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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-10-005541
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100920
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100920

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARROW ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007536
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065]
		IRS NUMBER:				111806155
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04482
		FILM NUMBER:		101080392

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 HUB DR
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5163911300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 MARCUS DR
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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      8-K</font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">CURRENT
      REPORT</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Date
      of report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">September
      20, 2010</font><br><br><br>
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            <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">ARROW
            ELECTRONICS, INC.</font><br>
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            Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font>
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            NEW YORK
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            1-4482
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            11-1806155
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            (State or Other Jurisdiction
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            of Incorporation)
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            50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK
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            11747
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      of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font>
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      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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    <p>
      <b>ITEM 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER EVENTS</b><br>
    </p>
    <p>
      On September 20, 2010, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a
      press release announcing that the Company will acquire Nu Horizons
      Electronics in an all-cash transaction for a purchase price of $7.00 per
      share.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
      and is incorporated herein by reference.
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            99.1
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            Press release dated September 20, 2010 issued by Arrow
            Electronics, Inc.
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font><br>
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      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.
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          &#160;
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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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            &#160;
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          Date:
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            September 20, 2010
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            Peter S. Brown
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            Title:
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            Senior Vice President
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            and General Counsel
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      <b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b><br><br>
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          &#160;
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          &#160;
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            99.1
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            Press release dated September 20, 2010 issued by Arrow
            Electronics, Inc.
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <u><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Arrow
      Electronics Acquires Nu Horizons Electronics</b></font></u>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Increases
      presence in fast-growing Asia-Pacific market</b></font>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Accretive
      to earnings in first year</b></font>
    </p>
    <p>
      MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 20, 2010--Arrow Electronics,
      Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Nu
      Horizons Electronics (&#8220;Nu Horizons&#8221;) in an all cash transaction for
      $7.00 per share. Nu Horizons is a leading global distributor of advanced
      technology semiconductor, display, illumination, and power solutions to
      a wide variety of commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and
      electronic manufacturing services providers (EMS).
    </p>
    <p>
      Nu Horizons has sales facilities in more than 50 locations across North
      America, Asia, and Europe and regional logistics centers throughout the
      globe, serving a wide variety of end markets including industrial,
      military, networking, telecommunications, and data communications. Nu
      Horizons partners with best-in-class suppliers to provide in-depth
      product development, custom logistics, and life-cycle support to its
      customers. Active components distributed by the company, principally to
      OEMs, include mainly commercial semiconductor products, such as memory
      chips, microprocessors, digital and linear circuits, microwave, radio
      frequency (RF) and fiber-optic components, transistors and diodes.
    </p>
    <p>
      &#8220;This acquisition builds on our strategy to expand our global
      capabilities, especially in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region,&#8221; said
      Michael J. Long, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of
      Arrow Electronics, Inc. &#8220;Nu Horizons&#8217; strong customer and supplier
      relationships and talented employees will allow us to continue to
      enhance shareholder value.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      Nu Horizons is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has over 700
      employees. Total sales were $671 million for the fiscal year ended
      February 28, 2010. The transaction is expected to be $.05-$.10 per share
      accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations. The
      acquisition has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both
      companies and is subject to the approval of Nu Horizons&#8217; shareholders as
      well as customary regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to
      close during the fourth quarter of 2010.
    </p>
    <p>
      Arrow Electronics (<u>www.arrow.com</u>) is a global provider of
      products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of
      electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered
      in Melville, N.Y., Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for over 900
      suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract
      manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more
      than 310 locations in 51 countries and territories.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u>Safe Harbor</u>
    </p>
    <p>
      The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a &quot;safe
      harbor&quot; for forward-looking statements. This press release includes
      forward-looking statements, including statements addressing future
      financial results. These statements are subject to a number of risks and
      uncertainties that could cause actual results or facts to differ
      materially from such statements for a variety of reasons including, but
      not limited to: industry conditions, the company&#8217;s implementation of its
      new global financial system and the company&#8217;s planned implementation of
      its new enterprise resource planning system, changes in product supply,
      pricing and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the global
      components and global ECS markets, changes in relationships with key
      suppliers, increased profit margin pressure, the effects of additional
      actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs, the company&#8217;s
      ability to generate additional cash flow and the other risks described
      from time to time in the company&#8217;s reports to the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (including the company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
      and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q). Forward-looking statements are
      those statements, which are not statements of historical fact. These
      forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words
      such as &quot;expects,&quot; &quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;intends,&quot; &quot;plans,&quot; &quot;may,&quot; &quot;will,&quot;
      &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;seeks,&quot; &quot;estimates,&quot; and similar expressions. Shareholders
      and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
      forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which
      they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly
      or revise any of the forward-looking statements.
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      CONTACT:<br>Arrow Electronics, Inc.<br>Michael Taunton, 631-847-5680<br>Vice
      President &amp; Treasurer<br>or<br>Paul J. Reilly, 631-847-1872<br>Executive
      Vice President, Finance and Operations &amp; Chief Financial Officer<br>or<br>Media:<br>John
      Hourigan, 303-824-4586<br>Director, Corporate Communications
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