Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 23, 2009, Genuine Parts Company issued a press release announcing its expectations of sales and diluted earnings per share for fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Sales are expected to increase approximately 2% as compared to fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and anticipates reported diluted earnings per share in the range of $2.85 to $2.90. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as exhibit 99.1.

The information, including the exhibits attached hereto contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K of Genuine Parts Company is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 2.02, Item 8.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company declared an increase of 3% in the regular quarterly cash dividend for 2009. The Board increased the cash dividend payable to an annual rate of $1.60 per share compared with the previous dividend of $1.56 per share. The quarterly cash dividend of $.40 cents per share is payable April 1, 2009 to shareholders of record March 6, 2009.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated January 23, 2009

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