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 11, 2014


ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

NEW YORK

1-4482

11-1806155

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File
Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7459 SOUTH LIMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 824-4000

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

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ITEM 5.02.

 

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

          (c)  On December 11, 2014, the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christopher D. Stansbury as the Company’s principal accounting officer.  Mr. Stansbury, age 49, joined Arrow in August 2014 as Vice President, Finance and will continue in that capacity.  Before joining the Company, Mr. Stansbury worked at Hewlett-Packard, Inc., where he served as chief financial officer of the Networking Group from September 2013 to July 2014; Vice President Supply Chain Finance, Printing & Personal Systems from March 2012 to September 2013; and Vice President Supply Finance, Personal Services Group from August 2010 to March 2012.  Prior to that, for ten years, Mr. Stansbury worked at PepsiCo as Vice President, Finance.

Paul J. Reilly, executive vice president of finance and operations and chief financial officer served as interim principal accounting officer since February 27, 2014.  Mr. Stansbury reports to Mr. Reilly.




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

 

Date: December 16, 2014

 By:

/s/ Peter S. Brown

Name:

Peter S. Brown

Title:

Senior Vice President

and General Counsel




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