As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2023.
Registration No. 333-89154
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 54-2049910 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4200 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Tammy M. Finley
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
4200 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
(Name and address of agent for service)
(540) 362-4911
(Telephone Number, including area code, for agent for service)
Copy to:
John Beckman
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Columbia Square
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20002
Telephone: (202) 637 5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
On May 24, 2002, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-89154) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”), registering 2,100,000 shares (on a post-split basis) of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Shares”), to be issued to participants under the Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The Registrant is no longer issuing securities under the ESPP. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed in order to deregister all Shares that were registered under the Registration Statement and remain unissued under the ESPP.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on 7 June, 2023.
| ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ THOMAS R. GRECO | |
| Name: | Thomas R. Greco | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
