UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):
July 11, 2005

INGRAM MICRO INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State of Incorporation
or organization)
1-12203
(Commission File
Number)
62-1644402
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1600 E. St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, CA 92799-5125

(Address, including zip code of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (714) 566-1000

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

       On July 12, 2005, Ingram Micro Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ingram Micro”), issued a press release announcing the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase from AVAD Acquisition, LLC (“AVAD”), certain net assets of the AVAD companies, the leading distributor of home technology integration solutions for custom installers in the United States. AVAD is a privately held alliance of 12 companies. The transaction is expected to be completed later this month, subject to customary closing conditions.

      A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, the text of which is incorporated under Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K by reference herein. This press release is not to be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing, or to form a part of Ingram Micro’s public disclosure in the United States or otherwise.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  Exhibit No. Description
     
  99.1      Press Release dated July 12, 2005.
     
     
     
     
     
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SIGNATURE

     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.

INGRAM MICRO INC.
     
By:  /s/ Larry C. Boyd
 
Name:   Larry C. Boyd
Title: Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel

Date: July 12, 2005

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