UNITED STATES
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): May 22, 2014


ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 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, CO  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 May 21, 2014, 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 May 21, 2014.



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

Date: May 22, 2014

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 May 21, 2014.