<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-18-003029.txt : 20180130
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180130180034
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-18-003029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180129
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180130

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Liguori Thomas
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001229306

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04224
		FILM NUMBER:		18560359

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		1625 SHARP POINT DRIVE
		CITY:			FORT COLLINS
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80525

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIGUORI THOMAS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030428

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AVNET INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000008858
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065]
		IRS NUMBER:				111890605
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0628

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2211 SOUTH 47TH STREET
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4806432000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2211 SOUTH 47TH STREET
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85034
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        <issuerCik>0000008858</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AVNET INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AVT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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            <rptOwnerName>Liguori Thomas</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O AVNET, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85034</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>43.47</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-01-28</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Incentive stock grant one time award will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on January 2, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Incentive stock grant will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on January 2, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 69,584 shares as to which the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership for incentive shares allotted but not yet delivered.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on January 2, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Harvey Woodford, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA
<TEXT>
AVNET, INC.

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Lauren McKeon, Michael J. O'Neill and
Harvey Woodford, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)	prepare and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any
amendments thereto)
with respect to the common stock of Avnet, Inc., a New York
corporation (the "Company"), and to file the same with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,as amended from
time to time (the "Exchange Act") and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002;
(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on
the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the
Company's common stock from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and
(3)	perform any and all other acts (including, but not limited to,
The filing of Form ID to obtain EDGAR Access Codes) which in the discretion
of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for
and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(a) any documents prepared and/or executed by any of such attorneys-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of
attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion,
deems necessary or desirable;
(b) this power of attorney authorizes, but does not require, each
such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification
of such information;
(c) neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(d) this power of attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations
under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. The
undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present,
hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.
This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Corporate Secretary of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of
attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of January, 2018.


/s/ Thomas Liguori

Signature

Thomas Liguori

Print Name

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