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UNITED STATES

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)    November 12, 2015

AVNET, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York 

 

1-4224

 

11-1890605

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

Of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

2211 South 47th Street,  Phoenix,  Arizona 

 

85034

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(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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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the results of which are as follows:

 

1.

The shareholders elected the ten nominees to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors have been elected and qualified.  The voting results for each nominee were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

Rodney C. Adkins

115,359,237 
912,226 
977,448 
5,187,585 

William J. Amelio

116,218,415 
51,916 
978,580 
5,187,585 

J. Veronica Biggins

115,252,327 
1,011,885 
984,699 
5,187,585 

Michael A. Bradley

116,203,252 
67,832 
977,827 
5,187,585 

R. Kerry Clark

115,643,680 
628,286 
976,945 
5,187,585 

Richard P. Hamada

116,210,122 
57,665 
981,124 
5,187,585 

James A. Lawrence

116,208,377 
63,850 
976,684 
5,187,585 

Avid Modjtabai

116,213,456 
57,890 
977,565 
5,187,585 

Ray M. Robinson

97,884,307 
18,388,037 
976,567 
5,187,585 

William H. Schumann III

116,204,443 
68,388 
976,080 
5,187,585 

 

2.

The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, having received the following votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

113,654,743

2,543,892

1,050,276

5,187,585

 

3.

The shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 2, 2016. The voting results were as follows:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

120,649,778

800,974

985,744

N/A

 

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 13, 2015

 

AVNET, INC.

 

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Kevin Moriarty

 

 

 

 

Name: Kevin Moriarty

 

 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer