UNITED STATES
                       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): December 11, 2006
                                                         -----------------



                             ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
                             -----------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



          NEW YORK                    1-4482                      11-1806155
          --------                    ------                      ----------
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission                  (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)            File Number)              Identification No.)


                    50 MARCUS DRIVE, MELVILLE, NEW YORK 11747
                    -----------------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       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):

[ ]  Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the  Securities Act (17
     CFR 230.425)

[ ]  Soliciting  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
     20.14a-12)

[ ]  Pre-commencement   communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]  Pre-commencement   communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

     On December 11, 2006, Arrow Electronics,  Inc. (the "Company") entered into
an  employment  agreement  ("Agreement")  dated as of January  1,  2007,  by and
between  the Company  and Kevin  Gilroy.  The  Agreement  is attached  hereto as
Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

     On December 11, 2006 the Company  issued a press  release  announcing  that
Kevin Gilroy and M. Catherine Morris have been appointed to the Arrow Enterprise
Computing  Solutions (ECS) Office of the President,  effective  January 2, 2007.
The full text of the press release, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit
99.1, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.



ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this document.

Exhibit Number          Description
--------------          -----------
10.1                    Agreement dated January 1, 2007 by and between the
                        Company and Kevin Gilroy.

99.1                    Press Release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated
                        December 11, 2006.








                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number          Description
--------------          -----------
10.1                    Agreement dated January 1, 2007 by and between the
                        Company and Kevin Gilroy.

99.1                    Press Release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. dated
                        December 11, 2006.















                                   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: December 12, 2006                            By:  /s/ Peter S. Brown
                                                        ------------------------
                                                 Name:  Peter S. Brown
                                                Title:  Senior Vice President