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                  [Letterhead of Kent Electronics Corporation]

                    [Form of Letter to Certain Shareholders]


                                 June 21, 1996

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Dear _______

It is our understanding that you may have recently voted against our 
"Proposal No. 2, To amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase 
the number of authorized shares of common stock, without par value, from 30 
million shares to 100 million shares." While a detailed explanation is set 
forth in the Company's proxy statement, we hope that the following discussion 
will help you to understand further the rationale behind the proposal, and 
that you might reconsider your position.

Kent presently has 30 million shares of authorized common stock of which 
approximately 29.9 million shares are either issued or reserved for issuance. 
As you are aware, within the last 18 months Kent has effected a 1.5:1 stock 
split, a 2:1 stock split, and an underwritten offering of 4 million 
(split-adjusted) shares. Each of these three actions materially reduced the 
number of Kent shares available for use in the future, but were determined to 
be in the best interest of Kent shareholders and were undertaken with that 
objective. Kent has requested the increase in its authorized common stock to 
100 million shares in order to provide it the flexibility for additional 
corporate actions in the future, whether similar to or different from those 
undertaken in the last 18 months. Naturally, to the extent required by 
applicable law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Kent will 
continue to obtain its shareholders' approval of certain issuances of shares, 
such as in connection with material acquisitions.

Kent believes that the proposal to increase the authorized shares of common 
stock merely restores the ratio of authorized and unissued shares to 
outstanding and reserved shares to about the same level in existence prior to 
the recent corporate actions described above.

The Company was not aware that the requested increase in authorized shares 
would be deemed unreasonable by many of the institutional decision models. We 
would like to request that you reconsider your position so that we can avoid 
incurring the legal, printing, distribution and solicitation expenses 
associated with a subsequent proxy statement requesting a lesser amount of 
authorized shares.




June 21, 1996
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We hope that this letter is informative and helpful to you in your 
decision-making process, and naturally, I would be happy to answer any 
particular questions you have on this matter.


Sincerely,


/s/ Stephen J. Chapko
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Stephen J. Chapko
Vice President and Treasurer