Announcing the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Avnet, Inc.
Phoenix, Ariz. -- Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it will host the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders at the Avnet Corporate Broadcast Center. The meeting will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 4 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. Mountain/Arizona and 1 p.m. Pacific time.
Shareholders of the company as of the September 12, 2005 Record Date are welcome to attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be held at the Avnet Corporate Broadcast Center, 2617 S. 46th St., Phoenix, AZ. The meeting will be available via conference call for those unable to attend in person. Please call 201-689-8033 at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the event.
About Avnet
Avnet (NYSE:AVT) enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The Company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended, July 2, 2005, Avnet and Memec (acquired by Avnet on July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries.
Visit Avnet's Investor Relations Website at www.ir.avnet.com or contact us at investorrelations@avnet.com.
CONTACT: Avnet, Inc.
Vincent Keenan
Investor Relations
(480) 643-7053
investorrelations@avnet.com