Genuine Parts Company announced that its shareholders, at its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 27, 2020, elected Jean-Jacques Lafont as a new director of the Company. Additionally, Thomas C. "Tom" Gallagher has retired as a director. Jean-Jacques Lafont is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Alliance Automotive Group. Prior to his current role as Executive Chairman, Mr. Lafont was Chief Executive Officer of AAG, which he co-founded in 1989 and continued to lead for 30 years. Mr. Lafont is also the Non-Executive Chairman of the Supervisory Board of a European distributor of building materials and sanitary equipment under private equity ownership.