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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-12-001683
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120403
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120403

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:		12739383

	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
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">WASHINGTON,
      DC&#160; 20549</font><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">FORM
      8-K</font><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><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Date
      of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 3, 2012</font><br><br><br>
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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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            1-4482
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            7459 SOUTH LIMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
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            80112
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      <b>ITEM 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER EVENTS</b>
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      On April 3, 2012, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release announcing that the Company had signed a definitive agreement to
      acquire the Altimate Group.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached
      hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.<br><br><br><br><b>ITEM
      9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</b>
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          &#160;
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            99.1
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            Press Release dated April 3, 2012 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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            ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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            Date: April 3, 2012
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            By:
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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 April 3, 2012 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 the Altimate Group</b></font>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>--
      Increases scale in ECS Europe --</b></font>
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      ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2012--Arrow Electronics,
      Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced today that the company has signed a definitive
      agreement to acquire the ALTIMATE Group (&#8220;ALTIMATE&#8221;), a subsidiary of
      DCC plc. ALTIMATE is a European value-added distributor of enterprise
      and midrange computing products, services, and solutions.
    </p>
    <p>
      ALTIMATE offers a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, storage, data
      management, security, and infrastructure solutions and services. The
      company operates in eight countries across Europe including France,
      Benelux, Iberia, and the United Kingdom&#160;and has a network of
      approximately 2,500 value-added resellers and system integrators.
    </p>
    <p>
      &#8220;We are excited about the opportunities ALTIMATE brings to Arrow. This
      acquisition complements our existing portfolio of value-added services
      and enterprise solution offerings while further strengthening our
      relationships with critical suppliers throughout the EMEA region,&#8221; said
      Andrew S. Bryant, president, Arrow global enterprise computing solutions.
    </p>
    <p>
      Headquartered in V&#233;lizy-Villacoublay, France, ALTIMATE has approximately
      250 employees. The company&#8217;s sales for the fiscal year ended March 31,
      2011 were $298 million. The acquisition is subject to regulatory
      approval and is expected to close in the next 90 days.
    </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. Arrow serves
      as a supply channel partner for more than 120,000 original equipment
      manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a
      global network of more than 390 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<br>Greer Aviv, 303-824-3765<br>Senior
      Manager, Investor Relations<br>or<br>Paul J. Reilly, 631-847-1872<br>Executive
      Vice President, Finance and Operations, and<br>Chief Financial Officer<br>or<br>John
      Hourigan, 303-824-4586<br>Director, Corporate Communications
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