-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MrRLO1rSGxPaGn6OtAkTCoLO7MgUCZ6TrLbYN4ZOsOMnYZzoe9cyHYPQbiUg9TJP bkGq4gjg359TXBjxb7jIqA== 0001157523-08-004902.txt : 20080606 0001157523-08-004902.hdr.sgml : 20080606 20080606152203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-08-004902 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080605 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARROW ELECTRONICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000007536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065] IRS NUMBER: 111806155 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04482 FILM NUMBER: 08885550 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 HUB DR CITY: MELVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 11747 BUSINESS PHONE: 5163911300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 MARCUS DR CITY: MELVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 11747 8-K 1 a5703545.htm ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 8-K


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 5, 2008

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.)

50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK

11747

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 847-2000

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 7.01.     REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On June 5, 2008 Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release disclosing that it is raising its financial guidance for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. A copy of the release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information furnished herein, including Exhibit 99.1, is not deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. This information will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.


ITEM 9.01.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 
99.1 Press release dated June 5, 2008 issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc.





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:

June 6, 2008

By:

/s/ Peter S. Brown

 

Name:

Peter S. Brown

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

  and General Counsel




INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 
99.1

Press Release dated June 5, 2008 issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc.

EX-99.1 2 a5703545ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Arrow Electronics Updates Second-Quarter Guidance

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In advance of its annual investor day event being held today at the Sofitel New York, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced that the company has tightened its financial guidance for the second quarter.

Based upon preliminary data, the company expects earnings per share, on a diluted basis, excluding any charges but including an estimate for amortization of intangible assets of $.02 to $.03, to be in the range of $.76 to $.80. The company stated previously that it anticipated earnings per share, on a diluted basis, in the range of $.74 to $.80 for the quarter ending June 30, 2008.

Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for approximately 700 suppliers and 140,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 300 locations in 50 countries and territories.

Safe Harbor

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements addressing future financial results. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: industry conditions, the company’s implementation of its new global financial system and the company’s planned implementation of its new enterprise resource planning system, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the global components and global ECS markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, increased profit margin pressure, the effects of additional actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs, the company’s ability to generate additional cash flow and the other risks described from time to time in the company’s reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q). Forward-looking statements are those statements, which are not statements of historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "may," "will," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," and similar expressions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any of the forward-looking statements.

CONTACT:
Arrow Electronics
Sabrina N. Weaver, 631-847-5359
Director, Investor Relations
or
Paul J. Reilly, 631-847-1872
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
or
Media:
Jacqueline F. Strayer, 631-847-2101
Vice President, Corporate Communications

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