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): October 29, 2004
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                             ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



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


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

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (631) 847-2000
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

         As previously disclosed, as part of its regular employee and director
         compensation program, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the "Company") makes
         equity-based awards to employees (including executive officers) and
         directors in accordance with established programs described in the
         Company's proxy statement for its annual stockholders meeting. The
         grants are made pursuant to the stockholder-approved 2004 Omnibus
         Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), a copy of which is on file with the SEC as
         Annex A to the Company's 2004 Proxy Statement. In anticipation of
         future grants of Performance Shares and Restricted Stock Units under
         the Plan, pursuant to the SEC's recently adopted Item 1.01 of Form 8-K,
         the Company is filing herewith copies of the form of individual
         Performance Share Award Agreement and Non-Employee Director Restricted
         Stock Unit Award Agreement typically used in connection with such
         grants.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this document.

Exhibit Number    Description
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10-0              Form of Performance Share Award Agreement
10-1              Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit
                  Award Agreement





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number    Description
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10-0              Form of Performance Share Award Agreement
10-1              Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit
                  Award Agreement





                                   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:  October 29, 2004                       By:  /s/ Peter S. Brown
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                                                   Name:  Peter S. Brown
                                                   Title:  Senior Vice President