UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 15, 2008
AVNET, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| New York
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1-4224
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11-1890605 |
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer |
| Of incorporation)
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File Number)
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Identification No.) |
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| 2211 South 47th Street, Phoenix, Arizona
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85034 |
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(480) 643-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code.)
N/A
(Former name and former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The disclosures contained in Item 7.01 below, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, are
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 15, 2008, Avnet issued a press release regarding the preliminary results of operations for
the third quarter of fiscal 2008 ended March 29, 2008 and an updated guidance for the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being
furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section,
nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following materials are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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99.1
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Press Release, dated April 15, 2008. |