Exhibit 99.1

            Avnet Inc. Schedules First Quarter Fiscal Year
                      2006 Earnings Announcement

    PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2005--Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT)
announced today that its first quarter fiscal year 2006 earnings
announcement will be webcast live via the Internet at www.ir.avnet.com
on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. Avnet will issue a press release outlining
its financial results followed by an interactive webcast at 2 p.m.
Eastern, 1 p.m. Central, 12 p.m. Mountain and 11 a.m. Pacific time.
    Roy Vallee, Avnet's chairman and chief executive officer, and Ray
Sadowski, Avnet's chief financial officer, along with other members of
Avnet's senior management team, will comment on the company's results
and respond to participants' questions, which may be submitted via the
Internet.
    Please log on to the webcast at least 15 minutes prior to the
start of the event to register and download any necessary software
(RealPlayer or Windows Media Player). Additional financial information
accompanying the webcast will also be available at www.ir.avnet.com.
    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 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.
Visit Avnet's Investor Relations Web site at www.ir.avnet.com or
contact us at investorrelations@avnet.com.


    CONTACT: Avnet Inc., Phoenix
             Vince Keenan
             VP and Director, Investor Relations
             480-643-7053
             investorrelations@avnet.com