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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on November 9, 2017.

 

  

 

    AVNET, INC.

   

 

Meeting Information

       Meeting Type:    Annual Meeting
      

 

For holders as of:   

   September 12, 2017
      

 

Date:  November 9, 2017    Time:  7:30 a.m., local time

       Location:   Avnet, Inc.

 

 

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AVNET, INC.

2211 SOUTH 47TH STREET

PHOENIX, AZ 85034

   

   2211 South 47th Street

      

   Phoenix, AZ 85034

 

      

 

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Voting Items         

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

the following:

 

  1. Election of Directors

Nominees:

 

  1a.  Rodney C. Adkins

 

  1b.  William J. Amelio

 

  1c.  J. Veronica Biggins

 

  1d.  Michael A. Bradley

 

  1e.  R. Kerry Clark

 

  1f.  James A. Lawrence

 

  1g.  Avid Modjtabai

 

  1h.  William H. Schumann III

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

the following proposal:

 

  2. Advisory vote on executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote for

1 YEAR on the following proposal:

 

  3. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

the following proposal:

 

  4. Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

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