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): September 15, 2000
  
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                     0-17156                    95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdictio        (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)
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
                    On September 18, 2000, Merisel announced that Merisel, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation ("Merisel"), Merisel Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("Americas"),  and Arrow  Electronics,  Inc., a New York corporation  ("Arrow"),
  entered into a Stock Sale Agreement,  dated as of September 15, 2000 (the "Stock
  Sale Agreement"),  pursuant to which Americas will sell the outstanding  capital
  stock of Merisel  Open  Computing  Alliance,  Inc.  ("MOCA") to Arrow for a sale
  price of  $110,000,000 in cash,  subject to adjustments  based on MOCA's closing
  balance  sheet,   plus  an  additional  amount  up  to  $37,500,000  based  upon
  development  with  respect to MOCA's  business  within the next six months.  The
  transaction  is subject to customary  closing  conditions,  including  obtaining
  necessary approvals.
  
                    The Stock Sale  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.
  
  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           2.1      Stock Sale  Agreement,  dated as of September 15, 2000, by and
                    among Merisel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Merisel Americas,
                    Inc., a Delaware corporation,  and Arrow Electronics,  Inc., a
                    New York corporation.
  
  
  
  
  <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
                                         Executive Vice President and Chief
                                         Financial Officer
  
  
  Date:    September 20, 2000
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Designation                Nature of Exhibit
  
  2.1                        Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2000,
                             by and among Merisel,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation,
                             Merisel Americas,  Inc., a Delaware corporation,  and
                             Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation.
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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): September 15, 2000
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                     0-17156                    95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdictio        (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 September 18, 2000, Merisel announced that Merisel, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation ("Merisel"), Merisel Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("Americas"),  and Arrow  Electronics,  Inc., a New York corporation  ("Arrow"),
  entered into a Stock Sale Agreement,  dated as of September 15, 2000 (the "Stock
  Sale Agreement"),  pursuant to which Americas will sell the outstanding  capital
  stock of Merisel  Open  Computing  Alliance,  Inc.  ("MOCA") to Arrow for a sale
  price of  $110,000,000 in cash,  subject to adjustments  based on MOCA's closing
  balance  sheet,   plus  an  additional  amount  up  to  $37,500,000  based  upon
  development  with  respect to MOCA's  business  within the next six months.  The
  transaction  is subject to customary  closing  conditions,  including  obtaining
  necessary approvals.
  
                    The Stock Sale  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.
  
  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           2.1      Stock Sale  Agreement,  dated as of September 15, 2000, by and
                    among Merisel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Merisel Americas,
                    Inc., a Delaware corporation,  and Arrow Electronics,  Inc., a
                    New York 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.
  
                                      MERISEL, INC.
  
                                      By:/s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                         Executive Vice President and Chief
                                         Financial Officer
  
  Date:    September 20, 2000
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Designation                Nature of Exhibit
  
  2.1                        Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2000,
                             by and among Merisel,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation,
                             Merisel Americas,  Inc., a Delaware corporation,  and
                             Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation.