[August 05, 2010]

Arrow Electronics Acquires Shared Technologies Inc.

Arrow Electronics (News - Alert), Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Shared Technologies Inc. ("Shared"), a leading North American unified communications and managed services provider.

Shared sells, installs, and maintains communications solutions, including the latest in unified communications, voice and data technologies, contact center, network security, and traditional telephony. Shared is a leading player in the high-margin, faster growing unified communications market, which represents a total addressable market of more than $60 billion. The company's products and services reach a number of end markets including corporate, government and healthcare. The company will report through Arrow's Enterprise Computing Solutions' North American business.

"This acquisition builds on our strategy to diversify into faster growing, high-margin markets that are complementary to our existing businesses," said Andy Bryant, president of Arrow ECS. "Shared represents an exciting opportunity as we add a leading player in the unified communications, telephony, and managed services industries to our product portfolio. They bring deep customer and supplier relationships as well as extensive industry and technical expertise."

Shared is based in Coppell, Texas, and has approximately 1,000 employees. Total sales in 2009 were approximately$250 million. The acquisition is expected to be $.10-$.12 per share accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approval and is expected to close by the end of September.

Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for over 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 310 locations in 51 countries and territories.

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