---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-054163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARW"
cik: "0000007536"
company_name: "ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:16:03.765390+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arrow Electronics names Sean Kerins President and CEO, Michael Long becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Michael Long resigns as Chairman, President, and CEO effective June 1, 2022.
- Long becomes Executive Chairman effective June 1, 2022, subject to board reelection.
- Sean Kerins appointed President and CEO effective June 1, 2022; joins board May 11, 2022.
- Kerins previously COO since Dec 2020; 15-year Arrow veteran, formerly president of global enterprise computing solutions.
- Succession follows a multi-year planning process; Long remains executive officer and strategic advisor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-054163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARW
- cik: 0000007536
- company_name: ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465922054163/0001104659-22-054163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465922054163/tm2213984d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054163
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054163.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054163.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sean J. Kerins was appointed as Director at ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of the Company agreed to appoint Mr. Kerins to the Board effective May 11, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465922054163/0001104659-22-054163-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sean J. Kerins was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board approved the appointment of Sean J. Kerins as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465922054163/0001104659-22-054163-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.