SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 10, 2001

AVNET, INC.

New York		1-4224		11-1890605
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2211 South 47th Street, Phoenix, Arizona				85034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code — (480) 643-2000

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Not Applicable

 

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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

	(a)     Inapplicable
	(b)     Inapplicable.
	(c)     Exhibits:

	99.     Press Release of Avnet, Inc. dated December 10, 2001

Item 9. Regulation F-D Disclosure.

		The press release of Avnet, Inc. issued on December 10, 2001 is being filed as Exhibit 99 hereto.
		Management of Avnet, Inc. may, from time to time, comment on expectations concerning Avnet’s future financial performance during discussions with investors, the media, investment analysts, and others. To the extent management’s expectations differ during those discussions from the comments made by management in Avnet’s conference calls, such new expectations will be posted on the Investor Relations home page of Avnet’s web site.

 

No other item of this report form is presently applicable to the Registrant.

 

S I G N A T U R E

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

                   

		AVNET, INC. (Registrant)
Date: December 11, 2001		By:		/s/ David R. Birk
		David R. Birk Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
99		Press Release of Avnet, Inc. dated December 10, 2001