UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): January 9, 2006
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)
NEW YORK 1-4482 11-1806155
(State of Incorporation) (Commission (IRS Employer
File Number) Identification No.)
50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK 11747
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Company's telephone number, including area code: (631) 847-2000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the company under any of the
following provisions:
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(17CFR230.425)
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(17CFR240.14a-12)
|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17CFR240.14d-2(b))
|_| Pre commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17CFR240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 9, 2006, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing that the Company will redeem all of its remaining outstanding
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2021 (the "Debentures"), pursuant
to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, dated as
of January 15, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as successor to Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as trustee
(the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February 21, 2001, between the Company and the Trustee and the Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March, 11, 2005, between the Company and the Trustee
(collectively, the "Indenture"), on February 21, 2006, at a redemption price of
$552.08 in cash per $1,000 principal amount at maturity outstanding. A notice of
redemption is being mailed to all registered holders of the Debentures.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
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99.1 press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated
January 9, 2006.
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.
Dated: January 9, 2006
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
By: /s/ Peter S. Brown
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Name: Peter S. Brown
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated
January 9, 2006.