content: UNITED STATES
                         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): October 11, 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)
  
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  __ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  __ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240. 14a-12)
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17CFR240.13e-4(c))
  
  
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  Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
  Appointment of Prinicipal Officers
  
  On October 11, 2004, the Company's Board of Directors  ("Board")  elected Ronald
  P.  Badie to fill a  vacancy  in Class  III of the  Board.  Mr.  Badie  was also
  selected to serve as a member of the Board's Audit  Committee.  Mr. Badie has 35
  years of banking  experience and is currently a director and member of the audit
  committee of Integrated Electrical Services, Inc, a director of Amphenol,  Inc.,
  and a director and chairman of the audit committee of Global Motorsports, 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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
                                   MERISEL, INC.
  
  
                                      /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                  By: -----------------------------------
                                      TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                      Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  
  Date:    October 15, 2004
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text: UNITED STATES
                         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): October 11, 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)
  
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  __ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  __ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240. 14a-12)
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17CFR240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
  Appointment of Prinicipal Officers
  
  On October 11, 2004, the Company's Board of Directors  ("Board")  elected Ronald
  P.  Badie to fill a  vacancy  in Class  III of the  Board.  Mr.  Badie  was also
  selected to serve as a member of the Board's Audit  Committee.  Mr. Badie has 35
  years of banking  experience and is currently a director and member of the audit
  committee of Integrated Electrical Services, Inc, a director of Amphenol,  Inc.,
  and a director and chairman of the audit committee of Global Motorsports, 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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                   MERISEL, INC.
  
                                      /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                  By: -----------------------------------
                                      TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                      Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  Date:    October 15, 2004