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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 31, 2002

AVNET, INC.


(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
New York   1-4224   11-1890605

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
2211 South 47th Street, Phoenix, Arizona       85034

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code — (480) 643-2000


Not Applicable


(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item 9. Regulation F-D Disclosure.
S I G N A T U R E
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99


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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (a) Inapplicable
 
      (b) Inapplicable.
 
      (c) Exhibits:

      99. Press Release of Avnet, Inc. dated January 31, 2002

Item 9. Regulation F-D Disclosure.

    The press release of Avnet, Inc. issued on January 31, 2002 is being filed as Exhibit 99 hereto.
 
    Management of Avnet, Inc. may, from time to time, comment on expectations concerning Avnet’s future financial performance during discussions with investors, the media, investment analysts, and others. To the extent management’s expectations differ during those discussions from the comments made by management in Avnet’s quarterly earnings conference calls, such new expectations will be posted on the Investor Relations home page of Avnet’s web site.

No other item of this report form is presently applicable to the Registrant.

S I G N A T U R E

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

         
    AVNET, INC.
(Registrant)
         
Date: January 31, 2002   By:  /s/ Raymond Sadowski

    Raymond Sadowski
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit

 
99   Press Release of Avnet, Inc. dated January 31, 2002

 

ex99
 

[AVNET]

January 31, 2002

Avnet, Inc. Chairman Speaking at the Goldman Sachs
“Technology Investment Symposium"

Roy Vallee, chairman and CEO of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs “Technology Investment Symposium” on Monday, February 4th, 2002 in Palm Springs CA. Mr. Vallee will begin his presentation at 4:00pm PST time (7:00 pm Eastern Time).

If you are interested in listening to Mr. Vallee’s remarks, an audio broadcast of the meeting will be available on the Investor Relations homepage of the Avnet, Inc. web site, http://www.avnet.com/corporate/investors/calendar.html. A replay will be archived on the Investor Relations home page of the Company’s web site http://www.avnet.com.

Management of Avnet, Inc. may, from time to time, comment on expectations relative to Avnet’s future financial performance during discussions with investors, the media, investment analysts, and others. To the extent management’s expectations differ during those discussions from the comments made by management, such new expectations will be posted on the Investor Relations home page of Avnet’s web site.

If you have any questions, please contact Becky McMaster at 480-643-7294 or by e-mail at becky.mcmaster@avnet.com

Phoenix, Arizona-based Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the world’s largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components, enterprise network and computer equipment, and embedded sub-systems from leading manufacturers. Serving customers in 63 countries, Avnet markets, inventories and adds value to these products and provides world-class supply-chain management and engineering services. Avnet’s Web site is located at .