Merriman Holdings Names Marshall S. Geller to its Independent Advisory Board

SAN FRANCISCO - September 11, 2014 - Merriman Holdings, Inc. MERR, the parent company of Merriman Capital, Inc., today announced that it has appointed Marshall Geller to its independent advisory board.  
 
Mr. Geller is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of St. Cloud Capital, LLC, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm focused on providing growth capital to companies who fall below the Wall Street radar screen and banking system. He has been involved with all aspects of St. Cloud's day-to-day operating activities and portfolio management functions since the firm was founded over thirteen years ago. He has extensive experience initiating, arranging and making investments in public and private companies.
 
Mr. Geller spent over twenty-four years as Senior Managing Director for Bear, Stearns & Company, with oversight of all operations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong and the Far East.
Mr. Geller left Bear, Stearns & Company in 1990 and formed a merchant bank which was a predecessor to St. Cloud Capital. Mr. Geller previously served on the Board of Directors of California Pizza Kitchen CPKI and led the Special Committee to sell the company. He was previously the Interim Co-Chairman of Hexcel Corporation HXL and Interim President and COO of Players International, Inc. Mr. Geller was a strategic early round investor in and advisor to iMall (a provider of electronic commerce services to small businesses), for which he helped arrange a $20 million equity investment by First Data Corporation in 1998, and which was sold to Excite@Home in October 1999 for $637 million.
 
Mr. Geller has served on many private and public company boards in the past. Mr. Geller served as a Commissioner of the Little Hoover Commission, an independent California state oversight agency. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of GP Strategies Corporation GPX, COR Securities Holdings, Inc., the Advisory Board of Banc of California and the UCLA Health System. Mr. Geller also serves as a member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He is a former partner of the Chicago Bulls professional basketball team and other various sport related teams.
 
"It's an honor to have Marshall on our advisory board. His knowledge of all elements of our business will be invaluable as we continue to grow," said Jon Merriman, Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to Marshall's advice and counsel during this rapidly evolving time in the brokerage business."
 
About Merriman Capital, Inc.                     
Merriman Capital, Inc. is a full service investment bank and Broker-Dealer that facilitates efficient capital formation through a proprietary digital network, and offers Capital Markets Advisory and comprehensive Corporate Brokerage services for public and private companies. The firm also provides equity and options execution services for sophisticated investors and differentiated research for high growth companies. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a wholly owned brokerage subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. MERR and is a leading advisory firm for publicly traded, high-growth companies.

Digital Capital Network, powered by Merriman Capital, is a capital marketplace that enables highly targeted and more efficient execution of transactions. Please visit our website for more information on how you can be a part of our Digital Capital Network: http://www.digitalcapitalnetwork.com.  Digital Capital Network, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc.  All operations on the Digital Capital Network are currently being executed by Merriman Capital, Inc.
 
Merriman Capital, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer and member of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) http://www.finra.org/ and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) http://www.sipc.org/.

Note to Investors
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to buy any securities of the Company. Forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with our business, which include the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2014. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," and "would" or similar words. We assume no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The Form 10-Kfiled on March 31, 2014, together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, are available on our website, www.merrimanco.com. Please click on "Investor Relations."
 

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Merriman Capital, Inc.
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