The offer document is now available to view.

The boards of Avnet, Inc. (“Avnet”) and Abacus Group plc (“Abacus”) are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by Avnet or one of its subsidiaries for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Abacus (the “Offer”).

As stated in the Interim Results announcement on 28 May 2008, the trading conditions for Abacus and its competitors have been challenging since the beginning of the year.

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Newbury, UK, 14 July 2008. Abacus Group today announced the promotion of Alan Jermyn to the newly created role of General Manager, Abacus ECD (Electronic Component Distribution) UK, reporting to Graham McBeth, Managing Director of Abacus Group.

Abacus Group plc (LSE: ABU), a leading European electronic components distributor, is pleased to announce its Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2008.

Oberhaching/Munich, 22 May 2008 – Abacus Group has received the 2007 “Distributor of the Year” award from EnOcean GmbH in recognition of its outstanding performance in marketing self-powered wireless sensors from EnOcean for use in building and industrial applications. Under this new international distributor award initiative, EnOcean’s French distributor Pyrecap also earned the “Shooting Star” award for best performance improvement.

Abacus Group plc, a leading European electronic components distributor, announces today that it will release its preliminary results for the year ended 30th September 2007 on 27th November 2007.

Abacus Group plc (LSE: ABU), a leading European electronic components distributor, is pleased to announce its Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2007. 

Abacus Group plc, a leading European electronic components distributor, announced today that its 2007 interim results will be released on 30 May.

Tyco Electronics UK has awarded Abacus Group its Distributor of the Year Award for 2006 in recognition of the exceptional growth the Group achieved, through identifying and developing new opportunities both within existing and new customers.

At the Annual General Meeting today, 31 January 2007, Abacus Group plc, a leading franchised distributor of electronic components in the UK and all major European countries, the Chairman, Harry Westropp , said:

Varta Microbattery has named Abacus Group as its Distributor of the Year for the second year running, after the distributor again more than doubled its sales on the line year on year.

EPCOS has named Abacus Group as its UK Distributor of the Year for 2006, the third time it has presented the accolade to Abacus. “Abacus delivered an amazing performance this year,” said Keith Rogers, UK Distribution Manager of EPCOS. “They are our most pro-active distributor in terms of design in, with a well-structured, well-managed organisation that is closely aligned to the EPCOS business objective of taking a design intensive product portfolio to market

Abacus Group plc (LSE: ABU), a leading European electronic components distributor, is pleased to announce its Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2007. 

Abacus Group plc, a leading European electronic components distributor, announces today that it will release its preliminary results for the year ended 30th September 2007 on 27th November 2007.