content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
  
                              CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2004
  
  
                                MERISEL, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                 0-17156                       95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File             (I.R.S. Employer
         of Incorporation)           Number)                  Identification No.)
  
  
  
             200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245-0948
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                    (310) 615-3080
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
                                   Not applicable
         (Registrant's Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  
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  Item 5.      Other Events
  
                    On August 4, 2004,  the Company  issued a press  release
  announcing  that effective in 30 days, the  distribution  agreement  between the
  Company and McAfee Associates,  Inc. (formerly Network  Associates,  Inc.) would
  terminate.
  
  Item 7.      Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
                      99.1- Press Release dated August 4, 2004
  
  
  
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                                SIGNATURE
  
                    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
  
  
  
                                    By:  /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                         TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                         Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  
  Date:    August 4, 2004
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
                              CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2004
  
                                MERISEL, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                 0-17156                       95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File             (I.R.S. Employer
         of Incorporation)           Number)                  Identification No.)
  
             200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245-0948
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                    (310) 615-3080
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
                                   Not applicable
         (Registrant's Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  Item 5.      Other Events
  
                    On August 4, 2004,  the Company  issued a press  release
  announcing  that effective in 30 days, the  distribution  agreement  between the
  Company and McAfee Associates,  Inc. (formerly Network  Associates,  Inc.) would
  terminate.
  
  Item 7.      Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
                      99.1- Press Release dated August 4, 2004
  SIGNATURE
  
                    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
  
                                    By:  /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                         TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                         Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  Date:    August 4, 2004