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 3, 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 3, 2001, the Company announced that its board of
  directors had authorized the Company to use of up to $1,000,000 for the
  repurchase of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Company announced that
  the repurchases may be made from time to time during the remainder of 2001 in
  the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at prices
  the Company deems appropriate.
  
                    The press release announcing the common stock repurchase
  authorization is incorporated herein by this reference and filed as exhibit 99.1
  hereto.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           99.1  Press release dated July 3, 2001 regarding repurchase
                 authorization.
  
  
  
  
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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 3, 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 3, 2001, the Company announced that its board of
  directors had authorized the Company to use of up to $1,000,000 for the
  repurchase of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Company announced that
  the repurchases may be made from time to time during the remainder of 2001 in
  the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at prices
  the Company deems appropriate.
  
                    The press release announcing the common stock repurchase
  authorization is incorporated herein by this reference and filed as exhibit 99.1
  hereto.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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  (c)      Exhibits:
  
           99.1  Press release dated July 3, 2001 regarding repurchase
                 authorization.
  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