Calendar updated 18 Oct 2026 · checked every Monday and Thursday against filings and company releasesUS since 2015 · Europe since 2023
Every Spin-Off
Subscribe

Motion

Announced

Motion, the industrial distribution business (about $9bn of 2025 sales). The parent keeps NAPA as Global Automotive.

Status
Announced
Expected
Q1 2027
Parent
Genuine Parts (GPC)
Spin-off ticker
To be announced
Market
United States

Terms

Intended tax-free; no shareholder vote required. Will Stengel becomes Chairman and CEO of Motion. Company guidance puts roughly $250m of added costs, dis-synergies included, on the automotive side.

Key dates

  1. Intent announced
  2. Motion investor day
  3. Targeted completion

Source documents

Every Spin-Off research

No report on this situation yet. New reports are published on Substack first.

Receive reports by email

Every Spin-Off by email

Deep dives on Tuesdays, Every Spin-Off News on Sundays, educational posts in between.