Avnet Express announces the immediate availability of TE Connectivity’s (TE) long-reach cable assemblies designed to the DisplayPort standard on www.avnetexpress.com.

Avnet, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bell Microproducts Inc. in an all cash merger for $7.00 per share, which equates to an equity value of approximately $252 million and a transaction value of approximately $594 million assuming a net debt position for Bell of $342 million at face value as of December 31, 2009.

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The facility provides integration services and support for Avnet Technology Solutions’ value-added reseller (VAR) and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers and roughly doubles the company’s Americas integration capacity.

The first board level Intel Architecture, featuring an Atom™ Processor, development tool created by Avnet for embedded applications.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that technical experts RC Cofer, Bryan Fletcher and Ben Harding will speak at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston, the fall’s largest embedded event for design engineers, programmers and developers, which takes place Sept. 26-27, 2006, at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center.

Leading global technology distributor Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced today it received the 2006 Windows Embedded Partner of the Year award from Microsoft in the ‘Distributor of the Year’ category. The award honors Avnet for its technical expertise, unique service offerings, customer satisfaction excellence and ability to expand Microsoft’s presence in the embedded market. Avnet generated generated 75 percent year-over-year growth in the distributor’s combined revenue of Microsoft Windows CE, Microsoft XP Embedded, and Windows Embedded Server products.

Avnet Applied Computing Solutions, which provides distribution, engineering, integration and manufacturing services, today announced an expanded relationship with NEC to include liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors.