Avnet, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for a New York-incorporated technology distributor with common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under AVT. Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly results of operations and financial condition, including exhibits containing earnings releases for the company's fiscal periods.
Avnet's proxy and material-event filings cover annual meeting matters, director elections, advisory compensation votes, stock compensation and incentive plan approval, auditor ratification, and shareholder vote results. Capital-structure and financing disclosures include material definitive agreements, amendments to credit agreements involving Avnet Holding Europe BV, and convertible senior notes due 2030.
Avnet, Inc. (AVT) is soliciting votes on five matters at its annual meeting scheduled for November 20, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. local time in Tempe, Arizona. The ballot includes election of ten directors, an advisory vote on named executive compensation, ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the fiscal year ending July 3, 2027, and proposals on special-meeting rights: a Board proposal with a 25% ownership threshold and a shareholder proposal with a 10% threshold. The Board recommends FOR the first four proposals and AGAINST the 10% proposal.
Shareholders of record on September 21, 2026, may vote one share per vote; 82,232,857 shares of Common Stock, net of treasury shares, were outstanding on that date. Nine of the ten director nominees are independent. Proposals 1, 2, 4 and 5 are non-routine, so brokers may vote without owner instructions only on the auditor-ratification proposal. Fiscal 2026 non-employee director compensation components included a $110,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in equity, with a stated total of $310,000, effective January 1, 2026.
AVNET INC director Oleg Khaykin acquired 356 Phantom Stock Units on October 1, 2026. The units were issued in lieu of cash under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors after he elected to defer 100% of his quarterly cash retainer; they were issued based on $101.76 per share. Each unit equals one common share and will be settled after he leaves the board or upon a change of control. His reported direct holdings after the transaction were 58,064 Phantom Stock Units and 9,000 common shares.
AVNET INC director Ernest E. Maddock acquired 60 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. Each unit equals one share of common stock and will be settled in common stock after he leaves the board or upon a change of control. After the transaction, he held 16,350 Phantom Stock Units and 5,265 shares of common stock directly. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
AVNET INC director Oleg Khaykin acquired 212.7402 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. Each unit equals one share of AVNET INC common stock and will be settled in common stock after Khaykin leaves the board or upon a change of control. On the same date, his reported direct common-stock holdings were 9,000 shares; his reported Phantom Stock Unit position after the acquisition was 57,708 units.
AVNET INC director Virginia Henkels acquired 29 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. Each unit equals one share of common stock and will be settled in common stock after she leaves the Board or upon a change of control. Following the transaction, she held 7,717 Phantom Stock Units and directly held 1,265 shares of common stock. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Helmut Gassel, a director of Avnet Inc. (AVT), acquired 29 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. His reported direct position following the acquisition was 7,717 Phantom Stock Units; each unit equals one common share and will be settled in common stock after he leaves the Board or upon a change of control. He also reported 1,265 directly held common shares. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
AVNET INC director Brenda Freeman acquired 133 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. Each unit equals one share of AVNET INC common stock and will be settled in common stock after the reporting person leaves the Board or upon a change of control. Her reported Phantom Stock Unit holdings after the acquisition were 36,326. The Form 4 does not report a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
AVNET Inc director Rodney C. Adkins acquired 20 Phantom Stock Units on September 23, 2026, as a result of a quarterly dividend. Each unit equals one share of AVNET common stock and will be settled in common stock after he leaves the board or upon a change of control. After the transaction, he held 5,434 Phantom Stock Units and 40,564 shares of common stock directly. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
AVNET INC (AVT) reported insider transactions by Chief Executive Officer and director Philip R. Gallagher involving common stock on September 17, 2026. Gallagher, through the Gallagher Family Trust, made a bona fide gift of 250 shares to a non-profit organization and transferred 63,176 shares of common stock from direct ownership to the Gallagher Family Trust. After the transfer, Gallagher held 264,433 shares directly, with additional shares held indirectly through the trust. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.