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):    November 13, 2001

                                   AVNET, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

            New York                      1-4224                 11-1890605
 (State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
        of Incorporation)               File Number)         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


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

               (a)   Inapplicable

               (b)   Inapplicable.

               (c)   Exhibits:

                     99.    Press Release of Avnet, Inc. dated November 13, 2001


Item 9.  Regulation F-D Disclosure.

         The press release of Avnet, Inc. issued on November 13, 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:  November 14, 2001           By:   /s/ Raymond Sadowski
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                            Raymond Sadowski
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX





Exhibit Number                 Description of Exhibit
                            
      99                       Press Release of Avnet, Inc.
                               dated November 13, 2001