reduces the need for office products; and
the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for office products consumption.
With respect to our electrical/electronic materials group, the primary factors are:
changes in manufacturing reflected in the level of the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, as an index reading of 50 or more implies an expanding manufacturing economy, while a reading below 50 implies a contracting manufacturing economy; and
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the economy in general, which in declining conditions may cause reduced demand for industrial output.
Changes in legislation or government regulations or policies could have a significant impact on our results of operations.
Certain political developments occurring this past year, including the results of the presidential election in the U.S. and the decision of the United Kingdom to exit the European Union, have resulted in increased economic uncertainty for multi-national companies. These developments may result in economic and trade policy actions that could impact economic conditions in many countries and change the landscape of international trade. Our business is global, so changes to existing international trade agreements, blocking of foreign trade or imposition of tariffs on foreign goods could result in decreased revenues and/or increases in pricing, either of which could have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in future periods.
Uncertainty and/or deterioration in general macro-economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation or deflation, changes in tax policies, changes in energy costs, uncertain credit markets, or other economic conditions, could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our business and operating results have been and may in the future be adversely affected by uncertain global economic conditions, including domestic outputs, employment rates, inflation or deflation, changes in tax policies, instability in credit markets, declining consumer and business confidence, fluctuating commodity prices, interest rates, volatile exchange rates, and other challenges that could affect the global economy. Both our commercial and retail customers may experience deterioration of their financial resources, which could result in existing or potential customers delaying or canceling plans to purchase our products. Our vendors could experience similar conditions, which could impact their ability to fulfill their obligations to us. Future weakness in the global economy could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in future periods.
We face substantial competition in the industries in which we do business.
The sale of automotive and industrial parts, office products and electrical materials is highly competitive and impacted by many factors, including name recognition, product availability, customer service, changing customer preferences, store location, and pricing pressures. Because we seek to offer competitive prices, if our competitors reduce their prices, we may be forced to reduce our prices, which could result in a material decline in our revenues and earnings. Increased competition among distributors of automotive and industrial parts, office products and electronic materials, including increased availability among digital and e-commerce providers across the markets in which we do business, could cause a material adverse effect on our results of operations. The Company anticipates no decline in competition in any of its four business segments in the foreseeable future.
In particular, the market for replacement automotive parts is highly competitive and subjects us to a wide variety of competitors. We compete primarily with national and regional auto parts chains, independently owned regional and local automotive parts and accessories stores, automobile dealers that supply manufacturer replacement parts and accessories, mass merchandisers, internet providers and wholesale clubs that sell automotive products and regional and local full service automotive repair shops, both new and established.
Furthermore, both the automotive aftermarket and the office supply industry continue to experience consolidation. Consolidation among our competitors could further enhance their financial position, provide them with the ability to provide more competitive prices to customers for whom we compete, and allow them to achieve increased efficiencies in their consolidated operations that enable them to more effectively compete for customers. If we are unable to continue to develop successful competitive strategies or if our competitors develop more effective strategies, we could lose customers and our sales and profits may decline.
In addition, the loss of a major customer in the office products group could significantly impact its results of operations.
We depend on our relationships with our vendors, and a disruption of our vendor relationships or a disruption in our vendors’ operations could harm our business.
As a distributor of automotive parts, industrial parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials, our business depends on developing and maintaining close and productive relationships with our vendors. We depend on our vendors to sell us quality products at favorable prices. Many factors outside our control, including, without limitation, raw material shortages, inadequate manufacturing capacity, labor disputes, transportation disruptions, tax and legislative uncertainies or weather conditions, could adversely affect our vendors’ ability to deliver to us quality merchandise at favorable prices in a timely manner.
Furthermore, financial or operational difficulties with a particular vendor could cause that vendor to increase the cost of the products or decrease the quality of the products we purchase from it. Vendor consolidation could also limit the number of suppliers from which we may purchase products and could materially affect the prices we pay for these products. In addition,
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we would suffer an adverse impact if our vendors limit or cancel the return privileges that currently protect us from inventory obsolescence.
We recognize the growing demand for business-to-business and business-to-customer digital and e-commerce options and solutions, and we could lose business if we fail to provide the digital and e-commerce options and solutions our customers wish to use.
Our success in digital and e-commerce depends on our ability to accurately identify the products to make available through digital and e-commerce platforms across our business segments, and to establish and maintain such platforms to provide the highest level of data security to our customers on and through the platforms our customers wish to use (including mobile) with rapidly changing technology in a highly competitive environment.
If we experience a security breach, if our internal information systems fail to function properly or if we are unsuccessful in implementing, integrating or upgrading our information systems, our business operations could be materially affected.
We depend on information systems to process customer orders, manage inventory and accounts receivable collections, purchase products, manage accounts payable processes, ship products to customers on a timely basis, maintain cost effective operations, provide superior service to customers and accumulate financial results. Despite our implementation of security measures, our IT systems are vulnerable to damages from computer viruses, natural disasters, unauthorized physical or electronic access, power outages, computer system or network failures, cyber-attacks and other similar disruptions. Maintaining and operating these measures requires continuous investments, which the Company has made and will continue to make. A security breach could result in sensitive data being lost, manipulated or exposed to unauthorized persons or to the public.
A serious prolonged disruption of our information systems for any of the above reasons could materially impair fundamental business processes and increase expenses, decrease sales or otherwise reduce earnings. Furthermore, such a breach may harm our reputation and business prospects and subject us to legal claims if there is loss, disclosure or misappropriation of or access to our customers’ information. As threats related to cyber security breaches develop and grow, we may also find it necessary to make further investments to protect our data and infrastructure.
Because we are involved in litigation from time to time and are subject to numerous laws and governmental regulations, we could incur substantial judgments, fines, legal fees and other costs.

We are sometimes the subject of complaints or litigation from customers, employees or other third parties for various actions.reasons. The damages sought against us in some of these litigation proceedings are substantial. Although we maintain liability insurance for some litigation claims, if one or more of the claims were to greatly exceed our insurance coverage limits or if our insurance policies do not cover a claim, this could have a material adverse affecteffect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Additionally, we are subject to numerous federal, state and local laws and governmental regulations relating to taxes, environmental protection, product quality standards, building and zoning requirements, as well as employment law matters. If we fail to comply with existing or future laws or regulations, we may be subject to governmental or judicial fines or sanctions, while incurring substantial legal fees and costs. In addition, our capital expenses could increase due to remediation measures that may be required if we are found to be noncompliant with any existing or future laws or regulations.

ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

We are dependent on key personnel and the loss of one or more of those key personnel could harm our business.
Our future success significantly depends on the continued services and performance of our key management personnel. We believe our management team’s depth and breadth of experience in our industry is integral to executing our business plan. We also will need to continue to attract, motivate and retain other key personnel. The loss of services of members of our senior management team or other key employees, the inability to attract additional qualified personnel as needed or failure to plan for the succession of senior management and key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business.

ITEM 1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
Not applicable.

ITEM 2.PROPERTIES.


ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES.
The Company’s headquarterscorporate and Automotive Parts Group headquarters are located in two office buildings owned by the Company in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Company’s Automotive Parts Group currently operates 6257 NAPA Distribution Centers in the United States distributed among teneight geographic divisions. Approximately 90% of the distribution center properties are owned by the Company. At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company operated approximately 1,100 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores located in 4645 states, and the Company owned either a noncontrolling or controlling interest in 114152 additional auto parts stores in nine12 states. Other than NAPA AUTO PARTS stores located within Company owned distribution centers, the majority of the automotive parts
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stores in which the Company has an ownership interest are operated in leased facilities. In addition, NAPA Canada/UAP operates 12 distribution centers, one fabrication/remanufacturing facility and approximately 199187 automotive parts and Traction stores in Canada, excluding any joint ventures.Canada. In Mexico, Auto Todo operates 11 distribution centers and eightfive automotive parts stores and tire centers, in Mexico.and NAPA Mexico operates one distribution center and 10 automotive parts stores. These operations in both Canada and Mexico are conducted in leased facilities. GPC Asia Pacific operates throughout Australia and New Zealand with eight11 distribution centers, 399474 Repco and other banner auto parts stores and 6180 branches associated with the Ashdown Ingram, Motospecs, McLeod and McLeodRDA Brakes operations. These distribution center, store and branch operations are conducted in leased facilities.

The Company’s Automotive Parts Group also operates four Balkamp distribution/distribution and redistribution centers, four Rayloc distribution facilities and twothree transfer and shipping facilities. Nearly all of the Balkamp and Rayloc operations are conducted in facilities owned by the Company. Altrom Canada operates 13four import parts distribution centers and 29 branches, and Altrom America operates two import parts distribution centers.centers and six branches. The Heavy Vehicle Parts Group operates onethree TW distribution center,centers, which serves 22serve 27 Traction stores of which 1420 are company owned and located in the U.S. These operations are conducted in leased facilities.

The Company’s Industrial Parts Group, operating through Motion and Motion Canada, operates 1513 distribution centers, 4243 service centers and 511483 branches. Approximately 90% of these brancheslocations are operated in leased facilities.

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facilities and the remainder are Company owned.

The Company’s Office Products Group operates 3650 facilities in the United States and fivesix facilities in Canada distributed among the Group’s fivefour geographic divisions. Approximately 75% of these facilities are operated in leased buildings.

buildings and the remainder are Company owned.

The Company’s Electrical/Electronic Materials Group operates in 4739 locations in the United States, one location in Puerto Rico, one location in the Dominican Republic, three locations in Mexico and one location in Canada. All of this Group’s 5345 facilities are operated in leased buildings.

We believe that our facilities on the whole are in good condition, are adequately insured, are fully utilized and are suitable and adequate forto conduct the conductbusiness of our current operations.

For additional information regarding rental expense on leased properties, see Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.


ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Company is subject to various legal and governmental proceedings, many involving routine litigation incidental to the businesses, including approximately 3,0002,420 product liability lawsuits resulting from its national distribution of automotive parts and supplies. Many of these involve claims of personal injury allegedly resulting from the use of automotive parts distributed by the Company. While litigation of any type contains an element of uncertainty, the Company believes that its defense and ultimate resolution of pending and reasonably anticipated claims will continue to occur within the ordinary course of the Company’s business and that resolution of these claims will not have a material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.


ITEM 4.    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.

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PART II.

II.

ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market Information Regarding Common Stock

The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GPC”. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for the common stock per quarter as reported on the New York Stock Exchange and dividends per share of common stock paid during the last two fiscal years:

   Sales Price of Common Shares 
   2013   2012 
   High   Low   High   Low 

Quarter

        

First

  $78.12    $64.43    $66.43    $60.84  

Second

   84.27     71.87     66.50     55.58  

Third

   85.41     77.80     65.18     58.73  

Fourth

   84.89     76.26     66.90     59.53  

   Dividends
Declared per
Share
 
    2013   2012 

Quarter

    

First

  $0.5375    $0.4950  

Second

   0.5375     0.4950  

Third

   0.5375     0.4950  

Fourth

   0.5375     0.4950  

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 Sales Price of Common Shares
 2016 2015
  
High Low High Low
Quarter       
First$99.59
 $76.50
 $108.07
 $91.74
Second101.28
 92.25
 94.74
 89.17
Third105.97
 95.96
 91.02
 78.76
Fourth100.34
 86.61
 92.32
 79.77
 
Dividends
Declared per
Share
  
2016 2015
Quarter   
First$0.6575
 $0.6150
Second0.6575
 0.6150
Third0.6575
 0.6150
Fourth0.6575
 0.6150

Stock Performance Graph

Set forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly dollar change in the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s Common Stock against the cumulative total shareholder return of the Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a peer group composite index structured by the Company as set forth below for the five year period that commenced December 31, 20082011 and ended December 31, 2013.2016. This graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 20082011 in Genuine Parts Company Common Stock, the S&P 500 Stock Index (the Company is a member of the S&P 500, and its cumulative total shareholder return went into calculating the S&P 500 results set forth in the graph) and the peer group composite index as set forth below and assumes reinvestment of all dividends.













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Comparison of five year cumulative total shareholder return

Genuine Parts Company, S&P 500 Index and peer group composite index

Cumulative Total Shareholder Return
$ at Fiscal Year End
  2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013 

Genuine Parts Company

   100.00     105.22     147.87     182.23     195.48     263.01  

S&P 500

   100.00     126.46     145.50     148.58     172.35     228.17  

Peer Index

   100.00     142.97     207.35     199.05     227.70     321.78  

Cumulative Total Shareholder Return
$ at Fiscal Year End
201120122013201420152016
Genuine Parts Company100.00107.26144.33189.66157.15179.62
S&P 500100.00116.00153.57174.60177.01198.18
Peer Index100.00113.25162.10168.26156.33171.76
In constructing the peer group composite index (“Peer Index”) for use in the stock performance graph above, the Company used the shareholder returns of various publicly held companies (weighted in accordance with each company’s stock market capitalization at December 31, 20082011 and including reinvestment of dividends) that compete with the Company in three industry segments: automotive parts, industrial parts and office products (each group of companies included in the Peer Index as competing with the Company in a separate industry segment is hereinafter referred to as a “Peer Group”). Included in the automotive parts Peer Group are those companies making up the Dow Jones U.S. Auto Parts Index (the Company is a member of such industry group, and its individual shareholder return was included when calculating the Peer Index results set forth in the performance graph). Included in the industrial parts Peer Group are Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. and Kaman Corporation and included in the office products Peer Group is United Stationers Inc.Essendant. The Peer Index does not break out a separate electrical/electronic peer group due to the fact that there is currently no true market comparative to EIS. The electrical/electronic component of sales is redistributed to the Company’s other segments on a pro rata basis to calculate the final Peer Index.

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In determining the Peer Index, each Peer Group was weighted to reflect the Company’s annual net sales in each industry segment. Each industry segment of the Company comprised the following percentages of the Company’s net sales for the fiscal years shown:

Industry Segment

  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013 

Automotive Parts

   48  52  50  49  49  53

Industrial Parts

   32  29  31  33  34  31

Office Products

   16  16  15  14  13  12

Electrical/Electronic Materials

   4  3  4  4  4  4

Industry Segment2011
 2012
 2013
 2014
 2015
 2016
Automotive Parts49% 49% 53% 53% 52% 53%
Industrial Parts33% 34% 31% 31% 30% 30%
Office Products14% 13% 12% 11% 13% 13%
Electrical/Electronic Materials4% 4% 4% 5% 5% 4%
Holders

As of December 31, 2013,2016, there were 5,0714,689 holders of record of the Company’s common stock. The number of holders of record does not include beneficial owners of the common stock whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information about the purchases of shares of the Company’s common stock during the three month period ended December 31, 2013:

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
 

October 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013

   215,475    $78.66     214,400     11,065,142  

November 1, 2013 through November 30, 2013

   276,080    $80.71     220,547     10,844,595  

December 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013

   190,561    $81.31     176,216     10,668,379  

Totals

   682,116    $80.23     611,163     10,668,379  

2016:
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
October 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016204,350
 $89.50
 203,664
 4,477,891
November 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016211,071
 $88.73
 209,064
 4,268,827
December 1, 2016 through December 31, 201679,435
 $98.08
 8,585
 4,260,242
Totals494,856
 $90.55
 421,313
 4,260,242
(1)Includes shares surrendered by employees to the Company 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 November 17, 2008, the Board of Directors announced that it had authorized the repurchase of 15 million shares. The authorization for this repurchase plan continues until all such shares have been repurchased or the repurchase plan is terminated by action of the Board of Directors. Approximately 10.74.3 million shares authorized in the 2008 plan remain available to be repurchased by the Company. There were no other publicly announced plans as of December 31, 2013.2016.

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ITEM 6.SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The following table sets forth certain selected historical financial and operating data of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The following selected financial data are qualified by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the consolidated financial statements, related notes and other financial information beginning on page F-1, as well as in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this report.

Year Ended December 31,

  2013   2012   2011   2010   2009 
   (In thousands, except per share data) 

Net sales

  $14,077,843    $13,013,868    $12,458,877    $11,207,589    $10,057,512  

Cost of goods sold

   9,857,923     9,235,777     8,852,837     7,954,645     7,047,750  

Operating and non-operating expenses, net

   3,175,616     2,759,159     2,715,234     2,491,161     2,365,597  

Income before taxes

   1,044,304     1,018,932     890,806     761,783     644,165  

Income taxes

   359,345     370,891     325,690     286,272     244,590  

Net income

  $684,959    $648,041    $565,116    $475,511    $399,575  

Weighted average common shares outstanding during year — assuming dilution

   155,714     156,420     157,660     158,461     159,707  

Per common share:

          

Diluted net income

  $4.40    $4.14    $3.58    $3.00    $2.50  

Dividends declared

   2.15     1.98     1.80     1.64     1.60  

December 31 closing stock price

   83.19     63.58     61.20     51.34     37.96  

Total debt, less current maturities

   500,000     250,000     500,000     250,000     500,000  

Total equity

   3,358,768     3,008,179     2,753,591     2,763,486     2,590,144  

Total assets

  $7,680,297    $6,807,061    $6,202,774    $5,788,227    $5,327,872  

Year Ended December 31,2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
 (In thousands, except per share data)
Net sales$15,339,713
 $15,280,044
 $15,341,647
 $14,077,843
 $13,013,868
Cost of goods sold10,740,106
 10,724,192
 10,747,886
 9,857,923
 9,235,777
Operating and non-operating expenses, net3,525,267
 3,432,171
 3,476,022
 3,175,616
 2,759,159
Income before taxes1,074,340
 1,123,681
 1,117,739
 1,044,304
 1,018,932
Income taxes387,100
 418,009
 406,453
 359,345
 370,891
Net income$687,240
 $705,672
 $711,286
 $684,959
 $648,041
Weighted average common shares outstanding during year — assuming dilution149,804
 152,496
 154,375
 155,714
 156,420
Per common share:         
Diluted net income$4.59
 $4.63
 $4.61
 $4.40
 $4.14
Dividends declared2.63
 2.46
 2.30
 2.15
 1.98
December 31 closing stock price95.54
 85.89
 106.57
 83.19
 63.58
Total debt, less current maturities550,000
 250,000
 500,000
 500,000
 250,000
Total equity3,207,356
 3,159,242
 3,312,364
 3,358,768
 3,008,179
Total assets$8,859,400
 $8,144,771
 $8,246,238
 $7,680,297
 $6,807,061

ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

OVERVIEW

Genuine Parts Company is a service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials. We have a long tradition of growth dating back to 1928, the year we were founded in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2013, theThe Company conducted business in 2016 throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Puerto Rico from approximately 2,6002,670 locations.

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We recorded consolidated net sales of $14.1$15.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, an increase of 8%0.4% compared to $13.0 billionsales in 2012.2015. Consolidated net income for the year ended December 31, 20132016 was $685$687 million, up 6%down 3% from $648$706 million in 2012.2015. The Company’s internal growth strategy, and in particular the initiatives includingto expand our global footprint via strategic acquisitions, served to offset the positivechallenging sales environment that persisted in our U.S. markets during 2016. We were also focused on ongoing measures to improve gross margins and control costs, although the loss of leverage due to weak comparable sales trends increased our expenses as a percentage of sales and negatively impacted earnings growth.
The relatively unchanged sales results for 2016 and 2015 compare to a 9% sales increase in 2014. Net income in 2015 was down by 1% and increased by 4% in 2014. Our revenue and earnings in 2015 reflect a 3% negative impact of acquisitions, as well as effective cost management, which we discuss further below, served to drive our solid financial performancecurrency translation and after adjusting for this factor, the year, despite the challengingCompany produced an increase in both sales and net income for that year. In 2014, improved market conditions that were experienced by our non-automotive business segments.

The 8%relative to the prior year drove sales and earnings growth in 2013 follows a 4.5% revenue increase in 2012 and an 11% increase in revenues in 2011. Our 6% increase in net income follows a 15% increase in net income in 2012 and a 19% increase in net income in 2011. In 2011, we experienced strong and steady growth in threeeach of our four business segments, as conditions in these industries improved significantly from the depressed levels associated with the recessionary period of 2009. These favorable conditions began to moderate following the first quarter of 2012, which created a more challenging sales environment over the balance of the year. In 2013, we continued to experience difficult market conditions in the Industrial, Electrical/Electronic and Office industries, while the Automotive business performed reasonably well.segments. Over the three year period of 20112014 through 2013,2016, our financial performance was positively impacted byreflects a variety of initiatives wethe Company implemented to grow sales and earnings in each ofacross our four

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businesses. Examples of such initiatives include strategic acquisitions, the introduction of new and expanded product lines, geographic expansion, sales to new markets, enhanced customer marketing programs and a variety of gross margin and cost savings initiatives. We discuss these initiatives further below.

With regard to the December 31, 20132016 consolidated balance sheet, the Company’s cash balance of $197$243 million was down fromcompares to cash of $403$212 million at December 31, 2012, due primarily to recent acquisitions in our Automotive, Industrial and Electrical/Electronic business segments during 2013, which are discussed further under Liquidity and Capital Resources.2015. The Company continues to maintain a strong cash position, supported by the increase inrelatively steady net income and ongoing working capital management in 2013.effective asset management. Accounts receivable increased by approximately 12%6%, which is less than ourcompares to an approximate 3% sales increase in the fourth quarter of the year, and inventory was up by approximately 13%7%, or approximately 1% beforeincluding the impact of acquisitions. Accounts payable increased $588$260 million or 35%9% from the prior year. The significant increase in this line item isyear, due primarily to improved payment terms with certain suppliers. Additionally, accounts payable associated with acquisitions accounted for approximately 10% of the increase. Total debt outstanding at December 31, 20132016 was $765$875 million, an increase from total debt of $265 million from $500$625 million at December 31, 2012.

2015.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our results of operations are summarized below for the three years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011.

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2013   2012   2011 
   (In thousands except per share data) 

Net Sales

  $14,077,843    $13,013,868    $12,458,877  

Gross Profit

   4,219,920     3,778,091     3,606,040  

Net Income

   684,959     648,041     565,116  

Diluted Earnings Per Share

   4.40     4.14     3.58  

2014.

 Year Ended December 31,
 2016 2015 2014
 (In thousands except per share data)
Net sales$15,339,713
 $15,280,044
 $15,341,647
Gross profit4,599,607
 4,555,852
 4,593,761
Net income687,240
 705,672
 711,286
Diluted earnings per share4.59
 4.63
 4.61
Net Sales

Consolidated net sales for the year ended December 31, 20132016 totaled $14.1$15.3 billion, an 8% increaseup slightly from 2012 driven by an 18.5% increase in the Automotive segment, that was2015. 2016 net sales included a 2.4% contribution from acquisitions, net of store closures, offset by a 1% sales1.1% decrease in our non-automotive businesses. Acquisitions, primarily in Automotive, but also in the Industrial and Electrical/Electronic businesses, contributed 7% to our total sales growth and increased sales volume accounted forand an approximate 0.5% negative impact of currency translation. Additionally, the remaining 1%Company experienced overall product deflation of approximately 0.3%. The impact of product inflationinflation/deflation varied by business again in 2013 and, cumulatively,2016, as prices were flatdown 0.7% in the Automotive segment, up approximately 1%0.4% in the Industrial and Electrical/Electronic segments andsegment, up approximately 0.5%0.3% in the Office segment and down approximately 1.2% in the Electrical/Electronic segment. The Company, with its global growth initiatives and measures to control rising costs and manage assets, is well positioned to improve sales in 2014.

for sustainable long-term growth.

Consolidated net sales for the year ended December 31, 20122015 totaled $13.0$15.3 billion, down slightly from 2014. 2015 net sales included a 4.5%1.5% increase from 2011 and driven by sales increases in three of our four business segments. Acquisitions in our Automotive and Electrical businesses contributed 2% to our sales growth and increased sales volume added approximately 2% to sales.and a 1% contribution from acquisitions, offset by an approximate 3% negative impact of currency translation. The impact of product inflationinflation/deflation varied by business as,in 2015 and, cumulatively, prices in 2012 were flatdown 0.2% in the Automotive segment, up approximately 2%0.9% in the Industrial segment, flatup approximately 0.6% in the Office segment and down approximately 1.7% in the Electrical/Electronic segment and up approximately 3% in the Office segment.

Automotive Group

Net sales for the Automotive Group (“Automotive”) were $7.5$8.1 billion in 2013, an2016, a 1% increase of 18.5% from 2012.2015. The increase in sales for the year was primarily due to the April 1, 2013 acquisitionconsists of GPC Asia Pacific, formerly Exego, and the May 1, 2012 acquisition of Quaker City Motor Parts Co. (“Quaker City”). Combined, these acquisitions contributed approximately 15% to sales. Additionally, Automotive achieved a positivean approximate 1% comparable store sales increase of approximately 4%, offset slightly by the 0.5%and a 1% contribution from acquisitions, less an approximate 1% negative impact of currency translation associated with our Canadian business.automotive businesses in Canada, Australasia and Mexico. Automotive sales were not materiallynegatively impacted by product inflation ordeflation of 0.7%, which is included in the effect of currency associated with our Mexican businesses.comparable sales increase. In 2013,2016, total Automotive revenues were up 3%2% in the first quarter, then up 22%down 1% in the second andquarter, up 1.5% in the third quartersquarter and up 25%2% in the fourth quarter. We believe that the

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The underlying fundamentals in the automotive aftermarket, including the overall agingnumber and age of the vehicle population as well as the positive increase in miles driven, remain solid and will servesupportive of sustained

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demand for automotive aftermarket maintenance and supply items in 2014. Based onitems. We expect these fundamentals andas well as key sales initiatives to drive sales growth for the internal growth initiatives in our Automotive business we expect to grow our sales for this group again in 2014.

2017.

Net sales for the Automotive Group were $6.3$8.0 billion in 2012, an increase of 4%2015, a 1% decrease from 2011.2014. The increasedecrease in sales for the year was primarily due to the May 1, 2012 acquisitionconsists of Quaker City, which contributed approximately 3% to sales. Additionally, Automotive achieved a positive comparable storecore sales increase of slightly more than 1%.approximately 3.5% and a slight benefit from acquisitions. Combined, the approximate 4% growth was offset by a 5% negative impact of currency associated with our automotive businesses in Canada, Australasia and Mexico. Automotive sales were not materially impacted by product inflation or the effect of currency associated with our Canadian and Mexican businesses.inflation. In 2012,2015, Automotive revenues were up 6%flat in the first quarter, then up 4% in theand second quarter, up 2.5%quarters and down 2% in the third quarter and up 5% in the fourth quarter.

quarters.

Industrial Group

Net sales for Motion Industries, our Industrial Group (“Industrial”), were $4.4$4.6 billion in 2013,2016, basically unchanged from 2015. An approximate 2.6% decrease in sales volumes and a slight negative impact of currency translation associated with our Canadian and Mexican operations were partially offset by higher transaction values associated with 0.4% product inflation and approximately 2% in sales from acquisitions. Industrial revenues were down slightly compared2.5% in the first quarter of 2016, down 2% in the second quarter and down 1% in the third quarter. These quarterly declines were followed by a 4% sales increase in the fourth quarter. The sequential improvement in this group's sales performance correlates to 2012.the growing strength in the industrial economy, as evidenced by economic indicators such as Manufacturing Industrial Production and the Purchasing Managers Index. In addition, the energy sector, which had contracted throughout 2015 and the first half of 2016 began to stabilize over the last half of 2016. Looking ahead to 2017, we believe the Industrial business is well positioned for profitable growth.
Net sales for Industrial were $4.6 billion in 2015, a 3% decrease from 2014. Sales volumes in this businessIndustrial were down approximately 1%4% from the prior year, while higher transaction values associated with product inflation addeda 1% to sales in 2013. The slight positive impact on sales from acquisitions was offset by the slight negative impact of currency associated with our Canadian business.and Mexican operations also contributed to the decline in sales. These items were partially offset by higher transaction values associated with product inflation, which added an approximate 1% to sales, and 1% in sales from acquisitions. Industrial revenues were down 2%up 3% in the first quarter of 2013 ,2015, down 1%2% in the second quarter, down 2.5%4% in the third quarter and up 3%down 7.5% in the fourth quarter. We expect the recent acquisitions forThe manufacturing indices we track in this business segment,group progressively weakened throughout 2015, which correlates to lower demand among our customer base and, in particular, those customers dependent on exports as well as other internal growth initiativesthe oil and relatively stable manufacturing indicators, to provide us ample growth opportunities for our Industrial business in 2014.

Net sales for Industrial, were $4.5 billion in 2012, an increase of 7% compared to 2011. The positive impact of Industrial’s internal sales initiatives, which drove higher sales volume, contributed 5% to sales. Higher transaction values in 2012 associated with product inflation added another 2% to sales. There was no material impact on sales from acquisitions and no effect of currency associated with our Canadian business. Industrial revenues were up 12% in the first quarter of 2012, up 8% in the second quarter, then up 4.5% and 2% in the third and fourth quarters, respectively.

gas sector.

Office Group

Net sales for S. P. Richards, our Office Products Group (“Office”), were $1.6$2.0 billion in 2013,2016, an increase of 2% from 2015. The increase in sales reflects an approximate 7% contribution from acquisitions and a 3%0.3% increase in higher transaction values associated with price inflation. These items were offset by an approximate 6% decrease in sales from 2012. The industry-wide weaknessvolume. Sales were down 3% in office products consumption,the first quarter, up 1% in the second quarter, up 5% in the third quarter and up 4% in the fourth quarter of 2016. Overall, this growth was driven by our strategy to further diversify the ongoing elevated levels of white collar unemploymentOffice business in the large and growing Facilities, Breakroom and Safety Supplies (FBS) category. We expect this diversification strategy and the declining demandexecution of our core sales initiatives to drive this group's growth in 2017.
Net sales for paper and paper-based office products due to workplace digitization, continues to pressure this segment, and we do not expect any meaningful improvementOffice were $1.9 billion in these conditions2015, an increase of 7.5% from 2014. The increase in the near future. Overall,sales reflects an approximate 4% increase in sales volume, a 0.6% increase in Office declined by approximately 3.5% for the year, offset by the benefit of slightly higher transaction values associated with price inflation and a 3% contribution from acquisitions. These items were offset by an approximate 0.5% negative impact of 0.5%.currency associated with our Canadian operations. In 2015, Office experienced relatively stable industry conditions, as evidenced by the steady growth in new jobs throughout the year. These conditions combined with new business from a primary customer, which anniversaried on July 1, 2015, served to drive the increase in sales volume for the year. Sales decreased by 1%were up 17% in the first quarter, up 14% in the second quarter, up 3% in the secondthird quarter and third quarters and 4%down 2% in the fourth quarter of 2013. Our focus in 2014 will be on market share initiatives, product line extensions and further diversification of our product and customer portfolios.

Net sales for Office were $1.7 billion in 2012, flat with revenues in 2011. Overall, sales volume in Office declined by 3% for the year, offset by higher transaction values associated with price inflation of approximately 3%. Sales decreased by 1% in the first, second and third quarters, and were up 3% in the fourth quarter of 2012.

2015.

Electrical/Electronic Group

Net sales for EIS, our Electrical and Electronic Group (“Electrical/Electronic”), decreased to $569were $716 million in 2013, down 2%2016, a decrease of 5% from 2012.2015. The decrease in revenues is attributable to several factors, assales consists of an approximate 4% decline in sales volume, was down by 5%a 1.2% decrease from lower transaction values associated with price deflation and a 0.5% negative sales impact of copper pricing negatively impacted sales by 1% relative to 2012.pricing. These items were partially offset by a 3% positive salesan approximate 1% contribution from acquisitions and the benefit of higher transaction values associated with 1% price inflation for the year.acquisitions. Sales for Electrical/Electronic decreased by 3% in the first quarter, 5% in the second quarter, 9% in the third quarter and were unchanged in the fourth quarter, relative to the prior year periods. The manufacturing segment of the economy was relatively weak in 2016, which pressured demand across the markets served by this business. As discussed earlier, however, these conditions improved in the fourth quarter of the year and we expect further improvement in 2017, which bodes well for the future growth at EIS.
Net sales for the Electrical/Electronic business were $751 million in 2015, an increase of 1.5% from 2014. The increase in sales consists of a 5% contribution from acquisitions, offset by a 1.7% headwind from lower transaction values associated with price deflation, a 1% negative sales impact of copper pricing and a 1% decrease in sales volume. Sales for Electrical/Electronic increased by 1% in the first quarter, 4% in the second quarter, and 5%2% in the third quarter and were up 6%unchanged in the fourth quarter. Despitequarter, relative to the slow market conditions for this segment in 2013, we expect the Electrical/Electronic business to benefit from its internal growth initiatives, a gradually improving manufacturing environment and the incremental revenue from their recently completed acquisitions in the periods ahead.

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Net sales for Electrical/Electronic increased to $583 million in 2012, up 4.5% from 2011. The increase in revenues is due primarily to acquisitions, which contributed approximately 8% to our sales growth in 2012. A 2.5% decrease in sales volume and a 1% negative impact from copper pricing for the year served to offset this increase. Sales for Electrical/Electronic increased by 5% in the first quarter, and were up 9% in the second quarter, up 5% in the third quarter and were down 2% in the fourth quarter.


Cost of Goods Sold

The Company includes in Costcost of goods sold the actual cost of merchandise, which represents the vast majority of this line item. Other costsitems in Costcost of goods sold include warranty costs and in-bound freight from the supplier,suppliers, net of any vendor allowances and incentives. Cost of goods sold was $9.9 billion, $9.2 billion and $8.9$10.74 billion in 2013, 20122016, $10.72 billion in 2015 and 2011, respectively. The 7% increase$10.75 billion in cost2014. Cost of goods sold in 20132016 and 2015 changed from 2012 is directlythe prior year periods in accordance with the related to thepercentage change in sales increase for the same period, asperiods. For these periods, total product inflation or deflation was relatively insignificant and actual costs were relatively unchanged from the prior year. Cost of goods sold represented 70.0% of net sales in 2013, 71.0 %2016, 70.2% of net sales in 20122015 and 71.1%70.1% of net sales in 2011. The 100 basis point decrease in cost of goods sold2014 and, as a percent of net sales, decreased slightly in 2013 primarily reflects the positive gross margin impact of the 100% company owned store model at GPC Asia Pacific. Other changes2016 from 2015, while increasing slightly in cost of goods sold, including the slight decrease in 20122015 from 2011, reflect our gross margin initiatives to enhance our pricing strategies, promote2014.
In 2016, 2015 and sell higher margin products and minimize material acquisition costs.

In 2013,2014, the Industrial Electrical/Electronic and Office business segments experienced slight vendor price increases. In 2012, only2014, the Industrial and OfficeElectrical/Electronic business segmentsalso experienced a slight vendor price increases. In 2011, all four of our business segments experienced vendor price increases.increase. In any year where we experience price increases, we are able to work with our customers to pass most of these along to them.

Operating Expenses

The Company includes in Selling,selling, administrative and other expenses (“SG&A”), all personnel and personnel relatedpersonnel-related costs at its headquarters, distribution centers, stores and stores,branches, which accounts for approximately 65% of total SG&A. Additional costs in SG&A include our facilities, delivery, marketing, advertising, technology, legal and professional costs.

SG&A of $3.37 billion in 2016 increased by $371$93 million or approximately 14%3% from 2015. This represents 22.0% of net sales compared to $3.0 billion in 2013, representing 21.4% of net sales which compares to 20.4%in 2015. The increase in SG&A expenses from the prior year reflect the year one costs associated with our 19 acquisitions, as well as the impact of net sales in 2012. Primarily, thehigher cost, and higher gross margin, models at select acquisitions. The increase in SG&A expenses as a percentage of net sales from the prior year isreflect the loss of leverage due to the 100% company owned store model at GPC Asia Pacific, which serves to increase both gross profit and SG&A expenses. Additionally, we experienced decreased expense leverage in 2013 associated with the weaknegative comparable sales environment in our non-automotive businesses throughout the year. These items were partiallyU.S. Automotive, Industrial, Office and Electrical/Electronic businesses. To offset by a $54 million one-time gain, net of other expense adjustments, recorded to SG&A in the second quarter of 2013 as a purchase accounting adjustment associated with the April 1, 2013 acquisition of GPC Asia Pacific. Our management teams remainthese increases, we implemented enhanced cost control measures and are intensely focused on properly managingassessing the Company’s expenses and continuing to assess the appropriateoptimal cost structure in our businesses. Depreciation and amortization expense was $134$147 million in 2013,2016, an increase of $36approximately $6 million or 36%4% from 2012. This increase primarily relates to the depreciation for higher levels of capital expenditures and the amortization associated with acquisitions during the year.2015. The provision for doubtful accounts was $9$12 million in 2013, an increase2016, a decrease of $1 million from $8 million in 2012.2015. We believe the Company is adequately reserved for bad debts at December 31, 2013.

2016.

SG&A increasedof $3.28 billion in 2015 decreased by $54$37 million or approximately 2% to $2.6 billion in 2012, representing 20.4%1% from 2014. This represents 21.4% of net sales, and down from 20.8%compares favorably to 21.6% of net sales in 2011.2014. The decrease in SG&A expenses as a percentage of net sales improved from the prior year due to slightly greater expense leverage associated withreflect the positive impact of our sales growth, combined with management’s ongoing cost control measures in areas such as personnel, freight, fleet and logistics. Excluding acquisitions,our management teams' focus on properly managing the Company’s headcount at December 31, 2012 decreased by approximately 1% from 2011. These expense initiatives have served to further improve the Company’s cost structure.expenses. Depreciation and amortization expense was $98$142 million in 2012, an increase2015, a decrease of $9approximately $6 million or 11%4% from 2011. This increase primarily relates to the amortization associated with acquisitions during the year.2014. The provision for doubtful accounts was $8$12 million in 2012, down $5 million or 40%2015, up from $13$7 million in 2011.

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2014.

Total share-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 was $12.6$19.7 million, $10.7$17.7 million and $7.5$16.2 million, respectively. Refer to Note 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding share-based compensation.

Non-Operating Expenses and Income

Non-operating expenses consist primarily of interest. Interest expense was $27$21 million in 2013, $202016, $22 million in 20122015 and $27$25 million in 2011.2014. The $7$1 million increasedecrease in interest expense in 2013 is due to higher debt levels incurred for2016 reflects the GPC Asia Pacific acquisition. In November 2013, the Company renewed certain debt at amore favorable interest rate and although the renewal did not materially reduce interest expense in 2013, the new interest rate will save approximately $4 million in annual interest expense beginning in 2014. In 2012, the Company benefited from an improved interest rate on certain debt, which was renewed in November 2016. This was partially offset by new long-term debt, effective November 2011, which reducedcommenced in July 2016. The $3 million decrease in interest expense by $7 million fromin 2015 reflects the prior year.

impact of lower outstanding debt levels during the year relative to 2014.

In “Other”, the net benefit of interest income, equity method investment income, investment dividends and noncontrolling interests in 20132016 was $13$26 million, a decrease of $3$5 million increase from 2012.the prior year due to higher interest income earned in 2016 relative to 2015. These items had increased to $16were $21 million in 2012, up approximately $82015, an increase from $19 million in 2014. The $2 million increase from 2011. This increase reflects the Company’s equityprior year was due to higher interest income recordedearned in 2012 for its 30% investment interest in GPC Asia Pacific.

2015 relative to 2014.

Income Before Income Taxes

Income before income taxes was $1.0$1.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 2.5%2016, down 4% from 2012.2015. As a percentage of net sales, income before income taxes was 7.0% in 2016 compared to 7.4% in 2013 compared to 7.8% in 2012.2015. In 2012,2015, income before income taxes of $1.0$1.1 billion was up 14%slightly from $891 million in 20112014 and as a percentage of net sales was 7.8%, an increase from 7.1%7.4% compared to 7.3% in 2011.

2014.

Automotive Group

Automotive income before income taxes as a percentage of net sales, which we refer to as operating margin, decreased to 8.8% in 2016 from 9.1% in 2015. This group's loss of expense leverage due to weak comparable sales in the U.S. was steady with the prior year at 8.6%. The changesprimary factor in gross profit and operating costs as a percentage of net sales, which related primarily to the acquisition of GPC Asia Pacific, were relatively neutral toAutomotive's decline in operating profit during the year. Looking forward, Automotive’splanned initiatives to grow sales,
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including store footprint expansion, expand gross margins and control costs are intended to improve its operating margin in the years ahead.

Automotive’s operating margin increased to 8.6%of 9.1% in 20122015 was up from 7.7%8.7% in 2011.2014. The improvementchange in gross margin and operating costs as a percentage of net sales positively impacted operating profit during the year.
Industrial Group
Industrial’s operating margin was 7.3% in 2016, which is unchanged from 2015. The steady operating margin for 2012 is attributedthis group primarily to effective cost controlsreflects improved gross margins and cost reductions implementedsavings associated with initiatives to consolidate locations during 2016. These savings were partially offset by continued pressure on operating expenses associated with the decrease in comparable sales for the year. A slight increaseIndustrial implemented multiple initiatives to overcome the challenging sales environment and is well positioned to improve their operating margin in gross margin also positively impacted the operating margin.

Industrial Group

2017.

Industrial’s operating margin decreased to 7.2%7.3% in 20132015 from 7.9%7.8% in 2012. The decrease2014, as the decline in operating marginsales for the year resulted in 2013 is due to the combination oflower volume incentives, which pressured gross margins, and reduced expense leverage associated with the slight decrease in sales relative to the prior yearyear.
Office Group
Office’s operating margin decreased to 5.9% in 2016 from 7.3% in 2015, primarily due to gross margin pressures associated with lower supplier incentives and the declinedeleveraging of expenses due to comparable sales declines in volume incentivesthis group's core office supplies business. Office enters 2017 intensely focused on its initiatives to further diversify its business and drive sales growth, while also driving cost savings.
Office’s operating margin decreased slightly to 7.3% in 2015 from 7.4% in 2014, primarily related to the deleveraging of expenses due to slower sales growth in the last half of 2015.
Electrical/Electronic Group
Electrical/Electronic’s operating margin decreased to 8.5% in 2016 from 9.3% in 2015, as changes in product mix pressured gross margins and operating expenses were deleveraged due to the comparable sales decrease for the year. These items were partially offset by effective cost control measures. Industrial has made several recent acquisitions which will positively impact this segment and will continue to focus on its many sales initiatives and cost controls to further improve its operating margin in the years ahead.

Industrial’s operating margin decreased to 7.9% in 2012 from 8.1% in 2011. The decrease in operating margin in 2012 is due to the combination of reduced expense leverage associated with slower sales growth relative to the prior year and the decline in volume incentives for the year. These items were partially offset by effective cost control measures.

Office Group

Office’s operating margin decreased to 7.5% in 2013 from 8.0% in 2012, primarily related to the reduced expense leverage associated with the decrease in sales for this segment relative to 2012. Previously, the operating margin at Office was relatively steady over the last few years, at 8.0% in 2012 and 7.9% in 2011. In each of these

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periods, the cost savings measures in the Office segment were somewhat offset by the ongoing gross margin pressures associated with the slow demand for office products across the industry. Officeinitiatives to consolidate locations during 2016. Electrical/Electronic will continue to focus on its sales initiatives and cost controls to further improve its operating margin in the years ahead.

Electrical/Electronic Group

Electrical/Electronic’s operating margin decreased to 8.4% in 2013 from 8.7% in 2012. The slight decline in operating margin is primarily due loss of expense leverage associated with the sales decrease for this segment in 2013 relative to 2012. Electrical/Electronic will continue to focus on its sales initiatives and cost controls to improve its operating margin in the years ahead.

2017.

Electrical/Electronic’s operating margin increased to 8.7%9.3% in 20122015 from 7.3%8.8% in 2011. The increase in operating margin in 2012 is2014, primarily due to the positive impact of higher margin acquisitions, declining copper prices and effective cost management as well as an improved gross margin. The improvement in gross margin reflects several factors, including higher margin business associated with recent acquisitions, and the decrease in copper prices during the year, which generally do not affect profit dollars, but positively impact margins, as the standard industry practice is to bill copper to the customer at cost.

management.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate of 34.4%36.0% in 2013 was down2016 decreased from 36.4%37.2% in 2012.2015. The decrease in rate primarily reflects the favorable impactCompany's lower mix of U.S. earnings in 2016, which is taxed at a lower Australian taxhigher rate appliedrelative to our foreign operations. Additionally, the pre-tax earnings of GPC Asia Pacific, as well as themore favorable tax rate applied to the one-time acquisition gain recorded in the second quarter of 2013. The income tax rate of 36.4% in 2012 was down slightly from 36.6% in 2011, primarily due to the favorable impact of a retirement asset valuation adjustment in 20122016 relative to 2011.

2015 resulted in the decrease in rate.

The effective income tax rate of 37.2% in 2015 increased from 36.4% in 2014. The increase in rate primarily reflects the Company's higher mix of U.S. earnings in 2015, which is taxed at a higher rate relative to our foreign operations. To a lesser extent, the less favorable retirement asset valuation adjustment in 2015 relative to 2014 impacted the increase in rate.
Net Income

Net income was $685$687 million in 2013, an increase2016, a decrease of 6%3% from $648$706 million in 2012.2015. On a per share diluted basis, net income was $4.40$4.59 in 20132016, down 1% compared to $4.14$4.63 in 2012, up 6%.2015. Net income in 2013 was 4.9% of net sales compared to 5.0%4.5% of net sales in 2012.

In connection with the acquisition2016 compared to 4.6% of GPC Asia Pacific, the Company recorded one-time positive purchase accounting adjustments of $33 million or $0.21 per diluted sharenet sales in 2013.

2015.

Net income was $648$706 million in 2012, an increase2015, a decrease of 15%1% from $565$711 million in 2011.2014. On a per share diluted basis, net income was $4.14$4.63 in 20122015, up slightly compared to $3.58$4.61 in 2011, up 16%.2014. Net income in 2012 was 5.0% of net sales compared to 4.5%4.6% of net sales in 2011.

In December 2012, the Company’s U.S. Defined Benefit Plan was amended to reflect a hard freeze aseach of December 31, 2013. The Company recorded a one-time noncash curtailment gain of $23.5 million or $0.10 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012 in connection with this amendment.

2015 and 2014.




FINANCIAL CONDITION

Our cash balance of $197$243 million at December 31, 2013 reflects a decrease of 51% compared2016 compares to our cash balance of $403$212 million at December 31, 2012. In 2013, record levels of cash from operations provided by the increase in net income and ongoing working capital management was offset by approximately $712 million used for the acquisition of businesses and other investing activities.2015, as discussed further below. The Company’s accounts receivable balance at December 31, 20132016 increased by approximately 12%6% from the prior year, which is less thanyear. This compares to the Company’s 13%3% sales increase for the fourth quarter of 2013.2016, and we are satisfied with the quality and collectability of our accounts receivable. Inventory at December 31, 2013 was up2016 increased by
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approximately 13%7% from December 31, 2012, which is2015, primarily attributabledue to acquisitions. Excluding acquisitions, inventory was up by approximately 1% from the prior year. Accountsand accounts payable increased $588$260 million or approximately 35%9% from December 31, 20122015 due primarily to improved payment terms with certain suppliers and the impact of the GPC Asia Pacific acquisition. Goodwill and other intangible assets increased by $492 million and $300, respectively, from December 31, 2012 due to the Company’s acquisitions during the year, primarily GPC Asia Pacific. The change in our December 31, 2013 balances for deferred tax assets, down $182 million, and pension

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and other post-retirement benefits liabilities, down $433 million, from December 31, 2012, is primarily due to a change in funded status of the Company’s pension plans in 2013. Finally, the change in our December 31, 2013 balance for other assets, down $241 million or 38%, is primarily due to the purchase of the remaining 70% interest in GPC Asia Pacific in 2013. Previously, the Company accounted for the 30% investment under the equity method of accounting, which was included in other assets in 2012.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company’s sources of capital consist primarily of cash flows from operations, supplemented as necessary by private issuances of debt and bank borrowings. We have $765$875 million of total debt outstanding at December 31, 2013,2016, of which $50 million matures in July 2021, $250 million matures in December 2023 and $250 million matures in November 2016 and $250 million matures in December 2023.2026. In addition, the Company entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement (the “Syndicated Facility”) for $850 million in September 2012, which replaced the $350 millionhas an unsecured revolving line of credit that was scheduled to mature in December 2012. $265with a consortium of financial institutions for $1.2 billion, of which approximately $325 million wasand $125 million were outstanding under the Syndicated Facility or line of credit at December 31, 20132016 and no amount was outstanding at December 31, 2012.2015, respectively. Currently, we believe that our cash on hand and available short-term and long-term sources of capital are sufficient to fund the Company’s operations, including working capital requirements, scheduled debt payments, interest payments, capital expenditures, benefit plan contributions, income tax obligations, dividends, share repurchases and contemplated acquisitions.

The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 1.61.4 to 1 at December 31, 20132016 and this compares to 1.9 to 1 at December 31, 2012. Our2015, and our liquidity position remains solid. The Company’s total debt outstanding at December 31, 2013 is up $2652016 increased by $250 million or 53%40% from December 31, 2012 and2015, due primarily relates to the incremental borrowings utilized for the GPC Asia Pacific acquisition.

19 acquisitions made in 2016.

Sources and Uses of Net Cash

A summary of the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows is as follows:

   Year Ended December 31,  Percent Change 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in):

  2013  2012  2011  2013 vs. 2012  2012 vs. 2011 
   (In thousands)       

Operating Activities

  $1,056,731   $906,438   $624,927    17  45

Investing Activities

   (825,579  (651,867  (231,497  27  182

Financing Activities

   (425,117  (378,834  (394,140  12  (4)% 

 Year Ended December 31, Percent Change
Net Cash Provided by (Used in):2016 2015 2014 2016 vs. 2015 2015 vs. 2014
 (In thousands)    
Operating activities$946,078
 $1,159,373
 $790,145
 (18)% 47 %
Investing activities(593,999) (263,627) (386,715) 125 % (32)%
Financing activities(322,406) (806,074) (455,440) (60)% 77 %
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

The Company continues to generate cash and in 20132016 net cash provided by operating activities totaled $1.1 billion.$946 million. This reflects a 17% increasean 18% decrease from 20122015, as collectively, trade accounts receivable, merchandise inventories and trade accounts payable net to a $278 million source of cashthe collective change in 2013 compared to a $208 million source of cash in 2012. Additionally, net income and depreciation and amortization in 2013 increased by $37 million and $36 million, respectively, from 2012. Net cash provided by operating activities was $906 million in 2012, a 45% increase from 2011, as, collectively, trade accounts receivable, merchandise inventories and trade accounts payable represented a $208$123 million source of cash in 20122016 compared to a $19$312 million source of cash in 2015. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.2 billion in 2015, a 47% increase from 2014 due primarily to the change in trade accounts receivable, merchandise inventories and trade accounts payable, which, collectively, net to a $312 million source of cash in 2015 compared to a $34 million use of cash in 2011. Additionally, net income in 2012 increased by $83 million.

2014.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities:

Net cash flow used in investing activities was $826$594 million in 20132016 compared to $652$264 million in 2012, an increase2015, a 125% increase. Cash used for acquisitions of 27%businesses and other investing activities in 2016 was $462 million, or $299 million more than in 2015. Capital expenditures of $161 million in 2016 were $51 million more than in 2015, which was at the high end of our original estimate of $140 to $160 million for the year. We estimate that cash used for capital expenditures in 2017 will be approximately $145 to $165 million. Net cash flow used in investing activities was $264 million in 2015 compared to $387 million in 2014, a decrease of 32%. Cash used for acquisitions of businesses and other investing activities in 20132015 was $712$163 million, as previously discussed, or $154$125 million greaterless than in 2012.2014. Capital expenditures of $124$110 million in 2013 increased by $22 million or 22%2015 were relatively unchanged from 2012, but2014, and were withinslightly lower than our original estimate of $115$125 to $135$145 million and we estimate that cash used for capital expenditures in 2014 will be approximately $140 to $160 million. Net cash flow used in investing activities was $652 million in 2012 compared to $231 million in 2011, an increase of 182%.

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Cash used for acquisitions of businesses and other investing activities in 2012 was $558 million, as previously discussed, or $421 million greater than in 2011. Capital expenditures of $102 million in 2012 were relatively consistent with 2011.

the year.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities:

The Company used $425$322 million of cash in financing activities in 2013, up 12%2016, down 60% from the $379$806 million used in financing activities in 2012.2015. Cash used in financing activities in 20122015 was down $15 million or 4%up 77% from the $394$455 million used in 2011.2014. For the three years presented, net cash used in financing activities was primarily for dividends paid to shareholders and repurchases of the Company’s common stock. The Company paid dividends to shareholders of $326$387 million, $301$368 million and $276$347 million during 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. The Company expects this trend of increasing dividends to continue in the foreseeable future. During 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, the Company repurchased $121$181 million, $82$292 million and $122$96 million, respectively, of the Company’s common stock. We expect to remain active in our share repurchase program, but the amount and value of shares repurchased will vary.

In 2016, net cash used in financing activities was partially offset by approximately $250 million in net proceeds from debt. In 2015, net cash used in financing activities included payments on debt of approximately $140 million net of debt proceeds.

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Notes and Other Borrowings

The Company maintains an $850 milliona $1.2 billion unsecured revolving line of credit with a consortium of financial institutions, which matures in September 2017June 2021 with an optional one year extension and bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin, which is based on the Company’s leverage ratio (0.92%(1.52% at December 31, 2013)2016). The Company also has the option under this agreement to increase its borrowing an additional $350 million, as well as an option to decrease the borrowing capacity or terminate the Syndicated Facilityfacility with appropriate notice. At December 31, 2013,2016 and 2015, approximately $265$325 million was outstanding under this line of credit. No amountsand $125 million were outstanding under this line of credit, at December 31, 2012.respectively. Due to the workers’ compensation and insurance reserve requirements in certain states, the Company also had unused letters of credit of approximately $62$65 million and $61$63 million outstanding at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively.

At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company had unsecured Senior Notes outstanding under financing arrangementsarrangement as follows: $250$50 million series D and EG senior unsecured notes, 3.35%2.39% fixed, due 2016; and2021; $250 million series F senior unsecured notes, 2.99% fixed, due 2023.2023; and $250 million series H senior unsecured notes, 2.99% fixed, due 2026. These borrowings contain covenants related to a maximum debt-to-capitalization ratio and certain limitations on additional borrowings. At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants. The weighted average interest rate on the Company’s total outstanding borrowings was approximately 2.82%2.39% at December 31, 20132016 and 4.01%2.76% at December 31, 2012.2015. Total interest expense, net of interest income, for all borrowings was $24.3$19.5 million, $19.6$20.4 million and $24.6$24.2 million in 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively.

Contractual and Other Obligations

The following table shows the Company’s approximate obligations and commitments, including interest due on credit facilities, to make future payments under specified contractual obligations as of December 31, 2013:

2016:

Contractual Obligations

   Payment Due by Period 
   Total   Less Than
1 Year
   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   Over
5 Years
 
   (In thousands) 

Credit facilities

  $863,212    $280,508    $281,002    $14,950    $286,752  

Operating leases

   728,600     191,400     261,300     126,400     149,500  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total contractual cash obligations

  $1,591,812    $471,908    $542,302    $141,350    $436,252  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Payment Due by Period
 Total 
Less Than
1 Year
 1-3 Years 3-5 Years 
Over
5 Years
 (In thousands)
Credit facilities$1,006,300
 $341,100
 $32,300
 $81,800
 $551,100
Operating leases865,000
 232,300
 315,000
 145,200
 172,500
Total contractual cash obligations$1,871,300
 $573,400
 $347,300
 $227,000
 $723,600
Due to the uncertainty of the timing of future cash flows associated with the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2013,2016, the Company is unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of

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cash settlement with the respective taxing authorities. Therefore, $60$17 million of unrecognized tax benefits have been excluded from the contractual obligations table above. Refer to Note 6 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion on income taxes.

Purchase orders or contracts for the purchase of inventory and other goods and services are not included in our estimates. We are not able to determine the aggregate amount of such purchase orders that represent contractual obligations, as purchase orders may represent authorizations to purchase rather than binding agreements. Our purchase orders are based on our current distribution needs and are fulfilled by our vendors within short time horizons. The Company does not have significant agreements for the purchase of inventory or other goods specifying minimum quantities or set prices that exceed our expected requirements.

The Company guarantees the borrowings of certain independently owned automotive parts stores (independents) and certain other affiliates in which the Company has a noncontrolling equity ownership interest (affiliates). The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these independents and affiliates is generally equal to the total borrowings subject to the Company’s guarantee. To date, the Company has had no significant losses in connection with guarantees of independents’ and affiliates’ borrowings. The following table shows the Company’s approximate commercial commitments as of December 31, 2013:

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Other Commercial Commitments

   Total  Amounts
Committed
   Amount of Commitment Expiration per Period 
     Less Than
1  Year
   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   Over
5 Years
 
   (In thousands) 

Line of credit

  $    $    $    $    $  

Standby letters of credit

   61,617     61,617                 

Guaranteed borrowings of independents and affiliates

   258,703     92,190     165,251     1,262       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commercial commitments

  $320,320    $153,807    $165,251    $1,262    $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Amount of Commitment Expiration per Period
 
Total  Amounts
Committed
 
Less Than
1 Year
 1-3 Years 3-5 Years 
Over
5 Years
 (In thousands)
Line of credit$
 $
 $
 $
 $
Standby letters of credit64,930
 64,930
 
 
 
Guaranteed borrowings of independents and affiliates431,286
 126,877
 179,225
 125,184
 
Total commercial commitments$496,216
 $191,807
 $179,225
 $125,184
 $
In addition, the Company sponsors defined benefit pension plans that may obligate us to make contributions to the plans from time to time. Contributions in 20132016 were $74$54 million. We expect to make a $51$48 million in cash contributioncontributions to our qualified defined benefit plans in 2014,2017, and contributions required for 20142017 and future years will depend on a number of unpredictable factors including the market performance of the plans’ assets and future changes in interest rates that affect the actuarial measurement of the plans’ obligations.

Share Repurchases

In 2013,2016, the Company repurchased approximately 1.52.0 million shares and the Company had remaining authority to purchase approximately 10.74.3 million shares at December 31, 2013.

2016.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, net sales and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We describe in this section certain critical accounting policies that require us to make significant estimates, assumptions and judgments. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to

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be made based on assumptions about matters that are uncertain at the time the estimate is made and if different estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements. Management believes the following critical accounting policies reflect its most significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. For further information on the critical accounting policies, see Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Inventories — Provisions for Slow Moving and Obsolescence

The Company identifies slow moving or obsolete inventories and estimates appropriate loss provisions related thereto. Historically, these loss provisionslosses have not been significant as the vast majority of the Company’s inventories are not highly susceptible to obsolescence and are eligible for return under various vendor return programs. While the Company has no reason to believe its inventory return privileges will be discontinued in the future, its risk of loss associated with obsolete or slow moving inventories would increase if such were to occur.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts — Methodology

The Company evaluates the collectability of trade accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. The Company estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts as a percentage of net sales based on historical bad debt experience and periodically adjusts this estimate when the Company becomes aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations (e.g., bankruptcy filing) or as a result of changes in the overall aging of accounts receivable. While the Company has a large customer base that is geographically dispersed, a general economic downturn in any of the industry segments in which the Company operates could result in higher than expected defaults and, therefore, the need to revise estimates for bad debts. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, the Company recorded provisions for doubtful accounts of $8.7approximately $11.5 million, $8.0$12.4 million, and $13.2$7.2 million, respectively.

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Consideration Received from Vendors

The Company enters into agreements at the beginning of each year with many of its vendors that provide for inventory purchase incentives. Generally, the Company earns inventory purchase incentives upon achieving specified volume purchasing levels or other criteria. The Company accrues for the receipt of these incentives as part of its inventory cost based on cumulative purchases of inventory to date and projected inventory purchases through the end of the year. While management believes the Company will continue to receive consideration from vendors in 20142017 and beyond, there can be no assurance that vendors will continue to provide comparable amounts of incentives in the future or that we will be able to achieve the specified volumes necessary to take advantage of such incentives.

Impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment and Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

At least annually, the Company evaluates property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets for potential impairment indicators. The Company’s judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on market conditions and operational performance, among other factors. Future events could cause the Company to conclude that impairment indicators exist and that assets associated with a particular operation are impaired. Evaluating for impairment also requires the Company to estimate future operating results and cash flows which require judgment by management. Any resulting impairment loss could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Employee Benefit Plans

The Company’s benefit plan committees in the U.S. and Canada establish investment policies and strategies and regularly monitor the performance of the Company’s pension plan assets. The pension plan investment strategy implemented by the Company’s management is to achieve long-term objectives and invest the pension assets in accordance with the applicable pension legislation in the U.S. and Canada, as well as fiduciary standards. The long-term primary objectives for the pension plan funds are to provide for a reasonable amount of long-term growth of capital without undue exposure to risk, protect the assets from erosion of purchasing power and pro-

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videprovide investment results that meet or exceed the pension plan’splans’ actuarially assumed long term raterates of return. The Company’s investment strategy with respect to pension plan assets is to generate a return in excess of the passive portfolio benchmark (49%(47% S&P 500 Index, 5% Russell Mid Cap Index, 8%7% Russell 2000 Index, 5% MSCI EAFE Index, 5% DJ Global Moderate Index, 3% MSCI Emerging Market Net, and 28% BarCap U.S. Govt/Credit).

We make several critical assumptions in determining our pension plan assets and liabilities and related pension expense.income. We believe the most critical of these assumptions are the expected rate of return on plan assets and the discount rate. Other assumptions we make relate to employee demographic factors such as rate of compensation increases, mortality rates, retirement patterns and turnover rates.

Refer to Note 7 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding these assumptions.

Based on the investment policy for the pension plans, as well as an asset study that was performed based on the Company’s asset allocations and future expectations, the Company’s expected rate of return on plan assets for measuring 20142017 pension expense or income is 7.85%7.82% for the plans. The asset study forecasted expected rates of return for the approximate duration of the Company’s benefit obligations, using capital market data and historical relationships.

The discount rate is chosen as the rate at which pension obligations could be effectively settled and is based on capital market conditions as of the measurement date. We have matched the timing and duration of the expected cash flows of our pension obligations to a yield curve generated from a broad portfolio of high-quality fixed income debt instruments to select our discount rate. Based upon this cash flow matching analysis, we selected a weighted average discount rate for the plans of 5.10%4.26% at December 31, 2013.

2016.

Net periodic benefit costincome for our defined benefit pension plans was $51.1$13.4 million, $26.8$5.8 million and $32.3$9.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. The increase in pension cost in 2013 from 2012 was primarily due to the curtailment gain recorded in connectionincome associated with the 2012 amendment topension plans in 2016, 2015 and 2014 reflects the U.S. defined benefit pension plan. Such curtailment gain, netimpact of the change in assumptions for the rate of return on plan assets and discount rate, also accounts for the decrease in pension cost in 2012 from 2011. The 2012 amendment and related curtailment decreased benefit costs in 2012 and are discussed further below.hard freeze effective December 31, 2013. Refer to Note 7 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding employee benefit plans.

In December 2012, the Company’s U.S. defined benefit plan was amended







Index to reflect a hard freeze as of December 31, 2013. No further benefits were provided after this date for additional credited service or earnings and all participants became fully vested as of December 31, 2013. The Company recorded a $23.5 million non-cash curtailment gain in December 2012 in connection with this amendment.

Financial Statements


QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 20132016 and 2012:

   Three Months Ended 
   March 31,   June 30,   Sept. 30,   Dec. 31, 
   (In thousands except per share data) 

2013

        

Net Sales

  $3,198,802    $3,675,997    $3,685,243    $3,517,801  

Gross Profit

   921,748     1,105,108     1,100,923     1,092,141  

Net Income

   144,389     216,357     173,746     150,467  

Earnings Per Share:

        

Basic

   .93     1.40     1.12     .98  

Diluted

   .93     1.39     1.12     .97  

2012

        

Net Sales

  $3,181,288    $3,337,836    $3,375,778    $3,118,966  

Gross Profit

   919,111     972,286     976,036     910,658  

Net Income

   146,255     168,618     172,943     160,225  

Earnings Per Share:

        

Basic

   .94     1.08     1.11     1.03  

Diluted

   .93     1.08     1.11     1.03  

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2015:

 Three Months Ended
 March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
 (In thousands except per share data)
2016       
Net sales$3,718,267
 $3,899,638
 $3,941,743
 $3,780,065
Gross profit1,104,471
 1,165,452
 1,198,601
 1,131,083
Net income158,025
 191,369
 185,326
 152,520
Earnings per share:       
Basic1.06
 1.28
 1.24
 1.03
Diluted1.05
 1.28
 1.24
 1.02
2015       
Net sales$3,736,051
 $3,940,401
 $3,921,802
 $3,681,790
Gross profit1,112,819
 1,178,330
 1,169,225
 1,095,478
Net income161,010
 195,373
 188,016
 161,273
Earnings per share:       
Basic1.05
 1.28
 1.24
 1.07
Diluted1.05
 1.28
 1.24
 1.07
We recorded the quarterly earnings per share amounts as if each quarter was a discrete period. As a result, the sum of the basic and diluted earnings per share will not necessarily total the annual basic and diluted earnings per share.

The preparation of interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions for the amounts reported in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Specifically, the Company makes estimates and assumptions in its interim condensed consolidated financial statements for inventory adjustments, the accrual of bad debts, inventorythe accrual of insurance reserves, customer sales returns and volume incentives earned, among others. Inventory adjustments (including adjustments for a majority of inventories that are valued under the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”)(LIFO) method), customer sales returns, and volume incentives earned, among others. Bad debts are accrued based on a percentage of sales, and volume incentives are estimated based upon cumulative and projected purchasing levels. Inventory adjustments are accrued on an interim basis and adjusted in the fourth quarter based on the annual book-to-physicalbook to physical inventory adjustment and LIFO valuation.valuation, which is performed each year-end. Reserves for bad debts, insurance and customer sales returns are estimated and accrued on an interim basis based upon historical experience. Volume incentives are estimated based upon cumulative and projected purchasing levels. The methodology and practices used in deriving estimates and assumptions for interim reporting typically result in adjustmentsmay change upon accuratefinal determination at year-end.year-end, and such changes may be significant. The effect of these adjustments in 20132016 and 20122015 was not significant.

ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.


ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
Although the Company does not face material risks related to interest rates and commodity prices, the Company is exposed to changes in foreign currency rates with respect to foreign currency denominated operating revenues and expenses.

Foreign Currency

The Company has translation gains or losses that result from translation of the results of operations of an operating unit’s foreign functional currency into U.S. dollars for consolidated financial statement purposes. The Company’s principal foreign currency exchange exposure is the Canadian dollar, the functional currency of our Canadian operations, and the Australian dollar, the functional currency of our Australasian operations and, to a lesser extent, the Mexican peso, the functional currency of our Mexican operations. Foreign currency exchange exposure, particularly in regard to the Canadian and Australian dollar and, to a lesser extent, the Mexican peso, negatively impacted our results for the year ended December 31, 2013.

2016.

During 20132016 and 2012,2015, it was estimated that a 10% shift in exchange rates between those foreign functional currencies and the U.S. dollar would have impacted translated net sales by approximately $255$262 million and $176$252 million, respectively.

ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

A 15% shift in exchange rates between those functional currencies and the U.S. dollar would have impacted translated net sales by approximately $393 million in 2016 and $378 million in 2015. A 20% shift in exchange rates between those functional currencies and the U.S. dollar would have impacted translated net sales by approximately $524 million in 2016 and $504 million in 2015.


ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Index to Financial Statements

The information required by this Item 8 is set forth in a separate section of this report. See “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules” beginning on page F-1.


ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Management’s conclusion regarding the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in SEC Rule 13a-15(e). Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this report, to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting

A report of management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in SEC Rule 13a-15(f), as of December 31, 20132016 is set forth in a separate section of this report. See “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules” beginning on page F-1.

The attestation report called for by Item 308(b) of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference to the “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting”, which is set forth in a separate section of this report. See “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules” beginning on page F-1.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 20132016 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

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ITEM 9B.    OTHER INFORMATION.
Not applicable.
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PART IIIIII.

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.

COMPANY.

Executive officers of the Company are elected by the Board of Directors and each serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification. The current executive officers of the Company are:

Thomas C. Gallagher,age 66, has been69, was appointed Executive Chairman in May 2016. Previously. Mr. Gallagher was Chief Executive Officer sincefrom August 2004 to April 2016 and has been Chairman of the Board since February 2005. Mr. Gallagher served as President of the Company from 1990 until January 2012 and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 1990 until August 2004.

Paul D. Donahue, age 57,60, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company in May 2016. Mr. Donahue has been President of the Company since January 2012 and a director of the Company since April 2012, was appointed President of the Company in January 2012, and has2012. Previously, Mr. Donahue served as President of the Company’s U.S. Automotive Parts Group sincefrom July 2009.2009 to February 1, 2016. Mr. Donahue served as Executive Vice President of the Company from August 2007 until his appointment as President in 2012. Previously, Mr. Donahue was President and Chief Operating Officer of S.P. Richards Company from 2004 to 2007 and was Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing in 2003, the year he joined the Company.

Carol B. Yancey, age 50, was appointed53, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2013, and also held the additional title of Corporate Secretary of the Company in March 2013.up to February 2015. Ms. Yancey was Senior Vice President — Finance and Corporate Secretary from 2005 until her appointment as Executive Vice President — Finance in November 2012. Previously, Ms. Yancey was named Vice President of the Company in 1999 and Corporate Secretary in 1995.

R. Bruce ClaytonTimothy P. Breen, age 67, has been the Senior Vice President-Human Resources at the Company since November 2004. Previously, Mr. Clayton held the position of Vice President-Risk Management and Employee Services from June 2000 to November 2004.

William J. Stevens, age 65, has been the56, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Motion Industries since 1997. Previously,in November 2014. Mr. StevensBreen was President and Chief Operating Officer from 19942013 until his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Mr. Breen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 1997. In 1993,2013. Mr. StevensBreen was the Senior Vice President of Motion’s U.S. Operations from 2011 to 2012 and was Senior Vice President and Group Executive from 2008 to 2011. Mr. Breen served as Vice President of Motion Industries from 2000 to 2008.

Lee A. Maher, age 61, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Automotive Parts Group in February 2016. Mr. Maher was Executive Vice President.President and Chief Operating Officer from 2013 until his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Maher was the Executive Vice President from December 2009 to 2013. Mr. Maher served as Vice President of the U.S. Automotive Group's Midwest Division from 1998 to 2009.

James R. Neill, age 55, was appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company in April 2014. Mr. Neill was Senior Vice President of Employee Development and HR Services from April 2013 until his appointment as Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company. Previously, Mr. Neill served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Motion Industries from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Neill was Vice President of Human Resources at Motion from 2006 to 2007.
Further information required by this item is set forth under the heading “Nominees for Director”, under the heading “Corporate Governance — Code of Conduct and Ethics”, under the heading “Corporate Governance — Board Committees — Audit Committee”, under the heading “Corporate Governance — Director Nominating Process” and under the heading “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.


ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
Information required by this item is set forth under the headings “Executive Compensation”, “Additional Information Regarding Executive Compensation”, “2013“2016 Grants of Plan-Based Awards”, “2013“2016 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End”, “2013“2016 Option Exercises and Stock Vested”, “2013“2016 Pension Benefits”, “2013“2016 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”, “Post Termination Payments and Benefits”, “Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee Report”, “Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and “Compensation of Directors” of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

Certain information required by this item is set forth below. Additional information required by this item is set forth under the headings “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Security Ownership of Management” of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table gives information as of December 31, 20132016 about the common stock that may be issued under all of the Company’s existing equity compensation plans:

Plan Category

  (a)
Number of Securities  to
be Issued upon Exercise
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights(1)
  (b)
Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
   (c)
Number of  Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities

Reflected in Column (a))
 

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders:

   359,200(2)  $43.82       
   4,220,518(3)  $56.96     2,743,421(5) 

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders:

   74,905(4)   n/a     925,095  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   4,654,623         3,668,516  

Plan Category(a)
Number of Securities  to
be Issued upon Exercise
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights(1)
 (b)
Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
 (c)
Number of  Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities
Reflected in Column (a))
 
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders:3,010,146
(2)$74.13
 
  
 867,920
(3)$99.72
 9,132,080
(5)
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders:91,097
(4)n/a
 908,903
  
Total3,969,163
  
 10,040,983
  
(1)Reflects the maximum number of shares issuable pursuant to the exercise or conversion of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and common stock equivalents. The actual number of shares issued upon exercise of stock appreciation rights is calculated based on the excess of fair market value of our common stock on date of exercise and the grant price of the stock appreciation rights.

(2)Genuine Parts Company 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended

(3)(2)Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(3)Genuine Parts Company 2015 Incentive Plan
(4)Genuine Parts Company Director’sDirectors' Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended

(5)All of these shares are available for issuance pursuant to grants of full-value stock awards.

ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.


ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
Information required by this item is set forth under the headings “Corporate Governance — Independent Directors” and “Transactions with Related Persons” of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.


ITEM 14.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Information required by this item is set forth under the heading “Proposal 3.4. Ratification of Selection of Independent Auditors” of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV.

ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.


ITEM 15.    EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a)  Documents filed as part of this report

(1)  Financial Statements

The following consolidated financial statements of Genuine Parts Company and subsidiariesSubsidiaries are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See, also, the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on Page F-1.

Report of independent registered public accounting firm on internal control over financial reporting

Report of independent registered public accounting firm on the financial statements

Consolidated balance sheets — December 31, 20132016 and 2012

2015

Consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income — Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014

Consolidated statements of equity — Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014

Consolidated statements of cash flows — Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014

Notes to consolidated financial statements — December 31, 2013

2016

(2)  Financial Statement Schedules

The following consolidated financial statement schedule of Genuine Parts Company and subsidiaries,Subsidiaries, set forth immediately following the consolidated financialsfinancial statements of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries, is filed pursuant to Item 15(c):

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable,not applicable, and therefore have been omitted.

(3)  Exhibits.

Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of or incorporated by reference in this report. Exhibits that are incorporated by reference to documents filed previously by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under File No. 1-5690. The Company will furnish a copy of any exhibit upon request to the Company’s Corporate Secretary.

Exhibit 3.1  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended April 23, 2007. (Incorporated herein by reference from 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 18, 2013. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 18, 2013.)
Exhibit 4.2  Specimen Common Stock Certificate. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 33-63874.)

Instruments with respect to long-term debt where the total amount of securities authorized there under does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis have not been filed. The Registrant agrees to furnish to the Commission a copy of each such instrument upon request.

Exhibit 10.1*  The Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, effective January 1, 1993. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 3, 1995.)

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Exhibit 10.2*  Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated June 1, 1996, effective June 1, 1996. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 7, 2005.)
Exhibit 10.3*Genuine Parts Company Death Benefit Plan, effective July 15, 1997. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 10, 1998.)
Exhibit 10.4*  Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K, dated March 10, 2000.)
Exhibit 10.5*The Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of August 19, 1996. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 8, 2004.)
Exhibit 10.6*Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 10, 2000.)
Exhibit 10.7*10.4*  Amendment No. 3 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 28, 2001, effective July 1, 2001. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 7, 2002.)
Exhibit 10.8*Genuine Parts Company 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 19, 2001. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 21, 2003.)
Exhibit 10.9*10.5*  Amendment No. 4 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated June 5, 2003, effective June 5, 2003. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 8, 2004.)
Exhibit 10.10*Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2003, and executed November 11, 2003. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 8, 2004.)
Exhibit 10.11*10.6*  Amendment No. 5 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated December 28, 2005, effective January 1, 2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 3, 2006.)
Exhibit 10.12*Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Death Benefit Plan, dated November 9, 2005, effective April 1, 2005. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 3, 2006.)
Exhibit 10.13*Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective April 17, 2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 18, 2006.)
Exhibit 10.14*Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated November 20, 2006, effective November 20, 2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 28, 2007.)
Exhibit 10.15*Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 19, 2007, effective January 1, 2008. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.)
Exhibit 10.16*10.7*  Amendment No. 6 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 28, 2007, effective January 1, 2008. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.)
Exhibit 10.17*10.8*  Amendment No. 27 to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term IncentiveTax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 19, 2007,16, 2010, effective November 19, 2007.January 1, 2011. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.25, 2011.)

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Exhibit 10.18*10.9*  Amendment No. 8 to the Genuine Parts Company Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.19*10.10*  The Genuine Parts Company Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.Original Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of August 19, 1996. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.March 8, 2004.)
Exhibit 10.20*10.11*  Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement.Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.March 10, 2000.)
Exhibit 10.21*10.12*  Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 27, 2009.)
Exhibit 10.22*Genuine Parts Company 2009 Annual Incentive Bonus Plan, dated March 31, 2009, effective January 1, 2009. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 7, 2009).
Exhibit 10.23*10.13*  Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated August 16, 2010, effective August 16, 2010. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 25, 2011.)
Exhibit 10.24*10.14*  Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated November 16, 2010, effective January 1, 2011. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 25, 2011.)
Exhibit 10.25*Amendment No. 7 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 16, 2010, effective January 1, 2011. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 25, 2011.)
Exhibit 10.26*Description of Director Compensation. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated August 4, 2011.)
Exhibit 10.27*Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Director’s Deferred Compensation Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.28*Amendment No. 8 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.29*10.15*  Amendment No. 3 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 31, 2013. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.16*Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2003, and executed November 11, 2003. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 8, 2004.)

Exhibit 10.30*10.17*  Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement.Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 19, 2007, effective January 1, 2008. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.)
Exhibit 10.18*Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Director’s Deferred Compensation Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.31*10.19*Description of Director Compensation. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated May 7, 2014.)
Exhibit 10.20*Genuine Parts Company 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 19, 2001. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 21, 2003.)
Exhibit 10.21*Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective April 17, 2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 18, 2006.)
Exhibit 10.22*Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated November 20, 2006, effective November 20, 2006. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 28, 2007.)
Exhibit 10.23*Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated November 19, 2007, effective November 19, 2007. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.)
Exhibit 10.24*Genuine Parts Company 2015 Incentive Plan, effective November 17, 2014. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 28, 2015.)
Exhibit 10.25*Genuine Parts Company Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated May 7, 2014.)
Exhibit 10.26*Genuine Parts Company Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 29, 2008.)
Exhibit 10.27*  Genuine Parts Company Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2013.)
Exhibit 10.28*Form of Executive Officer Change in Control Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2015)

*Indicates management contracts and compensatory plans and arrangements.

Exhibit 21  Subsidiaries of the Company.
Exhibit 23  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Exhibit 31.1  Certification signed by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a).
Exhibit 31.2  Certification signed by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a).

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Index to Financial Statements
Exhibit 32.1  Statement of Chief Executive Officer of Genuine Parts Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).
Exhibit 32.2  Statement of Chief Financial Officer of Genuine Parts Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).
Exhibit 101  Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T:
  (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012;2015; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011;2014; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011;2014; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011;2014; (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text; and (vi) Financial Statement Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

(b)  Exhibits

See the response to Item 15(a)(3) above.

(c)  Financial Statement Schedules

See the response to Item 15(a)(2) above.

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SIGNATURES.

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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

/s/ Thomas C. GallagherPaul D. Donahue2/27/2017   2/27/14/s/ Carol B. Yancey 2/27/142017  
Thomas C. GallagherPaul D. Donahue (Date)   Carol B. Yancey (Date)  
ChairmanPresident and Chief Executive Officer    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer   

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/    Dr. Mary B. BullockPaul D. Donahue2/20/2017   2/17/14/s/    Paul D. DonahueCarol B. Yancey 2/17/1420/2017  

Dr. Mary B. Bullock

Paul D. Donahue (Date)   Paul D. DonahueCarol B. Yancey (Date)  

Director

Director
/s/    Jean Douville
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  2/17/14Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
/s/    Thomas C. Gallagher2/20/2017   /s/    Dr. Mary B. Bullock2/17/1420/2017  

Jean Douville

Thomas C. Gallagher (Date)   Thomas C. GallagherDr. Mary B. Bullock (Date)  

Director

Director

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    George C. GuynnChairman  2/17/14Director  
 /s/    John R. Holder  2/17/14 

George C. Guynn

/s/    Elizabeth W. Camp
 2/20/2017/s/    Gary P. Fayard2/20/2017
Elizabeth W. Camp (Date)   John R. HolderGary P. Fayard  (Date)  

Director

   Director 
/s/    John D. Johns  
/s/    John R. Holder2/17/1420/2017   /s/    Michael M. E. JohnsDonna W. Hyland 2/17/1420/2017  

John D. Johns

R. Holder (Date)   Michael M. E. JohnsDonna W. Hyland (Date)  

Director

   Director 
/s/    John D. Johns2/20/2017/s/    Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr.2/17/14/s/    Wendy B. Needham2/17/1420/2017  

Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr.

John D. Johns (Date)   Wendy B. NeedhamRobert C. Loudermilk, Jr. (Date)  

Director

   Director 
/s/    Wendy B. Needham2/20/2017/s/    Jerry W. Nix 2/17/14/s/    Gary W. Rollins2/17/1420/2017  

Jerry W. Nix

Wendy B. Needham (Date)   GaryJerry W. RollinsNix (Date)  

Director

   Director 
/s/    Gary W. Rollins2/20/2017/s/    E. Jenner Wood, III2/20/2017
Gary W. Rollins(Date)E. Jenner Wood, III(Date)
DirectorDirector

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ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

 Page

F-1




Report of Management

Genuine Parts Company

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

We have prepared the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related information included herein for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015, and 2011.2014. The opinion of Ernst & Young LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, on those consolidated financial statements is included herein. The primary responsibility for the integrity of the financial information included in this annual report rests with management. Such information was prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles appropriate in the circumstances based on our best estimates and judgments and giving due consideration to materiality.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of Genuine Parts Company and its subsidiariesSubsidiaries (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and to the board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of the Company’s published consolidated financial statements. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

i. pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

ii. provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

iii. provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. The Company’s management did not include the internal controls of GPC Asia Pacific, which was acquired on April 1, 2013, and is included in the Company’s 2013 consolidated balance sheet.

The Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013.

2016.

In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (COSO) in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework.” Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.

Ernst & Young LLP has issued an audit report on the Company’s operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013.2016. This report appears on page F-3.

Audit Committee Responsibility

The Audit Committee of Genuine Parts Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and monitoring the Company’s financial reports and accounting practices to ascertain that they are within acceptable limits of sound practice in such matters. The membership of the Committee consists of non-employee Directors. At periodic meetings, the Audit Committee discusses audit and financial reporting matters and the internal audit function with representatives of financial management and with representatives from Ernst & Young LLP.

/s/    Carol B. Yancey

CAROL B. YANCEY

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

February 27, 2014

F-2


2017

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

We have audited Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 Framework)(2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting section of the accompanying Report of Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As indicated in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management’s assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of GPC Asia Pacific, which is included in the 2013 consolidated financial statements of Genuine Parts Company and constituted approximately 16% of total assets and approximately 23% of net assets, as of December 31, 2013 and constituted 6% of revenues and less than 1% of net income for the year then ended. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Genuine Parts Company also did not include an evaluation of the internal control over the financial reporting of this entity.

In our opinion, Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 20132016 of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries and our report dated February 27, 20142017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

February 27, 2014

F-3


2017

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Financial Statements

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013.2016. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013,2016 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 Framework)(2013 framework) and our report dated February 27, 20142017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

February 27, 2014

F-4


2017


Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

   December 31 
         2013              2012       
   

(In Thousands, Except Share

Data and per Share Amounts)

 

Assets

   

Current assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $196,893   $403,095  

Trade accounts receivable, net

   1,664,819    1,490,028  

Merchandise inventories, net

   2,946,021    2,602,560  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

   413,758    324,448  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   5,221,491    4,820,131  

Goodwill

   789,971    298,040  

Other intangible assets, less accumulated amortization

   499,385    199,799  

Deferred tax assets

   97,555    279,463  

Other assets

   401,834    643,263  

Property, plant, and equipment:

   

Land

   87,658    88,710  

Buildings, less accumulated depreciation (2013 — $251,541; 2012 — $237,504)

   281,408    266,694  

Machinery and equipment, less accumulated depreciation (2013 — $555,895;
2012 — $522,136)

   300,995    210,961  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net property, plant, and equipment

   670,061    566,365  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $7,680,297   $6,807,061  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

   

Current liabilities:

   

Trade accounts payable

  $2,269,671   $1,681,900  

Current portion of debt

   264,658    250,000  

Accrued compensation

   145,052    115,348  

Other accrued expenses

   411,680    359,395  

Dividends payable

   82,746    76,641  

Income taxes payable

   9,237    4,354  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   3,183,044    2,487,638  

Long-term debt

   500,000    250,000  

Pension and other post-retirement benefit liabilities

   140,171    572,988  

Deferred tax liabilities

   83,316      

Other long-term liabilities

   414,998    488,256  

Equity:

   

Preferred stock, par value $1 per share — authorized 10,000,000 shares; none issued

         

Common stock, par value $1 per share — authorized 450,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 153,773,098 in 2013 and 154,841,438 shares in 2012

   153,773    154,841  

Additional paid-in capital

   14,935      

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   (397,655  (501,492

Retained earnings

   3,578,021    3,344,538  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total parent equity

   3,349,074    2,997,887  

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

   9,694    10,292  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total equity

   3,358,768    3,008,179  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $7,680,297   $6,807,061  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 December 31
 2016
2015
 
(In Thousands, Except Share
Data and per Share Amounts)
Assets   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$242,879
 $211,631
Trade accounts receivable, net1,938,562
 1,822,419
Merchandise inventories, net3,210,320
 2,999,966
Prepaid expenses and other current assets556,670
 521,300
Total current assets5,948,431
 5,555,316
Goodwill956,153
 840,582
Other intangible assets, less accumulated amortization618,510
 521,213
Deferred tax assets132,652
 118,525
Other assets475,530
 460,918
Property, plant, and equipment:   
Land92,046
 85,450
Buildings, less accumulated depreciation (2016 — $292,049; 2015 — $282,804)314,268
 267,446
Machinery and equipment, less accumulated depreciation (2016 — $668,950;
2015 — $620,113)
321,810
 295,321
Net property, plant, and equipment728,124
 648,217
 $8,859,400
 $8,144,771
Liabilities and equity   
Current liabilities:   
Trade accounts payable$3,081,111
 $2,821,526
Current portion of debt325,000
 375,000
Accrued compensation142,942
 148,265
Other current liabilities597,513
 503,268
Dividends payable97,584
 92,595
Total current liabilities4,244,150
 3,940,654
Long-term debt550,000
 250,000
Pension and other post-retirement benefit liabilities341,510
 284,235
Deferred tax liabilities48,326
 50,684
Other long-term liabilities468,058
 459,956
Equity:   
Preferred stock, par value $1 per share — authorized 10,000,000 shares; none issued
 
Common stock, par value $1 per share — authorized 450,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 148,410,422 shares in 2016 and 150,081,474 shares in 2015148,410
 150,081
Additional paid-in capital56,605
 41,353
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,013,021) (930,618)
Retained earnings4,001,734
 3,885,751
Total parent equity3,193,728
 3,146,567
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries13,628
 12,675
Total equity3,207,356
 3,159,242
 $8,859,400
 $8,144,771
See accompanying notes.

F-5



Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

   Year Ended December 31 
   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands, Except per Share Amounts) 

Net sales

  $14,077,843   $13,013,868   $12,458,877  

Cost of goods sold

   9,857,923    9,235,777    8,852,837  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross margin

   4,219,920    3,778,091    3,606,040  

Operating expenses:

    

Selling, administrative, and other expenses

   3,019,036    2,648,430    2,594,372  

Depreciation and amortization

   133,957    98,383    88,936  

Provision for doubtful accounts

   8,691    8,047    13,248  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

   3,161,684    2,754,860    2,696,556  

Non-operating expenses (income):

    

Interest expense

   26,971    20,482    27,036  

Other

   (13,039  (16,183  (8,358
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total non-operating expenses

   13,932    4,299    18,678  

Income before income taxes

   1,044,304    1,018,932    890,806  

Income taxes

   359,345    370,891    325,690  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income

  $684,959   $648,041   $565,116  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Basic net income per common share

  $4.43   $4.17   $3.61  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Diluted net income per common share

  $4.40   $4.14   $3.58  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

   154,636    155,413    156,656  

Dilutive effect of stock options and nonvested restricted stock awards

   1,078    1,007    1,004  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding — assuming dilution

   155,714    156,420    157,660  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income

  $684,959   $648,041   $565,116  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

    

Foreign currency translation adjustment

   (168,703  23,846    (22,017

Pension and postretirement benefit adjustments, net of income taxes of 2013 — ($175,297) , 2012 — $26,465, and 2011 — $98,973

   272,540    (43,300  (161,669
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

   103,837    (19,454  (183,686
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $788,796   $628,587   $381,430  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Year Ended December 31
 2016
2015
2014
 (In Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)
Net sales$15,339,713
 $15,280,044
 $15,341,647
Cost of goods sold10,740,106
 10,724,192
 10,747,886
Gross margin4,599,607
 4,555,852
 4,593,761
Operating expenses:     
Selling, administrative, and other expenses3,370,833
 3,277,390
 3,314,030
Depreciation and amortization147,487
 141,675
 148,313
Provision for doubtful accounts11,515
 12,373
 7,192
Total operating expenses3,529,835
 3,431,438
 3,469,535
Non-operating (income) expenses:     
Interest expense21,084
 21,662
 25,088
Other(25,652) (20,929) (18,601)
Total non-operating (income) expenses(4,568) 733
 6,487
Income before income taxes1,074,340
 1,123,681
 1,117,739
Income taxes387,100
 418,009
 406,453
Net income$687,240
 $705,672
 $711,286
Basic net income per common share$4.61
 $4.65
 $4.64
Diluted net income per common share$4.59
 $4.63
 $4.61
Weighted average common shares outstanding149,051
 151,667
 153,299
Dilutive effect of stock options and nonvested restricted stock awards753
 829
 1,076
Weighted average common shares outstanding — assuming dilution149,804
 152,496
 154,375
      
Net income$687,240
 $705,672
 $711,286
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:     
Foreign currency translation adjustment(8,957) (207,986) (149,379)
Pension and postretirement benefit adjustments, net of income taxes of 2016 — $50,144; 2015 — $5,335; 2014 — $112,993(73,446) (2,421) (173,177)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax(82,403) (210,407) (322,556)
Comprehensive income$604,837
 $495,265
 $388,730
See accompanying notes.

F-6



Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Equity

(In Thousands, Except Share and per Share Amounts)

  Common Stock  Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
(Loss) Income
  Retained
Earnings
  Total
Parent
Equity
  Non-
controlling
Interests in
Subsidiaries
  Total
Equity
 
       
       
 Shares  Amount       

Balance at January 1, 2011

  157,636,261   $157,636   $   $(298,352 $2,895,307   $2,754,591   $8,895   $2,763,486  

Net income

                  565,116    565,116        565,116  

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

              (183,686      (183,686      (183,686

Cash dividends declared, $1.80 per share

                  (281,790  (281,790      (281,790

Stock options exercised, including tax benefit of $5,356

  443,170    443    3,864            4,307        4,307  

Share-based compensation

          7,547            7,547        7,547  

Purchase of stock

  (2,428,315  (2,428  (11,411      (108,239  (122,078      (122,078

Noncontrolling interest activities

                          689    689  
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

  155,651,116    155,651        (482,038  3,070,394    2,744,007    9,584    2,753,591  

Net income

                  648,041    648,041        648,041  

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

              (19,454      (19,454      (19,454

Cash dividends declared, $1.98 per share

                  (307,603  (307,603      (307,603

Stock options exercised, including tax benefit of $11,018

  551,779    552    3,423            3,975        3,975  

Share-based compensation

          10,747            10,747        10,747  

Purchase of stock

  (1,361,457  (1,362  (14,170      (66,294  (81,826      (81,826

Noncontrolling interest activities

                          708    708  
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2012

  154,841,438    154,841        (501,492  3,344,538    2,997,887    10,292    3,008,179  

Net income

                  684,959    684,959        684,959  

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

              103,837        103,837        103,837  

Cash dividends declared, $2.15 per share

                  (332,322  (332,322      (332,322

Stock options exercised, including tax benefit of $12,905

  449,986    450    2,287            2,737        2,737  

Share-based compensation

          12,648            12,648        12,648  

Purchase of stock

  (1,518,326  (1,518          (119,154  (120,672      (120,672

Noncontrolling interest activities

                          (598  (598
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2013

  153,773,098   $153,773   $14,935   $(397,655 $3,578,021   $3,349,074   $9,694   $3,358,768  
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

  Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Total
Parent
Equity
 
Non-
controlling
Interests in
Subsidiaries
 
Total
Equity
 
 
 Shares Amount 
 Balance at January 1, 2014153,773,098
 $153,773
 $14,935
 $(397,655) $3,578,021
 $3,349,074
 $9,694
 $3,358,768
 Net income
 
 
 
 711,286
 711,286
 
 711,286
 Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
 
 
 (322,556) 
 (322,556) 
 (322,556)
 Cash dividends declared, $2.30 per share
 
 
 
 (352,564) (352,564) 
 (352,564)
 Share-based awards exercised, including tax benefit of $17,766474,800
 475
 (4,760) 
 
 (4,285) 
 (4,285)
 Share-based compensation
 
 16,239
 
 
 16,239
 
 16,239
 Purchase of stock(1,134,856) (1,135) 
 
 (94,811) (95,946) 
 (95,946)
 Noncontrolling interest activities
 
 
 
 
 
 1,422
 1,422
 Balance at December 31, 2014153,113,042
 153,113
 26,414
 (720,211) 3,841,932
 3,301,248
 11,116
 3,312,364
 Net income
 
 
 
 705,672
 705,672
 
 705,672
 Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
 
 
 (210,407) 
 (210,407) 
 (210,407)
 Cash dividends declared, $2.46 per share
 
 
 
 (372,840) (372,840) 
 (372,840)
 Share-based awards exercised, including tax benefit of $7,024229,958
 230
 (2,778) 
 
 (2,548) 
 (2,548)
 Share-based compensation
 
 17,717
 
 
 17,717
 
 17,717
 Purchase of stock(3,261,526) (3,262) 
 
 (289,013) (292,275) 
 (292,275)
 Noncontrolling interest activities
 
 
 
 
 
 1,559
 1,559
 Balance at December 31, 2015150,081,474
 150,081
 41,353
 (930,618) 3,885,751
 3,146,567
 12,675
 3,159,242
 Net income
 
 
 
 687,240
 687,240
 
 687,240
 Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
 
 
 (82,403) 
 (82,403) 
 (82,403)
 Cash dividends declared, $2.63 per share
 
 
 
 (391,852) (391,852) 
 (391,852)
 Share-based awards exercised, including tax benefit of $12,021340,703
 341
 (4,467) 
 
 (4,126) 
 (4,126)
 Share-based compensation
 
 19,719
 
 
 19,719
 
 19,719
 Purchase of stock(2,011,755) (2,012) 
 
 (179,405) (181,417) 
 (181,417)
 Noncontrolling interest activities
 
 
 
 
 
 953
 953
 Balance at December 31, 2016148,410,422
 $148,410
 $56,605
 $(1,013,021) $4,001,734
 $3,193,728
 $13,628
 $3,207,356
See accompanying notes.

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Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

   Year Ended December 31 
   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Operating activities

    

Net income

  $684,959   $648,041   $565,116  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

   133,957    98,383    88,936  

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

   (12,905  (11,018  (5,356

Gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment

   (4,729  (3,943  (3,012

Deferred income taxes

   (21,622  14,751    (2,337

Share-based compensation

   12,648    10,747    7,547  

Gain on GPC Asia Pacific equity investment

   (59,000        

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Trade accounts receivable, net

   (116,080  13,366    (85,011

Merchandise inventories, net

   (79,253  (25,845  (19,624

Trade accounts payable

   473,424    220,694    85,766  

Other short-term assets and liabilities

   (14,418  (86,294  (52,166

Other long-term assets and liabilites

   59,750    27,556    45,068  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   371,772    258,397    59,811  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   1,056,731    906,438    624,927  

Investing activities

    

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

   (124,063  (101,987  (103,469

Proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment

   10,657    8,504    8,908  

Acquisition of businesses and other investing activities

   (712,173  (558,384  (136,936
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (825,579  (651,867  (231,497

Financing activities

    

Proceeds from debt

   3,019,931    750,000    250,000  

Payments on debt

   (2,995,335  (750,000  (250,000

Stock options exercised

   (15,728  (7,043  (1,049

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

   12,905    11,018    5,356  

Dividends paid

   (326,217  (300,983  (276,369

Purchase of stock

   (120,673  (81,826  (122,078
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (425,117  (378,834  (394,140

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

   (12,237  2,304    (4,204
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (206,202  (121,959  (4,914

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

   403,095    525,054    529,968  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

  $196,893   $403,095   $525,054  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

    

Cash paid during the year for:

    

Income taxes

  $342,372   $381,407   $317,748  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Interest

  $27,221   $20,416   $27,640  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Year Ended December 31
 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Operating activities     
Net income$687,240
 $705,672
 $711,286
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:     
Depreciation and amortization147,487
 141,675
 148,313
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation(12,021) (7,024) (17,766)
Gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment(15,237) (3,189) (3,719)
Deferred income taxes33,226
 35,544
 54,319
Share-based compensation19,719
 17,717
 16,239
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:     
Trade accounts receivable, net(53,544) 1,974
 (225,178)
Merchandise inventories, net(64,214) (21,821) (100,820)
Trade accounts payable240,717
 331,419
 292,257
Other short-term assets and liabilities37,271
 967
 15,616
Other long-term assets and liabilities(74,566) (43,561) (100,402)
 258,838
 453,701
 78,859
Net cash provided by operating activities946,078
 1,159,373
 790,145
Investing activities     
Purchases of property, plant and equipment(160,643) (109,544) (107,681)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment28,811
 8,618
 8,866
Acquisition of businesses and other investing activities(462,167) (162,701) (287,900)
Net cash used in investing activities(593,999) (263,627) (386,715)
Financing activities     
Proceeds from debt4,350,000
 3,862,224
 2,727,924
Payments on debt(4,100,000) (4,005,191) (2,735,862)
Share-based awards exercised, net of taxes paid(16,147) (9,572) (22,051)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation12,021
 7,024
 17,766
Dividends paid(386,863) (368,284) (347,271)
Purchase of stock(181,417) (292,275) (95,946)
Net cash used in financing activities(322,406) (806,074) (455,440)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash1,575
 (15,771) (7,153)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents31,248
 73,901
 (59,163)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year211,631
 137,730
 196,893
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year$242,879
 $211,631
 $137,730
      
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information     
Cash paid during the year for:     
Income taxes$374,865
 $352,153
 $408,604
Interest$19,043
 $23,687
 $25,155
See accompanying notes.

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Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2016
1.

1.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Business

Genuine Parts Company and all of its majority-owned subsidiaries (the Company) is a distributor of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products, and electrical/electronic materials. The Company serves a diverse customer base through approximately 2,6002,670 locations in North America and Australasia and, therefore, has limited exposure from credit losses to any particular customer, region, or industry segment. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company. The net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is not material to the Company’s consolidated net income. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Revenue Recognition

The Company records revenue when the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the Company’s price to the customer is fixed and determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until the customer assumes the risks and rewards of ownership.

Foreign Currency Translation

The consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and comprehensive income of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars at the current and average exchange rates, respectively. The foreign currency translation adjustment is included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Trade Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company evaluates the collectability of trade accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. The Company estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts as a percentage of net sales based on historical bad debt experience and periodically adjusts this estimate when the Company becomes aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations (e.g., bankruptcy filing) or as a result of changes in the overall aging of accounts receivable. While the Company has a large customer base that is geographically dispersed, a general economic downturn in any of the industry segments in which the Company operates could result in higher than

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Index to Financial Statements

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

expected defaults and, therefore, the need to revise estimates for bad debts. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, the Company recorded provisions for doubtful accounts of approximately $8,691,000, $8,047,000,$11,515,000, $12,373,000, and $13,248,000,$7,192,000, respectively. At December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, the allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $14,423,000$15,557,000 and $19,180,000,$10,693,000, respectively.

Merchandise Inventories, Including Consideration Received From Vendors

Merchandise inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined by the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method for a majority of automotive parts, electrical/electronic materials, and industrial parts, and by the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method for office products and certain other inventories. If the FIFO method had been used for all inventories, cost would have been approximately $432,150,000$426,760,000 and $428,260,000$438,510,000 higher than reported at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. During 2013, 2012,2016 and 20112014, reductions in inventory levels in automotive parts inventories (2013 and 2012), industrial parts inventories (2013, 2012, and 2011), and electrical parts inventories (2012 and 2011) resulted in liquidations of LIFO inventory layers. The effect of the LIFO liquidationliquidations in 2013, 2012,2016 and 20112014 was to reduce cost of goods sold by approximately $5,000,000, $6,000,000 and $16,000,000,$8,000,000, respectively.

There were no LIFO liquidations in 2015.

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





The Company identifies slow moving or obsolete inventories and estimates appropriate provisions related thereto. Historically, these losses have not been significant as the vast majority of the Company’s inventories are not highly susceptible to obsolescence and are eligible for return under various vendor return programs. While the Company has no reason to believe its inventory return privileges will be discontinued in the future, its risk of loss associated with obsolete or slow moving inventories would increase if such were to occur.

The Company enters into agreements at the beginning of each year with many of its vendors that provide for inventory purchase incentives. Generally, the Company earns inventory purchase incentives upon achieving specified volume purchasing levels or other criteria. The Company accrues for the receipt of these incentives as part of its inventory cost based on cumulative purchases of inventory to date and projected inventory purchases through the end of the year. While management believes the Company will continue to receive consideration from vendors in 20142017 and beyond, there can be no assurance that vendors will continue to provide comparable amounts of incentives in the future.

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist primarily of prepaid expenses, and amounts due from vendors.

vendors, and income taxes receivable.

Goodwill

The Company reviews its goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, or sooner if circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may exceed fair value. The Company tests goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level, which is an operating segment or a level below an operating segment, which is referred to as a component. A component of an operating segment is a reporting unit if the component constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is available and management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. However, two or more components of an operating segment are aggregated and deemed a single reporting unit if the components have similar economic characteristics.
The present value of future cash flows approach was used to determine any potential impairment. The Company determined that goodwill was not impaired and, therefore, no impairments were recognized for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, or 2011. If an impairment occurs at a future date, it may have the effect of increasing the volatility of the Company’s earnings.

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2016, 2015, and 2014.
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

December 31, 2016





Other Assets

Other assets are comprised of the following:

   December 31 
   2013   2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Retirement benefit assets

  $41,919    $4,021  

Deferred compensation benefits

   24,939     20,642  

Investments

   28,760     206,487  

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies

   95,094     78,860  

Customer sales returns inventories

   55,200     134,367  

Other long-term prepayments and receivables

   155,922     198,886  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other assets

  $401,834    $643,263  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 December 31
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Retirement benefit assets$6,721
 $3,336
Deferred compensation benefits29,222
 28,488
Investments28,793
 28,351
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies106,251
 105,213
Customer sales returns inventories68,160
 72,814
Guarantees related to borrowings42,000
 35,000
Other long-term prepayments and receivables194,383
 187,716
Total other assets$475,530
 $460,918
The guarantees related to borrowings are discussed further in the guarantees footnote.
Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization is primarily determined on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful life of each asset: buildings and improvements, 10 to 40 years; machinery and equipment, 5 to 15 years.

Long-Lived Assets Other Than Goodwill

The Company assesses its long-lived assets other than goodwill for impairment whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. To analyze recoverability, the Company projects undiscounted net future cash flows over the remaining life of such assets. If these projected cash flows are less than the carrying amount, an impairment would be recognized, resulting in a write-down of assets with a corresponding charge to earnings. Impairment losses, if any, are measured based upon the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the assets.

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities are comprised of the following:

   December 31 
   2013   2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Post-employment and other benefit/retirement liabilities

  $55,150    $35,273  

Insurance liabilities

   47,930     45,865  

Other lease obligations

   27,815     33,748  

Other taxes payable

   59,107     57,510  

Customer deposits

   65,826     161,936  

Other

   159,170     153,924  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other long-term liabilities

  $414,998    $488,256  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 December 31
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Post-employment and other benefit/retirement liabilities$56,723
 $54,034
Insurance liabilities37,608
 33,979
Other lease obligations39,221
 37,642
Other taxes payable16,997
 15,495
Customer deposits79,528
 85,552
Guarantees related to borrowings42,000
 35,000
Other195,981
 198,254
Total other long-term liabilities$468,058
 $459,956
The guarantees related to borrowings are discussed further in the guarantees footnote.
Self-Insurance

The Company is self-insured for the majority of group health insurance costs. A reserve for claims incurred but not reported is developed by analyzing historical claims data provided by the Company’s claims admin-

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Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

istrators.administrators. These reserves are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as the expenses are expected to be paid within one year.

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





Long-term insurance liabilities consist primarily of reserves for the workers’ compensation program. In addition, the Company carries various large risk deductible workers’ compensation policies for the majority of workers’ compensation liabilities. The Company records the workers’ compensation reserves based on an analysis performed by an independent actuary. The analysis calculates development factors, which are applied to total reserves as provided by the various insurance companies who underwrite the program. While the Company believes that the assumptions used to calculate these liabilities are appropriate, significant differences in actual experience or significant changes in these assumptions may materially affect workers’ compensation costs.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss is comprised of the following:

   December 31 
   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Foreign currency translation

  $(37,619 $131,084  

Unrecognized net actuarial loss, net of tax

   (366,454  (644,244

Unrecognized prior service credit, net of tax

   6,418    11,668  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss

  $(397,655 $(501,492
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 December 31
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Foreign currency translation$(403,941) $(394,984)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss, net of tax(611,333) (540,018)
Unrecognized prior service credit, net of tax2,253
 4,384
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss$(1,013,021) $(930,618)
The following table presents the changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) incomeloss by component for the yearyears ended on December 31, 2013:

   Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive
(Loss) Income by Component
 
   Pension
Benefits
  Other
Post-
Retirement
Benefits
  Foreign
Currency
Translation
  Total 
   (in Thousands) 

Beginning balance, January 1

  $(629,907 $(2,669 $131,084   $(501,492

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax

   223,991    1,629    (168,703  56,917  

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

   46,837    83        46,920  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)

   270,828    1,712    (168,703  103,837  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Ending balance, December 31

  $(359,079 $(957 $(37,619 $(397,655
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

2016 and 2015:

 
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Loss by Component
 
Pension
Benefits
 
Other
Post-
Retirement
Benefits
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
 Total
 (In Thousands)
Beginning balance, January 1, 2015$(532,069) $(1,144) $(186,998) $(720,211)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications, net of tax(25,558) (111) (207,986) (233,655)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax23,412
 (164) 
 23,248
Net current period other comprehensive loss(2,146) (275) (207,986) (210,407)
Ending balance, December 31, 2015(534,215) (1,419) (394,984) (930,618)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications, net of tax(92,758) 15
 (8,957) (101,700)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax19,505
 (208) 
 19,297
Net current period other comprehensive loss(73,253) (193) (8,957) (82,403)
Ending balance, December 31, 2016$(607,468) $(1,612) $(403,941) $(1,013,021)
The accumulated other comprehensive loss components related to the pension benefits are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costincome in the employee benefit plans footnote.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts reflected in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, and trade accounts payable, and borrowings under the line of credit approximate their respective fair values based on the short-term nature of these instruments. At December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $496,000,000$549,000,000 and $516,000,000,$501,000,000, respectively. The fair value of fixed rate debt is designated as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (i.e., significant observable inputs) and is based primarily on the discounted value of future cash flows using current market interest rates offered for debt of similar credit risk and maturity.

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At December 31, 2016, the carrying value of fixed rate debt was $550,000,000 and is included in long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2015, the carrying value of fixed rate debt was $500,000,000 and is included in current portion of debt and long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheet.
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

December 31, 2016





Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs are classified as selling, administrative and other expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and totaled approximately $250,000,000, $220,000,000,$230,000,000, $240,000,000, and $190,000,000,$230,000,000, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and totaled $57,900,000, $43,200,000,$66,900,000, $75,000,000, and $45,100,000$71,300,000 in the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively.

Accounting for Legal Costs

The Company’s legal costs expected to be incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as such costs are incurred.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company maintains various long-term incentive plans, which provide for the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), performance awards, dividend equivalents and other share-based awards. SARs represent a right to receive upon exercise an amount, payable in shares of common stock, equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise over the base value of the grant. The terms of such SARs require net settlement in shares of common stock and do not provide for cash settlement. RSUs represent a contingent right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock at a future date. The majority of awards previously granted vest on a pro-rata basis for periods ranging from one to five years and are expensed accordingly on a straight-line basis. The Company issues new shares upon exercise or conversion of awards under these plans.

Net Income per Common Share

Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The computation of diluted net income per common share includes the dilutive effect of stock options, stock appreciation rights and nonvested restricted stock awards options. Options to purchase approximately 630,000, 730,000,1,290,000, 1,280,000, and 850,000610,000 shares of common stock ranging from $54$87$81$100 per share were outstanding at December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively. These options were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per common share because the options’ exercise price wasprices were greater than the average market priceprices of common stock in each respective year.

Recently Adopted

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013,May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, Reporting2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which will create a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and may be adopted either retrospectively or on a modified retrospective basis. The core principle of Amounts Reclassified Outthe new standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. Underpromised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2013-02,2014-09 defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, it is possible more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing guidance, including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation, among others.
The Company has established a cross-functional implementation team to evaluate and implement the new standard update related to the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. The Company primarily sells goods and recognizes revenue at point of sale or delivery and this will not change under the new standard. We are completing an entityanalysis of revenue streams at each of the business units and are evaluating the impact the new standard may have on revenue recognition. In addition, the Company is evaluating recently issued guidance on practical expedients as part of the transition decision.
Preliminarily, the Company plans to use the modified retrospective adoption method and does not believe there will be a material impact to the Company’s consolidated revenues upon adoption. The Company will continue to evaluate the impacts of the pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 and the preliminary assessments are subject to change.
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”). ASU 2015-02 amends the consolidation requirements and significantly changes the consolidation analysis required. ASU 2015-02 requires management to reevaluate all legal entities under a revised consolidation model to specifically (i) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnership and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”), (ii) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (iii) affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships, and (iv) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, an entity is requiredcomply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to present, either on the facethose in Rule 2a-7 of the financial statements or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified outInvestment Act of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount reclassified is required to be reclassified in its entirety in the same reporting period. For amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional details about those amounts.1940 for registered money market funds. ASU 2013-02 does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in the financial statements. ASU 2013-022015-02 is effective for the Company’sCompany's interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2012.2015. The adoption of ASU 2013-022015-02 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-07, Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent), which no longer requires investments that measure fair value using net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a materialpractical expedient to be categorized in the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2015-07 is effective for the Company's interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-07 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the presentation of investments measured at net asset value is shown in the employee benefit plans footnote.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) ("ASU 2016-02"), which requires an entity to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases, including operating leases, with a term greater than twelve months. Expanded disclosures with additional qualitative and quantitative information will also be required. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-02 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, but the Company does believe the adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the consolidated balance sheets. As disclosed in the leased properties footnote, future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases are approximately $865,000,000 and the Company does believe the adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the consolidated balance sheets.
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2016-09") that changes the accounting for certain aspects of share-based compensation to employees including forfeitures, employer tax withholding, and the financial statement presentation of excess tax benefits or expense. ASU 2016-09 also clarifies the statement of cash flows presentation for certain components of share-based compensation, which prospectively reclassifies cash flows from excess tax benefits of share-based compensation currently disclosed in financing activities to operating activities in the period of adoption. The guidance will increase income tax expense volatility, as well as the Company's cash flows from operations. In addition, the Company did not elect to change shares withheld for employment income tax purposes, or the current methodology of estimating forfeitures upon adoption. The Company will adopt ASU 2016-09 January 1, 2017, and it is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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or related disclosures.

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





2.

2.Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016 and 20112015 by reportable segment, as well as other identifiable intangible assets, are summarized as follows (in thousands):

   Goodwill  Other
Intangible
Assets, Net
 
   Automotive  Industrial  Office
Products
   Electrical/
Electronic
Materials
   Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2012

  $43,705   $99,011   $10,554    $24,350    $177,620   $102,155  

Additions

   114,206             5,355     119,561    110,014  

Amortization

                         (12,991

Foreign currency translation

   638    221              859    621  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2012

   158,549    99,232    10,554     29,705     298,040    199,799  

Additions

   541,836    17,420         11,396     570,652    379,834  

Amortization

                         (28,987

Foreign currency translation

   (78,205  (516            (78,721  (51,261
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2013

  $622,180   $116,136   $10,554    $41,101    $789,971   $499,385  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Goodwill 
Other
Intangible
Assets, Net
 Automotive Industrial 
Office
Products
 
Electrical/
Electronic
Materials
 Total 
Balance as of January 1, 2015$599,839
 $118,962
 $47,608
 $72,666
 $839,075
 $547,515
Additions5,030
 18,696
 8,891
 20,335
 52,952
 38,596
Amortization
 
 
 
 
 (34,878)
Foreign currency translation(49,866) (1,579) 
 
 (51,445) (30,020)
Balance as of December 31, 2015555,003
 136,079
 56,499
 93,001
 840,582
 521,213
Additions56,518
 36,267
 25,609
 901
 119,295
 139,982
Amortization
 
 
 
 
 (40,870)
Foreign currency translation(3,963) 247
 (8) 
 (3,724) (1,815)
Balance as of December 31, 2016$607,558
 $172,593
 $82,100
 $93,902
 $956,153
 $618,510
The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization relating to other intangible assets at December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 is as follows (in thousands):

   2013   2012 
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
  Net   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
  Net 

Customer relationships

  $412,634    $(59,686 $352,948    $209,328    $(38,030 $171,298  

Trademarks

   149,949     (5,018  144,931     29,337     (1,944  27,393  

Non-competition agreements

   7,306     (5,800  1,506     4,483     (3,375  1,108  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $569,889    $(70,504 $499,385    $243,148    $(43,349 $199,799  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 Net 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 Net
Customer relationships$603,966
 $(150,350) $453,616
 $494,516
 $(115,636) $378,880
Trademarks180,416
 (16,154) 164,262
 153,346
 (11,922) 141,424
Non-competition agreements5,098
 (4,466) 632
 5,765
 (4,856) 909
 $789,480
 $(170,970) $618,510
 $653,627
 $(132,414) $521,213
Amortization expense for other intangible assets totaled $28,987,000, $12,991,000,$40,870,000, $34,878,000, and $6,774,000$36,867,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively. Estimated other intangible assets amortization expense for the succeeding five years is as follows (in thousands):

2014

  $31,000  

2015

   30,000  

2016

   30,000  

2017

   30,000  

2018

   29,000  
  

 

 

 
  $150,000  
  

 

 

 

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2017$42,848
201842,614
201942,110
202041,462
202141,167
 $210,201

Index to Financial Statements

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries3.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)Credit Facilities

3.Credit Facilities

The principal amounts of the Company’s borrowings subject to variable rates totaled approximately $264,658,000$325,000,000 and $125,000,000 at December 31, 2013. There were no amounts subject to variable rates at December 31, 2012.2016 and 2015, respectively. The weighted average interest rate on the Company’s outstanding borrowings was approximately 2.82%2.39% and 2.76% at December 31, 20132016 and 4.01% at December 31, 2012.

2015, respectively.

The Company maintains an $850,000,000a $1,200,000,000 unsecured revolving line of credit with a consortium of financial institutions, thatwhich matures in September 2017June 2021 with an optional one year extension and bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin, which is based on the Company’s leverage ratio (0.92%(1.52% at December 31, 2013)2016). The Company also has the option under this agreement to increase its borrowing an additional $350,000,000, as well as an option to decrease the borrowing capacity or terminate the Syndicated Facilityfacility with appropriate notice. At December 31, 2013,2016 and 2015, approximately $264,658,000 was outstanding under this line of credit. No amounts$325,000,000 and $125,000,000 were outstanding under this line of credit, at respectively.
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2012.

2016






Certain borrowings require the Company to comply with a financial covenant with respect to a maximum debt-to-capitalization ratio. At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants. Due to the workers’ compensation and insurance reserve requirements in certain states, the Company also had unused letters of credit of $61,617,000$64,930,000 and $61,119,000$62,874,000 outstanding at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively.

Amounts outstanding under the Company’s credit facilities consist of the following:

   December 31 
   2013   2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Unsecured revolving line of credit, $850,000,000, LIBOR plus 0.75% variable

  $264,658    $  

Unsecured term notes:

    

November 30, 2008, Series C Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 4.67% fixed, due November 30, 2013

        250,000  

November 30, 2011, Series D and E Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 3.35% fixed, due November 30, 2016

   250,000     250,000  

December 2, 2013, Series F Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 2.99% fixed, due December 2, 2023

   250,000       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total debt

   764,658     500,000  

Less debt due within one year

   264,658     250,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

  $500,000    $250,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 December 31
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Unsecured revolving line of credit, $1,200,000,000, LIBOR plus 0.75% variable$325,000
 $125,000
Unsecured term notes:   
November 30, 2011, Series D and E Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 3.35% fixed, due November 30, 2016
 250,000
July 29, 2016, Series G Senior Unsecured Notes, $50,000,000, 2.39% fixed, due July 29, 202150,000
 
December 2, 2013, Series F Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 2.99% fixed, due December 2, 2023250,000
 250,000
November 30, 2016, Series H Senior Unsecured Notes, $250,000,000, 2.99% fixed, due November 30, 2026250,000
 
Total debt875,000
 625,000
Less debt due within one year325,000
 375,000
Long-term debt, excluding current portion$550,000
 $250,000
Approximate maturities under the Company’s credit facilities are as follows (in thousands):
2017$325,000
2018
2019
2020
202150,000
Thereafter500,000
 $875,000

Index to Financial Statements

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries4.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)Leased Properties

4.Leased Properties

Future minimum payments, by year and in the aggregate, under the noncancelable operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more was approximately the following at December 31, 20132016 (in thousands):

2014

  $191,400  

2015

   151,100  

2016

   110,200  

2017

   76,400  

2018

   50,000  

Thereafter

   149,500  
  

 

 

 

Total minimum lease payments

  $728,600  
  

 

 

 

2017$232,300
2018182,100
2019132,900
202089,700
202155,500
Thereafter172,500
Total minimum lease payments$865,000
Rental expense for operating leases was approximately $208,000,000, $158,200,000,$278,000,000, $254,000,000, and $154,500,000$233,000,000 for 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively.

5.Share-Based Compensation

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





5.Share-Based Compensation
At December 31, 2013,2016, total compensation cost related to nonvested awards not yet recognized was approximately $26,000,000.$34,600,000. The weighted-average period over which this compensation cost is expected to be recognized is approximately three years. The aggregate intrinsic value for optionsSARs and RSUs outstanding at December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 was approximately $154,000,000$104,200,000 and $90,300,000,$104,000,000, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value for optionsSARs and RSUs vested totaled approximately $93,600,000$62,000,000 and $57,600,000$65,000,000 at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. At December 31, 2013,2016, the weighted-average contractual life for outstanding and exercisable optionsSARs and RSUs was six and five years, respectively. Share-based compensation costcosts of $12,648,000, $10,747,000,$19,719,000, $17,717,000, and $7,547,000, was$16,239,000, were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively. The total income tax benefitbenefits recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for share-based compensation arrangements waswere approximately $5,100,000, $4,300,000,$7,900,000, $7,100,000, and $3,000,000,$6,500,000 for 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively. There have been no modifications to valuation methodologies or methods during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011.

2016, 2015, or 2014.

For the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015, and 20112014, the fair valuevalues for options and SARs granted waswere estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions, respectively: risk-free interest rate of 2.0%1.6%, 2.0%, and 3.6%2.8%; dividend yield of 3.2%2.7%, 3.3%2.6%, and 3.8%2.8%; annual historical volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock of 19% for each of the three years; an average expected life and estimated turnover based on the historical pattern of existing grants of approximately seven years and 5.0%6.2%, respectively. The fair value of RSUs is based on the price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011, was $8,100,000, $6,700,000,2014 were $18,200,000, $15,200,000, and $7,200,000,$13,800,000, respectively.

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Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

A summary of the Company’s share-based compensation activity and related information is as follows:

   2013 
   Shares (1)  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price (2)
 
   (In Thousands)    

Outstanding at beginning of year

   5,100   $50  

Granted

   900    77  

Exercised

   (1,335  45  

Forfeited

   (85  63  
  

 

 

  

Outstanding at end of year (3)

   4,580   $56  
  

 

 

  

Exercisable at end of year

   2,601   $48  
  

 

 

  

Shares available for future grants

   2,743   
  

 

 

  

 2016
 Shares (1) 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price (2)
 (In Thousands)  
Outstanding at beginning of year4,181
 $71
Granted894
 100
Exercised(1,045) 59
Forfeited(152) 91
Outstanding at end of year (3)3,878
 $79
Exercisable at end of year2,171
 $70
Shares available for future grants9,132
  
(1)Shares includeRestricted Stock Units (RSUs).

(2)The weighted-average exercise price excludes RSUs.

(3)
The exercise prices for options and SARs outstanding as of December 31, 20132016 ranged from approximately $37$42 to $77.$100. The weighted-average remaining contractual life of all options and SARs outstanding is approximately sixseven years.

The weighted-average grant date fair value of options and SARs granted during the years 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 20112014 was $10.14, $7.96,$13.52, $13.53, and $8.18,$13.77, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of optionsSARs and RSUs exercised during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 20112014 was $43,900,000, $41,500,000,$48,200,000, $30,100,000, and $25,100,000.

$65,200,000, respectively.

In 2013,2016, the Company granted approximately 727,000724,000 SARs and 172,000170,000 RSUs. In 2012,2015, the Company granted approximately 858,000711,000 SARs and 145,000176,000 RSUs. In 2011,2014, the Company granted approximately 1,028,000680,000 SARs and 126,000165,000 RSUs.








Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





A summary of the Company’s nonvested share awards (RSUs) activity is as follows:

Nonvested Share Awards (RSUs)

  Shares  Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
 
   (In Thousands)    

Nonvested at January 1, 2013

   316   $54  

Granted

   172    78  

Vested

   (18  77  

Forfeited

   (26  72  
  

 

 

  

Nonvested at December 31, 2013

   444   $62  
  

 

 

  

Nonvested Share Awards (RSUs)Shares 
Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
 (In Thousands)  
Nonvested at January 1, 2016433
 $82
Granted170
 100
Vested(140) 73
Forfeited(55) 86
Nonvested at December 31, 2016408
 $92
For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 20112014 approximately $12,900,000, $11,000,000,$12,021,000, $7,024,000, and $5,400,000,$17,766,000, respectively, of excess tax benefits waswere classified as a financing cash inflow.

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inflows.
Index to Financial Statements

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries6.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)Income Taxes

6.Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for income tax purposes. As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company has not provided Federal income taxes on approximately $552,000,000$697,000,000 of cumulative undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries. The Company intends to reinvest these earnings to fund expansion in these and other markets outside the Company’sU.S. Accordingly, the Company has not provided any provision for income tax expense in excess of foreign subsidiaries is consideredjurisdiction income tax requirements relative to be indefinitely reinvested. As such no U.S. federalundistributed earnings in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Due to the complexities associated with the hypothetical calculation to determine residual taxes on the undistributed earnings, including the availability of foreign tax credits, applicability of any additional local withholding tax and state income taxes have been provided thereon, andother indirect tax consequence that may arise due to the distribution of these earnings, the Company has concluded it is not practicable to determine the amount of the related unrecognized deferred income tax liability. liability related to the undistributed earnings.
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Deferred tax assets related to:

   

Expenses not yet deducted for tax purposes

  $343,156   $362,265  

Pension liability not yet deducted for tax purposes

   227,880    405,048  

Capital loss

       16,803  

Valuation allowance

       (16,803
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   571,036    767,313  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities related to:

   

Employee and retiree benefits

   188,235    205,268  

Inventory

   152,641    191,047  

Other intangible assets

   110,272    23,295  

Property, plant, and equipment

   53,751    41,130  

Other

   29,733    28,321  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   534,632    489,061  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

   36,404    278,252  

Current portion of deferred tax (assets) liabilities

   (22,165  1,211  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Noncurrent net deferred tax assets

  $14,239   $279,463  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The current portion of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and income taxes payable, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.

 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Deferred tax assets related to:   
Expenses not yet deducted for tax purposes$345,195
 $318,368
Pension liability not yet deducted for tax purposes397,391
 347,263
 742,586
 665,631
Deferred tax liabilities related to:   
Employee and retiree benefits276,256
 249,126
Inventory141,181
 147,199
Other intangible assets120,689
 111,305
Property, plant, and equipment61,666
 58,496
Other58,468
 31,664
 658,260
 597,790
Net deferred tax assets$84,326
 $67,841

The components of income before income taxes are as follows:

   2013   2012   2011 
   (In Thousands) 

United States

  $850,866    $903,698    $784,841  

Foreign

   193,438     115,234     105,965  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

  $1,044,304    $1,018,932    $890,806  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
United States$934,476
 $1,004,919
 $978,824
Foreign139,864
 118,762
 138,915
Income before income taxes$1,074,340
 $1,123,681
 $1,117,739
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

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The components of income tax expense are as follows:

   2013  2012   2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Current:

     

Federal

  $303,016   $288,135    $260,222  

State

   47,010    44,653     41,511  

Foreign

   30,941    23,352     26,294  

Deferred

   (21,622  14,751     (2,337
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $359,345   $370,891    $325,690  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Current:     
Federal$284,199
 $309,403
 $224,591
State41,083
 45,460
 43,513
Foreign28,593
 27,602
 84,030
Deferred33,225
 35,544
 54,319
 $387,100
 $418,009
 $406,453
The reasons for the difference between total tax expense and the amount computed by applying the statutory Federal income tax rate to income before income taxes are as follows:

   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Statutory rate applied to income

  $365,506   $356,626   $311,782  

Plus state income taxes, net of Federal tax benefit

   28,823    30,227    26,790  

Earnings in jurisdictions taxed at rates different from the statutory US tax rate

   (37,873  (17,419  (13,443

Capital loss expiration

   16,803          

Reversal of capital loss valuation allowance

   (16,803        

Other

   2,889    1,457    561  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $359,345   $370,891   $325,690  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Statutory rate applied to income$376,019
 $393,288
 $391,209
Plus state income taxes, net of Federal tax benefit29,211
 32,295
 32,646
Earnings in jurisdictions taxed at rates different from the statutory US tax rate(18,057) (13,684) (3,453)
Foreign tax credit(482) (264) (20,170)
Other409
 6,374
 6,221
 $387,100
 $418,009
 $406,453
The Company, or one of its subsidiaries, files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various states, and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to federal, state and local tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 20092012 or subject to non-United States income tax examinations for years ended prior to 2002.2010. The Company is currently under audit in the United States and Canada. Some audits may conclude in the next twelve months and the unrecognized tax benefits recorded in relation to the audits may differ from actual settlement amounts. It is not possible to estimate the effect, if any, of the amount of such change during the next twelve months to previously recorded uncertain tax positions in connection with the audits. However, the Company does not anticipate total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change during the year due to the settlement of audits and the expiration of statutes of limitations.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amountamounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Balance at beginning of year

  $45,455   $46,845   $39,425  

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year

   3,238    5,702    6,035  

Additions for tax positions of prior years

   3,759    2,172    7,966  

Reductions for tax positions for prior years

   (1,472  (5,025  (481

Reduction for lapse in statute of limitations

   (1,714  (2,658  (4,563

Settlements

   (2,076  (1,581  (1,537
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at end of year

  $47,190   $45,455   $46,845  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Balance at beginning of year$15,815
 $17,581
 $47,190
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year2,184
 1,969
 3,303
Additions for tax positions of prior years1,317
 61
 6,415
Reductions for tax positions for prior years(1,369) (3,152) (851)
Reduction for lapse in statute of limitations(2,516) (425) (481)
Settlements(241) (219) (37,995)
Balance at end of year$15,190
 $15,815
 $17,581
The amount of gross tax effected unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, as of December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 was approximately $59,530,000$17,176,000 and $58,020,000,$17,684,000, respectively, of which approximately $18,287,000$9,615,000 and $17,615,000,$9,317,000, respectively, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.
During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, the Company paid interest and penalties of approximately $405,000, $493,000,$5,000, $1,051,000, and $759,000,$14,000,000, respectively. The Company had approximately $12,340,000$1,848,000 and $12,565,000$1,746,000 of accrued interest and penalties at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. The Company recognizes potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.

7.Employee Benefit Plans

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





7.Employee Benefit Plans
The Company’s defined benefit pension plans cover employees in the U.S. and Canada who meet eligibility requirements. The plan covering U.S. employees is noncontributory and benefits are based onnoncontributory. As of December 31, 2013, the employees’ compensation duringCompany implemented a hard freeze for the highest fiveU.S. qualified defined benefit plan. Therefore, no further benefit accruals were provided after that date for additional credited service or earnings. In addition, all participants who were employed after December 31, 2013 became fully vested as of their last ten years of credited service.December 31, 2013. The Canadian plan is contributory and benefits are based on career average compensation. The Company’s funding policy is to contribute an amount equal to the minimum required contribution under applicable pension legislation. The Company may increase its contribution above the minimum, if appropriate to its tax and cash position and the plans’ funded position.

In December 2012, the U.S. defined benefit plan was amended to reflect a hard freeze as of December 31, 2013. Therefore, no further benefit accruals were provided after that date for additional credited service or earnings. In addition, all participants will became fully vested as of December 31, 2013. The Company recognized a one-time noncash curtailment gain in 2012 of $23,507,000 in connection with this amendment.

The Company also sponsors supplemental retirement plans covering employees in the U.S. and Canada. The Company uses a measurement date of December 31 for its pension and supplemental retirement plans.

Several assumptions are used to determine the benefit obligations, plan assets, and net periodic income. The discount rate for the pension plans is calculated using a bond matching approach to select specific bonds that would satisfy the projected benefit payments. The bond matching approach reflects the process that would be used to settle the pension obligations. The expected return on plan assets is based on a calculated market-related value of plan assets, where gains and losses on plan assets are amortized over a five year period and accumulate in other comprehensive income. Other non-investment unrecognized gains and losses are amortized in future net income based on a “corridor” approach, where the corridor is equal to 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets at the beginning of the year. The unrecognized gains and losses in excess of the corridor criteria are amortized over the average future lifetime or service of plan participants, depending on the plan. These assumptions are updated at each annual measurement date.
Changes in benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 were:

   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Changes in benefit obligation

   

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

  $2,165,692   $1,958,399  

Service cost

   19,083    15,254  

Interest cost

   89,408    100,338  

Plan participants’ contributions

   3,543    3,962  

Plan amendments

       (4,217

Actuarial (gain) loss

   (164,784  330,028  

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

   (13,893  5,489  

Gross benefits paid

   (73,186  (67,767

Acquired plan

   9,322      

Curtailments

       (175,794
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at end of year

  $2,035,185   $2,165,692  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Changes in benefit obligation   
Benefit obligation at beginning of year$2,199,356
 $2,352,094
Service cost7,746
 8,562
Interest cost104,485
 98,088
Plan participants’ contributions2,585
 2,838
Actuarial loss (gain)139,851
 (139,573)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes5,449
 (35,082)
Gross benefits paid(154,676) (87,571)
Plan amendments2,063
 
Benefit obligation at end of year$2,306,859
 $2,199,356

The benefit obligations for the Company’s U.S. pension plans included in the above were $1,838,810,000$2,105,665,000 and $1,955,414,000$2,012,935,000 at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. The total accumulated benefit obligation for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and Canada was approximately $2,017,619,000$2,281,648,000 and $2,112,134,000$2,179,626,000 at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

The assumptions used to measure the pension benefit obligations for the plans at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, were:

   2013  2012 

Weighted-average discount rate

   5.10  4.17

Rate of increase in future compensation levels

   3.04  3.30

 2016 2015
Weighted-average discount rate4.26% 4.82%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels3.14% 3.12%
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





Changes in plan assets for the years ended December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 were:

   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Changes in plan assets

   

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

  $1,595,679   $1,470,030  

Actual return on plan assets

   336,151    168,491  

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

   (12,155  4,498  

Employer contributions

   74,347    16,465  

Acquired plan

   8,684      

Plan participants’ contributions

   3,543    3,962  

Benefits paid

   (73,186  (67,767
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

  $1,933,063   $1,595,679  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Changes in plan assets   
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year$1,912,736
 $2,021,837
Actual return on plan assets146,022
 (45,529)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes5,172
 (33,382)
Employer contributions53,663
 54,543
Plan participants’ contributions2,585
 2,838
Benefits paid(154,676) (87,571)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year$1,965,502
 $1,912,736
The fair values of plan assets for the Company’s U.S. pension plans included in the above were $1,745,769,000$1,760,713,000 and $1,425,047,000$1,731,368,000 at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the aggregate benefit obligation and aggregate fair value of plan assets for plans with benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were as follows:
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Aggregate benefit obligation$2,131,550
 $2,186,412
Aggregate fair value of plan assets1,783,472
 1,896,456
For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the aggregate accumulated benefit obligation and aggregate fair value of plan assets for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were as follows:
 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Aggregate accumulated benefit obligation$2,086,711
 $2,167,216
Aggregate fair value of plan assets1,760,713
 1,896,456

The asset allocations for the Company’s funded pension plans at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the target allocation for 2014,2017, by asset category were:

   Target
Allocation

2014
  Percentage of
Plan Assets  at
December 31
 
    2013  2012 

Asset Category

    

Equity securities

   71  76  68

Debt securities

   29  24  32
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   100  100  100
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 
Target
Allocation
2017
 
Percentage of
Plan Assets at
December 31
 2016 2015
Asset Category     
Equity securities71% 70% 69%
Debt securities29% 30% 31%
 100% 100% 100%
The Company’s benefit plan committees in the U.S. and Canada establish investment policies and strategies and regularly monitor the performance of the funds. The pension plan strategy implemented by the Company’s management is to achieve long-term objectives and invest the pension assets in accordance with the applicable pension legislation in the U.S. and Canada, as well as fiduciary standards. The long-term primary investment objectives for the pension plans are to provide for a reasonable amount of long-term growth of capital, without undue exposure to risk, protect the assets from erosion of purchasing power, and provide investment results that meet or exceed the pension plans’ actuarially assumed long-term rates of return. The Company’s investment strategy with respect to pension plan assets is to generate a return in excess of the passive portfolio benchmark (49%(47% S&P 500
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





Index, 5% Russell Mid Cap Index, 8%7% Russell 2000 Index, 5% MSCI EAFE Index, 5% DJ Global Moderate Index, 3% MSCI Emerging Market Net, and 28% BarCap U.S. Govt/Credit).

The fair values of the plan assets as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, by asset category, are shown in the tables below. Various inputs are considered when determining the value of the Company’s pension plan assets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these securities. Level 1 represents observable market inputs that are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. Level 2 represents other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.). Level 3 represents significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

Certain investments are measured at fair value using the net asset value ("NAV") per share as a practical expedient and have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.    

The valuation methods may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. Equity securities are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded on the last day of the calendar plan year. Debt securities including corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities, and asset-backed securities are valued using price evaluations reflecting the bid and/or ask sides of the market for an investment as of the last day of the calendar plan year.

   2013 
   Total   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   (In Thousands) 

Equity Securities

        

Common stocks — mutual funds — equity

  $505,572    $505,572    $    $  

Genuine Parts Company

   167,788     167,788            

Other stocks

   791,728     791,728            

Debt Securities

        

Short-term investments

   59,058     59,058            

Cash and equivalents

   9,022     9,022            

Government bonds

   144,447     61,171     83,276       

Corporate bonds

   123,773          123,773       

Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities

   19,345          19,345       

Other-international

   12,072     11,200     872       

Municipal bonds

   1,304          1,304       

Municipal funds-fixed income

   96,231          96,231       

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies

   2,723               2,723  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $1,933,063    $1,605,539    $324,801    $2,723  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 2016
 Total Assets Measured at NAV 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (In Thousands)
Equity Securities         
Common stocks — mutual funds — equity$384,103
 $114,182
 $269,921
 $
 $
Genuine Parts Company common stock192,841
 
 192,841
 
 
Other stocks793,101
 
 793,007
 
 94
          
Debt Securities         
Short-term investments55,607
 
 55,607
 
 
Cash and equivalents15,995
 
 15,995
 
 
Government bonds157,303
 
 102,468
 54,835
 
Corporate bonds192,457
 
 
 192,457
 
Asset-backed and mortgage–backed securities8,872
 
 
 8,872
 
Convertible securities216
 
 
 216
 
Other-international24,613
 
 20,868
 3,745
 
Municipal bonds9,272
 
 
 9,272
 
Mutual funds—fixed income128,367
 82,394
 
 45,973
 
          
Other         
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies2,755
 
 
 
 2,755
Total$1,965,502
 $196,576
 $1,450,707
 $315,370
 $2,849

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

   2012 
   Total   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   (In Thousands) 

Equity Securities

        

Common stocks — mutual funds — equity

  $342,846    $342,846    $    $  

Genuine Parts Company

   128,236     128,236            

Other stocks

   608,017     608,017            

Debt Securities

        

Short-term investments

   37,626     37,626            

Cash and equivalents

   45,719     45,719            

Government bonds

   166,413     74,707     91,706       

Corporate bonds

   127,824          127,824       

Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities

   24,077          24,077       

Other-international

   10,188     10,188            

Municipal bonds

   532          532       

Municipal funds-fixed income

   101,578          101,578       

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies

   2,623               2,623  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $1,595,679    $1,247,339    $345,717    $2,623  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2016





 2015
 Total Assets Measured at NAV 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 (In Thousands)
Equity Securities         
Common stocks — mutual funds — equity$349,852
 $107,441
 $242,411
 $
 $
Genuine Parts Company common stock173,363
 
 173,363
 
 
Other stocks793,229
 
 792,624
 
 605
          
Debt Securities         
Short-term investments46,195
 
 46,195
 
 
Cash and equivalents2,978
 
 2,978
 
 
Government bonds193,436
 
 109,559
 83,877
 
Corporate bonds172,119
 
 
 172,119
 
Asset-backed and mortgage–backed securities27,510
 
 
 27,510
 
Convertible securities434
 
 
 434
 
Other-international21,137
 
 20,785
 352
 
Municipal bonds5,857
 
 
 5,857
 
Mutual funds—fixed income123,895
 83,241
 
 40,654
 
          
Other         
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies2,731
 
 
 
 2,731
Total$1,912,736
 $190,682
 $1,387,915
 $330,803
 $3,336

Equity securities include Genuine Parts Company common stock in the amounts of $167,788,000 (8.7%$192,841,000 (10% of total plan assets) and $128,236,000 (8.0%$173,363,000 (9% of total plan assets) at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. Dividend payments received by the plan on Company stock totaled approximately $4,336,000$5,308,000 and $3,994,000$4,965,000 in 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively. Fees paid during the year for services rendered by parties in interest were based on customary and reasonable rates for such services.

The changes in the fair value measurement of plan assets using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during 20132016 and 20122015 were not material.

Based on the investment policy for the pension plans, as well as an asset study that was performed based on the Company’s asset allocations and future expectations, the Company’s expected rate of return on plan assets for measuring 20142017 pension cost or income is 7.85%7.82% for the plans. The asset study forecasted expected rates of return for the approximate duration of the Company’s benefit obligations, using capital market data and historical relationships.

The following table sets forth the funded status of the plans and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31:

   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Other long-term asset

  $41,919   $4,021  

Other current liability

   (5,976  (5,402

Pension and other post-retirement liabilities

   (138,065  (568,632
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $(102,122 $(570,013
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Other long-term asset$6,721
 $3,336
Other current liability(8,206) (7,432)
Pension and other post-retirement liabilities(339,872) (282,524)
 $(341,357) $(286,620)
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

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Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss (income) consist of:

   2013  2012 
   (In Thousands) 

Net actuarial loss

  $590,568   $1,043,089  

Prior service credit

   (3,074  (10,612
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $587,494   $1,032,477  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015
 (In Thousands)
Net actuarial loss$1,003,247
 $882,464
Prior service cost (credit)672
 (1,814)
 $1,003,919
 $880,650
The following table reflects the total benefits expected to be paid from the pension plans’ or the Company’s assets. Of the pension benefits expected to be paid in 2014,2017, approximately $5,978,000$8,206,000 is expected to be paid from employer assets. Expected employer contributions below reflect amounts expected to be contributed to funded plans. Information about the expected cash flows for the pension plans follows (in thousands):

Employer contribution

  

2014 (expected)

  $50,605  

Expected benefit payments

  

2014

  $79,073  

2015

   88,704  

2016

   96,385  

2017

   104,225  

2018

   112,082  

2019 through 2023

   662,040  

Employer contribution 
2017 (expected)$48,000
Expected benefit payments: 
2017$109,000
2018116,000
2019122,000
2020127,000
2021133,000
2022 through 2026721,000
Net periodic benefit costincome included the following components:

   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Service cost

  $19,083   $15,254   $13,039  

Interest cost

   89,408    100,338    97,293  

Expected return on plan assets

   (133,816  (128,208  (124,150

Amortization of prior service credit

   (7,538  (7,270  (6,970

Amortization of actuarial loss

   83,934    70,161    53,039  

Curtailment gain

       (23,507    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

  $51,071   $26,768   $32,251  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Service cost$7,746
 $8,562
 $7,824
Interest cost104,485
 98,088
 102,465
Expected return on plan assets(156,832) (150,130) (144,746)
Amortization of prior service credit(432) (565) (1,890)
Amortization of actuarial loss31,641
 38,197
 26,791
Net periodic benefit income$(13,392) $(5,848) $(9,556)
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) income are as follows:

   2013  2012  2011 
   (In Thousands) 

Current year actuarial (gain) loss

  $(368,587 $114,061   $311,038  

Recognition of actuarial loss

   (83,934  (70,161  (53,039

Current year prior service credit

       (4,217    

Recognition of prior service credit

   7,538    30,777    6,970  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total recognized in other comprehensive (loss) income

  $(444,983 $70,460   $264,969  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive (loss) income

  $(393,912 $97,228   $297,220  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 2016 2015 2014
 (In Thousands)
Current year actuarial loss$152,415
 $44,930
 $312,011
Recognition of actuarial loss(31,641) (38,197) (26,791)
Current year prior service cost2,063
 
 
Recognition of prior service credit432
 565
 638
Total recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)$123,269
 $7,298

$285,858
Total recognized in net periodic benefit income and other comprehensive income (loss)$109,877
 $1,450
 $276,303
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The estimated amounts that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss (income) into net periodic benefit costincome in 20142017 are as follows in thousands:

Actuarial loss

  $26,606  

Prior service credit

   (1,904
  

 

 

 

Total

  $24,702  
  

 

 

 

Actuarial loss$37,870
Prior service credit(349)
Total$37,521
The assumptions used in measuring the net periodic benefit costsincome for the plans follow:

   2013  2012  2011 

Weighted average discount rate

   4.17  5.17  5.74

Rate of increase in future compensation levels

   3.30  3.30  3.39

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   7.83  7.84  7.87

The

 2016 2015 2014
Weighted average discount rate4.82% 4.26% 5.10%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels3.12% 3.07% 3.04%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets7.83% 7.85% 7.85%
Prior to 2014, the Company hashad two defined contribution plans that covercovered substantially all of its domestic employees. The Company’s matching contributions arewere determined based on the employee’s participation in the U.S. pension plan. Prior to 2014, U.S. pension plan participants who continuecontinued earning credited service after 2008 receivereceived a matching contribution of 20% of the first 6% of the employee’s salary. Other employees receivereceived a matching contribution of 100% of the first 5% of the employee’s salary. In December 2012, the Company approved an amendment to merge theThe two plans were merged effective January 1, 2014. Beginning in 2014, all employees will receive a matching contribution of 100% of the first 5% of the employees’ salary. Total plan expense for both plans was approximately $43,236,000$56,975,000 in 2013, $43,155,0002016, $55,066,000 in 2012,2015, and $38,773,000$53,351,000 in 2011.

8.Guarantees

2014.

8.    Guarantees
The Company guarantees the borrowings of certain independently controlled automotive parts stores (independents) and certain other affiliates in which the Company has a noncontrolling equity ownership interest (affiliates). Presently, the independents are generally consolidated by unaffiliated enterprises that have a controlling financial interest through ownership of a majority voting interest in the independent. The Company has no voting interest or other equity conversion rights in any of the independents. The Company does not control the independents or the affiliates, but receives a fee for the guarantee. The Company has concluded that the independents are variable interest entities, but that the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Specifically, the equity holders of the independents have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance including, but not limited to, decisions about hiring and terminating personnel, local marketing and promotional initiatives, pricing and selling activities, credit decisions, monitoring and maintaining

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appropriate inventories, and store hours. Separately, the Company concluded the affiliates are not variable interest entities. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these independents and affiliates is generally equal to the total borrowings subject to the Company’s guarantee. While such borrowings of the independents and affiliates are outstanding, the Company is required to maintain compliance with certain covenants, including a maximum debt to capitalization ratio and certain limitations on additional borrowings. At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants.

At December 31, 2013,2016, the total borrowings of the independents and affiliates subject to guarantee by the Company were approximately $258,703,000.$431,286,000. These loans generally mature over periods from one to six years. In the event that the Company is required to make payments in connection with guaranteed obligations of the independents or the affiliates, the Company would obtain and liquidate certain collateral (e.g., accounts receivable and inventory) to recover all or a portion of the amounts paid under the guarantee. When it is deemed probable that the Company will incur a loss in connection with a guarantee, a liability is recorded equal to this estimated loss. To date, the Company has had no significant losses in connection with guarantees of independents’ and affiliates’ borrowings.

The Company has accruedrecognized certain assets and liabilities amounting to $42,000,000 and $35,000,000 for the guarantees related to the independents’ and affiliates’ borrowings as ofat December 31, 20132016 and 2012.2015, respectively. These assets and liabilities are not material to the financial position of the Company and are included in other assets and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

9.Acquisitions

During 2013, the

9.Acquisitions
The Company acquired one company eachseveral companies for approximately $420,000,000, $140,000,000, and $270,000,000, net of cash acquired, during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. These acquisitions are considered individually immaterial, as well as immaterial in the aggregate.

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2016
A significant portion of the acquisitions made in 2016 included eleven companies in the Automotive Parts Group, (including GPC Asia Pacific), Industrial Group, and Electrical/Electronic Materials Group for approximately $650,000,000, net of cash acquired. During 2012, the Company acquired one company in the Automotive Group (Quaker City Motor Parts Co.) for approximately $343,000,000, net of cash acquired. During 2011, the Company acquired threefive companies in the Industrial Group, two companies in the Office Products Group, and one company in the Electrical/Electronic Materials Group. The purchase price for these nineteen acquisitions was approximately $370,000,000, net of cash acquired.
Automotive Parts Group
The eleven Automotive Parts Group acquisitions generate annual revenues of approximately $235,000,000. In February and July, 2016, the Company acquired two import automotive parts businesses, Olympus and Auto-Camping, respectively. Olympus operates six locations in the U.S. and Auto-Camping operates twenty locations in Canada. In March 2016, the Company acquired Covs Parts, a distributor of original equipment and aftermarket automotive parts, mining and industrial consumable and truck products, with twenty-one locations across Western Australia. In May 2016, the Company acquired Global Parts with six U.S. heavy vehicle parts locations.  The Company acquired AMX, an aftermarket motorcycle parts retailer, and ASL, an automotive aftermarket parts distributor, in June and September 2016, respectively.  AMX operates four stores in Australia and ASL operates 15 branches in New Zealand.  The Company also acquired various automotive store groups in the U.S. and Australasia regions in 2016.
Industrial Group
The five Industrial Group acquisitions generate annual revenues of approximately $170,000,000. In March 2016, the Company acquired two industrial distribution companies, Epperson and Company and Missouri Power Transmission, with three and fifteen locations, respectively. In April 2016, the Company acquired Colmar Belting Company, a distributor of belting, bearing and power transmission products. In August 2016, the Company acquired OBBCO, a distributor of industrial safety supplies. In October 2016, the Company acquired Braas Company, a distributor of products and services for industrial automation and control, with eight locations.
Office Products Group
The two Office Products Group acquisitions generate annual revenues of approximately $200,000,000. In June 2016, the Company acquired The Safety Zone, a direct importer and distributor of supplies and devices for safety, janitorial, medical, food service and food processing application. The Safety Zone has eight distribution centers in the U.S. and one distribution center in Canada. In July 2016, the Company acquired certain assets within the janitorial and sanitation business of Rochester Midland Corporation.
Electrical/Electronic Materials Group
The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group acquisition generates annual revenues of approximately $12,000,000. In October 2016, the Company acquired Communications Products and Services, a distributor of plant product solutions.

Net sales from these nineteen acquisitions included in the Company's consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income at December 31, 2016 were approximately $350,000,000.
2015 and 2014
A significant portion of the 2015 companies acquired included one company in the Electrical/Electronic Materials Group, three companies in the Office Products Group, four companies in the Industrial Group, and five store groups in the Automotive Parts Group for approximately $115,600,000.

$120,000,000, net of cash acquired. A significant portion of the 2014 companies acquired included two companies each in the Automotive Parts Group, Office Products Group, and Electrical/Electronic Materials Group and one company in the Industrial Group for approximately $260,000,000, net of cash acquired.

For each acquisition, the Company allocated the purchase price to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their fair values as of their respective acquisition dates. The results of operations for the acquired companies were included in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income beginning on their respective acquisition dates. The Company recorded approximately $950,000,000, $230,000,000$260,000,000, $90,000,000 and $78,210,000$200,000,000 of goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 20112014 acquisitions, respectively.

For the 20132016 acquisitions, other intangible assets acquired consisted of customer relationships of $235,000,000,$112,000,000 and trademarks of $141,000,000, and non-competition agreements of $4,000,000$28,000,000 with weighted average amortization lives of 15, 40,17 and 135 years, respectively. For the 20122015 acquisitions, other intangible assets acquired consisted of customer relationships of $108,000,000 and trademarks of $2,000,000,$39,000,000 with weighted average amortization lives of 15 and 40 years, respectively.years. For the 20112014 acquisitions, other intangible assets acquired consisted of customer relationships of $37,378,000,$82,000,000 and trademarks of $12,100,000, and non-competition agreements of $650,000,$28,000,000 with weighted average amortization lives of 15,18 and 40 and 5 years, respectively.

Additional disclosures on the 2013 automotive acquisition of GPC Asia Pacific and the 2012 automotive acquisition of Quaker City Motor Parts Co. are provided below.

GPC Asia Pacific

The Company acquired a 30% investment in GPC Asia Pacific, formerly known as the Exego Group, for approximately $166,000,000 effective January 1, 2012. On April 1, 2013, the Company acquired the remaining 70% interest in GPC Asia Pacific for approximately $590,000,000, net of cash acquired of $70,000,000, and the

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assumption of approximately $230,000,000 in debt. The acquisition was financed using a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under existing credit facilities. GPC Asia Pacific, which is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, is a leading aftermarket distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in Australasia, with annual revenues of approximately $1,100,000,000 and a company-owned store footprint of more than 460 locations across Australia and New Zealand. This acquisition provides an opportunity for the Company to participate in the ongoing and significant growth opportunities in the Australasian aftermarket.

The Company recognized certain one-time positive purchase accounting pre-tax adjustments of approximately $33,000,000, or $0.21 net of taxes on a per share diluted basis, as a result of the acquisition. The net one-time purchase accounting adjustments consisted of a gain of approximately $59,000,000 related to remeasuring the 30% investment in GPC Asia Pacific held before the business combination to fair value, the post-closing sale of acquired inventory written up to fair value of $21,000,000 as part of the purchase price allocation, and certain negative adjustments of approximately $5,000,000.

Prior to the 70% acquisition, the Company accounted for the 30% investment under the equity method of accounting. The acquisition-date fair value of the 30% investment was approximately $234,000,000 and is included in the measurement of the consideration transferred. The difference between the acquisition-date fair value and the carrying amount of the equity method investment resulted in the recognition of a gain of approximately $59,000,000 on the acquisition date. The acquisition-date fair value was determined using a market and income approach with the assistance of a third party valuation firm.

As part of the allocation of purchase price described below, acquired inventory was written up to fair value, which was approximately $21,000,000 above the cost of the acquired inventory. Based on the inventory turn of the acquired inventories, the entire write-up was recognized in cost of goods sold during 2013.

The net $54,000,000 of one-time gain and other adjustments are included in the line item “Selling, administrative & other expenses” and the acquired inventory adjustment of $21,000,000 is included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

The acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred totaled approximately $824,000,000, net of cash acquired of $70,000,000, which consisted of the following:

   April 1, 2013 
   (In Thousands) 

Cash

  $590,000  

Fair value of 30% investment held prior to business combination

   234,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

  $824,000  
  

 

 

 

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The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date. The Company is in the process of analyzing the estimated values of assets and liabilities acquired as of the acquisition date and is obtaining third-party valuations of certain intangible assets. The allocation of the purchase price is therefore preliminary and subject to revision.

   April 1, 2013 
   (In Thousands) 

Trade accounts receivable

  $94,000  

Merchandise inventory

   306,000  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

   32,000  

Property and equipment

   59,000  

Intangible assets

   347,000  

Other assets

   24,000  
  

 

 

 

Total identifiable assets acquired

   862,000  

Current liabilities

   (223,000

Long-term debt

   (230,000

Deferred tax liabilities and other

   (117,000
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

   (570,000
  

 

 

 

Net identifiable assets acquired

   292,000  

Goodwill

   532,000  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

  $824,000  
  

 

 

 

The acquired intangible assets of approximately $347,000,000 were provisionally assigned to customer relationships of $202,000,000, trademarks of $141,000,000, and non-compete agreements of $4,000,000, with weighted average amortization lives of 16, 40, and 1 year, respectively, for a total weighted average amortization life of 26 years. The fair value of the acquired identifiable intangible assets is provisional pending completion of the final valuations for these assets.

The estimated goodwill recognized as part of the acquisition is not tax deductible and has been assigned to the automotive segment. The goodwill is attributable primarily to expected synergies and the assembled workforce of GPC Asia Pacific.

The amounts of net sales and earnings of GPC Asia Pacific included in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income from April 1, 2013 to

December 31, 2013 were approximately $839,000,000 in net sales and net income of $0.43 on a per share diluted basis, respectively.

The unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income of the Company as if GPC Asia Pacific had been included in the consolidated results of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 would be estimated at $14,400,000,000 and $14,100,000,000 in net sales, respectively, and net income of $4.42 and $4.53 on a per share diluted basis, respectively. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that we would have reported had the transaction actually occurred at the beginning of these periods, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

The adjustments to the pro forma amounts include, but are not limited to, applying the Company’s accounting policies, amortization related to fair value adjustments to intangible assets, one-time purchase accounting adjustments, interest expense on acquisition related debt, and any associated tax effects.

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Quaker City Motor Parts

On May 1, 2012 the Company acquired Quaker City Motor Parts Co. (“Quaker City”) for $343,000,000, net of cash acquired. Quaker City, headquartered in Middleton, Delaware, is a long-standing NAPA distributor with annual revenues of approximately $300,000,000. Quaker City serves approximately 260 auto parts stores, of which approximately 135 are company-owned. The Company funded the acquisition with cash on hand and short-term borrowings under credit facilities.

10.Segment Data

The Company’s reportable segments consist of automotive, industrial, office products, and electrical/electronic materials. Within the reportable segments, certain of the Company’s operating segments are aggregated since they have similar economic characteristics, products and services, type and class of customers, and distribution methods.

The Company’s automotive segment distributes replacement parts (other than body parts) for substantially all makes and models of automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles.

The Company’s industrial segment distributes a wide variety of industrial bearings, mechanical and fluid power transmission equipment, including hydraulic and pneumatic products, material handling components, and related parts and supplies.

The Company’s office products segment distributes a wide variety of office products, computer supplies, office furniture, and business electronics.

The Company’s electrical/electronic materials segment distributes a wide variety of electrical/electronic materials, including insulating and conductive materials for use in electronic and electrical apparatus.

Inter-segment sales are not significant. Operating profit for each industry segment is calculated as net sales less operating expenses excluding general corporate expenses, interest expense, and equity in income from investees, amortization, and noncontrolling interests. Approximately $193,400,000, $115,200,000$139,900,000, $118,800,000 and $106,000,000$138,900,000 of income before income taxes was generated in jurisdictions outside the United States for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012,2016, 2015, and 2011,2014, respectively. Net sales and net long-lived assetsproperty, plant and equipment by country relate directly to the Company’s operations in the respective country. Corporate assets are principally cash and cash equivalents and headquarters’ facilities and equipment.

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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 that are reported as a component of net sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

   2013  2012  2011  2010  2009 
   (In Thousands) 

Net sales:

      

Automotive

  $7,489,186   $6,320,882   $6,061,424   $5,608,101   $5,225,389  

Industrial

   4,429,976    4,453,574    4,173,574    3,521,863    2,885,782  

Office products

   1,638,618    1,686,690    1,689,368    1,641,963    1,639,018  

Electrical/electronic materials

   568,872    582,820    557,537    449,770    345,808  

Other

   (48,809  (30,098  (23,026  (14,108  (38,485
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net sales

  $14,077,843   $13,013,868   $12,458,877   $11,207,589   $10,057,512  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating profit:

      

Automotive

  $641,492   $540,678   $467,806   $421,109   $387,945  

Industrial

   320,720    352,119    337,628    255,616    162,353  

Office products

   122,492    134,441    134,124    131,746    126,104  

Electrical/electronic materials

   47,584    50,910    40,663    30,910    25,254  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total operating profit

   1,132,288    1,078,148    980,221    839,381    701,656  

Interest expense, net

   (24,330  (19,619  (24,608  (26,598  (27,112

Corporate expense

   (34,667  (26,606  (58,033  (46,263  (26,735

Intangible asset amortization

   (28,987  (12,991  (6,774  (4,737  (3,644
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

  $1,044,304   $1,018,932   $890,806   $761,783   $644,165  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Assets:

      

Automotive

  $4,009,244   $3,411,252   $3,218,931   $3,177,644   $3,148,876  

Industrial

   1,162,697    1,130,877    1,100,024    955,241    865,431  

Office products

   708,944    731,564    700,720    694,166    619,612  

Electrical/electronic materials

   156,780    137,237    129,933    113,757    76,716  

Corporate

   353,276    898,292    773,391    637,871    445,705  

Goodwill and other intangible assets

   1,289,356    497,839    279,775    209,548    171,532  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $7,680,297   $6,807,061   $6,202,774   $5,788,227   $5,327,872  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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   2013  2012  2011  2010  2009 
   (In Thousands) 

Depreciation and amortization:

      

Automotive

  $76,238   $60,630   $60,252   $63,942   $65,554  

Industrial

   8,751    8,307    7,495    7,208    7,611  

Office products

   10,166    10,837    9,999    9,737    9,685  

Electrical/electronic materials

   1,904    1,733    1,554    1,414    1,666  

Corporate

   7,911    3,885    2,862    2,294    2,251  

Intangible asset amortization

   28,987    12,991    6,774    4,737    3,644  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization

  $133,957   $98,383   $88,936   $89,332   $90,411  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures:

      

Automotive

  $97,735   $67,482   $61,795   $46,888   $53,911  

Industrial

   8,808    13,015    9,851    4,307    2,987  

Office products

   9,297    16,013    22,036    29,866    5,782  

Electrical/electronic materials

   1,730    1,029    1,762    1,957    676  

Corporate

   6,493    4,448    8,025    2,361    6,089  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total capital expenditures

  $124,063   $101,987   $103,469   $85,379   $69,445  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net sales:

      

United States

  $11,594,713   $11,299,291   $10,791,303   $9,793,820   $8,935,651  

Canada

   1,560,799    1,616,921    1,571,733    1,327,552    1,078,799  

Australasia

   839,353                  

Mexico

   131,787    127,754    118,867    100,325    81,547  

Other

   (48,809  (30,098  (23,026  (14,108  (38,485
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net sales

  $14,077,843   $13,013,868   $12,458,877   $11,207,589   $10,057,512  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net long-lived assets:

      

United States

  $503,882   $466,473   $411,193   $398,318   $402,937  

Canada

   99,135    93,496    84,210    80,978    78,502  

Australasia

   60,614                  

Mexico

   6,430    6,396    4,801    4,834    3,585  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net long-lived assets

  $670,061   $566,365   $500,204   $484,130   $485,024  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
 (In Thousands)
Net sales:         
Automotive$8,111,511
 $8,015,098
 $8,096,877
 $7,489,186
 $6,320,882
Industrial4,634,212
 4,646,689
 4,771,080
 4,429,976
 4,453,574
Office products1,969,405
 1,937,629
 1,802,754
 1,638,618
 1,686,690
Electrical/electronic materials715,650
 750,770
 739,119
 568,872
 582,820
Other(91,065) (70,142) (68,183) (48,809) (30,098)
Total net sales$15,339,713
 $15,280,044
 $15,341,647
 $14,077,843
 $13,013,868
Operating profit:         
Automotive$715,154
 $729,152
 $700,386
 $641,492
 $540,678
Industrial336,608
 339,180
 370,043
 320,720
 352,119
Office products117,035
 140,866
 133,727
 122,492
 134,441
Electrical/electronic materials60,539
 70,151
 64,884
 47,584
 50,910
Total operating profit1,229,336
 1,279,349
 1,269,040
 1,132,288
 1,078,148
Interest expense, net(19,525) (20,354) (24,192) (24,330) (19,619)
Corporate expense(94,601) (100,436) (90,242) (34,667) (26,606)
Intangible asset amortization(40,870) (34,878) (36,867) (28,987) (12,991)
Income before income taxes$1,074,340
 $1,123,681
 $1,117,739
 $1,044,304
 $1,018,932
Assets:         
Automotive$4,601,150
 $4,293,290
 $4,275,298
 $4,009,244
 $3,411,252
Industrial1,292,063
 1,143,952
 1,224,735
 1,162,697
 1,130,877
Office products907,119
 831,546
 835,592
 708,944
 731,564
Electrical/electronic materials203,334
 191,866
 196,400
 156,780
 137,237
Corporate281,071
 322,323
 327,623
 353,276
 898,292
Goodwill and other intangible assets1,574,663
 1,361,794
 1,386,590
 1,289,356
 497,839
Total assets$8,859,400
 $8,144,771
 $8,246,238
 $7,680,297
 $6,807,061
Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
December 31, 2016





 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation and amortization:         
Automotive$65,372
 $70,112
 $77,645
 $76,238
 $60,630
Industrial10,371
 9,960
 9,906
 8,751
 8,307
Office products11,398
 10,922
 10,728
 10,166
 10,837
Electrical/electronic materials2,967
 2,933
 2,658
 1,904
 1,733
Corporate16,509
 12,870
 10,509
 7,911
 3,885
Intangible asset amortization40,870
 34,878
 36,867
 28,987
 12,991
Total depreciation and amortization$147,487
 $141,675
 $148,313
 $133,957
 $98,383
Capital expenditures:         
Automotive$73,339
 $77,504
 $78,537
 $97,735
 $67,482
Industrial27,383
 13,998
 12,442
 8,808
 13,015
Office products12,072
 12,323
 11,135
 9,297
 16,013
Electrical/electronic materials5,710
 2,824
 3,003
 1,730
 1,029
Corporate42,139
 2,895
 2,564
 6,493
 4,448
Total capital expenditures$160,643
 $109,544
 $107,681
 $124,063
 $101,987
Net sales:         
United States$12,822,320
 $12,843,078
 $12,565,329
 $11,594,713
 $11,299,291
Canada1,390,979
 1,395,695
 1,583,075
 1,560,799
 1,616,921
Australasia1,104,511
 992,064
 1,133,620
 839,353
 
Mexico112,968
 119,349
 127,806
 131,787
 127,754
Other(91,065) (70,142) (68,183) (48,809) (30,098)
Total net sales$15,339,713
 $15,280,044
 $15,341,647
 $14,077,843
 $13,013,868
Net property, plant, and equipment:         
United States$561,164
 $495,073
 $495,452
 $503,882
 $466,473
Canada81,260
 79,023
 98,939
 99,135
 93,496
Australasia79,413
 65,289
 65,707
 60,614
 
Mexico6,287
 8,832
 10,004
 6,430
 6,396
Total net property, plant, and equipment$728,124
 $648,217
 $670,102
 $670,061
 $566,365


Annual Report on Form 10-K

Item 15(a)

Financial Statement Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Genuine Parts Company and Subsidiaries

   Balance at
Beginning
of Period
   Charged
to Costs
and Expenses
   Deductions(1)  Balance at
End
of Period
 

Year ended December 31, 2011:

       

Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:

       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $15,598,912    $13,247,731    $(11,930,188 $16,916,455  

Year ended December 31, 2012:

       

Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:

       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $16,916,455    $8,046,605    $(5,782,870 $19,180,190  

Year ended December 31, 2013:

       

Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:

       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $19,180,190    $8,691,000    $(13,448,190 $14,423,000  

 
Balance at
Beginning
of Period
 
Charged
to Costs
and Expenses
 Deductions(1) 
Balance at
End
of Period
Year ended December 31, 2014:       
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:       
Allowance for doubtful accounts$14,423,000
 $7,192,000
 $(9,779,000) $11,836,000
Year ended December 31, 2015:       
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:       
Allowance for doubtful accounts$11,836,000
 $12,373,000
 $(13,516,000) $10,693,000
Year ended December 31, 2016:       
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts:       
Allowance for doubtful accounts$10,693,000
 $11,515,000
 $(6,651,000) $15,557,000
(1)Doubtful accounts written off, net of recoveries.

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ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed (or furnished, if so indicated) herewith as a part of this Report:

21  Subsidiaries of the Company.
23  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
31.1  Certification signed by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a).
31.2  Certification signed by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to SEC Rule 13a-14(a).
32.1  Statement of Chief Executive Officer of Genuine Parts Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).
32.2  Statement of Chief Financial Officer of Genuine Parts Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).
101  Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference as set forth in Item 15 of this Form 10-K:

— 3.1  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, amended April 23, 2007.
— 3.2  By-Laws of the Company as amended and restated November 18, 2013.
— 4.2  Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

Instruments with respect to long-term debt where the total amount of securities authorized there under does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis have not been filed. The Registrant agrees to furnish to the Commission a copy of each such instrument upon request.

— 10.1*  The Genuine Parts Company Restated Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, effective January 1, 1993.
— 10.2*  Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated June 1, 1996, effective June 1, 1996.
— 10.3*Genuine Parts Company Death Benefit Plan, effective July 15, 1997.
— 10.4*  Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999.
10.5*The Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of August 19, 1996.
— 10.6*Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999.
— 10.7*10.4*  Amendment No. 3 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 28, 2001, effective July 1, 2001.
10.8*Genuine Parts Company 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 19, 2001.
— 10.9*10.5*  Amendment No. 4 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated June 5, 2003, effective June 5, 2003.
10.10*Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2003, and executed November 11, 2003.
— 10.11*10.6*  Amendment No. 5 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan.Plan, dated December 28, 2005, effective January 1, 2006.
10.12*Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Death Benefit Plan.
— 10.13*Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective April 17, 2006.


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— 10.14*Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated November 20, 2006, effective November 20, 2006.
— 10.15*Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 19, 2007, effective January 1, 2008.
— 10.16*10.7*  Amendment No. 6 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 28, 2007, effective January 1, 2008.
10.17*10.8*  Amendment No. 27 to the Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term IncentiveTax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated November 19, 2007,16, 2010, effective November 19, 2007.January 1, 2011.
— 10.9*Amendment No. 8 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012.
— 10.10*The Genuine Parts Company Original Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of August 19, 1996.

— 10.18*10.11*  Amendment to the Genuine Parts Company Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.Original Deferred Compensation Plan, dated April 19, 1999, effective April 19, 1999.
— 10.19*Genuine Parts Company Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
— 10.20*Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement.
— 10.21*10.12*  Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009.
— 10.22*Genuine Parts Company 2009 Annual Incentive Bonus Plan, dated March 31, 2009, effective January 1, 2009.
— 10.23*10.13*  Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated August 16, 2010, effective August 16, 2010.
— 10.24*10.14*  Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated November 16, 2010, effective January 1, 2011.
— 10.25*10.15*  Amendment No. 73 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred SavingsSupplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 31, 2013.
— 10.16*Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2003, and executed November 11, 2003.
— 10.17*Amendment No. 1 to the Genuine Parts Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 16, 2010,19, 2007, effective January 1, 2011.2008.
— 10.26*Description of Director Compensation.
— 10.27*10.18*  Amendment No. 2 to the Genuine Parts Company Director’s Deferred Compensation Plan, dated December 7, 2012, effective December 7, 2012.2012
— 10.28*10.19*Description of Director Compensation.
— 10.20*Genuine Parts Company 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 19, 2001.
— 10.21*Genuine Parts Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective April 17, 2006.
— 10.22*  Amendment No. 8 to the Genuine Parts Company Tax-Deferred Savings2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated December 7, 2012,November 20, 2006, effective December 7, 2012.November 20, 2006.
— 10.29*10.23*  Amendment No. 32 to the Genuine Parts Company Supplemental Retirement2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated January 1, 2009, dated December 7, 2012,November 19, 2007, effective December 31, 2013.November 19, 2007.
— 10.30*10.24*  Form of amendment to the Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement.Genuine Parts Company 2015 Incentive Plan, effective November 17, 2014.
— 10.31*10.25*Genuine Parts Company Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
— 10.26*Genuine Parts Company Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
— 10.27*  Genuine Parts Company Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement.
— 10.28*Form of Executive Officer Change in Control Agreement.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

Board of Directors

Dr. Mary B. Bullock

Executive Vice Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University and President Emerita of Agnes Scott  College

Paul D. Donahue

President

Jean Douville

Chairman of the Board of Directors of UAP Inc.

Thomas C. Gallagher

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

George C. “Jack” Guynn

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

John R. Holder

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Holder Properties

John D. Johns

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Protective Life Corporation

Michael M. E. Johns, MD

Professor, Emory School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health; Chancellor and Executive Vice President of Health Affairs Emeritus, Emory University

Robert C. “Robin” Loudermilk, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Loudermilk Companies, LLC

Wendy B. Needham

Retired Managing Director, Global Automotive Research at Credit Suisse First Boston

Jerry W. Nix

Retired Chief Financial Officer

Gary W. Rollins

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rollins Inc.

Corporate Officers

Thomas C. Gallagher

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Paul D. Donahue

President

Carol B. Yancey

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Treg S. Brown

Senior Vice President — Planning and Acquisitions

Charles A. Chesnutt

Senior Vice President — Technology and Process Improvement

R. Bruce Clayton

Senior Vice President — Human Resources

Frank M. Howard

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

James R. Neill

Senior Vice President — Employee Development and Human Resource Services

Michael D. Orr

Senior Vice President — Operations and Logistics

Scott C. Smith

Senior Vice President — Corporate Counsel

Lisa K. Hamilton

Vice President — Benefits and Communications

David A. Haskett

Vice President and Corporate Controller

Philip C. Johnson

Vice President — Compensation

Sidney G. Jones

Vice President — Investor Relations

Karl J. Koenig

Vice President — Real Estate and Construction

Napoleon B. Rutledge, Jr.

Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Eric N. Sundby

Vice President — Information Technology

Matthew P. Brigham

Assistant Vice President — Treasury Services

Christopher T. Galla

Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel

Jessica E. Morgan

Assistant Vice President — Risk Management

Christine E. Powell

Assistant Vice President — Financial Analysis

Robert L. Swann

Assistant Vice President — Internal Audit and Compliance

Jennifer L. Ellis

Associate Counsel and Assistant Secretary

U.S. Automotive Parts Group

Paul D. Donahue

President

Lee A. Maher

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Glenn M. Chambers

Executive Vice President — Operations

Scott W. LeProhon

Executive Vice President — Merchandising and Product Strategy

Daniel F. Askey

Senior Vice President — Sales

Todd P. Helms

Senior Vice President — Human Resources

Gregory N. Miller

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

J. Richard Borman

Vice President — Supply Chain and Logistics

Michael A. Briggs

Vice President — Retail Product Management and Merchandising

Byron H. Frantz

Vice President — Wholesale Product Management

Michael J. Fusaro

Vice President — Process Improvement — Distribution

Richard A. Geiger

Vice President — Finance

Mark W. Hohe

Vice President — Store Operations

Karen E. Kreider

Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Jett W. Kuntz

Vice President — Integrated Business Solutions

David B. Nicki

Vice President — NAPA Tools and Equipment Sales

J. Michael Phillips

Vice President — Organizational Development

Bret A. Robyck

Vice President — AutoCare Sales

Vickie S. Smith

Vice President — Human Resources

Gaylord M. Spencer

Vice President — Marketing Strategy

Michael L. Swartz

Vice President — Inventory & Procurement

Dennis P. Tolivar

Vice President — Major Accounts


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Divisions

M. Todd McMurtrie

Vice President — Atlantic Division

Grant L. Morris

Vice President — Central Division

Michael J. Kelleher

Vice President — Eastern Division

Gregg T. Sargent

Vice President — Florida Operations

Kevin E. Herron

Vice President — Midwest Division

Eric G. Fritsch

Vice President — Mountain Division

Christopher R. Agostino

Vice President — Quaker City Division

Patrick A. Wolfe

Vice President — Southern Division

Stuart A. Kambury

Vice President — Southwest Division

Bradley A. Shaffer

Vice President — Western Division

Heavy Vehicle Parts Group (Atlanta, GA)

D. Gary Silva

President

Greg A. Lancour

Vice President — Operations

Rayloc (Atlanta, GA)

William J. Westerman III

President

Michael S. Gaffney II

Vice President — Operations

Chris C. Koenigshof

Vice President — Human Resources

Joseph W. Lashley

Vice President — Information Services

Scott J. Rolf

Vice President — Sales and Marketing

Balkamp, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN)

D. Tip Tollison

President

Frank C. Amato

Executive Vice President

Mary F. Knudsen

Vice President — Finance and Treasurer

Grupo Auto Todo (Puebla, Mexico)

Juan Lujambio

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jorge Otero

Executive Vice President — Finance

Juan Quintal

Vice President and General Manager NAPA Mexico

Altrom Import Parts Group (Vancouver, Canada)

Patrick K. Nichol

President

NAPA Canada/UAP Inc. (Montreal, Canada)

Jean Douville

Chairman of the Board

Robert Hattem

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sylvie Leduc

Executive Vice President — Heavy Vehicle Parts Division

Alain Masse

Executive Vice President — NAPA Operations

John Buckley

Senior Regional Vice President — Auto Parts Division

Daniel Dallaire

Vice President — Human Resources

Joseph P. Herauf

Vice President — Sales

Thomas Hunt

Vice President — Product Development

Mark Miron

Vice President — Distribution and Logistics

Frank Pipito

Vice President — Finance and Secretary

GPC Asia Pacific (Melbourne, Australia)

John L. Moller

Managing Director

Mark G. Brunton

Executive General Manager — Repco New Zealand

Wayne F. Bryant

Executive General Manager — Repco Australia, Sales and Operations

Rob Cameron

Executive General Manager — Automotive Specialist Group

Gary T. Dunwell

Executive General Manager — Repco Australia, Merchandising and Strategic Marketing

Cary D. Laverty

Executive General Manager — Legal and Commercial

Lincoln P. McFayden

Executive General Manager — McLeod Accessories

J. Scott Mosteller

Executive General Manager — Logistics and Technology

Craig Sandiford

Executive General Manager — Human Resources

Mark B. Sookias

Executive General Manager — Motospecs

Julian Buckley

Chief Financial Officer


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EIS, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)

Robert W. Thomas

President and Chief Executive Officer

Alexander Gonzalez

Senior Vice President — Electrical and Electronics

Larry L. Griffin

Senior Vice President — Fabrication and Coating

William C. Knight

Senior Vice President — Logistics and Operations

Peter F. Sheehan

Senior Vice President — Specialty Wire and Cable

Matthew C. Tyser

Senior Vice President — Finance and Secretary

Derek B. Goshay

Vice President — Human Resources

Motion Industries (Birmingham, AL)

William J. Stevens

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Timothy P. Breen

President and Chief Operating Officer

G. Harold Dunaway, Jr.

Executive Vice President — Finance & Administration and Secretary

Austin W. Amos

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — Midwest

Randall P. Breaux

Senior Vice President — Marketing, Strategic Planning and Product Support

Richard W. Burmester

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — Southwest

Anthony G. Cefalu

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — Central and Hose & Rubber

Ellen H. Holladay

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Operational Excellence Officer

Scott A. MacPherson

Senior Vice President — Sales

Mark W. Sheehan

Senior Vice President — OEM, Global Sourcing, Automation & Process Pumps

Gerald V. Sourbeer

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — Southeast

Kevin P. Storer

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — West and President — Motion Mexico

Mark R. Thompson

Senior Vice President — Corporate Accounts

Randy R. Till

Senior Vice President & Group Executive — East

Darryl J. Britain

Vice President — Technology Process, Support and Communications

Frederick H. “Ted” Cowie

Vice President — Sales — Safety Products

Zahirudin K. Hameer

Vice President — Inventory Management

Billy W. Hamilton

Vice President — Human Resources

M. Keith Knight

Vice President — Business Systems

N. Joe Limbaugh

Vice President — Operations

Douglas R. Osborne

Vice President — MI Services

C. Jeff Rouse

Vice President — Government Sales and Export

Brandon C. Scordino

Vice President — Technology Planning and Development

James R. Summers

Vice President — Systems Assurance & Data Center Operations

J. Marvin Walker

Vice President — Finance

James F. Williams

Vice President — Corporate Purchasing and Distribution Centers

Michael D. Harper

Treasurer

Dermot R. Strong

President — Motion Canada

S. P. Richards Company (Atlanta, GA)

C. Wayne Beacham

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Richard T. Toppin

President and Chief Operating Officer

Steven E. Lynn

Senior Vice President — Merchandising

G. Henry Martin

Senior Vice President — Human Resources

Donald C. Mikolasy

Senior Vice President — Sales

James F. O’Brien

Senior Vice President — Marketing

J. Phillip Welch, Jr.

Senior Vice President — Finance and CFO

Dennis J. Arnold

Vice President — Furniture

John K. Burgess

Vice President — Sales

Thomas E. Dunmon, Jr.

Vice President — Finance and Controller

Dennis J. Flynn

Vice President — Supply Chain

E. Chadwick Lee

Vice President — New Market Development

Charles E. Macpherson

Vice President — Strategic Pricing

Tom C. Maley

Vice President — Business Development & Analytics

Brian M. McGill

Vice President — Information Technology & CIO

James C. Moseley

Vice President — Information Systems

John R. Reagan

Vice President — Merchandising

Jason R. Smith

Vice President — Sales — Emerging Markets

Thomas M. Testa

Vice President — Sales

Chris F. Whiting

Vice President — Cleaning and Breakroom Supply

Bryan A. Wight

Vice President — Sales — Independent Dealer Channel

Lester P. Christian

Vice President — Southeast Division

Bryan T. Hall

Vice President — South Central Division

Gregory L. Nissen

Vice President — Western Division

Ray J. Sreca

Vice President — Northeast Division

Richard A. Wiltz

Vice President — North Central Division

Peter R. Dalglish

Managing Director — S. P. Richards Canada


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