NU HORIZONS ELECTRONICS CORP
S-8, 1999-05-28
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                                                           Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      under

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                ---------------
                          NU HORIZONS ELECTRONICS CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Delaware                                    11-2621097
    (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

   70 Maxess Road, Melville, New York                      11747
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

        NU HORIZONS ELECTRONICS CORP. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                            Arthur Nadata, President
                          Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
                                 70 Maxess Road
                            Melville, New York 11747
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (516) 396-5000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                ---------------
                                    copy to:
                            Nancy D. Lieberman, Esq.
                     Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C.
                             100 Jericho Quadrangle
                             Jericho, New York 11753
                                 (516) 822-4820
                                ---------------
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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   Title of Each                          Proposed Minimum    Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities     Amount to be     Offering Price Per  Aggregate Offering     Amount of
 To be Registered        Registered         Security (1)         Price (1)       Registration Fee
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>                   <C>                <C>                   <C>
  Common Stock,
  par value $.0066     750,000 shs.(2)       $6.0625            $4,546,875            $1,265
=================================================================================================
<FN>
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration  fee, based
upon the  average of high and low prices of the  Company's  Common  Stock on the
Nasdaq National Market System on May 27, 1999.
(2) The Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock which may become issuable  pursuant to anti-dilution  and
adjustment provisions of the Plan.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
          ---------------------------------------
     The Registrant  hereby  incorporates  by reference  into this  Registration
Statement the documents listed in (a) and (b) below:

(a)  The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
     February 28, 1999;

(b)  The description of the class of securities to be offered which is contained
     in a  registration  statement  filed  under  Section  12 of the  Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 (File No.  1-8798)  including  any amendment or report
     filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or
which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed to
be  incorporated  by reference in this  Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
          -------------------------
          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
          --------------------------------------
          Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
          -----------------------------------------
     Under the  provisions of the  Certificate of  Incorporation  and By-Laws of
Registrant,  each person who is or was a director or officer of Registrant shall
be  indemnified  by  Registrant  as of  right to the full  extent  permitted  or
authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

     Under such law, to the extent that such person is  successful on the merits
of defense of a suit or  proceeding  brought  against  him by reason of the fact
that he is a director or officer of Registrant,  he shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred in connection with such
action.

     If unsuccessful  in defense of a third-party  civil suit or a criminal suit
is settled,  such a person shall be indemnified  under such law against both (1)
expenses (including  attorneys' fees) and (2) judgments,  fines and amounts paid
in settlement  if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably  believed
to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Registrant,  and with respect
to any  criminal  action,  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  his conduct was
unlawful.

     If  unsuccessful  in  defense  of a  suit  brought  by or in the  right  of
Registrant, or if such suit is settled, such a person shall be indemnified under
such law only  against  expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees)  incurred in the
defense or  settlement of such suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably  believed  to be  in,  or not  opposed  to,  the  best  interests  of
Registrant except that if such a person is adjudicated to be liable in such suit
for negligence or misconduct in the  performance  of his duty to Registrant,  he
cannot be made whole even for expenses  unless the court  determines  that he is
fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.
<PAGE>
          The officers and directors of the Company are covered by officers' and
directors'  liability  insurance.  The  policy  coverage  is  $5,000,000,  which
includes  reimbursement  for  costs  and  fees.  There  is a  maximum  aggregate
deductible for each loss under the policy of $50,000.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
          -----------------------------------
          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.
          --------
          4    1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended

          5    Opinion and consent of Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C.

          23.1 Consent of Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman,  P.C. - included in
               their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

          23.2 Consent of Lazar, Levine & Felix LLP.

          24   Powers of Attorney.

 Item 9.  Undertakings.
          ------------
          (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file,  during  any  period  in which  offers or sales are being
          made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
               Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
               after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the
               most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
               or in  the  aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental  change  in the
               information set forth in the Registration Statement;

               (iii) To include any  material  information  with  respect to the
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
               Statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in the
               Registration  Statement;   provided,   however,  that  paragraphs
               (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the information required
               to be included in a post-effective  amendment by those paragraphs
               is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
               to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of
               1934  that are  incorporated  by  reference  in the  Registration
               Statement.

          (2) That,  for the purposes of  determining  any  liability  under the
          Securities Act of 1933,  each such  post-effective  amendment shall be
          deemed to be a new Registration  Statement  relating to the securities
          offered  therein,  and the  offering of such  securities  at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
          any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain  unsold at the
          termination of the offering.
<PAGE>
          (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (c)  Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  Registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission such  indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is  against  policy as  expressed  in the Act and will be
governed by final adjudication of such issue.
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

 Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the Registrant
certifies  that  it  has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  that  it  meets  all
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Melville, New York on the 27 th day of May, 1999.

                               NU HORIZONS ELECTRONICS CORP.

                               By: /s/ Arthur Nadata
                                   -----------------------------
                                       Arthur Nadata
                                       President

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed on May 27, 1999 by the  following
persons in the capacities  indicated.  Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Arthur Nadata and Paul Durando, and each of them acting
individually,   with  full   power  of   substitution,   our  true  and   lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents to do any and all acts and things in our name and
on our behalf in our capacities indicated below which they or either of them may
deem  necessary or advisable to enable Nu Horizons  Electronics  Corp. to comply
with the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  and any rules,  regulations  and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,  in connection with this
Registration  Statement  including  specifically,  but not limited to, power and
authority  to sign  for us or any of us in our  names in the  capacities  stated
below, any and all amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  thereto,
granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as we might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.

     Signature                       Title
     ---------                       -----
/s/ Irving Lubman      Chairman of the Board and
    Irving Lubman      Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Arthur Nadata      President, Treasurer and Director
    Arthur Nadata      (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Richard Schuster   Vice President, Secretary and Director
    Richard Schuster

/s/ Paul Durando       Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer
    Paul Durando       and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Herbert M. Gardner Director
    Herbert M. Gardner

/s/ Harvey R. Blau     Director
    Harvey R. Blau

/s/ Dominic Polimeni   Director
    Dominic Polimeni
<PAGE>


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                          NU HORIZONS ELECTRONICS CORP.

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                         Form S-8 Registration Statement


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                            E X H I B I T   I N D E X

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                                                         Page No. in Sequential
Exhibit                                                  Numbering of all Pages,
Number         Exhibit Description                       including Exhibit Pages
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4       1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended . . . . . . .

5       Opinion and Consent of Counsel . . . . . . . . .

23.1    Consent of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     See Exhibit 5

23.2    Consent of Lazar, Levine & Felix LLP . . . . . .

24      Powers of Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     See signature page


                          Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
                       1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended


SECTION 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
            ------------------
1.1.  Name and General Purpose
      ------------------------

     The name of this  plan is the Nu  Horizons  Electronics  Corp.  1998  Stock
Option  Plan  (hereinafter  called the  "Plan").  The Plan is  intended  to be a
broadly-based  incentive plan which enables Nu Horizons  Electronics  Corp. (the
"Company")  and its  subsidiaries  and  affiliates  to foster  and  promote  the
interests of the Company by  attracting  and retaining  directors,  officers and
employees of, and  consultants  to, the Company who  contribute to the Company's
success by their  ability,  ingenuity  and industry,  to enable such  directors,
officers,  employees and consultants to participate in the long-term success and
growth of the Company by giving them a  proprietary  interest in the Company and
to  provide  incentive  compensation  opportunities  competitive  with  those of
competing corporations.

1.2  Definitions
     -----------

     a.   "Affiliate"  means any person or entity  controlled by or under common
          control  with the  Company,  by  virtue  of the  ownership  of  voting
          securities, by contract or otherwise.

     b.   "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     c.   "Change in Control"  means a change of control of the  Company,  or in
          any person directly or indirectly controlling the Company, which shall
          mean:

          (a) a  change  in  control  as  such  term  is  presently  defined  in
          Regulation  240.12b-(f) under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended (the "Exchange Act"); or

          (b) if any "person"  (as such term is used in Section  13(d) and 14(d)
          of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or any "person" who on the
          date of this  Agreement  is a  director  or  officer  of the  Company,
          becomes the  "beneficial  owner" (as defined in Rule 13(d)-3 under the
          Exchange  Act)  directly or  indirectly,  of securities of the Company
          representing  twenty  percent (20%) or more of the voting power of the
          Company's then outstanding securities; or

          (c) if during any period of two (2) consecutive  years during the term
          of  this  Plan,  individuals  who  at the  beginning  of  such  period
          constitute the Board of Directors,  cease for any reason to constitute
          at least a majority thereof.

     d.   "Committee"  means the  Committee  referred  to in Section  1.3 of the
          Plan.

     e.   "Common Stock" means shares of the Common Stock,  par value $.0066 per
          share, of the Company.

     f.   "Company" means Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., a corporation organized
          under  the  laws  of  the  State  of   Delaware   (or  any   successor
          corporation).

     g.   "Fair Market  Value" means the market price of the Common Stock on the
          Nasdaq National Market System on the date of the grant or on any other
          date on which the Common Stock is to be valued  hereunder.  If no sale
          shall have been  reported on the National  Market System on such date,
          Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee.
<PAGE>
     h.   "Non-Employee Director" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 16(b)
          promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission").

     i.   "Option" means any option to purchase  Common Stock under Section 2 of
          the Plan.

     j.   "Option Agreement" means the option agreement described in Section 2.4
          of the Plan.

     k.   "Participant" means any director,  officer,  employee or consultant of
          the  Company,  a  Subsidiary  or an  Affiliate  who is selected by the
          Committee to participate in the Plan.

     l.   "Subsidiary"  means any  corporation  in which the  Company  possesses
          directly or indirectly 50% or more of the combined voting power of all
          classes of stock of such corporation.

     m.   "Total  Disability"  means accidental  bodily injury or sickness which
          wholly and  continuously  disabled an optionee.  The Committee,  whose
          decisions  shall  be  final,  shall  make  a  determination  of  Total
          Disability.

1.3  Administration of the Plan
     --------------------------

     The Plan shall be administered  by the Board or by the Committee  appointed
by the Board consisting of two or more members of the Board all of whom shall be
Non-Employee  Directors.  The Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
and shall have such powers as the Board may, from time to time, confer upon it.

     Subject to this  Section 1.3,  the  Committee  shall have sole and complete
authority to adopt, alter, amend or revoke such administrative rules, guidelines
and  practices  governing  the  operation of the Plan as it shall,  from time to
time, deem advisable, and to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan.

     The Committee  shall keep minutes of its meetings and of action taken by it
without a meeting.  A majority of the Committee shall  constitute a quorum,  and
the acts of a majority of the  members  present at any meeting at which a quorum
is present,  or acts  approved in writing by all of the members of the Committee
without a meeting, shall constitute the acts of the Committee.

1.4  Eligibility
     -----------

     Stock  Options may be granted  only to  directors,  officers,  employees or
consultants of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate. Any person who has been
granted any Option may, if he is otherwise  eligible,  be granted an  additional
Option or Options.

1.5  Shares
     ------

     The aggregate  number of shares reserved for issuance  pursuant to the Plan
shall be  750,000  shares of Common  Stock,  or the number and kind of shares of
stock or other securities which shall be substituted for such shares or to which
such shares shall be adjusted as provided in Section 1.6.

     Such number of shares may be set aside out of the  authorized  but unissued
shares of Common Stock or out of issued shares of Common Stock  acquired for and
held in the Treasury of the Company, not reserved for any other purpose.  Shares
subject to, but not sold or issued under, any Option terminating or expiring for
any reason  prior to its  exercise in full will again be  available  for Options
thereafter granted during the balance of the term of the Plan.
<PAGE>
1.6  Adjustments Due to Stock Splits,
     Mergers, Consolidation, Etc.
     --------------------------------

     If, at any time,  the  Company  shall  take any  action,  whether  by stock
dividend,  stock split,  combination of shares or otherwise,  which results in a
proportionate  increase  or  decrease  in the  number of shares of Common  Stock
theretofore issued and outstanding,  the number of shares which are reserved for
issuance  under the Plan and the  number  of shares  which,  at such  time,  are
subject to Options shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee,  be
increased or  decreased  in the same  proportion,  provided,  however,  that the
Company shall not be obligated to issue fractional shares.

     Likewise,  in the event of any change in the  outstanding  shares of Common
Stock by reason of any recapitalization, merger, consolidation,  reorganization,
combination or exchange of shares or other corporate change, the Committee shall
make such substitution or adjustments, if any, as it deems to be appropriate, as
to the number or kind of shares of Common  Stock or other  securities  which are
reserved  for  issuance  under  the  Plan  and the  number  of  shares  or other
securities which, at such time are subject to Options.

     In the  event  of a  Change  in  Control,  at the  option  of the  Board or
Committee,  (a) all  Options  outstanding  on the date of such Change in Control
shall, for a period of sixty (60) days following such Change in Control,  become
immediately  and fully  exercisable,  and (b) an optionee  will be  permitted to
surrender for  cancellation  within sixty (60) days after such Change in Control
any Option or portion of an Option  which was  granted  more than six (6) months
prior to the date of such  surrender,  to the extent not yet  exercised,  and to
receive a cash  payment in an amount  equal to the  excess,  if any, of the Fair
Market Value (on the date of surrender) of the shares of Common Stock subject to
the Option or portion thereof surrendered, over the aggregate purchase price for
such Shares under the Option.

1.7  Non-Alienation of Benefits
     --------------------------

     Except as herein  specifically  provided,  no right or unpaid benefit under
the Plan shall be subject to  alienation,  assignment,  pledge or charge and any
attempt to  alienate,  assign,  pledge or charge the same shall be void.  If any
Participant  or other person  entitled to benefits  hereunder  should attempt to
alienate,  assign,  pledge or charge any benefit  hereunder,  then such  benefit
shall, in the discretion of the Committee, cease.

1.8  Withholding or Deduction for Taxes
     ----------------------------------

     If, at any time,  the Company or any  Subsidiary  or Affiliate is required,
under applicable laws and regulations, to withhold, or to make any deduction for
any taxes, or take any other action in connection with any Option exercise,  the
Participant  shall be  required  to pay to the  Company  or such  Subsidiary  or
Affiliate, the amount of any taxes required to be withheld, or, in lieu thereof,
at the option of the Company,  the Company or such  Subsidiary  or Affiliate may
accept a  sufficient  number  of shares  of  Common  Stock to cover  the  amount
required to be withheld.

1.9  Administrative Expenses
     -----------------------

     The entire expense of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

1.10 General Conditions
     ------------------

     a.   The Board or the Committee may, from time to time,  amend,  suspend or
          terminate  any or all of the  provisions of the Plan,  provided  that,
          without the Participant's  approval, no change may be made which would
          alter or impair any right theretofore granted to any Participant.

     b.   With the consent of the Participant  affected  thereby,  the Committee
          may  amend  or  modify  any  outstanding  Option  in  any  manner  not
          inconsistent   with  the  terms  of  the  Plan,   including,   without
          limitation,  and  irrespective  of the  provisions  of Section  2.3(c)
          below,  to accelerate  the date or dates as of which an installment of
          an Option becomes exercisable.
<PAGE>
     c.   Nothing  contained  in the Plan  shall  prohibit  the  Company  or any
          Subsidiary or Affiliate from establishing  other additional  incentive
          compensation  arrangements  for  employees  of  the  Company  or  such
          Subsidiary or Affiliate.

     d.   Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to limit, in any way, the right of
          the  Company  or  any   Subsidiary   or   Affiliate   to  terminate  a
          Participant's  employment  with the  Company  (or such  Subsidiary  or
          Affiliate) at any time.

     e.   Any decision or action taken by the Board or the Committee arising out
          of  or  in   connection   with   the   construction,   administration,
          interpretation  and effect of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding
          upon all  Participants  and any person  claiming  under or through any
          Participant.

     f.   No member of the Board or of the Committee shall be liable for any act
          or action,  whether of  commission  or  omission,  (i) by such  member
          except in  circumstances  involving  actual bad faith, nor (ii) by any
          other member or by any officer, agent or employee.

1.11  Compliance with Applicable Law
      ------------------------------

     Notwithstanding  any other  provision of the Plan, the Company shall not be
obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock,  or grant any Option with respect
thereto,  unless it is advised by  counsel  of its  selection  that it may do so
without  violation of the  applicable  Federal and State laws  pertaining to the
issuance of  securities  and the Company  may require any stock  certificate  so
issued to bear a legend, may give its transfer agent  instructions  limiting the
transfer  thereof,  and may  take  such  other  steps,  as in its  judgment  are
reasonably required to prevent any such violation.

1.12  Effective Dates
      ---------------

     The Plan was adopted by the Board on April 29, 1998, and amended on May 26,
1999. The Plan shall terminate on April 28, 2008.


Section 2.  OPTION GRANTS
            -------------

2.1  Authority of Committee
     ----------------------

     Subject to the  provisions of the Plan,  the Committee  shall have the sole
and complete  authority to determine (i) the  Participants to whom Options shall
be granted;  (ii) the number of shares to be covered by each  Option;  and (iii)
the  conditions  and  limitations,  if any,  in  addition  to those set forth in
Sections 2 and 3 hereof,  applicable  to the  exercise  of an Option,  including
without limitation,  the nature and duration of the restrictions,  if any, to be
imposed upon the sale or other  disposition of shares  acquired upon exercise of
an Option.

     Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be non-qualified stock options.

     The Committee shall have the authority to grant Options.

2.2  Option Exercise Price
     ---------------------

     The price of stock purchased upon the exercise of Options granted  pursuant
to the Plan shall be the Fair Market  Value  thereof at the time that the Option
is granted.

     The  purchase  price  is to be  paid in full  in  cash,  certified  or bank
cashier's  check or, at the option of the  Company,  Common  Stock valued at its
Fair Market Value on the date of exercise,  or a combination  thereof,  when the
Option is exercised and stock  certificates  will be delivered only against such
payment.
<PAGE>
2.3  Option Grants
     -------------

           Each Option will be subject to the following provisions:

           a.   Term of Option
                --------------
                                An  Option  will be for a term of not more  than
ten years from the date of grant.

           b.   Exercise
                --------

               (i) By an Employee:
                   --------------

               Subject to the power of the Committee under Section 1.10(b) above
               and  except in the manner  described  below upon the death of the
               optionee,  an Option may be  exercised  only in  installments  as
               follows:  up to one-half  of the subject  shares on and after the
               first  anniversary of the date of grant, up to all of the subject
               shares on and after the second  such  anniversary  of the date of
               the  grant  of  such  Option  but  in no  event  later  than  the
               expiration of the term of the Option.

               An Option shall be  exercisable  during the  optionee's  lifetime
               only by the optionee and shall not be exercisable by the optionee
               unless,  at all times  since the date of grant and at the time of
               exercise,  such optionee is an employee of or providing  services
               to the  Company,  any parent  corporation  of the  Company or any
               Subsidiary or Affiliate,  except that,  upon  termination  of all
               such  employment  or provision of services  (other than by death,
               Total Disability, or by Total Disability followed by death in the
               circumstances  provided  below),  the  optionee  may  exercise an
               Option at any time within three months thereafter but only to the
               extent   such  Option  is   exercisable   on  the  date  of  such
               termination.

               Upon termination of all such employment by Total Disability,  the
               optionee may exercise such Options at any time within three years
               thereafter,  but only to the extent such Option is exercisable on
               the date of such termination.

               In the event of the death of an optionee (i) while an employee of
               or providing  services to the Company,  any parent corporation of
               the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate,  or (ii) within three
               months after  termination of all such  employment or provision of
               services (other than for Total  Disability) or (iii) within three
               years after  termination  on account of Total  Disability  of all
               such employment or provision of services,  such optionee's estate
               or any person who acquires  the right to exercise  such option by
               bequest or  inheritance or by reason of the death of the optionee
               may exercise such optionee's Option at any time within the period
               of three years from the date of death. In the case of clauses (i)
               and (iii) above, such Option shall be exercisable in full for all
               the remaining shares covered  thereby,  but in the case of clause
               (ii) such Option shall be  exercisable  only to the extent it was
               exercisable on the date of such termination.

               (ii) By Persons other than Employees:

               If the  optionee  is not an employee of the Company or the parent
               corporation  of the Company or any  Subsidiary or Affiliate,  the
               vesting of such optionee's right to exercise his Options shall be
               established  and  determined  by  the  Committee  in  the  Option
               Agreement covering the Options granted to such optionee.
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               Notwithstanding the foregoing  provisions  regarding the exercise
               of an  Option  in the event of  death,  Total  Disability,  other
               termination  of employment or provision of services or otherwise,
               in no event  shall an Option be  exercisable  in whole or in part
               after the termination date provided in the Option Agreement.

          c.   Transferability
               ---------------

               An  Option  granted  under  the Plan  shall  not be  transferable
               otherwise   than  by  will  or  by  the  laws  of   descent   and
               distribution,  except  as may be  permitted  by the  Board or the
               Committee.

2.4  Agreements
     ----------

          In  consideration  of any Options  granted to a Participant  under the
Plan,  each such  Participant  shall  enter  into an Option  Agreement  with the
Company  providing,  consistent  with the Plan,  such terms as the Committee may
deem advisable.



                                                           Exhibit 5

                                         May 28, 1999



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

         Re:  Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
              Registration Statement on Form S-8
              ----------------------------------
Gentlemen:

         Reference is made to the filing by Nu Horizons  Electronics  Corp. (the
"Corporation")  of a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, covering the registration of 750,000 shares of the Corporation's Common
Stock,  $.0066  par  value  per  share,  in  connection  with  the  Nu  Horizons
Electronics Corp. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

         As counsel for the Corporation, we have examined its corporate records,
including its Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended,  By-Laws, its corporate
minutes,  the form of its Common Stock certificate,  the Plan, related documents
under the Plan and such other documents as we have deemed  necessary or relevant
under the circumstances.

         Based upon our examination, we are of the opinion that:

      1. The  Corporation is duly organized and validly  existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware.

      2. There have been  reserved for issuance by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation  750,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.0066 par value per share. The
shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, when issued pursuant to the Plan, will
be validly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

      We hereby  consent to be named in the  Registration  Statement  and in the
Prospectus which  constitutes a part thereof as counsel of the Corporation,  and
we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration
Statement.

                               Very truly yours,


                               /S/BLAU, KRAMER, WACTLAR & LIEBERMAN, P.C.
                               BLAU, KRAMER, WACTLAR &
                                    LIEBERMAN, P.C.






                                                        EXHIBIT 23.2


                    INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT



We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement on
Form  S-8 of our  opinion  dated  May  17,  1999 on the  consolidated  financial
statements on Nu Horizons  Electronics  Corp. and  subsidiaries  included in the
Corporation's  annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28,
1999.




                               /S/LAZAR, LEVINE & FELIX LLP
                               ----------------------------
                               LAZAR, LEVINE & FELIX LLP
                               Certifed Public Accountants



New York, New York
May 27, 1999


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