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): December 6, 2006


                             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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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))




ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On December 6, 2006, the Registrant  issued a press  release announcing that the
corporation  had signed  a  definitive  agreement  pursuant to which  Arrow will
acquire  the  assets  of the  storage  and  security  distribution  business  of
InTechnology  plc. A copy of the press release is attached  hereto as an Exhibit
(99.1).


ITEM 9.01.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)      EXHIBITS

                    99.1 press release issued by Arrow  Electronics,  Inc. dated
                    December 6, 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:  December 6, 2006              By:  /s/ Peter S. Brown
                                      ----------------------------------
                                           Name:  Peter S. Brown
                                           Title:  Senior Vice President




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit  Description

99.1     Press release issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc., dated
         December 6, 2006.