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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2007
Registration No. 333-45735
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
AVNET, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  2211 South 47th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
  11-1890605
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
AVNET 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
 
David R. Birk
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Avnet, Inc.
2211 South 47th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
(480) 643-2000
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
 
(480) 643-2000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
     Avnet, Inc. registered 1,000,000 shares of its common stock for issuance under the Avnet, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-45735, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 1998. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister 620 shares of Avnet common stock that have not yet been issued under the Plan.
 
 

 


 

     Accordingly, Avnet hereby withdraws from registration under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-45735, 620 shares of its common stock that have not been and will not be issued under the Plan.
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SIGNATURES
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on February 28, 2007.
         
  AVNET, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Raymond Sadowski    
    Name:   Raymond Sadowski   
    Title:   Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed on February 28, 2007, by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
     
Signature   Title
*
 
Roy Vallee
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
 
   
*
 
Eleanor Baum
  Director 
 
   
*
 
J. Veronica Biggins
  Director 
 
   
*
 
Lawrence W. Clarkson
  Director 
 
   
*
 
Ehud Houminer
  Director 
 
   
*
 
James A. Lawrence
  Director 
 
   
*
 
Frank R. Noonan
  Director 
 
   
*
 
Ray M. Robinson
  Director 

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Signature   Title
*
 
Gary L. Tooker
  Director 
 
   
*By: /s/ Raymond Sadowski
 
   
Raymond Sadowski
   
Attorney-in-Fact
   

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