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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): May 2, 2011


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)


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Item 5.07.              Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
The annual meeting of shareholders of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 2, 2011. The proposals are described in the Company’s Proxy Statement in connection with the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. As of the record date, there were a total of 116,060,518 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting 103,180,009 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy.  Therefore, a quorum was present.
 
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
 
The number of directors is fixed at eleven and the following persons were nominated to serve, and were elected, as directors of the Company. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:
 
Board Member
  
For
    
Withheld
    
Broker Non-votes
  
Daniel W. Duval
     95,637,659       1,182,508       6,359,842  
Philip K. Asherman
     96,047,321       772,846       6,359,842  
Gail E. Hamilton
     95,675,530       1,144,637       6,359,842  
John N. Hanson
     95,694,825       1,125,342       6,359,842  
Richard S. Hill
     61,884,160       34,936,007       6,359,842  
M.F. (Fran) Keeth
     96,038,572       781,595       6,359,842  
Andrew C. Kerin
     96,048,177       771,990       6,359,842  
Michael J. Long
     94,069,252       2,750,915       6,359,842  
Stephen C. Patrick
     96,045,788       774,379       6,359,842  
Barry W. Perry
     95,700,888       1,119,279       6,359,842  
John C. Waddell
     59,752,491       37,067,676       6,359,842  

 
Proposal  2 —  The ratification of the appointment of  Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011
 
The shareholders were asked to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment was ratified with 102,346,842 shares voting for, 789,394 shares voting against, and 43,773 shares abstaining.

Proposal 3 – Advisory vote on Executive Compensation

    The shareholders were asked to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers, as described in the Company’s Proxy.  The proposal was passed by the shareholders with 91,959,861 shares in favor, 4,462,626 shares against, 397,680 shares abstaining, and 6,359,842 broker non-votes.
 
 
 
 
 
Proposal 4 – Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on Executive Compensation

    The shareholders recommended that the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers occur every year, with the following non-binding vote:
 
Every
Every
Every
    
Year
Other Year
Third Year
Abstentions
Non-votes
76,854,586 290,117 19,230,633 444,831 6,359,842
 
 
 
 
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:  May 3, 2011
By:
/s/ Peter S. Brown
 
  
Name:  Peter S. Brown
 
  
   Title:  Senior Vice President