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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-04-026043.txt : 20040514
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-04-026043.hdr.sgml : 20040514
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040514140959
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-026043
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040512
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040514

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOUSQUETTE WILLIAM C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001190479

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10062
		FILM NUMBER:		04806389

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3086 PURCHASE STREET
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTERTAN INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000803227
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-RADIO TV & CONSUMER ELECTRONICS STORES [5731]
		IRS NUMBER:				752130875
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		279 BAYVIEW DRIVE
		CITY:			BARRIE ONTARIO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			L4M 4W5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7057286242

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		279 BAYVIEW DRIVE
		STREET 2:		-
		CITY:			BARRIE ONTARIO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			L4M 4W5
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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        <issuerName>INTERTAN INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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        <footnote id="F1">Options vested in four (4) equal installments commencing on the date of the Company's annual general meeting held on November 9, 1999 and became fully vested on the date of the Company's annual general meeting on November 8, 2002.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/   Yvonne A. Evans, Attorney in Fact for William C. Bousquette</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-05-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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