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 31, 2003
  
  
                                       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 July 30, 2003, the Company issued a press release
  announcing its earnings for the period ended June 30, 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 June 30, 2003
  
  
  
  <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:    July 31, 2003
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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 31, 2003
  
                                       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 July 30, 2003, the Company issued a press release
  announcing its earnings for the period ended June 30, 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 June 30, 2003
  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:    July 31, 2003