8-K

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): May 19, 2022

ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4200 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

(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 classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registeredCommon Stock, $0.0001 par valueAAPNew York Stock Exchange

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The following matters were submitted to a vote by the stockholders: (1) election of 10 nominees to serve as members of the Board of Directors until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (2) non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (3) ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022, and (4) vote to approve the stockholder proposal regarding amending our proxy access rights to remove the shareholder aggregation limit.

All nominees were elected to the Board of Directors with the following vote counts:

There were 3,712,051 broker non-votes recorded for each nominee.

The compensation of the named executive officers was approved by the following non-binding advisory vote:

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered

public accounting firm for 2022. The vote on the proposal was as follows:

A majority of the Company’s outstanding shares were cast against the vote to approve the stockholder proposal regarding amending our proxy access rights to remove the shareholder aggregation limit.

The vote on the proposal was as follows:

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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.