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): March 5, 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 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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                    On March 5, 2004 the Company issued a press release announcing
  its earnings for the period ended December 31, 2003. A copy of such press
  release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by
  reference in its entirety.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)       Exhibits
  
                99.1- Press Release dated March 5, 2004
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
                                   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:    March 15, 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): March 5, 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 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
           ----------------------------------------------
  
                    On March 5, 2004 the Company issued a press release announcing
  its earnings for the period ended December 31, 2003. A copy of such press
  release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by
  reference in its entirety.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)       Exhibits
  
                99.1- Press Release dated March 5, 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:    March 15, 2004