SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2012


ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

NEW YORK

1-4482

11-1806155

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File
Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

7459 SOUTH LIMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 824-4000

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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):

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

  On June 1, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the institution of a share repurchase program. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

  (c) EXHIBITS
99.1 press release dated June 1, 2012.




SIGNATURES

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.

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

 

Date: June 4, 2012

By:

/s/ Peter S. Brown

Name:

Peter S. Brown

Title:

Senior Vice President

 




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

Description

 

99.1

Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc., dated June 1, 2012.