UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

[X]		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

OR

[  ]		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to             

Commission file number 1-4482

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York		11-1806155
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)
50 Marcus Drive, Melville, New York		11747
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(631) 847-2000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [     ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [X]				Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)				Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $3,595,644,549.

There were 119,335,854 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 20, 2009.

The definitive proxy statement related to the registrant’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be held May 1, 2009, is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Item 1.		Business			3
Item 1A.		Risk Factors			9
Item 1B.		Unresolved Staff Comments			16
Item 2.		Properties			17
Item 3.		Legal Proceedings			17
Item 4.		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders			19
PART II
Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			20
Item 6.		Selected Financial Data			22
Item 7.		Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			24
Item 7A.		Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			41
Item 8.		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			43
Item 9.		Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			88
Item 9A.		Controls and Procedures			88
Item 9B.		Other Information			90
PART III
Item 10.		Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance			91
Item 11.		Executive Compensation			91
Item 12.		Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			91
Item 13.		Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			91
Item 14.		Principal Accounting Fees and Services			91
PART IV
Item 15.		Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			92
SIGNATURES					100
EX-10.K.I: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EX-10.K.II: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EX-10.K.III: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EX-10.K.IV: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EX-10.K.VI: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EX-21: SUBSIDIARY LISTING
EX-23: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
EX-31.I: CERTIFICATION
EX-31.II: CERTIFICATION
EX-32.I: CERTIFICATION
EX-32.II: CERTIFICATION

PART I

Item 1. Business.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “company” or “Arrow”) is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company believes it is a leader in the electronics distribution industry in operating systems, employee productivity, value-added programs, and total quality assurance. Arrow, which was incorporated in New York in 1946, serves approximately 800 suppliers and approximately 130,000 original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), contract manufacturers (“CMs”), and commercial customers.

Serving its industrial and commercial customers as a supply channel partner, the company offers both a wide spectrum of products and a broad range of services and solutions, including materials planning, design services, programming and assembly services, inventory management, and a variety of online supply chain tools.

Arrow’s diverse worldwide customer base consists of OEMs, CMs, and other commercial customers. Customers include manufacturers of consumer and industrial equipment (including machine tools, factory automation, and robotic equipment), telecommunications products, automotive and transportation, aircraft and aerospace equipment, scientific and medical devices, and computer and office products. Customers also include value-added resellers (“VARs”) of enterprise computing solutions.

The company maintains approximately 250 sales facilities and 21 distribution and value-added centers in 53 countries and territories, serving over 70 countries and territories. Through this network, Arrow provides one of the broadest product offerings in the electronic components and enterprise computing solutions distribution industries and a wide range of value-added services to help customers reduce their time to market, lower their total cost of ownership, introduce innovative products through demand creation opportunities, and enhance their overall competitiveness.

The company has two business segments. The company distributes electronic components to OEMs and CMs through its global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to VARs through its global enterprise computing solutions (“ECS”) business segment. For 2008, approximately 68% of the company’s sales were from the global components business segment, and approximately 32% of the company’s sales were from the global ECS business segment. The financial information about the company’s business segments and geographic operations can be found in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Operating efficiency and working capital management remain a key focus of the company’s business initiatives to grow sales faster than the market, grow profits faster than sales, and increase return on invested capital. To achieve its financial objectives, the company seeks to capture significant opportunities to grow across products, markets, and geographies. To supplement its organic growth strategy, the company continually evaluates strategic acquisitions to broaden its product offerings, increase its market penetration, and/or expand its geographic reach.

Global Components

The company’s global components business segment, one of the largest distributors of electronic components and related services in the world, covers the world’s three largest electronics markets — North America, EMEASA (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South America), and the Asia Pacific region.

North America includes sales and marketing organizations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In February 2008, the global components business segment acquired all the assets and operations of ACI Electronics LLC (“ACI”), a distributor of electronic components used in defense and aerospace applications. This acquisition further bolstered the company’s leading position in the North American defense and aerospace market and expanded the company’s leading market share in many technology segments including military discretes.

In the EMEASA region, Arrow operates in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

In the Asia Pacific region, Arrow operates in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Over the past three years the global components business segment completed the following strategic acquisitions to broaden its product offerings and expand its geographic reach in the Asia Pacific region:

	•		In June 2007, acquired the component distribution business of Adilam Pty. Ltd. (“Adilam”), a leading electronic components distributor in Australia and New Zealand.
	•		In November 2007, acquired Universe Electron Corporation (“UEC”), a distributor of semiconductor and multimedia products in Japan.
	•		In February 2008, acquired the franchise components distribution business of Hynetic Electronics and Shreyanics Electronics (“Hynetic”) in India.
	•		In July 2008, acquired the components distribution business of Achieva Ltd. (“Achieva”), a value-added distributor of semiconductors and electro-mechanical devices based in Singapore. Achieva has a presence in eight countries within the Asia Pacific region and is focused on creating value for its partners through technical support and demand creation activities.
	•		In December 2008, acquired Excel Tech, Inc. (“Excel Tech”), the sole Broadcom distributor in Korea, and Eteq Components Pte Ltd (“Eteq Components”), a Broadcom-based franchise components distribution business in the ASEAN region and China.

Within the global components business segment, approximately 68% of the company’s sales consist of semiconductor products and related services, approximately 21% consist of passive, electro-mechanical, and interconnect products, consisting primarily of capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches, and connectors, and approximately 11% consist of computing, memory, and other products.

Most of the company’s customers require delivery of their orders on schedules or volumes that are generally not available on direct purchases from manufacturers.

Most manufacturers of electronic components rely on authorized distributors, such as the company, to augment their sales and marketing operations. As a marketing, stocking, technical support, and financial intermediary, the distributor relieves manufacturers of a portion of the costs and personnel associated with these functions (including otherwise sizable investments in finished goods inventories, accounts receivable systems, and distribution networks), while providing geographically dispersed selling, order processing, and delivery capabilities. At the same time, the distributor offers to a broad range of customers the convenience of accessing, from a single source, multiple products from multiple suppliers and rapid or scheduled deliveries, as well as other value-added services, such as materials management, memory programming capabilities, and financing solutions. The growth of the electronics distribution industry is fostered by the many manufacturers who recognize their authorized distributors as essential extensions of their marketing organizations.

Global ECS

The company’s global ECS business segment is a leading distributor of enterprise and midrange computing products, services, and solutions to VARs in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Over the past three years, the company has transformed its enterprise computing solutions business into a stronger organization with broader global reach, increased market share in the fast-growing product segments of

software and storage, and a more robust customer and supplier base. Execution on the company’s strategic objectives resulted in the global ECS business segment becoming a leading value-added distributor of enterprise products for various suppliers including IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard and a leading distributor of enterprise storage and security and virtualization software. The global ECS’ geographic footprint has expanded from two countries (the United States and Canada) in 2005, to 28 countries around the world, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Over the past three years, the global ECS business segment completed the following acquisitions:

	•		In February 2006, acquired SKYDATA Corporation, a Canadian value-added distributor of data storage solutions, which significantly strengthened the company’s presence in Canada.
	•		In November 2006, acquired Alternative Technology, Inc. (“Alternative Technology”), a leading specialty software distributor of access infrastructure, security, and virtualization solutions in North America. This transaction created significant opportunities in the fast-growing value-added software market.
	•		In December 2006, acquired InTechnology Distribution plc’s specialty distribution division (“InTechnology”) that further strengthened the company’s software and storage capabilities. Based in Harrogate, England, the InTechnology transaction extended the business’ operations into the United Kingdom, the second largest information technology market in Europe.
	•		In March 2007, acquired substantially all of the assets and operations of its KeyLink Systems Group business (“KeyLink”) from Agilysys, Inc. (“Agilysys”). The acquisition of KeyLink, a leading value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage and software in the United States and Canada, brought considerable scale, cross-selling opportunities and mid-market reseller focus to the company’s global ECS business segment. The company’s global ECS business segment also entered into a long-term procurement agreement with Agilysys.
	•		In September 2007, acquired Centia Group Limited and AKS Group AB (“Centia/AKS”), specialty distributors of access infrastructure, security and virtualization software solutions in Europe.
	•		In June 2008, acquired LOGIX S.A. (“LOGIX”), a subsidiary of Groupe OPEN. LOGIX is a leading value-added distributor of midrange servers, storage, and software to over 6,500 partners in 11 countries. This acquisition established the global ECS business segment’s presence in the Middle East and Africa, increased its scale throughout Europe, strengthened existing relationships with key suppliers, and brought a highly talented management team to the company.

Within the global ECS business segment, approximately 25% of the company’s sales consist of proprietary servers, 8% consist of industry standard servers, 27% consist of software, 27% consist of storage, and 13% consist of services.

Information technology (“IT”) demands for today’s businesses are evolving. As IT needs become more complex, corporate information officers are increasingly seeking products bundled into solutions that support business communication, operations, processes, and transactions in a competitive manner.

Global ECS provides VARs with many value-added services, including but not limited to, vertical market expertise, systems level training and certification, solutions testing at Arrow ECS Solutions Centers, financing support, marketing augmentation, complex order configuration, and access to a one-stop-shop for mission critical solutions. Midsize and large companies rely on VARs for their IT needs, and global ECS works with these VARs to tailor complex, highly-technical mid-market and enterprise solutions in a cost competitive manner. VARs range in size from small and medium-sized businesses to large global organizations and are typically structured as sales organizations and service providers. They purchase

enterprise and mid-market computing solutions from distributors and manufacturers and resell them to end-users. The increasing complexity of these solutions and increasing demand for bundled solutions is changing how VARs go to market and increasing the importance of global ECS’ value-added services. Global ECS’ suppliers benefit from affordable mid-market access, demand creation, speed to market, and enhanced supply chain efficiency. For suppliers, global ECS is the aggregation point to over 18,000 VARs.

In better serving the needs of both suppliers and VARs, the company’s focus is to be an extension of the supplier’s sales and marketing organization and manage the supply chain, as well as to leverage the company’s strong relationships with the world’s foremost hardware, software and storage manufacturers to better enable VARs to deliver end-to-end solutions to their customers.

Customers and Suppliers

The company and its affiliates serve approximately 130,000 industrial and commercial customers. Industrial customers range from major OEMs and CMs to small engineering firms, while commercial customers primarily include VARs and OEMs. No single customer accounted for more than 3% of the company’s 2008 consolidated sales.

The products offered by the company are sold by both field sales representatives, who regularly call on customers in assigned market areas, and by inside sales personnel, who call on customers by telephone or email from the company’s selling locations. The company also has sales teams that focus on small and emerging customers where sales representatives regularly call on customers by telephone or email from centralized selling locations, and inbound sales agents serve customers that call into the company.

Each of the company’s North American selling locations and primary distribution centers in the global components business segment are electronically linked to the company’s central computer system, which provides fully integrated, online, real-time data with respect to nationwide inventory levels and facilitates control of purchasing, shipping, and billing. The company’s international operations in the global components business segment utilize similar online, real-time computer systems, with access to the company’s Worldwide Stock Check System. This system provides global access to real-time inventory data.

The company sells the products of approximately 800 suppliers. Sales from products and services from IBM accounted for approximately 11% of the company’s consolidated sales in 2008. No other single supplier accounted for more than 10% of the company’s consolidated sales in 2008. The company believes that many of the products it sells are available from other sources at competitive prices. However, certain parts of the company’s business, such as the company’s global ECS business segment, rely on a limited number of suppliers with the strategy of providing focused support, deep product knowledge, and customized service to suppliers and VARs. Most of the company’s purchases are pursuant to authorized distributor agreements, which are typically cancelable by either party at any time or on short notice.

Distribution Agreements

It is the policy of most manufacturers to protect authorized distributors, such as the company, against the potential write-down of inventories due to technological change or manufacturers’ price reductions. Write-downs of inventories to market value are based upon contractual provisions, which typically provide certain protections to the company for product obsolescence and price erosion in the form of return privileges, scrap allowances, and price protection. Under the terms of the related distributor agreements and assuming the distributor complies with certain conditions, such suppliers are required to credit the distributor for reductions in manufacturers’ list prices. As of December 31, 2008, this type of arrangement covered approximately 72% of the company’s consolidated inventories. In addition, under the terms of many such agreements, the distributor has the right to return to the manufacturer, for credit, a defined portion of those inventory items purchased within a designated period of time.

A manufacturer, which elects to terminate a distribution agreement, is generally required to purchase from

the distributor the total amount of its products carried in inventory. As of December 31, 2008, this type of repurchase arrangement covered approximately 74% of the company’s consolidated inventories.

While these industry practices do not wholly protect the company from inventory losses, the company believes that they currently provide substantial protection from such losses.

Competition

The company’s business is extremely competitive, particularly with respect to prices, franchises, and, in certain instances, product availability. The company competes with several other large multinational and national distributors, as well as numerous regional and local distributors. As one of the world’s largest electronics distributors, the company’s financial resources and sales are greater than most of its competitors.

Employees

The company and its affiliates employed approximately 12,700 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2008.

Available Information

The company makes the annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, any current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to any of these reports available through its website (http://www.arrow.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after the company files such material with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The information posted on the company’s website is not incorporated into this annual report on Form 10-K. In addition, the SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, includes the certifications of the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer as Exhibits 31 (i) and 31 (ii), respectively, which were filed with the SEC as required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and certify the quality of the company’s public disclosure. The company’s Chief Executive Officer has also submitted a certification to the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) certifying that he is not aware of any violations by the company of NYSE corporate governance listing standards.

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names, ages, and the positions held by each of the executive officers of the company as of February 26, 2009:

Name		Age				Position
William E. Mitchell		64				Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Long		50				Director, President, and Chief Operating Officer
Peter S. Brown		58				Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
John P. McMahon		56				Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Paul J. Reilly		52				Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Set forth below is a brief account of the business experience during the past five years of each executive officer of the company.

William E. Mitchell was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in May 2006 and has been Chief Executive Officer of the company since February 2003. He also served as President of the company from February 2003 until February 2008. Prior to joining the company, he served as Executive Vice President of Solectron Corporation and President of Solectron Global Services, Inc. since March 1999.

Michael J. Long was appointed Director, President, and Chief Operating Officer of the company in February 2008. Prior thereto he served as Senior Vice President of the company from January 2006 to February 2008 and previously served as Vice President of the company for more than five years. He served as President, Arrow Global Components from September 2006 to February 2008; served as President, North America and Asia/Pacific Components from January 2006 until September 2006; President, North America from May 2005 to December 2005; and President and Chief Operating Officer of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions from July 1999 to April 2005.

Peter S. Brown has been Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the company for more than five years.

John P. McMahon was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources of the company in March 2007. Prior to joining the company, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer of UMass Memorial Health Care System from August 2005 to March 2007; Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources at Fisher Scientific from June 2004 to June 2005; and Chief Human Resources Officer at Terra Lycos from August 1999 to May 2004.

Paul J. Reilly was appointed Senior Vice President of the company in May 2005 and, prior thereto, he served as Vice President of the company for more than five years. He has been Chief Financial Officer of the company for more than five years.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Described below and throughout this report are certain risks that the company’s management believes are applicable to the company’s business and the industry in which it operates. If any of the described events occur, the company’s business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, or access to the capital markets could be materially adversely affected. When stated below that a risk may have a material adverse effect on the company’s business, it means that such risk may have one or more of these effects. There may be additional risks that are not presently material or known. There are also risks within the economy, the industry and the capital markets that could materially adversely affect the company, including those associated with an economic recession, and global economic slowdown. The recent financial crisis affecting the banking systems and financial markets and the current uncertainty in global economic conditions have resulted in a tightening in the credit markets, a low level of liquidity in many financial markets, and extreme volatility in the credit and equity markets. These factors affect businesses generally and, as a result, are not discussed in detail below except to the extent such conditions could materially affect the company and its customers and suppliers in particular ways.

If the company is unable to maintain its relationships with its suppliers or if the suppliers materially change the terms of their existing agreements with the company, the company’s business could be materially adversely affected.

A substantial portion of the company’s inventory is purchased from suppliers with which the company has entered into non-exclusive distribution agreements. These agreements are typically cancelable on short notice (generally 30 to 90 days). Certain parts of the company’s business, such as the company’s global ECS business, rely on a limited number of suppliers. For example, sales from products and services from one of the company’s suppliers, IBM, accounted for approximately 11% of the company’s consolidated sales in 2008. To the extent that the company’s significant suppliers reduce the amount of products they sell through distribution, or are unwilling to continue to do business with the company, or are unable to continue to meet its obligations, the company’s business could be materially adversely affected. In addition, to the extent that the company’s suppliers modify the terms of their contracts with the company, or extend lead times, limit supplies due to capacity constraints, or other factors, there could be a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

The competitive pressures the company faces could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

The market for the company’s products and services is very competitive and subject to rapid technological change. Not only does the company compete with other distributors, it also competes for customers with many of its own suppliers. Additional competition has emerged from third-party logistics providers, catalogue distributors, and brokers. The company’s failure to maintain and enhance its competitive position could adversely affect its business and prospects. Furthermore, the company’s efforts to compete in the marketplace could cause deterioration of gross profit margins and, thus, overall profitability. The sizes of the company’s competitors vary across market sectors, as do the resources the company has allocated to the sectors in which it does business. Therefore, some of the competitors may have a more extensive customer base than the company in one or more of its market sectors.

Products sold by the company may be found to be defective and, as a result, warranty and/or product liability claims may be asserted against the company, which may have a material adverse effect on the company.

The company sells its components at prices that are significantly lower than the cost of the equipment or other goods in which they are incorporated. Since a defect or failure in a product could give rise to failures in the end products that incorporate them, the company may face claims for damages (such as consequential damages) that are disproportionate to the revenues and profits it receives from the products involved in the claims. While the company typically has provisions in its supplier agreements that hold the supplier accountable for defective products, and the company and its suppliers generally exclude consequential damages in their standard terms and conditions, the company’s ability to avoid

such liabilities may be limited as a result of differing factors, such as the inability to exclude such damages due to the laws of some of the countries where it does business. The company’s business could be materially adversely affected as a result of a significant quality or performance issue in the products sold by the company, if it is required to pay for the associated damages. Although the company currently has product liability insurance, such insurance is limited in coverage and amount.

Declines in value and other factors pertaining to the company’s inventory could materially adversely affect its business.

The market for the company’s products and services is subject to rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, changes in end-market demand, and regulatory requirements, which can contribute to the decline in value or obsolescence of inventory. During an economic downturn, prices could decline due to various factors including an oversupply of product and, therefore, there may be greater risk of declines in inventory value. Although most of the company’s suppliers provide the company with certain protections from the loss in value of inventory (such as price protection and certain rights of return), the company cannot be sure that such protections will fully compensate it for the loss in value, or that the suppliers will choose to, or be able to, honor such agreements. For example, many of the company’s suppliers will not allow products to be returned after they have been held in inventory beyond a certain amount of time, and, in most instances, the return rights are limited to a certain percentage of the amount of product the company purchased in a particular time frame. In addition, as discussed below, the company historically has sold and continues to sell products that contain substances that are regulated, or may be regulated, by various environmental laws. Some of the company’s inventory may become obsolete as a result of these or other existing or new regulations. All of these factors pertaining to inventory could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

The company is subject to environmental laws and regulations that could materially adversely affect its business.

The company is subject to a wide and ever-changing variety of international and U.S. federal, state, and local laws and regulations, compliance with which may require substantial expense. Of particular note are three European Union (“EU”) directives known as the (i) Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive (“RoHS”), (ii) the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, and (iii) the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (“REACH”). The first two directives restrict the distribution of products within the EU containing certain substances and require a manufacturer or importer to recycle products containing those substances. REACH will require companies to inform all purchasers of certain products in the EU to what extent they contain certain substances covered by the legislation. In addition, China has passed the Management Methods on Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products, which prohibits the import of products for use in China that contain similar substances banned by the RoHS directive. Failure to comply with these directives or any other applicable environmental regulations could result in fines or suspension of sales. Additionally, these directives and regulations may result in the company having non-compliant inventory that may be less readily salable or have to be written off.

In addition, some environmental laws impose liability, sometimes without fault, for investigating or cleaning up contamination on or emanating from the company’s currently or formerly owned, leased, or operated property, as well as for damages to property or natural resources and for personal injury arising out of such contamination. As the distribution business, in general, does not involve the manufacture of products, it is typically not subject to significant liability in this area. However, there may be occasions, including through acquisitions, where environmental liability arises. Such liability may be joint and several, meaning that the company could be held responsible for more than its share of the liability involved, or even the entire share. In addition, the presence of environmental contamination could also interfere with ongoing operations or adversely affect the company’s ability to sell or lease its properties. The discovery of contamination for which the company is responsible, or the enactment of new laws and regulations, or changes in how existing requirements are enforced, could require the company to incur costs for compliance or subject it to unexpected liabilities.

The foregoing matters could materially adversely affect the company’s business.

The company is currently involved in the investigation and remediation of environmental matters at two sites as a result of its Wyle Electronics acquisition, and the company is in litigation related to those sites.

In 2000, the company acquired Wyle Electronics (“Wyle”) and assumed its outstanding liabilities, including responsibility for environmental problems at sites Wyle had previously owned. The Wyle purchase agreement includes an indemnification from the seller, now known as E.ON AG, in favor of the company, covering virtually all costs arising out of or in connection with those environmental obligations. Two sites are known to have environmental issues, one at Norco, California and the other at Huntsville, Alabama. The company has thus far borne most of the cost of the investigation and remediation of the Norco and Huntsville sites, under the direction of the cognizant state agencies. The company has spent approximately $32 million to date in connection with these sites. In addition, the company was named as a defendant in a private lawsuit filed in connection with alleged contamination at a small industrial building formerly leased by Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo, California. The lawsuit was settled, but the possibility remains that government entities or others may attempt to involve the company in further characterization or remediation of groundwater issues in the area.

E.ON AG acknowledged liability under the contractual indemnities with respect to the Norco and Huntsville sites and made a small initial payment, but has subsequently refused to make further payments. As a result, the company is suing E.ON AG in the Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany.

In addition, the company is a defendant in two actions brought in Riverside, California, County Court by landowners and residents alleging personal injury and property damage caused by contaminated groundwater and related soil-vapor found in certain residential areas adjacent to the Norco site. Co-defendant Wyle Laboratories, formerly a division of Wyle, has demanded defense and indemnification from the company in connection with the litigation, which the company must provide subject to the terms of several related agreements and orders. These costs are also part of the company’s claim against E.ON AG.

As successor-in-interest to Wyle, the company is the beneficiary of the various Wyle insurance policies that covered liabilities arising out of operations at the two contaminated sites. Certain of the carriers of the primary insurance policies implicated in the pending claims have undertaken substantial portions of the defense of the company in the Riverside County cases, and the company has recovered approximately $10 million from them to date. The company has sued certain of the umbrella liability policy carriers, however, they have yet to make payment on the tendered losses.

The company believes strongly in the merits of its positions regarding the E.ON AG indemnity, the liabilities of the insurance carriers, and the absence of compensable damage to the Riverside County plaintiffs, but there can be no guarantee of the outcome of litigation. Should and to the extent some or all of the insurance policies at issue prove insufficient or unavailable, and E.ON AG prevails in the litigation pending in Germany, the company would be responsible for the costs. The total costs of 1) the investigation and remediation of the two sites, 2) the defense of the company and the defense and indemnity of Wyle Laboratories in the Riverside County cases, 3) the potential amount of any adverse verdict in those cases, and 4) the amount of any shortfall in the availability of the E.ON AG indemnity and/or the insurance coverage are all as yet undetermined. Any or all of those costs could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

The company may not have adequate or cost-effective liquidity or capital resources.

The company requires cash or committed liquidity facilities for general corporate purposes, such as funding its ongoing working capital, acquisition, and capital expenditure needs, as well as to make interest payments on and to refinance indebtedness. At December 31, 2008, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $451.3 million. In addition, the company currently has access to committed credit lines of $1.4 billion. The company’s ability to satisfy its cash needs depends on its ability to generate

cash from operations and to access the financial markets, both of which are subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory, and other factors that are beyond its control.

The company may, in the future, need to access the financial markets to satisfy its cash needs. The company’s ability to obtain external financing is affected by general financial market conditions and the company’s debt ratings. While, thus far, uncertainties in global credit markets have not significantly affected the company’s access to capital, future financing could be difficult or more expensive. Further, any increase in the company’s level of debt, change in status of its debt from unsecured to secured debt, or deterioration of its operating results may cause a reduction in its current debt ratings. Any downgrade in the company’s current debt rating or tightening of credit availability could impair the company’s ability to obtain additional financing or renew existing credit facilities on acceptable terms. Under the terms of any external financing, the company may incur higher than expected financing expenses and become subject to additional restrictions and covenants. For example, the company’s existing debt agreements contain restrictive covenants, including covenants requiring compliance with specified financial ratios, and a failure to comply with these or any other covenants may result in an event of default. The company’s lack of access to cost-effective capital resources, an increase in the company’s financing costs, or a breach of debt instrument covenants could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

The agreements governing some of the company’s financing arrangements contain various covenants and restrictions that limit some of management’s discretion in operating the business and could prevent the company from engaging in some activities that may be beneficial to its business.

The agreements governing the company’s financings contain various covenants and restrictions that, in certain circumstances, could limit its ability to:

	•		grant liens on assets;
	•		make restricted payments (including paying dividends on capital stock or redeeming or repurchasing capital stock);
	•		make investments;
	•		merge, consolidate, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets;
	•		incur additional debt; or
	•		engage in certain transactions with affiliates.

As a result of these covenants and restrictions, the company may be limited in how it conducts its business and may be unable to raise additional debt, compete effectively, or make investments.

The company’s failure to have long-term sales contracts may have a material adverse effect on its business.

Most of the company’s sales are made on an order-by-order basis, rather than through long-term sales contracts. The company generally works with its customers to develop non-binding forecasts for future volume of orders. Based on such non-binding forecasts, the company makes commitments regarding the level of business that it will seek and accept, the inventory that it purchases, and the levels of utilization of personnel and other resources. A variety of conditions, both specific to each customer and generally affecting each customer’s industry, may cause customers to cancel, reduce, or delay orders that were either previously made or anticipated, go bankrupt or fail, or default on their payments. Generally, customers cancel, reduce, or delay purchase orders and commitments without penalty. The company seeks to mitigate these risks, in some cases, by entering into noncancelable/nonreturnable sales agreements, but there is no guarantee that such agreements will adequately protect the company. Significant or numerous cancellations, reductions, delays in orders by customers, losses of customers, and/or customer defaults on payment could materially adversely affect the company’s business.

A large portion of the company’s revenues comes from the sale of semiconductors, which, in the past, has been a cyclical industry.

The semiconductor industry historically has experienced fluctuations in product supply and demand, often associated with changes in technology and manufacturing capacity and subject to significant economic market upturns and downturns. Sales of semiconductor products and related services represented approximately 46%, 48%, and 56% of the company’s consolidated sales in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively, and the company’s revenues and profitability, particularly in its global components business segment, tend to closely follow the strength or weakness of the semiconductor market. Any cyclical downturn in the technology industry, particularly in the semiconductor sector, could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business and negatively impact its ability to maintain historical profitability levels.

The company’s non-U.S. sales represent a significant portion of its revenues, and consequently, the company is increasingly exposed to risks associated with operating internationally.

In 2008, 2007, and 2006, approximately 54%, 50%, and 53%, respectively, of the company’s sales came from its operations outside the United States. As a result of the company’s international sales and locations, its operations are subject to a variety of risks that are specific to international operations, including the following:

	•		import and export regulations that could erode profit margins or restrict exports;
	•		the burden and cost of compliance with international laws, treaties, and technical standards and changes in those regulations;
	•		potential restrictions on transfers of funds;
	•		currency fluctuations;
	•		import and export duties and value-added taxes;
	•		transportation delays and interruptions;
	•		uncertainties arising from local business practices and cultural considerations; and
	•		potential military conflicts and political risks.

Furthermore, products the company sells which are either manufactured in the United States or based on U.S. technology (“U.S. Products”) are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) when exported and re-exported to and from all international jurisdictions, in addition to the local jurisdiction’s export regulations applicable to individual shipments. Licenses or proper license exceptions may be required by local jurisdictions’ export regulations, including EAR, for the shipment of certain U.S. Products to certain countries, including China, India, Russia, and other countries in which the company operates. Non-compliance with the EAR or other applicable export regulations can result in a wide range of penalties including the denial of export privileges, fines, criminal penalties, and the seizure of commodities. In the event that any export regulatory body determines that any shipments made by the company violate the applicable export regulations, the company could be fined significant sums and/or its export capabilities could be restricted, which could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business.

Also, the company’s operating income margins are lower in certain geographic markets. Operating income in the components business in Asia/Pacific tends to be lower than operating income in North America and Europe. As sales in Asia/Pacific increased as a percentage of overall sales, consolidated operating income margins have fallen. The financial impact of the lower operating income on returns on working capital was offset, in part, by lower working capital requirements. While the company has and will continue to adopt measures to reduce the potential impact of losses resulting from the risks of doing business abroad, it cannot ensure that such measures will be adequate and, therefore, could have a material adverse effect on its business.

When the company makes acquisitions, it may not be able to successfully integrate them.

If the company is unsuccessful in integrating its acquisitions, or if integration is more difficult than anticipated, the company may experience disruptions that could have a material adverse effect on its business.

The company’s goodwill and identifiable intangible assets could become impaired, which could reduce the value of its assets and reduce its net income in the year in which the write-off occurs.

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the assets acquired. The company also ascribes value to certain identifiable intangible assets, which consist primarily of customer relationships, non-competition agreements, a long-term procurement agreement, customer databases, and sales backlog, among others, as a result of acquisitions. The company may incur impairment charges on goodwill or identifiable intangible assets if it determines that the fair values of the goodwill or identifiable intangible assets are less than their current carrying values. The company evaluates, on a regular basis, whether events or circumstances have occurred that indicate all, or a portion, of the carrying amount of goodwill may no longer be recoverable, in which case an impairment charge to earnings would become necessary.

As a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions, there has been a decline in global equity valuations since October 1, 2008. Both of these factors have impacted the company’s market capitalization, and the company determined it was necessary to perform an interim impairment test of its goodwill and identifiable intangible assets. Based upon the results of such testing, the company concluded that a portion of its goodwill was impaired and, as such, recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $1.02 billion ($905.1 million net of related taxes or $7.49 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) as of December 31, 2008. The impairment charge did not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, liquidity, capital resources, and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings. No impairment existed as of December 31, 2008 with respect to the company’s identifiable intangible assets. See Notes 1 and 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and ‘Critical Accounting Policies’ in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for further discussion of the impairment testing of goodwill and identifiable intangible assets.

A continued decline in general economic conditions or global equity valuations, could impact the judgments and assumptions about the fair value of the company’s businesses and the company could be required to record an additional impairment charge in the future, which could impact the company’s consolidated balance sheet, as well as the company’s consolidated statement of operations. If the company was required to recognize an additional impairment charge in the future, the charge would not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, current liquidity, capital resources and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings.

If the company fails to maintain an effective system of internal controls or discovers material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting, it may not be able to report its financial results accurately or timely or detect fraud, which could have a material adverse effect on its business.

An effective internal control environment is necessary for the company to produce reliable financial reports and is an important part of its effort to prevent financial fraud. The company is required to periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of its internal controls over financial reporting. Based on these evaluations, the company may conclude that enhancements, modifications or changes to internal controls are necessary or desirable. While management evaluates the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls on a regular basis, these controls may not always be effective. There are inherent limitations on the effectiveness of internal controls, including collusion, management

override, and failure in human judgment. In addition, control procedures are designed to reduce rather than eliminate business risks. If the company fails to maintain an effective system of internal controls, or if management or the company’s independent registered public accounting firm discovers material weaknesses in the company’s internal controls, it may be unable to produce reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, which could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business. In addition, the company may be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC or the NYSE. Any such actions could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of the company’s financial statements, which could cause the market price of its common stock to decline or limit the company’s access to capital.

The company relies heavily on its internal information systems, which, if not properly functioning, could materially adversely affect the company’s business.

The company’s current global operations reside on multiple technology platforms. These platforms are subject to electrical or telecommunications outages, computer hacking, or other general system failure, which could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business. Because most of the company’s systems consist of a number of legacy, internally developed applications, it can be harder to upgrade and may be more difficult to adapt to commercially available software.

The company is in the process of converting its various business information systems worldwide to a single Enterprise Resource Planning system. The company has committed significant resources to this conversion, which started in late 2006 and is expected to be phased in over several years. This conversion is extremely complex, in part, because of the wide range of processes and the multiple legacy systems that must be integrated globally. The company will be using a controlled project plan that it believes will provide for the adequate allocation of resources. However, such a plan, or a divergence from it, may result in cost overruns, project delays, or business interruptions. During the conversion process, the company may be limited in its ability to integrate any business that it may want to acquire. Failure to properly or adequately address these issues could impact the company’s ability to perform necessary business operations, which could materially, adversely affect the company’s business.

The company may be subject to intellectual property rights claims, which are costly to defend, could require payment of damages or licensing fees and could limit the company’s ability to use certain technologies in the future.

Certain of the company’s products include intellectual property owned by the company and/or our third party suppliers. Substantial litigation and threats of litigation regarding intellectual property rights exist in the semiconductor/integrated circuit and software industries. From time to time, third parties (including certain companies in the business of acquiring patents not for the purpose of developing technology but with the intention of aggressively seeking licensing revenue from purported infringers) may assert patent, copyright and/or other intellectual property rights to technologies that are important to the company’s business. In some cases, depending on the nature of the claim, the company may be able to seek indemnification from its suppliers for itself and its customers against such claims, but there is no assurance that it will be successful in obtaining such indemnification or that the company is fully protected against such claims. In addition, the company is exposed to potential liability for technology that it develops itself for which we have no indemnification protections. In any dispute involving products that incorporate intellectual property developed or licensed by the company, the company’s customers could also become the target of litigation. We are obligated in many instances to indemnify and defend our customers if the products or services we sell are alleged to infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights. Any infringement claim brought against the company, regardless of the duration, outcome or size of damage award, could:

	•		result in substantial cost to the company;
	•		divert management’s attention and resources;
	•		be time consuming to defend;
	•		result in substantial damage awards;
	•		cause product shipment delays; or

•

require the company to seek to enter into royalty or other licensing agreements.

Additionally, if an infringement claim is successful the company may be required to pay damages or seek royalty or license arrangements, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms. The payment of any such damages or royalties may significantly increase our operating expenses and harm the company’s operating results and financial condition. Also, royalty or license arrangements may not be available at all. The company may have to stop selling certain products or using technologies, which could affect the company’s ability to compete effectively.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

The company owns and leases sales offices, distribution centers, and administrative facilities worldwide. Its executive office is located in Melville, New York and occupies a 163,000 square foot facility under a long-term lease expiring in 2013. The company owns 16 locations throughout North America, EMEASA, and the Asia Pacific region and occupies over 320 additional locations under leases due to expire on various dates through 2022. The company believes its facilities are well maintained and suitable for company operations.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

Preference Claim From 2001

In 2008, an opinion was rendered in a bankruptcy proceeding (Bridge Information Systems, et. anno v. Merisel Americas, Inc. & MOCA) in favor of Bridge Information Systems (“Bridge”), the estate of a former global ECS customer that declared bankruptcy in 2001. The proceeding is related to sales made in 2000 and early 2001 by the MOCA division of ECS, a company Arrow purchased from Merisel Americas in the fourth quarter of 2000. The court held that certain of the payments received by the company at the time were preferential and must be returned to Bridge. Accordingly, during 2008, the company recorded a charge of $10.9 million ($6.6 million net of related taxes or $.05 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), in connection with the preference claim from 2001, including legal fees.

Tekelec Matters

In 2000, the company purchased Tekelec Europe SA (“Tekelec”) from Tekelec Airtronic SA (“Airtronic”) and certain other selling shareholders. Subsequent to the closing of the acquisition, Tekelec received a product liability claim in the amount of €11.3 million. The product liability claim was the subject of a French legal proceeding started by the claimant in 2002, under which separate determinations were made as to whether the products that are subject to the claim were defective and the amount of damages sustained by the purchaser. The manufacturer of the products also participated in this proceeding. The claimant has commenced legal proceedings against Tekelec and its insurers to recover damages in the amount of €3.7 million and expenses of €.3 million plus interest.

Environmental and Related Matters

Wyle Claims

In connection with the 2000 purchase of Wyle from the VEBA Group (“VEBA”), the company assumed certain of the then outstanding obligations of Wyle, including Wyle’s 1994 indemnification of the purchasers of its Wyle Laboratories division for environmental clean-up costs associated with any then existing contamination or violation of environmental regulations. Under the terms of the company’s purchase of Wyle from VEBA, VEBA agreed to indemnify the company for costs associated with the Wyle environmental indemnities, among other things. The company is aware of two Wyle Laboratories facilities (in Huntsville, Alabama and Norco, California) at which contaminated groundwater was identified. Each site will require remediation, the final form and cost of which is undetermined. As further discussed in Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Alabama site is being investigated by the company under the direction of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The Norco site is subject to a consent decree, entered in October 2003, between the company, Wyle Laboratories, and the California Department of Toxic Substance Control.

Wyle Laboratories has demanded indemnification from the company with respect to the work at both sites (and in connection with the litigation discussed below), and the company has, in turn, demanded indemnification from VEBA. VEBA merged with a publicly—traded, German conglomerate in June 2000. The combined entity, now known as E.ON AG, remains responsible for VEBA’s liabilities. E.ON AG

acknowledged liability under the terms of the VEBA contract in connection with the Norco and Huntsville sites and made an initial, partial payment. Neither the company’s demands for subsequent payments nor its demand for defense and indemnification in the related litigation and other costs associated with the Norco site were met.

Related Litigation

In October 2005, the company filed suit against E.ON AG in the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court in Germany. The suit seeks indemnification, contribution, and a declaration of the parties’ respective rights and obligations in connection with the Riverside County litigation (discussed below) and other costs associated with the Norco site. That action is now proceeding.

The company was named as a defendant in several suits related to the Norco facility, all of which were consolidated for pre-trial purposes. In January 2005, an action was filed in the California Superior Court in Riverside County, California (Gloria Austin, et al. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc. et al.). Approximately 90 plaintiff landowners and residents sued a number of defendants under a variety of theories for unquantified damages allegedly caused by environmental contamination at and around the Norco site. Also filed in the Superior Court in Riverside County were Jimmy Gandara, et al. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc. et al. in January 2006, and Lisa Briones et al. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc. et al. in May 2006, both of which contain allegations similar to those in the Austin case on behalf of approximately 20 additional plaintiffs. The Gandara matter has since been resolved to the satisfaction of the parties, but the outcome of the Austin and Briones cases and the amount of any associated liability are unknown.

The company was also named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in September 2006 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (Apollo Associates, L.P., et anno, v. Arrow Electronics, Inc. et al.) in connection with alleged contamination at a third site, an industrial building formerly leased by Wyle Laboratories, in El Segundo, California. The lawsuit was settled, though the possibility remains that government entities or others may attempt to involve the company in further characterization or remediation of groundwater issues in the area.

Impact on Financial Statements

The company believes that any cost which it may incur in connection with environmental conditions at the Norco, Huntsville, and El Segundo sites and the related litigation is covered by the contractual indemnifications (except, under the terms of the environmental indemnification, for the first $.5 million), discussed above. The company believes that recovery of costs incurred to date associated with the environmental clean-up costs related to the Norco and Huntsville sites, is probable. Accordingly, the company increased the receivable for amounts due from E.ON AG by $8.7 million during 2008 to $33.6 million. The company’s net costs for such indemnified matters may vary from period to period as estimates of recoveries are not always recognized in the same period as the accrual of estimated expenses. During 2006, the company recorded a charge of $1.4 million ($.9 million net of related taxes or $.01 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) related to the environmental matters arising out of the company’s purchase of Wyle.

Also included in the proceedings against E.ON AG is a claim for the reimbursement of pre-acquisition tax liabilities of Wyle in the amount of $8.7 million for which E.ON AG is also contractually liable to indemnify the company. E.ON AG has specifically acknowledged owing the company not less than $6.3 million of such amounts, but its promises to make payments of at least that amount were not kept. The company also believes that the recovery of these amounts is probable.

In connection with the acquisition of Wyle, the company acquired a $4.5 million tax receivable due from E.ON AG (as successor to VEBA) in respect of certain tax payments made by Wyle prior to the effective date of the acquisition, the recovery of which the company also believes is probable.

As successor-in-interest to Wyle, the company is the beneficiary of the various Wyle insurance policies that covered liabilities arising out of operations at Norco and Huntsville. Certain of the carriers of the

primary insurance policies implicated in the pending claims have undertaken substantial portions of the defense of the company in the Riverside County cases (Austin and Briones), and the company has recovered approximately $10 million from them to date. The company has sued certain of the umbrella liability policy carriers, however, because they have yet to make payment on the tendered losses.

The company believes strongly in the merits of its positions regarding the E.ON AG indemnity, the liabilities of the insurance carriers, and the absence of compensable damages to the Riverside County plaintiffs.

Other

From time to time, in the normal course of business, the company may become liable with respect to other pending and threatened litigation, environmental, regulatory, and tax matters. While such matters are subject to inherent uncertainties, it is not currently anticipated that any such matters will materially impact the company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

PART II

Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

The company’s common stock is listed on the NYSE (trading symbol: “ARW”). The high and low sales prices during each quarter of 2008 and 2007 were as follows:

Year			High				Low
2008:
Fourth Quarter			$26.60				$11.74
Third Quarter			36.00				24.95
Second Quarter			34.97				26.50
First Quarter			39.44				29.00
2007:
Fourth Quarter			$44.95				$34.68
Third Quarter			43.55				33.17
Second Quarter			43.13				37.29
First Quarter			39.83				32.00

Holders

On February 20, 2009, there were approximately 2,700 shareholders of record of the company’s common stock.

Dividend History

The company did not pay cash dividends on its common stock during 2008 or 2007. While the Board of Directors considers the payment of dividends on the common stock from time to time, the declaration of future dividends will be dependent upon the company’s earnings, financial condition, and other relevant factors, including debt covenants.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table summarizes information, as of December 31, 2008, relating to the Omnibus Incentive Plan, which was approved by the company’s shareholders and under which cash-based awards, non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, performance shares or units, covered employee annual incentive awards and other stock-based awards may be granted from time to time.

Number of

Weighted

Securities to be

Average

Issued Upon

Exercise

Number of

Exercise

Price of

Securities

of Outstanding

Outstanding

Remaining

Options,

Options,

Available for

Warrants and

Warrants and

Future

Plan Category

Rights

Rights

Issuance

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

5,413,473

$31.88

6,957,960

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

-

-

-

Total

5,413,473

$31.88

6,957,960

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the performance of the company’s common stock for the periods indicated with the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (“S&P 500 Stock Index”) and the average performance of a group consisting of the company’s peer companies on a line-of-business basis. The companies included in the Peer Group are Avnet, Inc., Bell Microproducts, Inc., Jaco Electronics, Inc., and Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. The graph assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2003 in the company, the S&P 500 Stock Index, and the Peer Group. Total return indices reflect reinvestment of dividends and are weighted on the basis of market capitalization at the time of each reported data point.

		2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008
Arrow Electronics			100				105				138				136				170				81
Peer Group			100				85				108				113				148				89
S&P 500 Stock Index			100				111				116				135				142				90

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The following table sets forth certain selected consolidated financial data and should be read in conjunction with the company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K (dollars in thousands except per share data):

For the years ended
December 31:		2008 (a)				2007 (b)				2006 (c)				2005 (d) (f)				2004 (e) (f)
Sales		$	16,761,009			$	15,984,992			$	13,577,112			$	11,164,196			$	10,646,113
Operating income (loss)		$	(493,569	)		$	686,905			$	606,225			$	480,258			$	439,338
Net income (loss)		$	(613,739	)		$	407,792			$	388,331			$	253,609			$	207,504
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(5.08	)		$	3.31			$	3.19			$	2.15			$	1.83
Diluted		$	(5.08	)		$	3.28			$	3.16			$	2.09			$	1.75
At December 31:
Accounts receivable and inventories		$	4,713,849			$	4,961,035			$	4,401,857			$	3,811,914			$	3,470,600
Total assets			7,118,285				8,059,860				6,669,572				6,044,917				5,509,101
Long-term debt			1,223,985				1,223,337				976,774				1,138,981				1,465,880
Shareholders’ equity			2,676,698				3,551,860				2,996,559				2,372,886				2,194,186

Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Overview

The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company provides one of the broadest product offerings in the electronics distribution industry and a wide range of value-added services to help customers reduce time to market, lower their total cost of ownership, and enhance their overall competitiveness. The company distributes electronic components to OEMs and CMs through its global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to VARs through its global ECS business segment. For 2008, approximately 68% of the company’s sales were from the global components business segment, and approximately 32% of the company’s sales were from the global ECS business segment.

Operating efficiency and working capital management remain a key focus of the company’s business initiatives to grow sales faster than the market, grow profits faster than sales, and increase return on invested capital. To achieve its financial objectives, the company seeks to capture significant opportunities to grow across products, markets, and geographies. To supplement its organic growth strategy, the company continually evaluates strategic acquisitions to broaden its product offerings, increase its market penetration, and/or expand its geographic reach. Investments needed to fund this growth are developed through continuous corporate-wide initiatives to improve profitability and increase effective asset utilization.

On June 2, 2008, the company acquired LOGIX, a subsidiary of Groupe OPEN for a purchase price of $205.9 million, which included $15.5 million of debt paid at closing, cash acquired of $3.6 million, and acquisition costs. In addition, there was the assumption of $46.7 million in debt. Headquartered in France, LOGIX has approximately 500 employees and is a leading value-added distributor of midrange servers, storage, and software to over 6,500 partners in 11 European countries. Total LOGIX sales for 2007 were approximately $600 million (approximately €440 million). For 2008, LOGIX sales of $376.9 million were included in the company’s consolidated results of operations from the date of acquisition.

On March 31, 2007, the company acquired from Agilysys substantially all of the assets and operations of KeyLink for a purchase price of $480.6 million in cash, which included acquisition costs and final adjustments based upon a closing audit. The company also entered into a long-term procurement agreement with Agilysys. Total KeyLink sales for 2006, including estimated revenues associated with the above-mentioned procurement agreement, were approximately $1.6 billion.

Consolidated sales for 2008 grew by 4.9%, compared with the year-earlier period, due to a 14.3% increase in the global ECS business segment sales and a less than 1% increase in the global components business segment sales. On a pro forma basis, adjusted for acquisitions, consolidated sales increased less than 1%.

The increase in global ECS business segment sales of 14.3% for 2008 was primarily due to the KeyLink and LOGIX acquisitions. On a pro forma basis, which includes KeyLink and LOGIX as though these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2007 and excluding KeyLink sales from the related long-term procurement agreement with Agilysys for the first quarter of 2008, the global ECS business segment sales for 2008 decreased by less than 1% when compared with the year-earlier period. This decrease was primarily due to weakness in sales of servers offset, in part, by the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of the company’s international financial statements, and growth in storage, software, and services. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the company’s global ECS business segment sales increased by 13.3% in 2008.

In the global components business segment, sales for 2008 increased primarily due to strength in the Asia Pacific region and the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of the company’s international financial statements, offset, in part, by weakness in North America and Europe. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the company’s global components business segment sales decreased by

1.3% in 2008.

The company recorded a net loss of $613.7 million in 2008, principally due to a non-cash impairment charge of $1.02 billion associated with goodwill as a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions and related declines in global equity valuations, compared with net income of $407.8 million in 2007. The following items impacted the comparability of the company’s results for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007:

	•		a non-cash impairment charge associated with goodwill of $1.02 billion ($905.1 million net of related taxes) in 2008;
	•		restructuring and integration charges of $70.1 million ($55.3 million net of related taxes) in 2008 and $11.7 million ($7.0 million net of related taxes) in 2007;
	•		a charge related to the preference claim from 2001 of $10.9 million ($6.6 million net of related taxes) in 2008;
	•		a loss of $10.0 million on the write-down of an investment in 2008;
	•		a reduction of the provision for income taxes of $8.5 million and an increase in interest expense of $1.0 million ($1.0 million net of related taxes) primarily related to the settlement of certain international income tax matters in 2008; and
	•		an income tax benefit of $6.0 million, net, principally due to a reduction in deferred income taxes as a result of the statutory tax rate change in Germany in 2007.

Excluding the above-mentioned items, the decrease in net income in 2008 was primarily the result of the sales decline in the more profitable components businesses in North America and Europe and increased expenditures related to the company’s global enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) initiative offset, in part, by increased sales in the global ECS business segment and the global components businesses in the Asia Pacific region and by a lower effective tax rate.

Substantially all of the company’s sales are made on an order-by-order basis, rather than through long-term sales contracts. As such, the nature of the company’s business does not provide for the visibility of material forward-looking information from its customers and suppliers beyond a few months of forecast information.

Sales

Consolidated sales for 2008 increased by $776.0 million, or 4.9%, compared with the year-earlier period. The increase was driven by an increase in the global ECS business segment of $680.3 million, or 14.3%, and an increase in the global components business segment of $95.7 million, or less than 1%.

In the global ECS business segment, sales for 2008 increased by 14.3%, compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to the KeyLink and LOGIX acquisitions. On a pro forma basis, which includes KeyLink and LOGIX as though these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2007 and excluding KeyLink sales from the related long-term procurement agreement with Agilysys for the first quarter of 2008, the global ECS business segment sales for 2008 decreased by less than 1%, compared with the year-earlier period. This decrease was primarily due to weakness of servers offset, in part, by the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of the company’s international financial statements and growth in storage, software, and services.

In the global components business segment, sales for 2008 increased by less than 1% compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to strength in the Asia Pacific region and the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of the company’s international financial statements, offset, in part, by weakness in North America and Europe.

The translation of the company’s international financial statements into U.S. dollars resulted in increased sales of $293.4 million for 2008, compared with the year-earlier period, due to a weaker U.S. dollar. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the company’s consolidated sales increased by 3.0% in 2008.

Consolidated sales for 2007 increased by $2.41 billion, or 17.7%, compared with the year-earlier period. The increase was driven by an increase in the global ECS business segment of $2.27 billion, or 91.2%, and an increase in the global components business segment of $137.4 million, or 1.2%, compared with the year-earlier period.

In the global ECS business segment, sales for 2007 increased by 91.2%, compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to the acquisitions of Alternative Technology, InTechnology, and KeyLink. On a pro forma basis, which includes Alternative Technology, InTechnology, and KeyLink as though these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2006, the global ECS business segment sales for 2007 grew by 17.8%, compared with the year-earlier period. This was primarily due to the growth in storage, software, and industry standard servers and due to the company’s increased focus on sales-related initiatives.

In the global components business segment, sales for 2007 increased by 1.2% compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to the company’s increased focus on sales-related initiatives and the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of the company’s international financial statements. The increase was offset, in part, by continued weakness at large EMS customers and the company’s initiative to exit lower-margin business in the Asia Pacific region.

The translation of the company’s international financial statements into U.S. dollars resulted in increased sales of $394.7 million for 2007, compared with the year-earlier period, due to a weaker U.S. dollar. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the company’s consolidated sales increased by 14.8% in 2007.

Gross Profit

The company recorded gross profit of $2.28 billion and $2.29 billion for 2008 and 2007, respectively. The gross profit margin for 2008 decreased by approximately 70 basis points when compared with the year-earlier period. The decrease was due, in part, to the KeyLink and LOGIX acquisitions, which are both lower gross profit margin businesses. On a pro forma basis, which includes KeyLink and LOGIX as though these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2007, the gross profit margin for 2008 decreased by approximately 60 basis points when compared with the year-earlier period. This was primarily due to a change in the mix in the company’s business, with the global ECS business segment and Asia Pacific region being a greater percentage of total sales. The profit margins of products in the global ECS business segment are typically lower than the profit margins of the products in the global components business segment, and the profit margins of the components sold in the Asia Pacific region tend to be lower than the profit margins in North America and Europe. The financial impact of the lower gross profit was offset, in part, by the lower operating costs and lower working capital requirements in these businesses relative to the company’s other businesses.

The company recorded gross profit of $2.29 billion and $2.03 billion for 2007 and 2006, respectively. The gross profit margin for 2007 decreased by approximately 70 basis points when compared with the year-earlier period. The decrease in gross profit margin was principally due to the acquisitions of Alternative Technology, InTechnology, and KeyLink, which are lower gross profit margin businesses. On a pro forma basis, which includes the impact of these acquisitions, the gross profit margin for 2007 decreased by approximately 20 basis points when compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to a change in the mix in the company’s business, with the global ECS business segment and Asia/Pacific being a greater percentage of total sales.

Other Charges

Impairment Charge

The company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist. As a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions, there has been a decline in global equity valuations since October 1, 2008. Both of these factors have impacted the company’s market capitalization, and the company determined it was necessary to perform an interim impairment test of its goodwill and identifiable intangible assets. Based upon the results of such testing, the company concluded that a portion of its goodwill was impaired and, as such, recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $1.02 billion ($905.1 million net of related taxes or $7.49 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) as of December 31, 2008, of which $716.9 million related to the company’s global components business segment and $301.9 million related to the company’s global ECS business segment.

The impairment charge did not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, liquidity, capital resources and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings. No impairment existed as of December 31, 2008 with respect to the company’s identifiable intangible assets.

2008 Restructuring and Integration Charge

In 2008, the company recorded a restructuring and integration charge of $70.1 million ($55.3 million net of related taxes or $.46 per share on both a basic and diluted basis). Included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2008 is a restructuring charge of $69.8 million related to initiatives by the company to improve operating efficiencies. These actions are expected to reduce costs by approximately $57 million per annum, with approximately $17 million realized in 2008. Also included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2008 is a restructuring credit of $.3 million related to adjustments to reserves previously established through restructuring charges in prior periods and an integration charge of $.6 million, primarily related to the ACI and KeyLink acquisitions.

The restructuring charge of $69.8 million in 2008 primarily includes personnel costs of $39.4 million, facility costs of $4.3 million, and a write-down of a building and related land of $25.4 million. These initiatives are the result of the company’s continued efforts to lower cost and drive operational efficiency. The personnel costs are primarily associated with the elimination of approximately 750 positions across multiple functions and multiple locations. The facilities costs are related to the exit activities of 9 vacated facilities in North America and Europe. During the fourth quarter of 2008, the company’s management approved a plan to actively market and sell a building and related land in North America within the company’s global components business segment acquired in 2000 in connection with the acquisition of Wyle. The decision to exit this location was made to enable the company to consolidate facilities and reduce future operating costs. The sale is expected to be completed within the next twelve months. As a result of this action, the asset was designated as an asset held for sale in accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” and is included in “Prepaid expenses and other assets” on the company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008. Upon the designation, the carrying values of the building and related land were recorded at the lower of their carrying values or their estimated fair values less cost to sell, and the company ceased recording depreciation. The company wrote-down the carrying values of the building and related land by $25.4 million to $9.5 million.

2007 Restructuring and Integration Charge

In 2007, the company recorded a restructuring and integration charge of $11.7 million ($7.0 million net of related taxes or $.06 per share on both a basic and diluted basis). Included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2007 is $9.7 million related to initiatives by the company to improve operating efficiencies, resulting in expected cost savings of approximately $40 million per annum. Also included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2007 is a restructuring credit of $.4 million primarily related to the reversal of excess reserves, which were previously established through restructuring charges in prior periods, a gain on the sale of the Lenexa, Kansas facility of $.5 million that was vacated in 2007 due to the company’s continued efforts to reduce real estate costs, and an integration charge of $2.9 million primarily related to the acquisition of KeyLink.

The restructuring charge of $9.7 million in 2007 primarily includes personnel costs of $11.3 million related to the elimination of approximately 400 positions. These positions were primarily within the company’s global components business segment in North America and related to the company’s continued focus on operational efficiency. Facilities include a restructuring credit of $1.9 million, primarily related to a gain on the sale of the Harlow, England facility of $8.5 million that was vacated in 2007. This was offset by facilities costs of $6.6 million, primarily related to exit activities for a vacated facility in Europe due to the company’s continued efforts to reduce real estate costs.

Integration costs of $3.7 million in 2007 include $2.9 million recorded as an integration charge and $.8 million recorded as additional costs in excess of net assets of companies acquired. The integration costs

include personnel costs of $1.7 million associated with the elimination of approximately 50 positions in North America related to the acquisition of KeyLink, a credit of $.5 million primarily related to the reversal of excess facility-related accruals in connection with certain acquisitions made prior to 2005 and other costs of $2.6 million.

2006 Restructuring and Integration Charge

In 2006, the company recorded a restructuring and integration charge of $11.8 million ($9.0 million net of related taxes or $.07 per share on both a basic and diluted basis). Included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2006 is a restructuring charge of $12.3 million related to initiatives by the company to improve operating efficiencies, resulting in expected cost savings of approximately $9 million per annum. Also included in the restructuring and integration charge for 2006 is a restructuring credit of $.5 million primarily related to the reversal of excess reserves, which were previously established through restructuring charges in prior periods.

The restructuring charge of $12.3 million in 2006 includes personnel costs of $6.5 million related to the elimination of approximately 300 positions. These positions were primarily within the company’s global components business segment in North America and related to the outsourcing of certain administrative functions and the closure of a warehouse facility. Facilities costs of $1.2 million were incurred related to exit activities of three vacated facilities in Europe due to the company’s continued efforts to reduce real estate costs. Also included in the restructuring charge is a charge related to the write-down of certain capitalized software in Europe of $4.5 million. This write-down resulted from the company’s decision in the fourth quarter of 2006 to implement a global ERP system, which caused these software costs to become redundant and have no future benefit.

Preference Claim From 2001

In 2008, an opinion was rendered in a bankruptcy proceeding (Bridge Information Systems, et. anno v. Merisel Americas, Inc. & MOCA) in favor of Bridge Information Systems (“Bridge”), the estate of a former global ECS customer that declared bankruptcy in 2001. The proceeding is related to sales made in 2000 and early 2001 by the MOCA division of ECS, a company Arrow purchased from Merisel Americas in the fourth quarter of 2000. The court held that certain of the payments received by the company at the time were preferential and must be returned to Bridge. Accordingly, during 2008, the company recorded a charge of $10.9 million ($6.6 million net of related taxes or $.05 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), in connection with the preference claim from 2001, including legal fees.

Pre-Acquisition Warranty Claim

During 2006, the company recorded a charge of $2.8 million ($1.9 million net of related taxes or $.02 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) related to a pre-acquisition warranty claim.

Pre-Acquisition Environmental Matters

As discussed in Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, in connection with the 2000 purchase of Wyle from VEBA, the company assumed certain of the then outstanding obligations of Wyle, including Wyle’s 1994 indemnification of the purchasers of its Wyle Laboratories division, for environmental clean-up costs associated with any then existing contamination or violation of environmental regulations. Under the terms of the company’s purchase of Wyle from VEBA, VEBA agreed to indemnify the company for costs associated with the Wyle environmental indemnities, among other things. VEBA has since merged with E.ON AG, a German-based, multinational conglomerate. The company’s net costs for such indemnified matters may vary from period to period as estimates of recoveries are not always recognized in the same period as the accrual of estimated expenses. During 2006, the company recorded a charge of $1.4 million ($.9 million net of related taxes or $.01 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) related to the environmental matters arising out of the company’s purchase of Wyle.

Operating Income (Loss)

The company recorded an operating loss of $493.6 million in 2008 as compared with operating income of $686.9 million in 2007. Included in the operating loss for 2008 was the previously discussed impairment charge associated with goodwill of $1.02 billion, restructuring and integration charges of $70.1 million, and a charge related to the preference claim from 2001 of $10.9 million. Included in operating income for 2007 was the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $11.7 million.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $87.4 million, or 5.7%, in 2008, as compared with 2007, on a sales increase of 4.9%. The dollar increase in selling, general and administrative expenses compared with the year-earlier period, was due to the impact of foreign exchange rates, selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by acquired companies and increased expenditures related to the company’s global ERP initiative. Selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 9.6% and 9.5% for 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization increased by $2.6 million, or 3.8%, in 2008, compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to acquisitions.

The company recorded operating income of $686.9 million in 2007 as compared with operating income of $606.2 million in 2006. Included in operating income for 2007 was the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $11.7 million. Included in operating income for 2006 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $11.8 million, pre-acquisition warranty claim of $2.8 million, and pre-acquisition environmental matters of $1.4 million.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $157.8 million, or 11.6%, in 2007, as compared with 2006, on a sales increase of 17.7%. The dollar increase in selling, general and administrative expenses compared with the year-earlier period, was primarily due to selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by Alternative Technology, InTechnology, and KeyLink, higher selling expenses to support increased sales, and the impact of foreign exchange rates. Selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of sales, was 9.5% and 10.0% for 2007 and 2006, respectively. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of sales, compared with the year-earlier period, was primarily the result of the acquisitions of Alternative Technology, InTechnology, and KeyLink, which have lower selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales, and the company’s ability to more effectively leverage its existing cost structure to support a higher level of sales.

Depreciation and amortization increased by $19.8 million, or 42.2%, in 2007, compared with the year-earlier period, primarily due to acquisitions.

Loss on Prepayment of Debt

During 2006, the company redeemed the total amount outstanding of $283.2 million principal amount ($156.4 million accreted value) of its zero coupon convertible debentures due in 2021 (“convertible debentures”) and repurchased $4.1 million principal amount of its 7% senior notes due in January 2007. The related loss on the redemption and repurchase, including any related premium paid, write-off of deferred financing costs, and cost of terminating a portion of the related interest rate swaps, aggregated $2.6 million ($1.6 million net of related taxes or $.01 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and was recognized as a loss on prepayment of debt. As a result of these transactions, net interest expense was reduced by approximately $2.6 million from the dates of redemption and repurchase through the respective maturity dates, based on interest rates in effect at the time of the redemption and repurchase.

Loss on the Write-Down of an Investment

During the fourth quarter of 2008, the company determined that an other-than-temporary decline in the fair value of its investment in Marubun Corporation had occurred and, accordingly, recognized a loss of $10.0 million ($.08 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) on the write-down of this investment.

Interest Expense

Net interest expense decreased by 1.7% in 2008 to $99.9 million, compared with $101.6 million in 2007, primarily due to lower interest rates on the company’s variable rate debt offset, in part, by an increase in interest expense of $1.0 million primarily related to the settlement of certain international income tax

matters (discussed in “Income Taxes” below).

Net interest expense increased by 12.2% in 2007 to $101.6 million, compared with $90.6 million in 2006. The increase was primarily due to the settlement of certain tax matters in 2006 (discussed in “Income Taxes” below), which resulted in a reduction of related interest expense of $6.9 million. In addition, the company had higher average debt outstanding, primarily due to acquisitions, and higher variable interest rates in 2007, compared with the year-earlier period. Interest income decreased $2.1 million in 2007, compared with the year-earlier period, primary due to the use of interest-bearing cash to fund acquisitions.

Income Taxes

The company recorded a provision for income taxes of $16.7 million (an effective tax rate of (2.8%)) for 2008. During the fourth quarter of 2008, the company recorded a reduction of the provision for income taxes of $8.5 million ($.07 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) primarily related to the settlement of certain international tax matters covering multiple tax years. The company’s provision for income taxes and effective tax rate for 2008 were impacted by the previously discussed settlement of certain international income tax matters, impairment charge associated with goodwill, restructuring and integration charges, preference claim from 2001, and a loss on the write-down of an investment. Excluding the impact of the previously discussed settlement of certain international income tax matters, impairment charge associated with goodwill, restructuring and integration charges, preference claim from 2001, and a loss on the write-down of an investment, the company’s effective tax rate was 30.7% for 2008.

The company recorded a provision for income taxes of $180.7 million (an effective tax rate of 30.5%) for 2007. During 2007, the company recorded an income tax benefit of $6.0 million, net, ($.05 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) principally due to a reduction in deferred income taxes as a result of the statutory tax rate change in Germany. These deferred income taxes primarily related to the amortization of intangible assets for income tax purposes, which are not amortized for accounting purposes. The company’s provision for income taxes and effective tax rate for 2007 were impacted by the aforementioned income tax benefit and the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges. Excluding the impact of the aforementioned income tax benefit and restructuring and integration charges, the company’s effective tax rate was 31.7% for 2007.

The company recorded a provision for income taxes of $128.5 million (an effective tax rate of 24.8%) for 2006. During 2006, the company settled certain income tax matters covering multiple years. As a result of the settlement of the tax matters, the company recorded a reduction of the provision for income taxes of $46.2 million ($.38 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), of which $40.4 million ($.33 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) related to tax years prior to 2006. The company’s provision for income taxes and effective tax rate were impacted by the previously discussed settlement of certain income tax matters, restructuring and integration charges, pre-acquisition warranty claim, and pre-acquisition environmental matters. Excluding the impact related to tax years prior to 2006 of the previously discussed settlement of certain income tax matters, restructuring and integration charges, pre-acquisition warranty claim, and pre-acquisition environmental matters, the company’s effective tax rate was 32.4% for 2006.

The company’s provision for income taxes and effective tax rate are impacted by, among other factors, the statutory tax rates in the countries in which it operates and the related level of income generated by these operations.

Net Income (Loss)

The company recorded a net loss of $613.7 million for 2008, compared with net income of $407.8 million in the year-earlier period. Included in the net loss for 2008 was the previously discussed impairment charge associated with goodwill of $905.1 million, restructuring and integration charges of $55.3 million, preference claim from 2001 of $6.6 million, a loss on the write-down of an investment of $10.0 million and a reduction of the provision for income taxes of $8.5 million and an increase in interest expense, net of related taxes, of $1.0 million related to the settlement of certain international income tax matters. Included in net income for 2007 was the previously discussed restructuring and

integration charges of $7.0 million and income tax benefit of $6.0 million, net, principally due to a reduction in deferred income tax as a result of the statutory tax rate change in Germany. Excluding the above-mentioned items, the decrease in net income in 2008 was primarily the result of the sales decline in the more profitable components businesses in North America and Europe and increased expenditures related to the company’s global ERP initiative offset, in part, by increased sales in the global ECS business segment and the global components businesses in the Asia Pacific region and by a lower effective tax rate.

The company recorded net income of $407.8 million for 2007, compared with $388.3 million in the year-earlier period. Included in net income for 2007 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $7.0 million and income tax benefit of $6.0 million, net, principally due to a reduction in deferred income taxes as a result of the statutory tax rate change in Germany. Included in net income for 2006 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $9.0 million, a charge related to a pre-acquisition warranty claim of $1.9 million, a charge related to pre-acquisition environmental matters arising out of the company’s purchase of Wyle of $.9 million, a loss on prepayment of debt of $1.6 million, and the reduction of the provision for income taxes of $46.2 million and the reduction of interest expense, net of related taxes, of $4.2 million related to the settlement of certain income tax matters totaling $50.4 million. Excluding the above-mentioned items, the increase in net income for 2007 was due to increased gross profit on higher sales, offset, in part, by increased selling, general and administrative expenses to support the increase in sales, higher depreciation and amortization expense primarily related to acquisitions, and a higher effective tax rate.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $451.3 million and $447.7 million, respectively.

During 2008, the net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities was $619.8 million, the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $492.7 million, and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $111.1 million. The effect of exchange rate changes on cash was a decrease of $12.5 million.

During 2007, the net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities was $850.7 million, the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $665.5 million, and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $82.2 million. The effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $7.0 million.

During 2006, the net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities was $120.8 million, the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $238.7 million, and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $132.7 million. The effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $7.6 million.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The company maintains a significant investment in accounts receivable and inventories. As a percentage of total assets, accounts receivable and inventories were approximately 66.2% and 61.6% at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

The net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities during 2008 was $619.8 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations, adjusted for non-cash items, and a reduction in accounts receivable and inventory offset, in part, by a decrease in accounts payable.

The net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities during 2007 was $850.7 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations, adjusted for non-cash items, a reduction in inventory, and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses. This was offset, in part, by an increase in accounts receivable supporting increased sales.

The net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities during 2006 was $120.8 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations, adjusted for non-cash items, offset, in part, by increased inventory purchases, and increased accounts receivable that supported increased sales in the global components businesses.

Working capital, as a percentage of sales, was 13.4%, 15.2%, and 19.2% in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

The net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2008 was $492.7 million, primarily reflecting $333.5 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses and $158.7 million for capital expenditures, which includes $113.4 million of capital expenditures related to the company’s global ERP initiative.

During 2008, the company acquired Hynetic, a franchise components distribution business in India, ACI, a distributor of electronic components used in defense and aerospace applications, LOGIX, a leading value-added distributor of midrange servers, storage, and software, Achieva, a value-added distributor of semiconductors and electro-mechanical devices, Excel Tech, the sole Broadcom distributor in Korea, and Eteq Components, a Broadcom-based franchise components distribution business in the ASEAN region and China, for aggregate cash consideration of $319.9 million. In addition, the company made payments of $13.6 million to increase its ownership interest in majority-owned subsidiaries.

The net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2007 was $665.5 million, primarily reflecting $539.6 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses and $138.8 million for capital expenditures, which includes $73.1 million of capital expenditures related to the company’s global ERP initiative. This was offset, in part, by $13.0 million of cash proceeds, primarily related to the sale of the company’s Lenexa, Kansas and Harlow, England facilities.

During 2007, the company acquired KeyLink, a leading enterprise computing solutions distributor in North America, Adilam, a leading electronic components distributor in Australia and New Zealand, Centia/AKS, specialty distributors of access infrastructure, security, and virtualization software solutions in Europe, and UEC, a distributor of semiconductor and multimedia products in Japan, for aggregate cash consideration of $506.9 million. In addition, the company made a payment of $32.7 million to increase its ownership interest in Ultra Source from 70.7% to 92.8%.

The net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2006 was $238.7 million, primarily reflecting $176.2 million for cash consideration paid for acquired businesses and $66.1 million for capital expenditures.

During 2006, the company acquired InTechnology, a distributor of storage and security solutions to VARs based in the United Kingdom, Alternative Technology, a leading specialty distributor of access infrastructure and security solutions in North America, and SKYDATA Corporation, a value-added distributor of data storage solutions in Canada, for aggregate cash consideration of $165.3 million. In addition, the company made payments of $10.9 million to increase its ownership interest in majority-owned subsidiaries and for other purchase consideration.

During the fourth quarter of 2006, the company initiated a global ERP effort to standardize processes worldwide and adopt best-in-class capabilities. Implementation is expected to be phased-in over the next several years. For 2009, the estimated cash flow impact of this initiative is expected to be in the $80 to $100 million range with the annual impact decreasing by approximately $50 million in 2010. The company expects to finance these costs with cash flows from operations.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

The net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2008 was $111.1 million, primarily reflecting $115.8 million of repurchases of common stock offset, in part, by $4.4 million of cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

The net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2007 was $82.2 million. Net repayments of short-term borrowings of $90.3 million, repayments of long-term borrowings of $169.1 million related to the company’s 7% senior notes that were repaid in January 2007 in accordance with their terms, and repurchases of common stock of $84.2 million were the primary uses of cash. This was offset, in part, by net proceeds from long-term borrowings of $198.5 million, which include proceeds from a $200.0 million term loan due in 2012, proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $55.2 million, and $7.7 million related to excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements.

The net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2006 was $132.7 million, primarily reflecting $160.6 million used to repurchase convertible debentures and senior notes, $15.7 million in other long-term debt repayments, and $22.3 million of net repayments of short-term borrowings, offset, in part, by $59.2 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $6.7 million relating to excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements.

During 2006, the company redeemed the total amount outstanding of $283.2 million principal amount ($156.4 million accreted value) of its convertible debentures and repurchased $4.1 million principal amount of its 7% senior notes due in January 2007. The related loss on the redemption and repurchase, including any related premium paid, write-off of deferred financing costs, and cost of terminating a portion of the related interest rate swaps, aggregated $2.6 million ($1.6 million net of related taxes or $.01 per share on both a basic and diluted basis). As a result of these transactions, net interest expense was reduced by approximately $2.6 million from the dates of redemption and repurchase through the respective maturity dates, based on interest rates in effect at the time of the redemption and repurchase.

The company has an $800.0 million revolving credit facility with a group of banks that matures in January 2012. Interest on borrowings under the revolving credit facility is calculated using a base rate or a euro currency rate plus a spread based on the company’s credit ratings (.425% at December 31, 2008). The facility fee related to the revolving credit facility is .125%. The company also entered into a $200.0 million term loan with the same group of banks, which is repayable in full in January 2012. Interest on the term loan is calculated using a base rate or euro currency rate plus a spread based on the company’s credit ratings (.60% at December 31, 2008).

The company has a $600.0 million asset securitization program collateralized by accounts receivable of certain of its North American subsidiaries which expires in March 2010. Interest on borrowings is calculated using a base rate or a commercial paper rate plus a spread, which is based on the company’s credit ratings (.225% at December 31, 2008). The facility fee is .125%.

There were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility or the asset securitization program at December 31, 2008 and 2007. The revolving credit facility and asset securitization program include terms and conditions that limit the incurrence of additional borrowings, limit the company’s ability to pay cash dividends or repurchase stock, and require that certain financial ratios be maintained at designated levels. The company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2008. The company is not aware of any events that would cause non-compliance in the future.

Contractual Obligations

Payments due under contractual obligations at December 31, 2008 are as follows (in thousands):

		Within				1-3				4-5				After
		1 Year				Years				Years				5 Years				Total
Debt		$	52,332			$	258,212			$	562,183			$	402,580			$	1,275,307
Interest on long-term debt			81,105				131,874				93,486				270,708				577,173
Capital leases			561				1,009				1				-				1,571
Operating leases			57,052				77,664				43,477				14,460				192,653
Purchase obligations (a)			1,329,874				14,193				1,825				197				1,346,089
Other (b)			30,375				18,358				10,915				8,091				67,739
		$	1,551,299			$	501,310			$	711,887			$	696,036			$	3,460,532

Under the terms of various joint venture agreements, the company is required to pay its pro-rata share of the third party debt of the joint ventures in the event that the joint ventures are unable to meet their obligations. At December 31, 2008, the company’s pro-rata share of this debt was approximately $11.8 million. The company believes there is sufficient equity in the joint ventures to meet their obligations.

Also, as discussed in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2007, the company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” At December 31, 2008, the company had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits and a liability for the payment of related interest totaling $81.4 million, of which approximately $10.3 million is expected to be paid within one year. For the remaining liability, due to the uncertainties related to these tax matters, the company is unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate when cash settlement with a taxing authority will occur.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The company has no off-balance sheet financing or unconsolidated special-purpose entities.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires the company to make significant estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The company evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. The company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed reasonable under the circumstances; the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

The company believes the following critical accounting policies involve the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements:

Revenue Recognition

The company recognizes revenue in accordance with the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”). Under SAB 104, revenue is recognized when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred or services are rendered, the sales price is determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenue typically is recognized at time of shipment. Sales are recorded net of discounts, rebates, and returns, which historically were not material.

A portion of the company’s business involves shipments directly from its suppliers to its customers. In these transactions, the company is responsible for negotiating price both with the supplier and customer, payment to the supplier, establishing payment terms with the customer, product returns, and has risk of loss if the customer does not make payment. As the principal with the customer, the company recognizes the sale and cost of sale of the product upon receiving notification from the supplier that the product was shipped.

In addition, the company has certain business with select customers and suppliers that is accounted for on an agency basis (that is, the company recognizes the fees associated with serving as an agent in sales with no associated cost of sales) in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” Generally, these transactions relate to the sale of supplier service contracts to customers where the company has no future obligation to perform under these contracts or the rendering of logistics services for the delivery of inventory for which the company does not assume the risks and rewards of ownership.

Accounts Receivable

The company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The allowances for doubtful accounts are determined using a combination of factors, including the length of time the receivables are outstanding, the current business environment, and historical experience.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Write-downs of inventories to market value are based upon contractual provisions governing price protection, stock rotation, and obsolescence, as well as assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If assumptions about future demand change and/or actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by the company, additional write-downs of inventories may be required. Due to the large number of transactions and the complexity of managing the process around price protections and stock rotations, estimates are made regarding adjustments to the book cost of inventories. Actual amounts could be different from those estimated.

Investments

The company assesses its long-term investments accounted for as available-for-sale on a quarterly basis to determine whether declines in market value below cost are other-than-temporary. When the decline is determined to be other-than-temporary, the cost basis for the individual security is reduced and a loss is realized in the company’s consolidated statement of operations in the period in which it occurs. When the decline is determined to be temporary, the unrealized losses are included in the shareholders’ equity section in the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Other.” The company makes such determination based upon the quoted market price, financial condition, operating results of the investee, and the company’s intent and ability to retain the investment over a period of time, which would be sufficient to allow for any recovery in market value. In addition, the company assesses the following factors:

	§		broad economic factors impacting the investee’s industry;
	§		publicly available forecasts for sales and earnings growth for the industry and investee; and
	§		the cyclical nature of the investee’s industry.

During the fourth quarter of 2008, the company determined an other-than-temporary decline in the fair value of its investment in Marubun Corporation had occurred and, accordingly, recognized a loss of $10.0 million ($.08 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) on the write-down of this investment.

The company could incur an additional impairment charge in future periods if, among other factors, the investee’s future earnings differ from currently available forecasts.

Income Taxes

The carrying value of the company’s deferred tax assets is dependent upon the company’s ability to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions. Should the company determine that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance to the deferred tax assets would be established in the period such determination was made.

It is the company’s policy to provide for uncertain tax positions and the related interest and penalties based upon management’s assessment of whether a tax benefit is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. At December 31, 2008, the company believes it has appropriately accounted for any unrecognized tax benefits. To the extent the company prevails in matters for which a liability for an unrecognized tax benefit is established or is required to pay amounts in excess of the liability, the company’s effective tax rate in a given financial statement period may be affected.

Financial Instruments

The company uses various financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for purposes other than trading. Derivatives used as part of the company’s risk management strategy are designated at inception as hedges and measured for effectiveness both at inception and on an ongoing basis. The company enters into interest rate swap transactions that convert certain fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt or variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt in order to manage its targeted mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt. The effective portion of the change in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges is recorded as a change to the carrying value of the related hedged debt, and the effective portion of the change in fair value of interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges is recorded in the shareholders’ equity section in the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Other.” The ineffective portion of the interest rate swap, if any, is recorded in “Interest expense, net” in the company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The effective portion of the change in the fair value of derivatives designated as net investment hedges is recorded in “Foreign currency translation adjustment” included in the company’s consolidated balance sheets and any ineffective portion is recorded in earnings. The company uses the hypothetical derivative method to assess the effectiveness of its net investment hedge on a quarterly basis.

Contingencies and Litigation

The company is subject to proceedings, lawsuits, and other claims related to environmental, labor, product, tax, and other matters. The company assesses the likelihood of an adverse judgment or outcomes for these matters, as well as the range of potential losses. A determination of the reserves required, if any, is made after careful analysis. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments impacting the probability of a loss, the estimate of such loss, and the probability of recovery of such loss from third parties.

Restructuring and Integration

The company recorded charges in connection with restructuring its businesses, and the integration of acquired businesses. These items primarily include employee separation costs and estimates related to the consolidation of facilities (net of sub-lease income), contractual obligations, and the valuation of certain assets. Actual amounts could be different from those estimated.

Stock-Based Compensation

The company records share-based payment awards exchanged for employee services at fair value on the date of grant and expenses the awards in the consolidated statements of operations over the requisite employee service period. Stock-based compensation expense includes an estimate for forfeitures and is recognized over the expected term of the award on a straight-line basis. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model and the assumptions shown in Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based payment awards represent management’s best estimates. The company’s estimates may be impacted by certain variables including, but not limited to, stock price volatility, employee stock option exercise behaviors, additional stock option grants, estimates of forfeitures, and related tax impacts.

Employee Benefit Plans

The costs and obligations of the company’s defined benefit pension plan are dependent on actuarial assumptions. The two critical assumptions used, which impact the net periodic pension cost (income) and the benefit obligation, are the discount rate and expected return on plan assets. The discount rate represents the market rate for a high quality corporate bond, and the expected return on plan assets is based on current and expected asset allocations, historical trends, and expected returns on plan assets. These key assumptions are evaluated annually. Changes in these assumptions can result in different expense and liability amounts.

Costs in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the assets acquired. The company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, and when an event occurs or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not that an impairment may exist, such as (i) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (ii) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, (iii) unanticipated competition, (iv) a loss of key personnel, (v) a more-likely-than-not sale or disposal of all or a significant portion of a reporting unit, (vi) the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within a reporting unit, or (vii) the recognition of a goodwill impairment loss of a subsidiary that is a component of the reporting unit. In addition, goodwill is required to be tested for impairment after a portion of the goodwill is allocated to a business targeted for disposal.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment utilizing a two-step process. The first step of the impairment test requires the identification of the reporting units and comparison of the fair value of each of these reporting units to the respective carrying value. The company’s reporting units are defined as global ECS and each of the three regional businesses within the global components business segment, which are North America, EMEASA, and Asia/Pacific. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is less than its fair value, no impairment exists and the second step is not performed. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is higher than its fair value, the second step must be performed to compute the amount of the goodwill impairment, if any. In the second step, the impairment is computed by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for the excess.

Historically, the company estimated the fair value of a reporting unit using a three-year weighted average multiple of earnings before interest and taxes from comparable companies, which utilizes a look-back approach. The assumptions utilized in the evaluation of the impairment of goodwill under this approach include the identification of reporting units and the selection of comparable companies, which are critical accounting estimates subject to change. As of the first day of the fourth quarter of 2008, the company’s historical approach did not indicate impairment at any of the company’s reporting units.

As a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions, there has been a decline in global equity valuations since October 1, 2008. Both of these factors have impacted the company’s

market capitalization, and the company determined that it was prudent to supplement its historical goodwill impairment testing methodology with a forward-looking discounted cash flow methodology. The assumptions included in the discounted cash flow methodology included forecasted revenues, gross profit margins, operating income margins, working capital cash flow, perpetual growth rates, and long-term discount rates, among others, all of which require significant judgments by management. The company also reconciled its discounted cash flow analysis to its current market capitalization allowing for a reasonable control premium. Based upon the results of the supplemental discounted cash flow approach, no impairment existed as of October 1, 2008. Based upon the results of the discounted cash flow approach as of December 31, 2008, the carrying value of the global ECS reporting unit and the EMEASA and Asia/Pacific reporting units within the global components business segment were higher than their fair value and, accordingly, the company performed a step-two impairment analysis. The fair value of the North America reporting unit within the global components business segment was higher than its carrying value and a step-two impairment analysis was not required. The results of the step-two impairment analysis indicated that goodwill related to the EMEASA and Asia/Pacific reporting units within the global components business segment were fully impaired and the goodwill related to the global ECS business segment was partially impaired. The company recognized a total non-cash impairment charge of $1.02 billion ($901.5 million net of related taxes or $7.49 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) as of December 31, 2008, of which $716.9 million related to the company’s global components business segment and $301.9 million related to the company’s global ECS business segment.

The impairment charge did not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, liquidity, capital resources, and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings. A continued decline in general economic conditions or global equity valuations, could impact the judgments and assumptions about the fair value of the company’s business. If general economic conditions or global equity valuations continue to decline, the company could be required to record an additional impairment charge in the future, which could impact the company’s consolidated balance sheet, as well as the company’s consolidated statement of operations. If the company was required to recognize an additional impairment charge in the future, the charge would not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, current liquidity, capital resources, and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The company reviews long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets, for impairment whenever changes in circumstances or events may indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference.

During the fourth quarter of 2008, the company recorded an impairment charge of $25.4 million in connection with an approved plan to market and sell a building and related land in North America within the company’s global components business segment. The company wrote-down the carrying values of the building and related land to their estimated fair values less cost to sell and ceased recording depreciation. The asset was designated as an asset held for sale and is included in “Prepaid expenses and other assets” on the company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008. The sale is expected to be completed within the next twelve months.

During 2006, the company recorded a charge related to the write-down of certain capitalized software in Europe of $4.5 million. This write-down resulted from the company’s decision to implement a global ERP system, which caused these software costs to become redundant and have no future benefit.

Factors which may cause an impairment of long-lived assets include significant changes in the manner of use of these assets, negative industry or market trends, a significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, or a likely sale or disposal of the asset before the end of its estimated useful life. If any of these factors exist, the company would be required to test the long-lived asset for recoverability and may be required to recognize an impairment charge for all or a portion of the asset’s carrying value.

As a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions, there has been a decline in global equity valuations since October 1, 2008. Both of these factors have impacted the company’s market capitalization, and the company determined it was necessary to review the recoverability its long-lived assets to be held and used, including property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets, by comparing the carrying value of the related asset groups to the undiscounted cash flows directly attributable to the asset groups over the estimated useful life of those assets. Based upon the results of such tests as of December 31, 2008, the company’s long-lived assets to be held and used were not impaired.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs may be reported as either a component of cost of products sold or selling, general and administrative expenses. The company reports shipping and handling costs, primarily related to outbound freight, in the consolidated statements of operations as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses. If the company included such costs in cost of products sold, gross profit margin as a percentage of sales for 2008 would decrease from 13.6% to 13.2% with no impact on reported earnings.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“Statement No. 161”). Statement No. 161 changes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities. Entities are required to provide disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. Statement No. 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008 and requires comparative disclosures only for periods subsequent to initial adoption. The adoption of the provisions of Statement No. 161 will not impact the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“Statement No. 141(R)”). Statement No. 141(R) requires, among other things, the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the fair value of all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed; the recognition of acquisition-related costs in the consolidated results of operations; the recognition of restructuring costs in the consolidated results of operations for which the acquirer becomes obligated after the acquisition date; and contingent purchase consideration to be recognized at their fair values on the acquisition date with subsequent adjustments recognized in the consolidated results of operations. Statement No. 141(R) is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2008 and should be applied prospectively for all business combinations entered into after the date of adoption.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51” (“Statement No. 160”). Statement No. 160 requires that noncontrolling interests be reported as a component of shareholders’ equity; net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interest be separately identified in the consolidated results of operations; changes in a parent’s ownership interest be treated as equity transactions if control is maintained; and upon a loss of control, any gain or loss on the interest be recognized in the consolidated results of operations. Statement No. 160 also requires expanded disclosures to clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. Statement No. 160 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2008 and should be applied prospectively. However, the presentation and disclosure requirements of the statement shall be applied retrospectively for all periods presented. The adoption of the provisions of Statement No. 160 is not anticipated to materially impact the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Information Relating to Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to: industry conditions, the company’s implementation of its new enterprise resource planning system, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the global components and global ECS markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, increased profit margin pressure, the effects of additional actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs, and the company’s ability to generate additional cash flow. Forward-looking statements are those statements, which are not statements of historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any of the forward-looking statements.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The company is exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

The company, as a large, global organization, faces exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve and could materially impact the company’s financial results in the future. The company’s primary exposure relates to transactions in which the currency collected from customers is different from the currency utilized to purchase the product sold in Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Canada, and Latin America. The company’s policy is to hedge substantially all such currency exposures for which natural hedges do not exist. Natural hedges exist when purchases and sales within a specific country are both denominated in the same currency and, therefore, no exposure exists to hedge with foreign exchange forward, option, or swap contracts (collectively, the “foreign exchange contracts”). In many regions in Asia, for example, sales and purchases are primarily denominated in U.S. dollars, resulting in a “natural hedge.” Natural hedges exist in most countries in which the company operates, although the percentage of natural offsets, as compared with offsets that need to be hedged by foreign exchange contracts, will vary from country to country. The company does not enter into foreign exchange contracts for trading purposes. The risk of loss on a foreign exchange contract is the risk of nonperformance by the counterparties, which the company minimizes by limiting its counterparties to major financial institutions. The fair value of the foreign exchange contracts is estimated using market quotes. The notional amount of the foreign exchange contracts at December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $315.0 million and $262.9 million, respectively. The carrying amounts, which are nominal, approximated fair value at December 31, 2008 and 2007.

The translation of the financial statements of the non-United States operations is impacted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The change in consolidated sales and operating loss was impacted by the translation of the company’s international financial statements into U.S. dollars. This resulted in increased sales of $293.4 million and a decreased operating loss of $18.1 million for 2008, compared with the year-earlier period, based on 2007 sales and operating income at the average rate for 2008. Sales would decrease and the operating loss would increase by approximately $534.8 million and $19.8 million, respectively, if average foreign exchange rates had declined by 10% against the U.S. dollar in 2008. This amount was determined by considering the impact of a hypothetical foreign exchange rate on the sales and operating income of the company’s international operations.

In May 2006, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of July 2011, for approximately $100.0 million or €78.3 million (the “2006 cross-currency swap”) to hedge a portion of its net investment in euro-denominated net assets. The 2006 cross-currency swap is designated as a net investment hedge and effectively converts the interest expense on $100.0 million of long-term debt from U.S. dollars to euros. As the notional amount of the 2006 cross-currency swap is expected to equal a comparable amount of hedged net assets, no material ineffectiveness is expected. The 2006 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $10.0 million and $14.4 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

In October 2005, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of October 2010, for approximately $200.0 million or €168.4 million (the “2005 cross-currency swap”) to hedge a portion of its net investment in euro-denominated net assets. The 2005 cross-currency swap is designated as a net investment hedge and effectively converts the interest expense on $200.0 million of long-term debt from U.S. dollars to euros. As the notional amount of the 2005 cross-currency swap is expected to equal a comparable amount of hedged net assets, no material ineffectiveness is expected. The 2005 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $36.5 million and $46.2 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Interest Rate Risk

The company’s interest expense, in part, is sensitive to the general level of interest rates in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. The company historically has managed its exposure to interest rate risk through the proportion of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt in its total debt portfolio. Additionally, the company utilizes interest rate swaps in order to manage its targeted mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt.

At December 31, 2008, approximately 60% of the company’s debt was subject to fixed rates, and 40% of its debt was subject to floating rates. A one percentage point change in average interest rates would not materially impact interest expense, net of interest income, in 2008. This was determined by considering the impact of a hypothetical interest rate on the company’s average floating rate on investments and outstanding debt. This analysis does not consider the effect of the level of overall economic activity that could exist. In the event of a change in the level of economic activity, which may adversely impact interest rates, the company could likely take actions to further mitigate any potential negative exposure to the change. However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that might be taken and their possible effects, the sensitivity analysis assumes no changes in the company’s financial structure.

In December 2007 and January 2008, the company entered into a series of interest rate swaps (the “2007 and 2008 swaps”) with a notional amount of $100.0 million. The 2007 and 2008 swaps modify the company’s interest rate exposure by effectively converting the variable rate (3.201% at December 31, 2008) on a portion of its $200.0 million term loan to a fixed rate of 4.457% per annum through December 2009. The 2007 and 2008 swaps are designated as cash flow hedges and had a negative fair value of $1.9 million and $.2 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

In June 2004, the company entered into a series of interest rate swaps (the “2004 swaps”), with an aggregate notional amount of $300.0 million. The 2004 swaps modify the company’s interest rate exposure by effectively converting the fixed 9.15% senior notes to a floating rate, based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR plus a spread (an effective rate of 8.19% and 9.50% at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively), and a portion of the fixed 6.875% senior notes to a floating rate, also based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR plus a spread (an effective rate of 5.01% and 7.24% at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively), through their maturities. The 2004 swaps are designated as fair value hedges and had a fair value of $21.4 million and $7.5 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Arrow Electronics, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and the schedule are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Arrow Electronics, Inc. at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Arrow Electronics, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 24, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

New York, New York
February 24, 2009

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

		Years Ended December 31,
		2008				2007				2006
Sales		$	16,761,009			$	15,984,992			$	13,577,112
Costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold			14,478,296				13,699,715				11,545,719
Selling, general and administrative expenses			1,607,261				1,519,908				1,362,149
Depreciation and amortization			69,286				66,719				46,904
Restructuring and integration charges			70,065				11,745				11,829
Impairment charge			1,018,780				-				-
Preference claim from 2001			10,890				-				-
Pre-acquisition warranty claim			-				-				2,837
Pre-acquisition environmental matters			-				-				1,449
			17,254,578				15,298,087				12,970,887
Operating income (loss)			(493,569	)			686,905				606,225
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies			6,549				6,906				5,221
Loss on prepayment of debt			-				-				2,605
Loss on the write-down of an investment			10,030				-				-
Interest expense, net			99,863				101,628				90,564
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest			(596,913	)			592,183				518,277
Provision for income taxes			16,722				180,697				128,457
Income (loss) before minority interest			(613,635	)			411,486				389,820
Minority interest			104				3,694				1,489
Net income (loss)		$	(613,739	)		$	407,792			$	388,331
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(5.08	)		$	3.31			$	3.19
Diluted		$	(5.08	)		$	3.28			$	3.16
Average number of shares outstanding:
Basic			120,773				123,176				121,667
Diluted			120,773				124,429				123,181

See accompanying notes.

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.

		December 31,
		2008				2007
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	451,272			$	447,731
Accounts receivable, net			3,087,290				3,281,169
Inventories			1,626,559				1,679,866
Prepaid expenses and other assets			180,647				180,629
Total current assets			5,345,768				5,589,395
Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
Land			25,127				41,553
Buildings and improvements			147,138				175,979
Machinery and equipment			698,156				580,278
			870,421				797,810
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(459,881	)			(442,649	)
Property, plant and equipment, net			410,540				355,161
Investments in affiliated companies			46,788				47,794
Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired			905,848				1,779,235
Other assets			409,341				288,275
Total assets		$	7,118,285			$	8,059,860
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	2,459,922			$	2,535,583
Accrued expenses			455,547				438,898
Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt			52,893				12,893
Total current liabilities			2,968,362				2,987,374
Long-term debt			1,223,985				1,223,337
Other liabilities			249,240				297,289
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $1:
Authorized - 160,000 shares in 2008 and 2007 Issued - 125,048 and 125,039 shares in 2008 and 2007, respectively			125,048				125,039
Capital in excess of par value			1,035,302				1,025,611
Retained earnings			1,571,005				2,184,744
Foreign currency translation adjustment			172,528				312,755
Other			(36,912	)			(8,720	)
			2,866,971				3,639,429
Less: Treasury stock (5,740 and 2,212 shares in 2008 and 2007, respectively), at cost			(190,273	)			(87,569	)
Total shareholders’ equity			2,676,698				3,551,860
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	7,118,285			$	8,059,860

See accompanying notes.

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		Years Ended December 31,
		2008				2007				2006
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)		$	(613,739	)		$	407,792			$	388,331
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operations:
Depreciation and amortization			69,286				66,719				46,904
Amortization of stock-based compensation			18,092				21,389				21,268
Amortization of deferred financing costs and discount on notes			2,162				2,144				2,808
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies			(6,549	)			(6,906	)			(5,221	)
Minority interest			104				3,694				1,489
Deferred income taxes			(88,212	)			8,661				(9,433	)
Restructuring and integration charges			55,300				7,036				8,977
Impairment charge			1,018,780				-				-
Preference claim from 2001			6,576				-				-
Impact of settlement of tax matters			(7,488	)			-				(50,376	)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements			(161	)			(7,687	)			(6,661	)
Accretion of discount on zero coupon convertible debentures			-				-				876
Pre-acquisition warranty claim and environmental matters			-				-				2,728
Loss on prepayment of debt			-				-				1,558
Loss on the write-down of an investment			10,030				-				-
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquired businesses:
Accounts receivable			269,655				(279,636	)			(202,135	)
Inventories			85,489				116,657				(119,612	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets			11,504				(19,315	)			(25,131	)
Accounts payable			(191,669	)			475,155				52,561
Accrued expenses			2,977				32,458				98
Other			(22,338	)			22,582				11,811
Net cash provided by operating activities			619,799				850,743				120,840
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment			(158,688	)			(138,834	)			(66,078	)
Cash consideration paid for acquired businesses			(333,491	)			(539,618	)			(176,235	)
Proceeds from sale of facilities			-				12,996				-
Other			(512	)			(23	)			3,652
Net cash used for investing activities			(492,691	)			(665,479	)			(238,661	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in short-term borrowings			2,604				(90,318	)			(22,298	)
Repayment of revolving credit facility borrowings			(3,953,950	)			(2,312,251	)			(15,687	)
Proceeds from revolving credit facility borrowings			3,951,461				2,510,800				-
Repurchase/repayment of senior notes			-				(169,136	)			(4,268	)
Redemption of zero coupon convertible debentures			-				-				(156,330	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			4,392				55,228				59,194
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements			161				7,687				6,661
Repurchases of common stock			(115,763	)			(84,236	)			-
Net cash used for financing activities			(111,095	)			(82,226	)			(132,728	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			(12,472	)			6,963				7,618
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			3,541				110,001				(242,931	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year			447,731				337,730				580,661
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		$	451,272			$	447,731			$	337,730

See accompanying notes.

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		Common				Capital								Foreign
		Stock				in Excess								Currency								Other
		at Par				of Par				Retained				Translation				Treasury				Comprehensive
		Value				Value				Earnings				Adjustment				Stock				Income (Loss)				Total
Balance at December 31, 2005		$	120,286			$	859,485			$	1,399,415			$	13,308			$	(7,278	)		$	(12,330	)		$	2,372,886
Net Income			-				-				388,331				-				-				-				388,331
Translation adjustments			-				-				-				141,858				-				-				141,858
Unrealized gain on securities, net			-				-				-				-				-				1,683				1,683
Minimum pension liability adjustments, net			-				-				-				-				-				5,810				5,810
Comprehensive income																											537,682
Amortization of stock-based compensation			-				21,268				-				-				-				-				21,268
Exercise of stock options			2,339				56,529				-				-				-				-				58,868
Tax benefits related to exercise of stock options			-				6,661				-				-				-				-				6,661
Restricted stock awards, net			-				(1,790	)			-				-				1,790				-				-
Adjustment to initially apply FASB Statement No. 158			-				-				-				-				-				(2,570	)			(2,570	)
Other			1				1,805				-				-				(42	)			-				1,764
Balance at December 31, 2006			122,626				943,958				1,787,746				155,166				(5,530	)			(7,407	)			2,996,559
Net income			-				-				407,792				-				-				-				407,792
Translation adjustments			-				-				-				157,589				-				-				157,589
Unrealized gain on securities, net			-				-				-				-				-				648				648
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, net			-				-				-				-				-				(94	)			(94	)
Other employee benefit plan items, net			-				-				-				-				-				(1,867	)			(1,867	)
Comprehensive income																											564,068
Amortization of stock-based compensation			-				21,389				-				-				-				-				21,389
Exercise of stock options			2,216				52,867				-				-				-				-				55,083
Tax benefits related to exercise of stock options			-				9,791				-				-				-				-				9,791
Restricted stock and performance share awards, net			197				(2,394	)			-				-				2,197				-				-
Repurchase of common stock			-				-				-				-				(84,236	)			-				(84,236	)
Adjustment to initially apply EITF Issue No. 06-2			-				-				(10,794	)			-				-				-				(10,794	)
Balance at December 31, 2007		$	125,039			$	1,025,611			$	2,184,744			$	312,755			$	(87,569	)		$	(8,720	)		$	3,551,860

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued)
(In thousands)

		Common												Foreign
		Stock				Capital								Currency								Other
		at Par				in Excess of Par				Retained				Translation				Treasury				Comprehensive
		Value				Value				Earnings				Adjustment				Stock				Income (Loss)				Total
Balance at December 31, 2007		$	125,039			$	1,025,611			$	2,184,744			$	312,755			$	(87,569	)		$	(8,720	)		$	3,551,860
Net income (loss)			-				-				(613,739	)			-				-				-				(613,739	)
Translation adjustments			-				-				-				(140,227	)			-				-				(140,227	)
Unrealized loss on securities, net			-				-				-				-				-				(14,678	)			(14,678	)
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, net			-				-				-				-				-				(1,032	)			(1,032	)
Other employee benefit plan items, net			-				-				-				-				-				(12,482	)			(12,482	)
Comprehensive income (loss)			-				-				-				-				-				-				(782,158	)
Amortization of stock-based compensation			-				18,092				-				-				-				-				18,092
Exercise of stock options			8				(1,709	)			-				-				6,050				-				4,349
Tax benefits related to exercise of stock options			-				318				-				-				-				-				318
Restricted stock and performance share awards, net			1				(7,010	)			-				-				7,009				-				-
Repurchase of common stock			-				-				-				-				(115,763	)			-				(115,763	)
Balance at December 31, 2008		$	125,048			$	1,035,302			$	1,571,005			$	172,528			$	(190,273	)		$	(36,912	)		$	2,676,698

See accompanying notes.

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires the company to make significant estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments, which are readily convertible into cash, with original maturities of three months or less.

Financial Instruments

The company uses various financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for purposes other than trading. Derivatives used as part of the company’s risk management strategy are designated at inception as hedges and measured for effectiveness both at inception and on an ongoing basis. The company enters into interest rate swap transactions that convert certain fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt or variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt in order to manage its targeted mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt. The effective portion of the change in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges is recorded as a change to the carrying value of the related hedged debt, and the effective portion of the change in fair value of interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges is recorded in the shareholders’ equity section in the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Other.” The ineffective portion of the interest rate swaps, if any, is recorded in “Interest expense, net” in the company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The effective portion of the change in the fair value of derivatives designated as net investment hedges is recorded in “Foreign currency translation adjustment” included in the company’s consolidated balance sheets and any ineffective portion is recorded in earnings. The company uses the hypothetical derivative method to assess the effectiveness of its net investment hedges on a quarterly basis.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost approximates the first-in, first-out method.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful lives for depreciation of buildings is generally 20 to 30 years, and the estimated useful lives of machinery and equipment is generally three to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the related lease or the life of the improvement. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever changes in circumstances or events may indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

Software Development Costs

The company capitalizes certain internal and external costs incurred to acquire or create internal-use software in accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use.” Capitalized software costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, which is generally three to seven years.

Identifiable Intangible Assets

The company ascribes value to certain identifiable intangible assets, which primarily consist of customer relationships and other intangible assets (consisting of non-competition agreements, a long-term procurement agreement, customer databases, and sales backlog), as a result of acquisitions. Identifiable intangible assets are included in “Other assets” in the company’s consolidated balance sheets. Amortization is computed on the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. The weighted average useful life of customer relationships is approximately 12 years. The useful life of other intangible assets ranges from one to five years. Identifiable intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever changes in circumstances or events may indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference.

Investments

Investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting if the investment provides the company the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over an investee. Significant influence is generally deemed to exist if the company has an ownership interest in the voting stock of the investee between 20% and 50%, although other factors, such as representation on the investee’s Board of Directors, are considered in determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. The company records its investments in equity method investees meeting these characteristics as “Investments in affiliated companies” in the company’s consolidated balance sheets.

All other equity investments, which consist of investments for which the company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence, are accounted for under the cost method, if private, or as available-for-sale, if public, and are included in “Other assets” in the company’s consolidated balance sheets. Under the cost method of accounting, investments are carried at cost and are adjusted only for other-than-temporary declines in realizable value and additional investments. If classified as available-for-sale, the company accounts for the changes in the fair value with unrealized gains or losses reflected in the shareholders’ equity section in the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Other.” The company assesses its long-term investments accounted for as available-for-sale on a quarterly basis to determine whether declines in market value below cost are other-than-temporary. When the decline is determined to be other-than-temporary, the cost basis for the individual security is reduced and a loss is realized in the company’s consolidated statement of operations in the period in which it occurs. When the decline is determined to be temporary, the unrealized losses are included in the shareholders’ equity section in the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Other.” The company makes such determination based upon the quoted market price, financial condition, operating results of the investee, and the company’s intent and ability to retain the investment over a period of time, which would be sufficient to allow for any recovery in market value. In addition, the company assesses the following factors:

	•		broad economic factors impacting the investee’s industry;
	•		publicly available forecasts for sales and earnings growth for the industry and investee; and
	•		the cyclical nature of the investee’s industry.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

The company could incur an impairment charge in future periods if, among other factors, the investee’s future earnings differ from currently available forecasts.

Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the assets acquired. The company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, and when an event occurs or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not that an impairment may exist, such as (i) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (ii) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, (iii) unanticipated competition, (iv) a loss of key personnel, (v) a more-likely-than-not sale or disposal of all or a significant portion of a reporting unit, (vi) the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within a reporting unit, or (vii) the recognition of a goodwill impairment loss of a subsidiary that is a component of the reporting unit. In addition, goodwill is required to be tested for impairment after a portion of the goodwill is allocated to a business targeted for disposal.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment utilizing a two-step process. The first step of the impairment test requires the identification of the reporting units and comparison of the fair value of each of these reporting units to the respective carrying value. The company’s reporting units are defined as global ECS and each of the three regional businesses within the global components business segment, which are North America, EMEASA, and Asia/Pacific. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is less than its fair value, no impairment exists and the second step is not performed. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is higher than its fair value, the second step must be performed to compute the amount of the goodwill impairment, if any. In the second step, the impairment is computed by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for the excess.

Historically, the company estimated the fair value of a reporting unit using a three-year weighted average multiple of earnings before interest and taxes from comparable companies, which utilizes a look-back approach. The assumptions utilized in the evaluation of the impairment of goodwill under this approach include the identification of reporting units and the selection of comparable companies, which are critical accounting estimates subject to change.

As a result of significant declines in macroeconomic conditions, there has been a decline in global equity valuations since October 1, 2008. Both of these factors have impacted the company’s market capitalization, and the company determined that it was prudent to supplement its historical goodwill impairment testing methodology with a forward-looking discounted cash flow methodology. The assumptions included in the discounted cash flow methodology included forecasted revenues, gross profit margins, operating income margins, working capital cash flow, perpetual growth rates, and long-term discount rates, among others, all of which require significant judgments by management.

Foreign Currency Translation

The assets and liabilities of international operations are translated at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, with the related translation gains or losses reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity in the company’s consolidated balance sheets. The results of international operations are translated at the monthly average exchange rates.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the liability method. Deferred taxes reflect the tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts. The carrying value of the company’s deferred tax assets is dependent upon the company’s ability to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions. Should the company

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

determine that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance to the deferred tax assets would be established in the period such determination was made.

It is the company’s policy to provide for uncertain tax positions and the related interest and penalties based upon management’s assessment of whether a tax benefit is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. At December 31, 2008, the company believes it has appropriately accounted for any unrecognized tax benefits. To the extent the company prevails in matters for which a liability for an unrecognized tax benefit is established or is required to pay amounts in excess of the liability, the company’s effective tax rate in a given financial statement period may be affected.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss), foreign currency translation adjustments, unrealized gains or losses on securities, and interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, in addition to other employee benefit plan items. Unrealized gains or losses on securities are net of any reclassification adjustments for realized gains or losses included in net income (loss). Except for unrealized gains or losses resulting from the company’s cross-currency swaps, foreign currency translation adjustments included in comprehensive income (loss) were not tax effected as investments in international affiliates are deemed to be permanent.

Stock-Based Compensation

The company records share-based payment awards exchanged for employee services at fair value on the date of grant and expenses the awards in the consolidated statements of operations over the requisite employee service period. Stock-based compensation expense includes an estimate for forfeitures and is recognized over the expected term of the award on a straight-line basis. The company recorded, as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses, amortization of stock-based compensation of $18,092, $21,389, and $21,268 in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The company’s operations are classified into two reportable business segments: global components and global enterprise computing solutions (“ECS”).

Revenue Recognition

The company recognizes revenue in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”). Under SAB 104, revenue is recognized when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred or services are rendered, the sales price is determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenue typically is recognized at time of shipment. Sales are recorded net of discounts, rebates, and returns, which historically were not material.

A portion of the company’s business involves shipments directly from its suppliers to its customers. In

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

these transactions, the company is responsible for negotiating price both with the supplier and customer, payment to the supplier, establishing payment terms with the customer, product returns, and has risk of loss if the customer does not make payment. As the principal with the customer, the company recognizes the sale and cost of sale of the product upon receiving notification from the supplier that the product was shipped.

In addition, the company has certain business with select customers and suppliers that is accounted for on an agency basis (that is, the company recognizes the fees associated with serving as an agent in sales with no associated cost of sales) in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” Generally, these transactions relate to the sale of supplier service contracts to customers where the company has no future obligation to perform under these contracts or the rendering of logistics services for the delivery of inventory for which the company does not assume the risks and rewards of ownership.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $73,617, $67,911, and $65,599 in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively.

Sabbatical Liability

Effective January 1, 2007, the company adopted EITF Issue No. 06-2, “Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits Pursuant to FASB Statement No. 43,” (“EITF Issue No. 06-2”). EITF Issue No. 06-2 requires that compensation expense associated with a sabbatical leave, or other similar benefit arrangements, be accrued over the requisite service period during which an employee earns the benefit. Upon adoption, the company recognized a liability of $18,048 and a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings of $10,794, net of related taxes.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“Statement No. 161”). Statement No. 161 changes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities. Entities are required to provide disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. Statement No. 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008 and requires comparative disclosures only for periods subsequent to initial adoption. The adoption of the provisions of Statement No. 161 will not impact the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“Statement No. 141(R)”). Statement No. 141(R) requires, among other things, the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the fair value of all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed; the recognition of acquisition-related costs in the consolidated results of operations; the recognition of restructuring costs in the consolidated results of operations for which the acquirer becomes obligated after the acquisition date; and contingent purchase consideration to be recognized at their fair values on the acquisition date with subsequent adjustments recognized in the consolidated results of operations. Statement No. 141(R) is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2008 and should be applied prospectively for all business combinations entered into after the date of adoption.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51”

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

(“Statement No. 160”). Statement No. 160 requires that noncontrolling interests be reported as a component of shareholders’ equity; net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interest be separately identified in the consolidated results of operations; changes in a parent’s ownership interest be treated as equity transactions if control is maintained; and upon a loss of control, any gain or loss on the interest be recognized in the consolidated results of operations. Statement No. 160 also requires expanded disclosures to clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. Statement No. 160 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2008 and should be applied prospectively. However, the presentation and disclosure requirements of the statement shall be applied retrospectively for all periods presented. The adoption of the provisions of Statement No. 160 is not anticipated to materially impact the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts were reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

2. Acquisitions

The following acquisitions were accounted for as purchase transactions and, accordingly, results of operations were included in the consolidated results of the company from the dates of acquisition.

2008

On June 2, 2008, the company acquired LOGIX S.A. (“LOGIX”), a subsidiary of Groupe OPEN for a purchase price of $205,937, which included $15,508 of debt paid at closing, cash acquired of $3,647, and acquisition costs. In addition, there was the assumption of $46,663 in debt. Headquartered in France, LOGIX has approximately 500 employees and is a leading value-added distributor of midrange servers, storage, and software to over 6,500 partners in 11 European countries. Total LOGIX sales for 2007 were approximately $600,000 (approximately €440,000). For 2008, LOGIX sales of $376,852 were included in the company’s consolidated results of operations from the date of acquisition.

The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the net consideration paid to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the LOGIX acquisition:

Accounts receivable, net		$	115,778
Inventories			26,931
Prepaid expenses and other assets			6,473
Property, plant and equipment			5,234
Identifiable intangible assets			23,262
Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired			183,333
Accounts payable			(95,697	)
Accrued expenses			(7,654	)
Debt (including short-term borrowings of $43,096)			(46,663	)
Other liabilities			(8,707	)
Cash consideration paid, net of cash acquired		$	202,290

During the third quarter of 2008, the company completed its valuation of identifiable intangible assets. The company allocated $21,401 of the purchase price to intangible assets relating to customer relationships, with a useful life of 10 years, and $1,861 to other intangible assets (consisting of non-competition agreements and sales backlog), with useful lives ranging from one to two years.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)

The preliminary allocation is subject to refinement as the company has not yet completed its final evaluation of the fair value of all of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

The cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired related to the LOGIX acquisition was recorded in the company’s global ECS business segment. The intangible assets related to the LOGIX acquisition are not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the company’s unaudited consolidated results of operations for 2008 and 2007, as well as the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of the company, as though the LOGIX acquisition occurred on January 1:

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2008								2007
		As Reported				Pro Forma				As Reported				Pro Forma
Sales		$	16,761,009			$	16,968,023			$	15,984,992			$	16,590,101
Net income (loss)			(613,739	)			(621,702	)			407,792				406,501
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(5.08	)		$	(5.15	)		$	3.31			$	3.30
Diluted		$	(5.08	)		$	(5.15	)		$	3.28			$	3.27