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Arrow Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced Sean J. Kerins as president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective June 1, 2022, succeeding Michael J. Long who, effective June 1, 2022, will become executive chairman of the Arrow board of directors. Additionally, Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced Kerins will join the Arrow board of directors effective following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 11, 2022. Kerins, a nearly 15-year veteran of Arrow, served as chief operating officer since December 2020. Prior to that he served as president of Arrow’s global enterprise computing solutions business since 2014, and previously president of the North American region for that business. Before joining Arrow in 2007, Kerins spent ten years at EMC in sales and Electronics, effective Edge AI solution with high processing capabilities and power efficiency. Through a standard PCIe interface, the Falcon H8 AI Accelerator Card enables legacy devices such as NVRs, Edge AI boxes, Industrial PCs and robots to run video-intensive, mission-critical Edge AI applications such as video analytics, traffic management, access control, and beyond. The Falcon H8 delivers unprecedented inference processing of over 15,000 Frames Per Second (FPS) for MobileNet-v2 and 8,000 FPS for ResNet-50. Its performance is up to 4x more cost effective (TOPS/$) and 2x more power efficient (TOPS/W) compared to leading GPU-based solutions. “Optimized for AI functionality, performance, and ease of deployment, Lanner is pleased to partner with Hailo to design a next-gen AI accelerator card that brings top- performing AI computing to the edge of industrial IoT,” said Jeans Tseng, CTO of Lanner Electronics. “Our expertise in creating high-density hardware platforms, combined with Hailo’s state-of-the-art neural chip and software framework,

provides service providers and system integrators a best- in-class AI accelerator that enables running deep learning applications most efficiently with the lowest total cost of ownership.” “The integration of Lanner’s Falcon H8 and the Hailo-8 provides unmatched AI performance at the edge. This joint solution is more powerful, scalable, and cost-effective than other solutions available on the market today,” said Orr Danon, CEO and Co-Founder of Hailo. “Our collaboration with Lanner will better power edge devices across industries, including transportation, smart cities, smart retail, industrial IoT, and more.” Lanner Electronics and Hailo first announced their collaboration in 2021, launching groundbreaking AI inference solutions for real-time computer vision at the edge. Several Tier-1 customers have since adopted the companies’ groundbreaking platforms.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. Names Sean J. Kerins President and Chief Executive Officer Succeeding Michael J. LongWho Will Become Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

professional services roles, as well as progressively senior roles at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting, also serving as an industrial engineer at General Motors. Kerins holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering

from Syracuse University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern

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University’s Kellogg School of Management. “I am honored to lead this company into the future,” said Kerins. “It truly has been a privilege to work with Mike and the talented Arrow team for the past almost 15 years. I look forward to our continued focus on driving profitable growth and value creation for our shareholders, suppliers, customers, and employees.” “Sean’s leadership and proven track record at Arrow

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