Merriman Capital Acted as Co-Manager in:

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Merriman Capital (Nasdaq: MERR) acted as co-manager in Entropic Communications, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ENTR) $104.3 million follow-on offering of 10,750,000 shares of common stock; The KEYW Holding Corp.'s (Nasdaq: KEYW) $91.0 million initial public offering of 9,100,000 shares of common stock; and GeoEye, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: GEOY) $125.0 million underwritten offering of Senior Secured Notes at 8.625% due in 2016. All three financial transactions were priced during the week of September 27, 2010.

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Entropic Communications, Inc. announced the pricing of its follow-on offering on September 30, 2010. Details of the transaction can be found at the Company's website: http://www.entropic.com.

The KEYW Holding Corp. announced the pricing of its initial public offering on October 1, 2010. Details of the transaction can be found at the Company's website: http://keywcorp.com/.

GeoEye, Inc. announced the pricing of its underwritten notes offering on October 1, 2010. Details of the transaction can be found at the Company's website: http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/.

About Entropic Communications, Inc.

Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTR) is a leading fabless semiconductor company that is engineering the future of connected home networking and entertainment by providing next-generation silicon and software technologies to the world's leading cable, telecommunications and satellite service providers, OEMs and consumer electronics manufacturers.

About The KEYW Holding Corp.

The KEYW Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) provides mission-critical cybersecurity and cyber superiority solutions to defense, intelligence and national security agencies. The company's solutions, services and products support the collection, processing, analysis, and use of intelligence data and information in the domain of cyberspace.

About GeoEye, Inc.

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) is an international information services company serving government and commercial markets. The company is recognized as one of the geospatial industry's imagery experts, delivering exceptional quality imagery products, services and solutions to customers around the world. In August, GeoEye was named one of Fortune Magazine's "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" in the United States. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, the company has over 500 employees, dedicated to developing best-in-class geospatial information products and services. The company provides support to academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations through the GeoEye Foundation (http://www.geoeyefoundation.org).

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, and specializes in three growth industry sectors: CleanTech, Consumer, Media & Internet and Technology. For more information, please go to 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 August 12, 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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