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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on November 10, 2016.

 

  

 

    AVNET, INC.

   

 

Meeting Information

       Meeting Type:    Annual Meeting
      

 

For holders as of:   

   September 13, 2016
      

 

Date:   November 10, 2016     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 proposals:

 

  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.  Ray M. Robinson

 

  1i.  William H. Schumann III

 

  2. Advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

  3. To approve the Avnet, Inc. 2016 Stock Compensation and Incentive Plan.

 

  4. Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 1, 2017.

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

 

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