Avnet Inc. to Present at the CSFB Annual Technology Conference and the Lehman Brothers 2005 Global Technology Conference.

PHOENIX -- Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced Roy Vallee, Avnet's chairman and chief executive officer, will be presenting at two technology conferences during the month of December.

Vallee will be presenting at the CSFB Annual Technology Conference to be held at the Phoenician Hotel in Phoenix on Dec. 1, 2005, at 2 p.m. Mountain time.

Vallee will also be presenting at the Lehman Brothers 2005 Global Technology Conference to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2005, at 11:30 a.m. Pacific time.

Both of these Avnet presentations will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.ir.avnet.com. Interested parties should log on to the Web site 15 minutes prior to the presentation time to register for the event and download any necessary software.

About Avnet

Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended, July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries.

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