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): March 24, 2014

 

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

NEW YORK

 

1-4482

 

11-1806155

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

 Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

7459 SOUTH LIMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 824-4000

 

Not Applicable

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 1.01.          ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

 

On March 24, 2014 the Registrant, Arrow Electronics, Inc. entered into Amendment No. 24 to its existing Transfer and Administration Agreement (the “Agreement”) under which the size of its accounts receivables securitization facility was increased to $900,000,000, and the maturity was extended to March 24, 2017, along with certain other changes to the terms of the facility.  The following banks are participating in the facility: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, The Bank of Nova Scotia, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Mizuho.

 

The above description is a summary only of the Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

 

Press Release

 

On March 25, 2014, the Company issued a press release regarding the execution of Amendment No. 24 to the Transfer and Administration Agreement.  A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)       Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description of Document

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 24 to the Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 24, 2014, exhibiting the Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement incorporating Amendments 1-24, effective as of March 24, 2014.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated March 25, 2014.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 27, 2014

By:

/s/ Peter S. Brown

 

 

Name:

Peter S. Brown

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

General Counsel

 

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