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): April 27, 2005
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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


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On April 27, 2005, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the
corporation's year end 2004 earnings. A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as an Exhibit (99.1).

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached
hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the
Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)      EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.       Description
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       99.1       Press release dated April 27, 2005.







                                   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:  April 27, 2005                By: /s/ Peter S. Brown
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                                     Name:   Peter S. Brown
                                     Title: Senior Vice President





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.       Description
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99.1              Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc., dated
                  April 27, 2005.