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): July 2, 2001
  
  
                                      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 July 2, 2001, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Merisel
  Americas, Inc. entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") dated
  as of July 2, 2001, between Merisel Americas, Inc. ("Americas") and SYNNEX
  Information Technologies, Inc. ("SYNNEX"), pursuant to which Americas will sell
  the outstanding capital stock of Merisel Canada Inc. ("Canada") to SYNNEX for a
  sale price of CDN $30,000,000 in cash, subject to adjustments based on Canada's
  closing balance sheet. The transaction is subject to customary closing
  conditions, including obtaining necessary approvals.
  
                    The Share Purchase Agreement is incorporated by reference into
  this Item 5, and the foregoing description of such document and the transactions
  contemplated therein are qualified in their entirety by reference to such
  exhibit.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           2.1      Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2001, by and
                    between Merisel Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
                    SYNNEX Information Technologies, Inc., a California
                    corporation.
  
  
  
  
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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:    July 6, 2001
  
  
                                  MERISEL, INC.
  
  
  
                                  By: /s/ Timothy N. Jenson
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     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): July 2, 2001
  
                                      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 July 2, 2001, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Merisel
  Americas, Inc. entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") dated
  as of July 2, 2001, between Merisel Americas, Inc. ("Americas") and SYNNEX
  Information Technologies, Inc. ("SYNNEX"), pursuant to which Americas will sell
  the outstanding capital stock of Merisel Canada Inc. ("Canada") to SYNNEX for a
  sale price of CDN $30,000,000 in cash, subject to adjustments based on Canada's
  closing balance sheet. The transaction is subject to customary closing
  conditions, including obtaining necessary approvals.
  
                    The Share Purchase Agreement is incorporated by reference into
  this Item 5, and the foregoing description of such document and the transactions
  contemplated therein are qualified in their entirety by reference to such
  exhibit.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           2.1      Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2001, by and
                    between Merisel Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
                    SYNNEX Information Technologies, Inc., a California
                    corporation.
  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:    July 6, 2001
  
                                  MERISEL, INC.
  
                                  By: /s/ Timothy N. Jenson
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Timothy N. Jenson
                                     Chief Executive Officer and President