---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-128012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARW"
cik: "0000007536"
company_name: "ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:29:11.340083+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arrow Electronics appoints Lawrence Chen to board; expands to 10 directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 9 to 10; Lawrence Chen appointed effective Dec 11, 2024.
- Chen is President/CEO of InterDigital, Inc.; he joins the Audit Committee.
- Board determined Chen is an independent director under NYSE rules and financially literate.
- Company filed restated certificate of incorporation to remove preferred stock references and update address/agent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-128012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARW
- cik: 0000007536
- company_name: ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465924128012/0001104659-24-128012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7536/000110465924128012/tm2430318d1_8k.htm

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