Current Report Filing (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): May 3, 2016

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.)

9201 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO	80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone] Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.02.

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On May 3, 2016, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that: (i) Christopher D. Stansbury is appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately, and (ii) Paul J. Reilly will retire from the Company effective January 31, 2017.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

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.

	ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
Date: May 3, 2016		By:	/s/ Gregory Tarpinian
		Name:	Gregory Tarpinian
		Title:	Senior Vice President
			and General Counsel