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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.44

                                    REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT, dated as of March
                           6, 2003, among ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED,
                           a Virginia corporation (the "Borrower"), ADVANCE AUTO
                           PARTS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"),
                           each subsidiary of Holdings listed on the signature
                           pages hereof (collectively, the "Subsidiary Loan
                           Parties" and, together with the Borrower and
                           Holdings, the "Reaffirming Parties") and JPMORGAN
                           CHASE BANK ("JPMCB"), as Administrative Agent and
                           Collateral Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement
                           referred to below.

                  WHEREAS Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, and
JPMCB have entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the "Amendment
and Restatement Agreement"), dated as of March 6, 2003, which amends and
restates the Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2001, as amended and
restated as of June 28, 2002 (the "Existing Credit Agreement", and, as amended
and restated after giving effect to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the
"Restated Credit Agreement"), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders from
time to time party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent;

                  WHEREAS each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or
more of the Security Documents (such term and each other capitalized term used
but not defined herein having the meaning assigned in the Restated Credit
Agreement), the Guarantee Agreement, the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution
Agreement (the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement and the Indemnity,
Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as
the "Reaffirmed Documents");

                  WHEREAS each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has
realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Amendment
and Restatement Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby; and

                  WHEREAS the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

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                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                     Reaffirmation/Amendment and Restatement

                  SECTION 1.01. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming
Parties hereby consents to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby and hereby confirms its respective guarantees,
pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements, as applicable, under
each of the Reaffirmed Documents to which it is party, and agrees that
notwithstanding the effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, such guarantees,
pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements shall continue to be
in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Lenders under
the Restated Credit Agreement. Each of the Reaffirming Parties further agrees to
take any action that may be required or that is reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to ensure compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with
Sections 5.12 and 5.13 of the Restated Credit Agreement to the extent such
covenant pertains to such Reaffirming Party and hereby reaffirms its obligations
under each similar provision of each Reaffirmed Document to which it is party.

                  (b) Each of the Reaffirming Parties hereby confirms and agrees
that the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans
and the Tranche C-1 Term Loans constitute Obligations under each of the
Reaffirmed Documents.

                  SECTION 1.02. Amendment and Restatement. On and after the
effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, (i) each reference in
each Reaffirmed Document to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Restated Credit
Agreement as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented and in
effect from time to time and (ii) the definition of any term defined in any
Reaffirmed Document by reference to the terms defined in the "Credit Agreement"
shall be amended to be defined by reference to the defined term in the Restated
Credit Agreement, as the same may be

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amended, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.

                                   ARTICLE II

                         Representations and Warranties

                  Each Reaffirming Party hereby represents and warrants, which
representations and warranties shall survive execution and delivery of this
Agreement, as follows:

                  SECTION 2.01. Organization. Such Reaffirming Party is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization.

                  SECTION 2.02. Authority; Enforceability. Such Reaffirming
Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms
and provisions of this Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement. Such
Reaffirming Party has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms.

                  SECTION 2.03. Reaffirmed Documents. The representations and
warranties of such Reaffirming Party contained in each Reaffirmed Document are
true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as though
made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such
earlier date).

                                   ARTICLE III

                                  Miscellaneous

                  SECTION 3.01. Notices. All notices and other communications
hereunder shall be made at the addresses, in the manner and with the effect
provided in Article IX of the Restated Credit Agreement; provided that, for this
purpose, the address of each Reaffirming Party shall be the one specified for
the Borrower under the Restated Credit Agreement.

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                  SECTION 3.02. Expenses. Each Reaffirming Party agrees to pay
all reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and time charges of attorneys for JPMCB or any Lender, which attorneys may be
employees of JPMCB or any Lender) incurred by JPMCB or any Lender in collecting
or enforcing any Reaffirming Party's obligations under this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.03. Loan Document. This Agreement is a Loan Document
executed pursuant to the Restated Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance
with the terms and provisions thereof.

                  SECTION 3.04. Section Captions. Section captions used in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.05. Severability. Wherever possible each provision
of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and
valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder
of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.06. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.

                  SECTION 3.07. Amendment. This Agreement may be waived,
modified or amended only by a written agreement executed by each of the parties
hereto.

                  SECTION 3.08. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original
but all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or
other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.09. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the
execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement
shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement or the Restated Credit

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Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document
or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a
substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Existing
Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full
force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments
executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Amendment
and Restatement Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or
thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of Holdings, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its
obligations and liabilities as "Holdings", the "Borrower", a "Subsidiary Loan
Party", a "Pledgor" or a "Grantor" under the Restated Credit Agreement or the
Loan Documents. Each of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any
extent modified hereby or by the Amendment and Restatement Agreement or in
connection herewith and therewith.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Reaffirming Party and JPMCB, as
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                              ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE STORES COMPANY,
                                              INCORPORATED,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE TRUCKING CORPORATION,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              WESTERN AUTO OF PUERTO RICO,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              WESTERN AUTO OF ST. THOMAS,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

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                                              WASCO INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE MERCHANDISING COMPANY,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE AIRCRAFT COMPANY,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              DISCOUNT AUTO PARTS, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              DAP ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
                                              Administrative Agent,

                                                By: /s/ NEIL R. BOYLAN
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Neil R. Boylan
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.19

                        FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the __th day of _______, 200_, by and
between Acacia Research Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
__________, a [Director and Officer] of the Company (the "Indemnitee"), with
reference to the following facts:

                                R E C I T A L S :

         The Indemnitee is currently serving as a [Director and Officer] of the
Company and the Company wishes the Indemnitee to continue in such capacity. The
Indemnitee is willing, under certain circumstances, to continue serving as a
[Director and Officer] of the Company.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
under which Law the Company is organized, empowers corporations to indemnify a
person serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and
a person who serves at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise, and said Section 145 specifies that the indemnification set
forth in said Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

         In order to induce the Indemnitee to continue to serve as a [Director
and Officer] of the Company and in consideration of his continued service, the
Company has determined and agreed to enter into this agreement with the
Indemnitee.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee's continued service as a
[Director and Officer] of the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         INDEMNITY. The Company will indemnify the Indemnitee, his executors,
administrators or assigns, for any Damages or Expenses (as defined below) which
the Indemnitee is or becomes legally obligated to pay in connection with any
Proceeding. As used in this Agreement the term "Proceeding" shall include any
threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether
brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which the Indemnitee may be
or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any
actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement or omission made
or suffered by the Indemnitee, by reason of any action taken by him or of any
inaction on his part while acting as such director or officer, or by reason of
the fact that he was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise; provided, that in each such case Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, in the case of a criminal
proceeding, in addition had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As
used in this Agreement, the term "other enterprise" shall include (without
limitation) employee benefit plans and administrative committees thereof, and
the term "fines" shall include (without limitation) any excise tax assessed with

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respect to any employee benefit plan. References to "serving at the request of
the Corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants or beneficiaries, and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan he shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Company" as referred to above.

         EXPENSES. As used in this Agreement, the term "Expenses" shall include,
without limitation, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, settlements and costs,
attorneys' fees and disbursements and costs of attachment or similar bonds,
investigations, and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
under this Agreement and the term "Damages" shall include damages, judgments,
fines, penalties and settlements.

         ENFORCEMENT. If a claim or request under this Agreement is not paid by
the Company, or on its behalf, within thirty days after a written claim or
request has been received by the Company, the Indemnitee may at any time
thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the
claim or request and if successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall be
entitled to be paid also the Expenses of prosecuting such suit. The Company
shall have the right to recoup from the Indemnitee the amount of any item or
items of Expenses (other than Damages) theretofore paid by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement, to the extent such Expenses are not reasonable in nature or
amount; provided, however, that the Company shall have the burden of proving
such Expenses to be unreasonable. The burden of proving that the Indemnitee is
not entitled to indemnification for any other reason shall be upon the Company.

         SUBROGATION. In the event that the Company pays any Expenses under this
Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all
of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers
required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights,
including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company
effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

         EXCLUSIONS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
liable under this Agreement to pay any Expenses in connection with any
Proceeding:

                  to the extent that payment of such Expenses is actually made
to the Indemnitee under a valid, enforceable and collectible insurance policy;

                  to the extent that the Indemnitee is indemnified and actually
paid otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement;

                  in connection with a judicial action by or in the right of the
Company, in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which
such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the
Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as
such court shall deem proper;

                  if it is proved by final judgment in a court of law or other
final adjudication that the Indemnitee had in fact gained any personal profit or
advantage to which he was not legally entitled;

                  for a disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale
by the Indemnitee of securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any state
statutory law or common law;

                  brought about or contributed to by the dishonesty of the
Indemnitee seeking payment hereunder; however, notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Indemnitee shall be protected under this Agreement as to any Proceeding
brought against him by reason of any alleged dishonesty on his part, unless a
judgment or other final adjudication thereof adverse to the Indemnitee shall
establish that he committed (i) acts of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii)
with actual dishonest purpose and intent and (iii) such acts were material to
the cause of action so adjudicated; or

                  for any Damages which the Company is prohibited by applicable
law from paying as indemnity.

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         INDEMNIFICATION OF EXPENSES OF SUCCESSFUL PARTY. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding or in defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice,
Indemnitee shall be indemnified against any and all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

         PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company
shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to
which the Indemnitee is entitled.

         ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection
with any Proceeding, except the amount of any Damages, shall be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon request of the
Indemnitee that the Company pay such Expenses. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes
to repay to the Company the amount of any Expenses theretofore paid by the
Company to the extent that it is ultimately determined that such Expenses were
not reasonable or that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification
therefor.

         APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF DAMAGES. No payment of Damages for which
indemnity shall be sought under this Agreement, other than those in respect of
judgments and verdicts actually rendered, shall be incurred without the prior
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         NOTICE OF CLAIM. The Indemnitee, as a condition precedent to his right
to be indemnified under this Agreement, shall give to the Company notice in
writing as soon as reasonably practicable of any Proceeding against him for
which indemnity will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the
Company shall be given at its principal office and shall be directed to the
Corporate Secretary (or such other address as the Company shall designate in
writing to the Indemnitee); notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of the
date of receipt or the seventh day after it is sent by properly addressed,
prepaid registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. In addition, the
Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation as it may
reasonably require and as shall be within the Indemnitee's power.

         COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

         INDEMNIFICATION HEREUNDER NOT EXCLUSIVE. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to diminish or otherwise restrict the Indemnitee's right to indemnification
under any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the
Company and amendments thereto or under law.

         GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with Delaware law.

         SAVING CLAUSE. Wherever there is conflict between any provision of this
Agreement and any applicable present or future statute, law or regulation
contrary to which the Company and the Indemnitee have no legal right to
contract, the latter shall prevail, but in such event the affected provisions of
this Agreement shall be curtailed and restricted only to the extent necessary to
bring them within applicable legal requirements.

         COVERAGE. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply with respect to
the Indemnitee's service as a [Director and Officer] of the Company prior to the
date of this Agreement and with respect to all periods of such service after the
date of this Agreement, even though the Indemnitee may have ceased to be a
[Director and/or Officer] of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.

         SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT. For purposes of this Agreement, any reference to
the "Company" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving
corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate
existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions
of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he
would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and signed as of the day and year first above written.

                                   ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                   A DELAWARE CORPORATION

                                   By:
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                                   Indemnitee

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