Advance Auto Parts Announces Closing of Senior Notes Offering

ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. AAP, a leading retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items, announced today the closing of its Senior Unsecured Notes offering. The Company completed the offering of $450 million in principal amount of 4.50% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023 at an issue price of 99.690%. The proceeds of the offering are expected to be used to finance the recently announced acquisition of General Parts International, Inc. and for general corporate purposes.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as joint book-running managers of the debt offering. The offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, which has been filed with the SEC. A copy of the prospectus for the offering may be obtained on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may request it by contacting Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 222 Broadway, 11^th Floor, New York, New York 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department or calling toll-free at 1-800-294-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com or by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3^rd Floor 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10179 or telephone collect at 1-212-834-4533.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Advance Auto Parts

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items in the United States, serves both the do-it-yourself and professional installer markets. As of October 5, 2013, the Company operated 4,018 stores in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Additional information about the Company, employment opportunities, customer services, and online shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found on the Company's website at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.

About General Parts International, Inc.

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina and founded in 1962 by Chairman O. Temple Sloan Jr., GPI is a leading distributor and retailer of replacement parts, supplies, tools and equipment for automobiles, light and heavy trucks, off-road equipment, buses, recreational equipment, and agricultural equipment. It operates the CARQUEST auto parts distribution network, with 38 distribution centers, 1,246 company operated stores across the US and Canada and 1,418 independently owned CARQUEST locations primarily in the US and Canada. It also operates WORLDPAC, a leading importer and distributor of original equipment and quality aftermarket replacement automotive parts to import specialists in North America and Puerto Rico operating four main distribution centers and 102 facilities across the US and Canada. More information about General Parts International Inc. can be found on the company's websites: www.CARQUEST.com and at www.WORLDPAC.com.

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