SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2010


ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

NEW YORK

1-4482

11-1806155

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK

11747

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 847-2000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

          On December 14, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Philip K. Asherman and Andrew C. Kerin as independent directors of the Company, effective December 15, 2010.  A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Messrs. Asherman and Kerin is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.

DESCRIPTION

 

     99.1

Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated December 15, 2010 regarding the appointment of Messrs. Asherman and Kerin to the Company’s Board of Directors.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

 
 
Date:

December 15, 2010

By:

/s/ Peter S. Brown

Name:

Peter S. Brown

Title:

Senior Vice President

and General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 

99.1

Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated December 15, 2010  regarding the appointment of Messrs. Asherman and Kerin to the Company’s Board of Directors.

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