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To: Sector Investor who wrote (564)	11/18/1997 1:50:00 PM
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Merisel Honors 1997 Hot List Winners at 15th Annual Comdex Award Party EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1997--Merisel Inc. (Nasdaq:MSEL) announced this year's Hot List Award winners at its annual Fall Co mdex award celebration. Merisel hosted The Merisel Speakeasy Monday evening in roaring-twenties style at the Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas. Merisel's executive management team, including Chief Executive Officer Dwight Steffensen and President Bob McInerney, along with platinum sponsors CMP Media Inc. and ViewSonic, were on hand to host the exclusive event and acknowledge the industry's top manufacturers for their best-selling products in 1997. Guests were treated to big-band music and swing dancing in addition to hors d'oeuvres, martinis/cocktails, gourmet desserts, coffees and fine cigars. Also contributing to the event were gold sponsors Compaq, IBM, Okidata and Toshiba; and silver sponsors Corel, InFocus, Intel, Intel Canada, Minolta and Sun Microsystems. "We've had a very successful year in achieving many of the milestones we had set out to achieve," said McInerney. "Our Hot Performers Event gives us the opportunity to acknowledge our manufacturer partners and customers and celebrate the year's most successful products. "With our strong partnerships and the opportunities Merisel is positioned to take advantage of, we're looking forward to a great 1998." Merisel's Hot List is produced to recognize the best-selling products within 25 product segments and four distinct channels: Retail, VAR, Macintosh and Commercial. Since 1982, Merisel's Hot List has been a leading industry indicator in determining top-selling products and has provided resellers, manufacturers and industry analysts with a comprehensive tool to track product trends. The Hot List is circulated to Merisel customers and can also be found on Merisel's corporate home page. Merisel Inc. is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware and software products, with reported 1996 sales of $3.44 billion from North American operations. Merisel distributes a full line of 25,000 products and services from the industry's leading manufacturers to more than 45,000 resellers throughout North America. In addition, the company provides a full range of customized, value-added services. Merisel also offers dedicated support to high-end resellers through the Merisel Open Computing Alliance (MOCA), a specialty division for Sun Microsystems and third-party products. Merisel's corporate home page, @Merisel, is located at www.merisel.com . 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Technologies Module-06 Power Devices Back-UPS 280VA American Power Conversion Accessories Premium IBM Parallel Belkin Components Printer Cable 10' Hubs Ethernet 5-port Hub Linksys Bridges, Routers and Pipeline 75 ISDN Ascend Gateways Router Communications Network Interface EtherLink IIIB ISA 3Com Cards/Adapters Combo NIC VAR CATEGORY PRODUCT MANUFACTURER Business Software Microsoft Office Microsoft Professional Education and Microsoft Flight Microsoft Recreation Software Simulator DTP, Presentation and Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Graphics Software Utilities ARCserve Cheyenne Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Network Operating Microsoft Windows Microsoft Systems NT Server Languages Microsoft Visual Basic Microsoft Professional Internet Software Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft Desktops HP Vectra VL5 5/166 Hewlett-Packard Notebooks ThinkPad 380D P/150MMX IBM Servers ProLiant 800 6/200 Compaq RISC Workstation SPARCstation 5 Sun Microsystems Model 170 Hard Drives Caviar 2100 2.1GB EIDE Western Digital Tape Drives HP SureStore DAT8i Hewlett-Packard 8GB Internal Storage Zip Drive 100MB Iomega Parallel Port Solution Printers and Plotters HP DeskJet 692C Hewlett-Packard Monitors and Terminals G771 17" Monitor ViewSonic Add-in Boards AHA-1520B ISA-Fast SCSI Adaptec Data Communications Sportster 28.8/33.6 U.S. Robotics V.34 Internal Input Devices MouseMan Combo Logitech Memory Compaq 8MB Module for Kingston Technology ProLinea 4/25S Power Devices Back-UPS 280VA American Power Conversion Accessories Premium IBM Parallel Belkin Components Printer Cable 10' Hubs EtheRx 8-port Kingston Networking Workgroup Hub Bridges, Routers Pipeline 75 ISDN Router Ascend Communications and Gateways Network Interface EtherLink IIIB ISA 3Com Cards/Adapters Combo NIC MACINTOSH CATEGORY PRODUCT MANUFACTURER Business Software FileMaker Pro Claris Corp. Education and Microsoft Arcade Microsoft Recreation Software DTP, Presentation and The Print Shop Deluxe Broderbund Graphics Software Utilities Norton Utilities Symantec Internet Software Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft Languages Visual Cafe Symantec Desktops Power Macintosh Apple Computer 7300/180 16MB/2GB Notebooks PowerBook 3400C/240 Apple Computer 16MB/3GB Servers Network Server Apple Computer 700 48/4GB DAT Storage CD-ROM Portable Panasonic Quad Speed Printers and Plotters HP DeskWriter 600 Hewlett-Packard Inkjet 600dpi Monitors and Terminals SyncMaster 17GLi 17" Samsung Monitor Add-in Boards AHA-2940UW Mac Power Adaptec Domain Kit W-Ultra Data Communications Sportster 28.8/33.6 U.S. Robotics Input Devices AppleDesign Keyboard Apple Computer Memory Apple 16MB for Kingston Technology PowerBook 1400 Series Accessories Zip Disk 100MB Iomega Hubs DaynaSTAR Hub-16 Dayna Communications Network Interface Fast EtherTX-10/100 Farallon Cards/Adapters PCI NIC RETAIL CATEGORY PRODUCT MANUFACTURER Education Software Sesame Street: Electronic Arts Toddler Deluxe Distribution Business Software Microsoft Money Microsoft Internet Software Microsoft Internet Microsoft Explorer Starter Kit DTP, Presentation and Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Graphics Software Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Recreation Microsoft Flight Microsoft Simulator Utilities Microsoft Plus! Microsoft Add-in Boards APA-1460A-2 Kit Adaptec Slim SCSI Input Devices Microsoft Mouse Combo Microsoft Interface CONTACT: Merisel Inc., El Segundo Leslie J. Sinfield, 310/615-6490 e-mail: leslie.sinfield@merisel.com 13:22 EST NOVEMBER 18, 1997