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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;23, 2008.

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">50 Marcus Drive<BR>
Melville, New York 11747<BR>
(631)&nbsp;847-2000<BR>
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Peter S. Brown, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President<BR>
Arrow Electronics, Inc.<BR>
50 Marcus Drive<BR>
Melville, New York 11747<BR>
(631)&nbsp;847-2000<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &#038; McCloy LLP<BR>
One Chase Manhattan Plaza<BR>
New York, New York 10005<BR>
(212)&nbsp;530-5000<BR>
Attention: Howard S. Kelberg, Esq.</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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</DIV><DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par
value $1.00 per
share), newly
reserved under the
2004 Omnibus
Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$16.62</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any of the Company&#146;s shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Company&#146;s 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the
number of Company&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low
price of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;22, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y72080exv5.htm">EX-5: OPINION OF MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXPLANATORY NOTE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to the registration of 5,000,000 additional shares of the
common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;), and
consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and
the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents which have been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 (File
No.&nbsp;001-04482);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 3008 (File No.
001-04482);</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 3008 (File No.
001-04482);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 3008 (File
No.&nbsp;001-04482);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed July&nbsp;23, 2008, June&nbsp;6, 2008, May&nbsp;8, 2008,
April&nbsp;23, 2008, April&nbsp;17, 2008, March&nbsp;4, 2008, February&nbsp;26, 2008, February&nbsp;12, 2008 and
February&nbsp;7, 2008 (each, File No.&nbsp;001-04482);</TD>
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    <TD>Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated August&nbsp;25, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-118563);
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock contained in the registration
statement relating thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such
documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated
Documents&#148;); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during
which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the
Commission of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated
Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from
and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with
Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed hereunder are filed as exhibits hereto.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2008, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04482)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &#038; McCloy LLP as to the legality of the Company&#146;s Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(a)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &#038; McCloy LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5
hereto).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Melville, State of New York, on October&nbsp;23, 2008.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Peter S. Brown
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter S. Brown&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints William E.
Mitchell, Michael J. Long, Daniel W. Duval and Peter S. Brown and each of them acting singly, as
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution
and resubstitution, to sign for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
post-effective amendments and supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated below.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">DATE</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William E. Mitchell &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William E. Mitchell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael J. Long &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Long
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Operating Officer
and <br>Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul J. Reilly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul J. Reilly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial<br> Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael A. Sauro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael A. Sauro</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Daniel W. Duval&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lead Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel W. Duval</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gail E. Hamilton&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gail E. Hamilton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John Nils Hanson &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John N. Hanson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Richard S. Hill &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard S. Hill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">M. Frances Keeth</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Roger King&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger King</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Karen G. Mills &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Karen Gordon Mills</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Stephen C. Patrick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephen C. Patrick</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Barry W. Perry &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Barry W. Perry</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John C. Waddell &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John C. Waddell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2008, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-04482).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &#038; McCloy LLP as to the legality of the Company&#146;s Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &#038; McCloy LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5
hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2008.
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
New York
11-1806155
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
50 Marcus Drive
Melville, New York 11747
(631) 847-2000
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Peter S. Brown, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
50 Marcus Drive
Melville, New York 11747
(631) 847-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
(212) 530-5000
Attention: Howard S. Kelberg, Esq.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Proposed Maximum
Amount of Registration
Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Fee (2)
Common Stock (par
value $1.00 per
share), newly
reserved under the
2004 Omnibus
Incentive Plan
5,000,000 shares
$16.62
$83,100,000
$3,265.83
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any of the Company's shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Company's 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the
number of Company's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low
price of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5: OPINION OF MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP
EX-23.B: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of 5,000,000 additional shares of the
common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the "Company") reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Company's 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), and
consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents which have been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (File
No. 001-04482);
2.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 3008 (File No.
001-04482);
3.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 3008 (File No.
001-04482);
4.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 3008 (File
No. 001-04482);
5.
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed July 23, 2008, June 6, 2008, May 8, 2008,
April 23, 2008, April 17, 2008, March 4, 2008, February 26, 2008, February 12, 2008 and
February 7, 2008 (each, File No. 001-04482);
6.
Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated August 25, 2004 (File No. 333-118563);
and
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7.
The description of the Company's Capital Stock contained in the registration
statement relating thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such
documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated
Documents"); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during
which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the
Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated
Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from
and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with
Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The documents listed hereunder are filed as exhibits hereto.
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on May 8, 2008, Commission File No. 001-04482)
5
Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP as to the legality of the Company's Common
Stock.
23(a)
Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5
hereto).
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Melville, State of New York, on October 23, 2008.
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
By:
/s/ Peter S. Brown
Peter S. Brown
Senior Vice President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints William E.
Mitchell, Michael J. Long, Daniel W. Duval and Peter S. Brown and each of them acting singly, as
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution
and resubstitution, to sign for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
post-effective amendments and supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated below.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ William E. Mitchell
William E. Mitchell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 23, 2008
/s/ Michael J. Long
Michael J. Long
President and Chief Operating Officer
and
Director
October 23, 2008
/s/ Paul J. Reilly
Paul J. Reilly
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer
October 23, 2008
/s/ Michael A. Sauro
Vice President and Corporate Controller
October 23, 2008
Michael A. Sauro
/s/ Daniel W. Duval
Lead Director
October 23, 2008
Daniel W. Duval
/s/ Gail E. Hamilton
Director
October 23, 2008
Gail E. Hamilton
/s/ John Nils Hanson
Director
October 23, 2008
John N. Hanson
/s/ Richard S. Hill
Director
October 23, 2008
Richard S. Hill
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
Director
October     , 2008
M. Frances Keeth
/s/ Roger King
Director
October 23, 2008
Roger King
/s/ Karen G. Mills
Director
October 23, 2008
Karen Gordon Mills
/s/ Stephen C. Patrick
Director
October 23, 2008
Stephen C. Patrick
/s/ Barry W. Perry
Director
October 23, 2008
Barry W. Perry
/s/ John C. Waddell
Director
October 23, 2008
John C. Waddell
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on May 8, 2008, Commission File No. 001-04482).
5
Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP as to the legality of the Company's Common
Stock.
23(a)
Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5
hereto).
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof).
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