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company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
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      issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and the 2009 Bell Microproducts Inc.
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      pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities
      Act.&#160;&#160;The price per share and aggregate offering price are based
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I</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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information called for in Part&#160;I of this Registration Statement is included
in the Section 10(a) prospectuses to be sent or given to participants in the
Bell Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">1998 Plan</font>&#8221;) and the
Bell Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">2009 Plan</font>,&#8221; and
together with the 1998 Plan, the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Plans</font>&#8221;) as specified
by Rule&#160;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Securities
Act</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In accordance with Rule&#160;428 and the Note to
Part&#160;I of Form&#160;S-8, the information is not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Commission</font>&#8221;) either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&#160;424 of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bell
Microproducts Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;) is subject
to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exchange
Act</font>&#8221;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information
with the Commission.&#160;&#160;The following documents, or portions thereof,
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Annual
Report on Form&#160;10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 2008;</font></div>
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Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and
September 30, 2009;</font></div>
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      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Current
Reports on Form&#160;8-K filed on January 6, 2009, February 20, 2009, February
24, 2009, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">March 2,
2009, March 3, 2009, March 16, 2009, May 22, 2009, June 1, 2009, July 1, 2009,
and August 25, 2009, provided, however, that the information that was furnished
(not filed) under Item 7.01 in the report filed on August 25, 2009 is not
incorporated by reference herein; and</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#8217;s Registration
Statement on </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Form S-3,
filed on June 3, 2004, File No.&#160;333-116130, and any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2008.</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that (i)&#160;indicates that all
securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold, or
(ii)&#160;deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this
Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from
the date of filing of any such documents.</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is
also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;&#160;Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Description
of Securities.</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Not applicable.</font></div>
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5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div>
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validity of the Common Stock to be registered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Andrew S.
Hughes, the Company&#8217;s Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
As of November 19, 2009, Mr. Hughes beneficially owned 57,354<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>shares of Common Stock,
which includes 40,000 shares of Common Stock issuable within 60 days of the date
hereof upon the exercise of stock options.</font></div>
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6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</font></div>
      <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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317 of the California General Corporation Law (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">CGCL</font>&#8221;) allows for the
indemnification of officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms
sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act. Article IV of the Company&#8217;s amended and restated articles of
incorporation, as amended, and Article VI of the Company&#8217;s amended and restated
bylaws, as amended, provide for indemnification of the Company&#8217;s directors,
officers, employees and other agents to the extent and under the circumstances
permitted by the CGCL. The Company has also entered into agreements with its
officers and directors that may require the Company to, among other things,
indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other than
liabilities arising from any acts or omissions or transactions from which a
director may not be relieved of liability under the CGCL), to advance their
expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they
could be indemnified, and to obtain directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; insurance if
available on reasonable terms. Forms of the indemnification agreements are filed
as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
November 5, 2008.&#160;&#160;The Company has obtained directors&#8217; and officers&#8217;
insurance pursuant to these agreements.</font></div>
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foregoing statutory provisions, provisions in our amended and restated articles
of incorporation, as amended, and agreements with directors and officers may
reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors, and may
discourage or deter shareholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against
the Company&#8217;s directors for breach of their duties, even though such an action,
if successful, might have otherwise benefited the Company and its
shareholders.&#160;&#160;These provisions do not alter the liability of
directors under federal securities laws and do not affect the right to sue (nor
to recover monetary damages) under federal securities laws for violations
thereof.</font></div>
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7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exemption
from Registration Claimed.</font></div>
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8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</font></div>
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      Statement</font></div>
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      Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan, as amended through August 1, 2007, and
      form of option agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report on
      Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and incorporated
      herein by reference)</font></div>
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      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of
      August 20, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
      on August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by
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      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Stock Options (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K on
      August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></div>
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      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Restricted Stock Units (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on
      Form 8-K on August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></div>
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include any prospectus required by Section&#160;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;</font></div>
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of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
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would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of
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reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
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annual report pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or Section&#160;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
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pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
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      Registration Statement of Form S-8 on behalf of the above-named directors
      and officers of Bell Microproducts Inc. on this 19th day of November,
      2009, pursuant to powers of attorney executed on behalf of such directors
      and officers, and contemporaneously filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission.</font></div>
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      August 20, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
      on August 25, 2009 and incorporated herein by
reference)</font></div>
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bm20091119_s-8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2009.
Registration No.
333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC  20549
________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BELL
MICROPRODUCTS INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
94-3057566
(State
      of incorporation)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification Number)
1941
Ringwood Avenue
San
Jose, California 95131-1721
(
Address, including zip
code,
of
registrant's principal executive offices)
BELL
MICROPRODUCTS INC.  1998 STOCK PLAN
BELL
MICROPRODUCTS INC.  2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full
title of the plans)
Andrew
S. Hughes
Vice
President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Bell
Microproducts Inc.
1941
Ringwood Avenue
San
Jose, California  95131-1721
(408)
451-9400
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large
      Accelerated Filer  [   ]
Accelerated
      Filer  [X]
Non-Accelerated
      Filer  [   ]
(Do
      not check if a smaller
reporting
      company)
Smaller
      Reporting
  Company  [   ]
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities to be Registered
Amount
      to be
Registered
      (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price per Share
      (2
)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
      (2)
Amount
      of Registration
Fee
Common
      Stock,  $0.01 par value
9,207,528
$3.11
$28,635,412
$1,598
(1)Pursuant
      to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration
      Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become
      issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and the 2009 Bell Microproducts Inc.
      Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)Estimated
      solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee
      pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities
      Act.  The price per share and aggregate offering price are based
      upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's
      Common Stock on November 18,
2009, as reported
      on the OTC Bulletin Board.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information called for in Part I of this Registration Statement is included
in the Section 10(a) prospectuses to be sent or given to participants in the
Bell Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan (the "
1998 Plan
") and the
Bell Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "
2009 Plan
," and
together with the 1998 Plan, the "
Plans
") as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
").  In accordance with Rule 428 and the Note to
Part I of Form S-8, the information is not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.                 Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
Bell
Microproducts Inc. (the "
Company
") is subject
to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "
Exchange
Act
"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information
with the Commission.  The following documents, or portions thereof,
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)        Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(b)        Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and
September 30, 2009;
(c)        Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2009, February 20, 2009, February
24, 2009,
March 2,
2009, March 3, 2009, March 16, 2009, May 22, 2009, June 1, 2009, July 1, 2009,
and August 25, 2009, provided, however, that the information that was furnished
(not filed) under Item 7.01 in the report filed on August 25, 2009 is not
incorporated by reference herein; and
(d)        The
description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on
Form S-3,
filed on June 3, 2004, File No. 333-116130, and any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2008.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that (i) indicates that all
securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold, or
(ii) deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this
Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from
the date of filing of any such documents.
Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is
also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.                 Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5.                 Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
The
validity of the Common Stock to be registered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by
Andrew S.
Hughes, the Company's Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
As of November 19, 2009, Mr. Hughes beneficially owned 57,354
shares of Common Stock,
which includes 40,000 shares of Common Stock issuable within 60 days of the date
hereof upon the exercise of stock options.
Item
6.                 Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section
317 of the California General Corporation Law (the "
CGCL
") allows for the
indemnification of officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms
sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act. Article IV of the Company's amended and restated articles of
incorporation, as amended, and Article VI of the Company's amended and restated
bylaws, as amended, provide for indemnification of the Company's directors,
officers, employees and other agents to the extent and under the circumstances
permitted by the CGCL. The Company has also entered into agreements with its
officers and directors that may require the Company to, among other things,
indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other than
liabilities arising from any acts or omissions or transactions from which a
director may not be relieved of liability under the CGCL), to advance their
expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they
could be indemnified, and to obtain directors' and officers' insurance if
available on reasonable terms. Forms of the indemnification agreements are filed
as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
November 5, 2008.  The Company has obtained directors' and officers'
insurance pursuant to these agreements.
The
foregoing statutory provisions, provisions in our amended and restated articles
of incorporation, as amended, and agreements with directors and officers may
reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors, and may
discourage or deter shareholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against
the Company's directors for breach of their duties, even though such an action,
if successful, might have otherwise benefited the Company and its
shareholders.  These provisions do not alter the liability of
directors under federal securities laws and do not affect the right to sue (nor
to recover monetary damages) under federal securities laws for violations
thereof.
Item
7.                 Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8.                 Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
5.1*
Legal
      Opinion of Andrew S. Hughes, Esq.
23.1*
Consent
      of Andrew S. Hughes, Esq. is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
      Statement
23.2*
Consent
      of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
23.3*
Consent
      of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
24.1*
Power
      of Attorney for directors and certain executive officers of the
      Company
99.1
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan, as amended through August 1, 2007, and
      form of option agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report on
      Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and incorporated
      herein by reference)
99.2
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of
      August 20, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
      on August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by
  reference)
99.3
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Stock Options (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K on
      August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference)
99.4
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Restricted Stock Units (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on
      Form 8-K on August 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by
      reference)
*
Filed herewith
Item
9.                 Undertakings.
(a)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)        To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;
(ii)        To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this registration
statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in this effective registration statement;
and
(iii)        To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to
such information in this registration statement;
Provided, however,
that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof;
and
(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(h)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Jose, State of California, on November 19, 2009.
BELL
      MICROPRODUCTS INC.
By:
/s/ William
      E. Meyer
Name: William
      E. Meyer
Title: Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
*
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
November
      19, 2009
W.
      Donald Bell
/s/
      William E. Meyer
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)
November
      19, 2009
William
      E. Meyer
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
Gordon
      A. Campbell
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
Eugene
      B. Chaiken
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
David
      M. Ernsberger
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
Edward
      L. Gelbach
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
Peter
      G. Hanelt
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
James
      E. Ousley
*
Director
November
      19, 2009
Mark
      L. Sanders
*
William
      E. Meyer, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign and execute this
      Registration Statement of Form S-8 on behalf of the above-named directors
      and officers of Bell Microproducts Inc. on this 19th day of November,
      2009, pursuant to powers of attorney executed on behalf of such directors
      and officers, and contemporaneously filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission.
By:
/s/ William E.
      Meyer
William E.
      Meyer, Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
5.1*
Legal
      Opinion of Andrew S. Hughes, Esq.
23.1*
Consent
      of Andrew S. Hughes, Esq. is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
      Statement
23.2*
Consent
      of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
23.3*
Consent
      of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
24.1*
Power
      of Attorney for directors and certain executive officers of the
      Company
99.1
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 1998 Stock Plan, as amended through August 1, 2007, and
      form of option agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report on
      Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and incorporated
      herein by reference)
99.2
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of
      August 20, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
      on August 25, 2009 and incorporated herein by
reference)
99.3
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Stock Options (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K on
      August 25, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference)
99.4
Bell
      Microproducts Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
      Restricted Stock Units (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on
      Form 8-K on August 25, 2009 and incorporated herein by
      reference)
*
Filed
herewith