Merriman Capital Announces Results From Investor Summit 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merriman Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR), today announced the results from its Investor Summit 2012, which was held in New York City on February 1.

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The three-presentation track conference hosted more than 500 registered institutional investors and senior executives from 43 innovative, fast-growing domestic and international companies. Over 450 one-on-one meetings were conducted between investors and management teams throughout the day.

"We'd like to thank our sponsors, clients and internal team for a great showing at Investor Summit 2012," said Spencer Grimes, Managing Director of Merriman Capital. "Investor demand for underfollowed, fast-growing domestic and international companies is increasing. The higher than expected attendance and one-on-one meetings at this event indicate that capital is freeing up and demand for more aggressive investment returns still exists with a select group of aggressive, forward thinking investors."

Webcast replays from many of the company presentations at Investor Summit 2012 can be found on the Merriman Capital website at http://tiny.cc/9cql4.

The presenting companies represented industries that are growing faster than the overall economy, such as Materials Technology, Clean Energy, Technology and Telecommunications, and Resources, including Precious Metals, Critical Metals and Rare Earths.

Institutional investors can learn more about the companies that presented at Investor Summit 2012 and future investor conferences and road shows by contacting the firm's Capital Markets Advisory Group at 415-248-5608.

Investor Summit 2012 was made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship support of DLA Piper, Liolios Group, Inc, OTC Markets, National Securities, vFinance, NiteTables, PR Newswire's Vintage Filings and SNN Wire's Micro Cap Review.

About Merriman Capital, Inc.

Merriman Capital, Inc. is an investment banking firm providing equity and options execution services, market making, and differentiated research for high growth companies. We also provide capital raising, advisory, and M&A services. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR) and is the leading investment banking firm for OTCQX companies. For more information, please go to http://www.merrimanco.com/.

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/contact.cfm. 

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 28, 2011 and our Form 10-Q filed on November14, 2011. 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 28, 2011and 10-Q filed on November 14, 2011, together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, are available on our website, www.merrimanco.com. Please click on "Investor Relations."

SOURCE Merriman Holdings, Inc.