# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001158449
**File Stem:** 0001628280-25-047113
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-25-047113.hdr.sgml**: 20251029

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-25-047113

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251029

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251029

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251029

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001158449
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES [5531]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 542049910
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0103

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-291142
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251430034

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4200 SIX FORKS ROAD
- **CITY:** RALEIGH
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27609
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5403624911

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4200 SIX FORKS ROAD
- **CITY:** RALEIGH
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27609

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2025.** 

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **54-2049910** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |

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**4200 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609**

**(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)** 

**Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended effective May 14, 2025**

**(Full title of the plan)** 

**Jeffrey R. Vining**

**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.

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| Large accelerated filer | ⌧ | Accelerated filer | ◻ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ◻ | Smaller reporting company | ◻ |
| | | Emerging growth company | ◻ |

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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ◻

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement is being filed solely for the purpose of registering 2,170,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the "Registrant") to be offered to participants under the Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended effective May 15, 2025 (the "Omnibus Plan"). On February 12, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved an amendment to the Omnibus Plan (the "Amendment") to increase the shares authorized for issuance under the Omnibus Plan by 2,170,000 shares, subject to the approval of the Registrant's stockholders. On May 15, 2025, the Registrant's stockholders approved the Amendment. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed in order to register such shares. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's previous <u>[Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-272497](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312523162602/d478819ds8.htm)</u> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2023 relating to the Omnibus Plan.

**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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| **Item 3.** | **Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** |

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The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2024, filed with the Commission on <u>[February 26, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000064/aap-20241228.htm)</u> (including the portions of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed on <u>[March 21, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000140/aap-20250321.htm)</u>);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended <u>[April 19, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000189/aap-20250419.htm)</u>, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2025, and <u>[July 12, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000272/aap-20250712.htm)</u>, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Current Reports filed with the Commission on <u>[February 6, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001158449/000119312525021789/d934422d8k.htm)</u>, <u>[February 19, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001158449/000115844925000048/aap-20250212.htm)</u>, <u>[February 26, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001158449/000115844925000060/aap-20250225.htm)</u> (Items 1.01 and 9.01), <u>[March 20, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000131/aap-20250315.htm)</u>, <u>[May 19, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000176/aap-20250515.htm)</u>; <u>[July 24, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312525163851/d872318d8k.htm)</u> (Items 1.01, 8.01 and portions of 9.01), <u>[August 5, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000259/aap-20250804.htm)</u> and <u>[August 14, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844925000268/aap-20250812.htm)</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on <u>[February 18, 2020](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844920000035/aapexhibit4012282019.htm)</u>, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (and not filed) on any Current Report on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A shall not be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. To the extent that any proxy statement is incorporated by reference herein, such incorporation shall not include any information contained in such proxy statement which is not, pursuant to the Commission's rules, deemed to be "filed" with the Commission or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.

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**Item 8. Exhibits.** 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Exhibit Description** |
| <u>[3.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000195/aap_exhibit31x07132024.htm)</u> | <u>[Fifth Amendment to](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000195/aap_exhibit31x07132024.htm)[The](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000195/aap_exhibit31x07132024.htm)[Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., effective August 9, 2024 (incorporated by reference to the same numbered exhibit to Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 22, 2024)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844924000195/aap_exhibit31x07132024.htm)</u> |
| <u>[3.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312523211026/d512774dex31.htm)</u> | <u>[Amended and Restated Bylaws of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., effective August 8, 2023 (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 14, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312523211026/d512774dex31.htm)</u>  |
| <u>[4.1](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844923000107/aap-20230406.htm)</u> | <u>[Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on April 7, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000115844923000107/aap-20230406.htm)</u> |
| <u>[4.2](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001158449/000115844925000140/aap-20250321.htm)</u> | <u>[First Amendment to Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 21, 2025).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001158449/000115844925000140/aap-20250321.htm)</u>  |
| <u>[5.1](opinionofhoganlovellsusllp.htm)</u> | <u>[Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed herewith).](opinionofhoganlovellsusllp.htm)</u> |
| <u>[23.1](opinionofhoganlovellsusllp.htm)</u> | <u>[Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).](opinionofhoganlovellsusllp.htm)</u> |
| <u>[23.2](deloitteconsentaaps-8.htm)</u> | <u>[Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).](deloitteconsentaaps-8.htm)</u> |
| <u>[24.1](#id303d16f3dd9449284492ff4e2db64cb_13)</u> | <u>[Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration Statement).](#id303d16f3dd9449284492ff4e2db64cb_13)</u> |
| <u>[107](exfilingfees.htm)</u> | <u>[Filing Fee Table.](exfilingfees.htm)</u> |

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**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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on October 29, 2025.

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| ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. | ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. |
| By: | /s/ SHANE M. O'KELLY |
| Name: | SHANE M. O'KELLY |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey R. Vining and Amenda L. Keister his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following in the capacities and on the date indicated:

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Shane M. O'Kelly | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| **Shane M. O'Kelly** | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| /s/ Ryan P. Grimsland | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| **Ryan P. Grimsland** | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| /s/ Michael P. Beland | Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| **Michael P. Beland** | Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | October 29, 2025 |
| /s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr. | Chairman and Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Eugene I. Lee, Jr.** |  |  |
| /s/ Carla J. Bailo | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Carla J. Bailo** |  |  |
| /s/ John F. Ferraro | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **John F. Ferraro** |  |  |
| /s/ Joan M. Hilson | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Joan M. Hilson** |  |  |
| /s/ Jeffrey J. Jones II | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Jeffrey J. Jones II** |  |  |

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| /s/ Thomas W. Seboldt | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Thomas W. Seboldt** | | |
| /s/ Gregory L. Smith | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **Gregory L. Smith** | | |
| /s/ A. Brent Windom | Director | October 29, 2025 |
| **A. Brent Windom** | | |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

![picture1a.jpg](picture1a.jpg)

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| Hogan Lovells US LLP |
| Columbia Square |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, NW |
| Washington, DC 20004 |
| T +1 202 637 5600 |
| F +1 202 637 5910 |
| www.hoganlovells.com |

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October 29, 2025

Board of Directors

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

4200 Six Forks Road

Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

To the addressee referred to above:

We are acting as counsel to Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "**Company**"), in connection with its filing of the registration statement on Form S-8 (the "**Registration Statement**"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "**Act**"), relating to the proposed public offering of up to 2,170,000 newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "**Common Stock**") of the Company (the "**Shares**"), all of which shares are issuable pursuant to the Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the "**Plan**"). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other statutes, rules or regulations.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that following (i) effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (ii) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and (iii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the applicable resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and in the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the state of Delaware. "Hogan Lovells" is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Berlin Birmingham Boston Brussels Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dublin Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Philadelphia Riyadh Rome San Francisco São Paulo Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Tokyo Washington, D.C. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com.

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**Exhibit 5.1**

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement. We assume no obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an "expert" within the meaning of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 26, 2025, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company"), and the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 28, 2024.

<u>/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP</u>

Charlotte, North Carolina

October 29, 2025

## Ex-Filing

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**Exhibit 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Table**

**FORM S-8**

(Form Type)

**ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

**<u>Table 1. Newly Registered Securities</u>**

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| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered<sup>(1)</sup> | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit<sup>(2)</sup> | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | Other | 2170000 | $55.215 | $119816550 | 0.0001381 | $16546.67 |
| **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** |  | $119816550 |  | $16546.67 |
| **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** |  |  |  |  |
| **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** |  |  |  | $16546.67 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.The Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 2,170,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also registers any additional securities to be offered or issued in connection with stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, or similar transactions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 24, 2025, which was $55.215 per share.

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