Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 12, 2023
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-16797
54-2049910
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4200 Six Fork Road, Raleigh, North Carolina27609
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(540) 362-4911
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
AAP
New York Stock Exchange
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On April 12, 2023, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) and Robert B. Cushing, 69, Executive Vice President, Professional, agreed to reassign portions of Mr. Cushing’s job responsibilities to other executives to further streamline field operations and support long-term succession planning. The Company and Mr. Cushing have aligned with transferring responsibilities relating to field professional sales staff and store point of sale technology. Mr. Cushing will continue to be an active member of the Company’s senior executive team leading Worldpac, Carquest Canada, strategic professional accounts and the Technet program. The Company believes that continuing to leverage Mr. Cushing’s extensive knowledge of the aftermarket professional business will help further develop the Company’s deep bench of talent and support the growth of its professional business.
(e) In connection with this reassignment of duties and considering the value his leadership and experience provides, the Company and Mr. Cushing have entered into an Amendment to his employment agreement (the “Amendment”) that mutually extends his service period with the Company through at least the end of the first fiscal quarter of 2024. A copy of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page to this Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in Inline XBRL.
104.1
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document included in Exhibit 101.1).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
