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 13, 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.
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                    On August 13, 2004, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary
  Merisel Americas, Inc. ("Americas") entered into an asset purchase agreement
  with D&H Services, LLC ("D&H"), pursuant to which Americas will sell certain
  assets that principally comprise the software licensing business, including any
  notes and real property assets, ("Software Licensing Assets") to D&H. The
  purchase price, to be determined on the closing date, will be equal to the book
  value of all of the Software Licensing Assets, less certain assumed liabilities.
  
  
  
  
  
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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.
  
  
  Date:    August 13, 2004
  
  
                                         MERISEL, INC.
  
  
  
                                         By: /s/Timothy N. Jenson
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                                             Timothy N. Jenson
                                             Chief Executive Officer and President
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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 13, 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 13, 2004, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary
  Merisel Americas, Inc. ("Americas") entered into an asset purchase agreement
  with D&H Services, LLC ("D&H"), pursuant to which Americas will sell certain
  assets that principally comprise the software licensing business, including any
  notes and real property assets, ("Software Licensing Assets") to D&H. The
  purchase price, to be determined on the closing date, will be equal to the book
  value of all of the Software Licensing Assets, less certain assumed liabilities.
  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.
  
  Date:    August 13, 2004
  
                                         MERISEL, INC.
  
                                         By: /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                             -------------------------------
                                             Timothy N. Jenson
                                             Chief Executive Officer and President