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STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.

37-18 Northern Blvd.

Long Island City, New York 11101

Additional Information Regarding

the Annual Meeting of Shareholders

To Be Held on May 19, 2020

The following Notice of Change to the Location of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders supplements the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement of Standard Motor Products, Inc. (the “Company”), dated April 17, 2020, furnished to shareholders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 19, 2020. This Notice is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is being distributed to shareholders on or about May 13, 2020. This Notice should be read in conjunction with the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

Notice of Change to the Location of

the Annual Meeting of Shareholders

To Be Held on May 19, 2020

To Our Shareholders:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Standard Motor Products, Inc. has been changed to a virtual meeting format. As previously announced, the Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Due to the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our concern for the health and safety of our shareholders, meeting participants and communities, the Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual-only format. There will be no physical meeting location.

As described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting previously distributed, you may vote your shares and participate remotely in the Annual Meeting if you were a shareholder of the Company as of the close of business on April 7, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting. To participate remotely in our Annual Meeting, visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SMP2020 and follow the instructions on the meeting website to log in, which will require you to enter the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. Shareholders who participate remotely will be able to listen to a broadcast of the meeting, submit questions and vote their shares during the course of the meeting.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting remotely, we encourage you to vote your shares in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. The proxy card included with the proxy materials previously distributed will not be updated to reflect the change in location and may continue to be used to vote your shares in connection with the Annual Meeting.

	By Order of the Board of Directors

	Carmine J. Broccole
	Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary

Long Island City, New York

May 13, 2020

For Immediate Release

	For more information, contact:
	James J. Burke
	Standard Motor Products, Inc.
	(718) 392-0200

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

Announces a Change to the Location of its

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

New York, NY, May 13, 2020......Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE: SMP), an automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor, announced today that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders has been changed to a virtual meeting format. Due to the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and concern for the health and safety of shareholders, meeting participants and communities, there will be no physical meeting location. The Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) in a virtual-only format at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SMP2020.

As described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting previously distributed, shareholders may vote their shares and participate remotely in the Annual Meeting if they were a shareholder as of the close of business on April 7, 2020. To participate in the Annual Meeting, shareholders must visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SMP2020 and follow the instructions on the meeting website to log in, which will require the 16-digit control number found on their proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied their proxy materials. Shareholders who participate remotely will be able to listen to a broadcast of the meeting, submit questions and vote their shares during the course of the meeting.

Shareholders are encouraged to vote their shares in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting, whether or not they plan to participate remotely. The proxy card included with the proxy materials previously distributed will not be updated to reflect the change in location and may continue to be used to vote shares in connection with the Annual Meeting.

37-18 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101