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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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.

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

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Not Applicable

 

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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