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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-10-007187
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101206
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20101206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20101206

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:		101233512

	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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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
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      DC 20549</font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">FORM
      8-K</font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">CURRENT
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      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): December 6, 2010</font><br><br><br>
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            <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">ARROW
            ELECTRONICS, INC.</font>
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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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            50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK
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            11747
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">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):</font>
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      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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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
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      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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      <b>ITEM 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER EVENTS</b>
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    <p>
      On December 6, 2010, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a
      press release announcing that the Company had acquired Diasa
      Informatica.&#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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      <br>
      <b>ITEM 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</b>
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            99.1
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          Press release dated December 6, 2010 issued by Arrow Electronics,
          Inc.
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      <br>
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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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        </td>
        <td style="width: 22%">

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            &#160;
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          &#160;
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        <td style="width: 22%">

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        <td style="width: 3%">

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        <td style="width: 1%">

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          &#160;
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          Date:
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            December 6, 2010
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            By:
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            /s/ Peter S. Brown
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        <td style="width: 22%">

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            Name:
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            Peter S. Brown
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        <td style="width: 10%">

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        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 30%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 22%">

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            Title:
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          <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px">
            Senior Vice President
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        </td>
        <td style="width: 30%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 22%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 3%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 1%">

        </td>
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            and General Counsel
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        <td style="width: 10%">

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      <br>

    </p>
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      <b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b><br><br>
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            <u>EXHIBIT NO.</u>
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 5%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.0px">
          &#160;
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          <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px">
            <u>DESCRIPTION</u>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
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        <td style="width: 15%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 80%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.0px">
          &#160;
        </td>
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          <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px">
            99.1
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 80%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.0px">
          <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px">
            Press Release dated December 6, 2010 issued by Arrow Electronics,
            Inc.
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Arrow
      Electronics Acquires Diasa Inform&#225;tica</b></font>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Expands
      geographic reach and line card in ECS Europe</b></font>
    </p>
    <p>
      MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 6, 2010--Arrow Electronics,
      Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced that it has acquired Diasa Inform&#225;tica
      (&#8220;Diasa&#8221;), a leading European value-added distributor of servers,
      storage, software, and networking products in Spain and Portugal. The
      company also offers technical consultancy and training, presales
      support, installation services and financial services to its
      approximately 3,000 resellers.
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    <p>
      &#8220;Diasa expands the geographic footprint and scale of our ECS business in
      Europe bringing the number of countries we have a presence in to 26 in
      the region. This acquisition complements our existing portfolio of
      hardware and storage offerings and also broadens our line card with key
      suppliers in the region,&#8221; said Michael J. Long, chairman, president, and
      chief executive officer of Arrow Electronics, Inc.
    </p>
    <p>
      Diasa is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and has approximately 140
      employees. Total sales were approximately $250 million for the most
      recent fiscal year. The transaction is expected to be accretive to
      earnings in the first full year of operations.
    </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.
    </p>
    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>For 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:
      John Hourigan, 303-824-4586<br>Director, Corporate Communications
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