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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;7, 2011

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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>AVNET, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2211 South 47th Street</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>11-1890605</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Phoenix, Arizona 85034</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>AVNET
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>David R. Birk<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Avnet, Inc.<BR>
2211 South 47th Street<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85034<BR>
(480)&nbsp;643-2000</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Per Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></B></TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B>29.98</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B>14,987,500</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B>1,717.57</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table as a result of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transactions.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The registration fee
has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the
average high and low prices for the Common Stock on November&nbsp;2, 2011.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Avnet, Inc., a New York corporation (the
&#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may be issued pursuant to the Company&#146;s
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">In accordance with the provisions of General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Company hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of the Company&#146;s currently effective Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;33-62583, Registration No.&nbsp;333-84671, Registration No.&nbsp;333-101039 and
Registration No.&nbsp;333-112063), except to the extent supplemented or amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(&#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July&nbsp;2,
2011, as amended on September&nbsp;9, 2011;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
October&nbsp;1, 2011;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;5,
2011, August&nbsp;2, 2011, August&nbsp;16, 2011 and August&nbsp;26, 2011 and a portion of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;10, 2011; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the description of the Common Stock set forth in the Company&#146;s registration
statement for such Common Stock filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All reports and other documents that the Company subsequently files with the Commission
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that the Company has sold all of the securities offered under
this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
from the date that the Company files such report or document. Any statement contained in this
Registration Statement or any report or document incorporated into this Registration Statement by
reference, however, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently dated report or document that
is also considered part of this Registration Statement, or in any
amendment to this Registration Statement, is inconsistent with such prior statement. The
Registrant&#146;s file number with the Commission is 1-04224.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Certain matters with respect to the shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder are
being passed upon by David R. Birk, Esq., whose opinion is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
Registration Statement. Mr.&nbsp;Birk is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant
and the beneficial owner of 158,834 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, including 76,708
shares issuable upon exercise of employee stock options.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;12,
2001)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By-laws of the Registrant, effective August&nbsp;11, 2011
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August&nbsp;15, 2011)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of David R. Birk, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of Avnet, Inc.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Avnet Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of David R. Birk, Esq. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>&#091;SIGNATURES ON THE NEXT PAGE&#093;</B>
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 Phoenix, State of Arizona, on November&nbsp;7, 2011.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>AVNET, INC.</B><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">/s/
Raymond Sadowski
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Raymond Sadowski&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
authorizes and appoints each of Richard Hamada and Raymond Sadowski his or her attorneys-in-fact,
for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this S-8 registration
statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on November&nbsp;7, 2011 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
</TR>


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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" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roy Vallee<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roy Vallee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director&nbsp;</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;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2">Chief Executive Officer and
Director&nbsp;<br>(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Hamada<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard Hamada
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eleanor Baum<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eleanor Baum
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Veronica Biggins<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Veronica Biggins
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ehud Houminer <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ehud Houminer
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Lawrence<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Lawrence
</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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank R. Noonan<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank R. Noonan
</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;</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ray M. Robinson<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ray M. Robinson
</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;</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William H. Schuman III<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Schuman III
</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;</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William P. Sullivan<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William P. Sullivan
</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;</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;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer&nbsp;<br>(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Raymond Sadowski<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Raymond Sadowski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;12,
2001)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By-laws of the Registrant, effective August&nbsp;11, 2011
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August&nbsp;15, 2011)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of David R. Birk, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of Avnet, Inc.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Avnet Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of David R. Birk, Esq. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2011
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVNET, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
2211 South 47th Street
11-1890605
(State or other jurisdiction of
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
Identification No.)
AVNET
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
David R. Birk
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Avnet, Inc.
2211 South 47th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
(480) 643-2000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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:
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
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share
500,000 shares
$
29.98
$
14,987,500
$
1,717.57
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table as a result of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The registration fee
has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the
average high and low prices for the Common Stock on November 2, 2011.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Avnet, Inc., a New York corporation (the
"Registrant" or the "Company"), to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may be issued pursuant to the Company's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan").
In accordance with the provisions of General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Company hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's currently effective Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-62583, Registration No. 333-84671, Registration No. 333-101039 and
Registration No. 333-112063), except to the extent supplemented or amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2,
2011, as amended on September 9, 2011;
2.
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
October 1, 2011;
3.
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 5,
2011, August 2, 2011, August 16, 2011 and August 26, 2011 and a portion of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 10, 2011; and
4.
the description of the Common Stock set forth in the Company's registration
statement for such Common Stock filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents that the Company subsequently files with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that the Company has sold all of the securities offered under
this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
from the date that the Company files such report or document. Any statement contained in this
Registration Statement or any report or document incorporated into this Registration Statement by
reference, however, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently dated report or document that
is also considered part of this Registration Statement, or in any
amendment to this Registration Statement, is inconsistent with such prior statement. The
Registrant's file number with the Commission is 1-04224.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain matters with respect to the shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder are
being passed upon by David R. Birk, Esq., whose opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement. Mr. Birk is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant
and the beneficial owner of 158,834 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, including 76,708
shares issuable upon exercise of employee stock options.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12,
2001)
4.2
By-laws of the Registrant, effective August 11, 2011
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 15, 2011)
5.1
Opinion of David R. Birk, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of Avnet, Inc.
10.1
Avnet Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated
23.1
Consent of David R. Birk, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
[SIGNATURES ON THE NEXT PAGE]
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 Phoenix, State of Arizona, on November 7, 2011.
AVNET, INC.
By:
/s/
Raymond Sadowski
Name:
Raymond Sadowski
Title:
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
authorizes and appoints each of Richard Hamada and Raymond Sadowski his or her attorneys-in-fact,
for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this S-8 registration
statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on November 7, 2011 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
/s/ Roy Vallee
Roy Vallee
Chairman of the Board and Director
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard Hamada
Richard Hamada
Director
/s/ Eleanor Baum
Eleanor Baum
Director
/s/ J. Veronica Biggins
J. Veronica Biggins
Director
/s/ Ehud Houminer
Ehud Houminer
Director
/s/ James A. Lawrence
James A. Lawrence
Signature
Title
Director
/s/ Frank R. Noonan
Frank R. Noonan
Director
/s/ Ray M. Robinson
Ray M. Robinson
Director
/s/ William H. Schuman III
William H. Schuman III
Director
/s/ William P. Sullivan
William P. Sullivan
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Raymond Sadowski
Raymond Sadowski
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12,
2001)
4.2
By-laws of the Registrant, effective August 11, 2011
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 15, 2011)
5.1
Opinion of David R. Birk, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of Avnet, Inc.
10.1
Avnet Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated
23.1
Consent of David R. Birk, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)