Avnet Inc. to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum 7.0.

PHOENIX -- Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced Avnet will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum 7.0.

Ray Sadowski, Avnet's chief financial officer, will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum 7.0 to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco on June 14, 2005, at 2:40 p.m. Pacific time.

This presentation 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.

Also available at www.ir.avnet.com are other recent webcasts, a calendar of events, downloadable slide presentations and other investor information.

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. Avnet generated more than $10 billion in revenue in fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in 68 countries. Visit Avnet's Investor Relations Web site at www.ir.avnet.com or contact us at [e-mail].