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) June 9, 2000
  
  
  
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
       Delaware                            0-17156                  95-4172359
  (State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission File          (I.R.S Employer
  incorporation or organization)          Number)              Identification No.)
  
  
  200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California                90245-0948
    (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)
  
  
  
  
  
  
           Registrants telephone number, including area code (310) 615-3080
  
  
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  Item 5.           OTHER EVENTS
  
  Pursuant to a Stock Subscription Agreement between Merisel, Inc. (the Company)
  and Phoenix  Acquisition  Company  II,  L.L.C  (Phoenix),  on June 9, 2000 the
  Company issued and sold 150,000 shares of convertible preferred stock to Phoenix
  for $15,000,000.  Phoenix holds  50,000,000  shares  (approximately  62%) of the
  Companys issued and outstanding common stock.
  
  Item 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
           (c)      Exhibits
  
  99.1 Stock  Subscription  Agreement  by and between  Merisel,  Inc.  and Phoenix
       Acquisition  Company II, L.L.C.  dated as of June 2, 2000.
  
  99.2 Certificate ofDesignation of Convertible Preferred Stock of Merisel, Inc.
  
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                                     MERISEL, INC
  
  Date:    June 20, 2000                             By: /s/ KAREN A. TALLMAN
                                                          Karen A. Tallman
                                                          Vice President
                                                          and General Counsel
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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) June 9, 2000
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
       Delaware                            0-17156                  95-4172359
  (State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission File          (I.R.S Employer
  incorporation or organization)          Number)              Identification No.)
  
  200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California                90245-0948
    (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)
  
           Registrants telephone number, including area code (310) 615-3080
  Item 5.           OTHER EVENTS
  
  Pursuant to a Stock Subscription Agreement between Merisel, Inc. (the Company)
  and Phoenix  Acquisition  Company  II,  L.L.C  (Phoenix),  on June 9, 2000 the
  Company issued and sold 150,000 shares of convertible preferred stock to Phoenix
  for $15,000,000.  Phoenix holds  50,000,000  shares  (approximately  62%) of the
  Companys issued and outstanding common stock.
  
  Item 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
           (c)      Exhibits
  
  99.1 Stock  Subscription  Agreement  by and between  Merisel,  Inc.  and Phoenix
       Acquisition  Company II, L.L.C.  dated as of June 2, 2000.
  
  99.2 Certificate ofDesignation of Convertible Preferred Stock of Merisel, Inc.
  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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                     MERISEL, INC
  
  Date:    June 20, 2000                             By: /s/ KAREN A. TALLMAN
                                                          Karen A. Tallman
                                                          Vice President
                                                          and General Counsel