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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-15-000832
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150304

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:		15674149

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9201 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD
		CITY:			CENTENNIAL
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80112
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-824-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9201 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD
		CITY:			CENTENNIAL
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80112
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Date of
      Report (date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2015</font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt">ARROW
      ELECTRONICS, INC.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt">(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font><br><br><br>
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            9201 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
      telephone number, including area code: </font>(303) 824-4000<br><br>Not
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      <b>ITEM&#160;8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events. </b>
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    <p style="text-indent: 30.0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">
      On March 2, 2015, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release announcing that the Company had signed a definitive agreement to
      acquire immixGroup, Inc. 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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b>
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      &#160;<b>(d)</b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<b>Exhibits</b>
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      99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;Press Release, dated March 2, 2015.
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font>
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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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            Date: March 4, 2015
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            Gregory P. Tarpinian
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            Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and
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            Secretary
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      <b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b><br><br>
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            99.1 &#160;&#160;&#160;Press Release, dated March 2, 2015.
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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 Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire immixGroup, Inc.</b></font></u>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>--
      Expands Enterprise Computing Solutions&#8217; Public Sector IT Market Presence
      --</b></font>
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      CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2015--Arrow Electronics,
      Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced today that it has signed a definitive
      agreement to acquire immixGroup, Inc., a value-added distributor
      supporting over 800 value-added resellers, solution providers, service
      providers, and other public sector channel partners with specialized
      resources to accelerate their government sales.
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      &#8220;immixGroup shares our strategic focus on solution selling into the
      higher value segments of the data center and will bring us an expanded
      presence in the public sector market,&#8221; said Michael J. Long, chairman,
      president, and chief executive officer of Arrow.
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    <p>
      Headquartered in McLean, Va., immixGroup, Inc. has a comprehensive
      offering of IT solutions from over 250 of the world&#8217;s leading technology
      suppliers in addition to a platform of services that helps IT companies
      do business with the government in the channel. This acquisition is
      expected to be $.10 to $.14 accretive to earnings per share, excluding
      the impact of the amortization of related intangible assets, in the
      first year post closing. The acquisition is subject to regulatory
      approvals and is expected to close at the beginning of the second
      quarter of 2015.
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      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 100,000 original equipment
      manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a
      global network of more than 460 locations in 56 countries.
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      <u>Safe Harbor</u>
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    <p>
      The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a &#8220;safe
      harbor&#8221; for forward-looking statements. This press release includes
      forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions,
      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 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, risks related to the integration of acquired businesses, changes
      change in legal and regulatory matters, 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. Forward-looking statements
      can be identified by forward looking words such as &#8220;expects,&#8221;
      &#8220;anticipates,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;plans,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;believes,&#8221; &#8220;seeks,&#8221;
      &#8220;estimates,&#8221; 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>Steven O&#8217;Brien<br>Director,
      Investor Relations<br>303-824-4544<br>or<br>Paul J. Reilly<br>Executive
      Vice President, Finance and Operations, &amp;<br>Chief Financial Officer<br>631-847-1872<br>or<br>Media
      Contact: John Hourigan<br>Vice President, Global Communications<br>303-824-4586
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