aap-20210309

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2021

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.)

2635 East Millbrook Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604

(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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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.

On March 9, 2021, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) mutually agreed with Michael T. Broderick, Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Store Operations Support, that the Company will accept his resignation for good reason and his employment with the Company will terminate, effective March 27, 2021. Mr. Broderick will receive severance in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement with the Company. The Company thanks Mr. Broderick for his service.

Effective March 15, 2021, Jason B. McDonell, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of the Company, will serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing and e-commerce, and Michael C. Creedon, Jr., President, U.S. Stores, has been promoted to serve as Executive Vice President, U.S. Stores.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number

101.1			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.


						ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.
						(Registrant)

Date: March 15, 2021						/s/ Jeffrey W. Shepherd
						Jeffrey W. Shepherd
						Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer