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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-12-000207
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120118
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120119

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:		12535171

	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">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">WASHINGTON,
      DC 20549</font><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">FORM
      8-K</font><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><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">Date
      of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2012</font><br><br><br>
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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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            NEW YORK
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            1-4482
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            11-1806155
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            7459 SOUTH LIMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
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            80112
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">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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      <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
      230.425)</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">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</font>
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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 January 18, 2012, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a
      press release announcing that the Company has agreed to acquire
      TechTurn, Ltd.&#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>
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      <b>ITEM 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</b>
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      <u>EXHIBIT NO.</u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>DESCRIPTION</u>
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      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Press release dated January 18,
      2012 issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc.
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      <br>
      <br>

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      <b>SIGNATURES</b>
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      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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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          Date: January 19, 2012
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            By: &#160;&#160;<u>/s/ Peter S. Brown
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          Peter S. Brown
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          Senior Vice President
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            &#160;&#160;&#160;and General Counsel
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      <b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b>
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            99.1
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          Press Release dated January 18, 2012 issued by Arrow Electronics,
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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      <u><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Arrow
      Electronics Acquires TechTurn, Ltd.</b></font></u>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Strategic
      Expansion of Electronics Asset Disposition Portfolio</b></font>
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      ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 18, 2012--Arrow Electronics,
      Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced today that it has agreed to acquire TechTurn,
      Ltd. (&#8220;TechTurn&#8221;), a leading provider of electronics asset disposition
      (EAD) services that specializes in the processing and sale of technology
      devices that are returned or recycled from businesses and consumers.
    </p>
    <p>
      TechTurn offers a comprehensive portfolio of services, including asset
      retirement, data wipe, asset test and diagnostics, data sanitation, and
      refurbishment and remarketing. With offices in Texas and Virginia, as
      well as partner facilities in Europe and Canada, TechTurn provides EAD
      services to Fortune 500 customers, original equipment manufacturers, and
      large retailers.
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      &#8220;We are very excited to have the TechTurn team join the Arrow family.
      This acquisition will strengthen our existing portfolio of services and
      is a continuation of our global strategy to expand into faster growing
      services that span the full lifecycle of technology and complement our
      core businesses,&#8221; said Paul J. Reilly, executive vice president, finance
      and operations and chief financial officer of Arrow Electronics.
    </p>
    <p>
      TechTurn is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has 135 employees. The
      company&#8217;s sales are expected to exceed $50 million in 2012. This
      acquisition is subject to the customary regulatory approval process and
      is expected to close in the next 45 days.
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    <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. 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.
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      <u>Safe Harbor</u>
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    <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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    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Arrow Electronics, Inc.<br>Greer Aviv<br>Senior Manager,
      Investor Relations<br>303-824-3765<br>or<br>Paul J. Reilly<br>Executive
      Vice President, Finance and Operations &amp; Chief Financial Officer<br>631-847-1872<br>or<br>Media
      Contact:<br>John Hourigan<br>Director, Corporate Communications<br>303-824-4586
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