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 25, 2006
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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)           Zip Code

       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 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

         On October 25, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release announcing
         the Registrant's third quarter 2006 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
               99.1 press release dated October 25, 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:  October 25, 2006                        By:  /s/Peter S. Brown
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                                                    Name:  Peter S. Brown
                                                    Title: Senior Vice President




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit           Description
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99.1              Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc., dated
                  October 25, 2006.