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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MERRIMAN HOLDINGS APPOINTS BOARD
MEMBERS
Names
Patrick W. O’Brien to Board of Directors and Doug Bergeron to Advisory
Board
San Francisco – December 23, 2010 -
Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), today announced the appointment
of Patrick W. O’Brien to its board of directors.
Mr.
O’Brien is filling the board seat that’s being vacated by Doug Bergeron, who
resigned from the board effective December 20. Bergeron will join the
Merriman advisory board.
“We
greatly appreciate Doug’s advice and counsel throughout this past year and look
forward to his continued involvement and input as a member of our advisory
board,” said Jon Merriman, co- chairman of Merriman Holdings, Inc.
Previously,
O’Brien was a vice president of asset management for Kennedy Associates Real
Estate Counsel where he represented pension fund ownership interests in hotel
real estate investments nationwide. He was managing director &
principal of RMG Capital Partners, where he was the practice leader in this
turnaround management and investment banking firm.
Merriman
continued, “Patrick’s deep financial and operating expertise will be of great
service to our shareholders and board of directors as we head into
2011.”
About
Merriman Holdings, Inc.
Merriman
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR) is a financial services firm focused on
fast-growing companies and the institutions that invest in them. The company
offers high-quality investment banking, equity research, institutional services
and corporate & venture services. Merriman specializes in three
industry growth sectors: Technology, CleanTech and Consumer, Media &
Internet. For more information, please go to http://www.merrimanco.com/
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/A filed on April 30, 2010. 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-K/A filed on April 30, 2010 and the Form 10-Q filed on November 15, 2010, together with this press release and
the financial information contained herein, are available on our website,
www.mcfco.com. Please click on "Investor
Relations."
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At the
Company:
Peter
Coleman
Chief
Financial Officer
Merriman
Holdings, Inc.
(415)
248-5640