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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-11-002643
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110502
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110503

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:		11805004

	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-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">UNITED&#160;STATES</font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">SECURITIES
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      DC 20549</font><br><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">FORM
      8-K</font><br><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">CURRENT
      REPORT</font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font><br><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">Date
      of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 2, 2011</font><br><br><br>
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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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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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      of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: 10pt">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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      <b>ITEM 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER EVENTS</b><br>
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      On May 2, 2011, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release announcing that the Company has acquired Cross Telecom.&#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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      <b>ITEM 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</b><br>
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            99.1
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            Press release dated May 2, 2011 issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc.
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      <br>
      <br>
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><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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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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            Date: May 3, 2011
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            Title: 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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            <u>EXHIBIT NO.</u>
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          &#160;
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            <u>DESCRIPTION</u>
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          &#160;
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            99.1
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            Press Release dated May 2, 2011 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-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Arrow
      Electronics Acquires Cross Telecom</b></font></u>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>--Expands
      presence in unified communications and managed services market--</b></font>
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    <p>
      MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2011--Arrow Electronics, Inc.
      (NYSE:ARW) announced that the company has acquired Cross Telecom
      (&#8220;Cross&#8221;), a leading North American service provider of converged and
      internet protocol technologies and unified communications. Cross&#8217;
      portfolio of solutions and services includes voice, data,
      Internet-protocol telephony, wireless and CrossNet maintenance and
      support provided to Fortune 1000 customers.
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    <p>
      &#8220;This acquisition is a continuation of Arrow&#8217;s strategy to expand into
      faster growing, high-margin services that complement our global ECS
      business,&#8221; said Andy Bryant, president of Arrow Global Enterprise
      Computing Solutions. &#8220;Cross strengthens our customer and supplier
      relationships as well as our industry and technical expertise in the
      unified communications, telephony and managed services industry.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      Cross is headquartered in Bloomington, MN, and has approximately 315
      employees. Total sales were approximately $120 million for the year
      ended December 31, 2010. The transaction is expected to be $.01-$.05 per
      share accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations. Cross
      will be managed through Shared Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary
      of Arrow Electronics.
    </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
      1,200 suppliers and 115,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract
      manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more
      than 340 locations in 52 countries.
    </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>
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    <p>
      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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