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 20, 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)

       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 April 20, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the
     Registrant's first 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 April 20, 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:  April 20, 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
            April 20, 2006.