Merriman Capital Adds Norm Farra To Financial Entrepreneur Platform

Mr. Farra commented, "I am excited to bring my extensive background in banking and advisory work to Merriman Capital. The platform is a perfect solution for me and I look forward to extending our collective abilities to offer our clients a full range of investment banking services."

"We continue to attract great people to our rapidly growing Financial Entrepreneur platform, said Will Febbo, COO of Merriman Capital. "We have known Norm for years through his history in financing small and micro cap companies and we are confident he brings knowledge and a strong network of companies who need capital markets assistance."    

About Norm Farra

Norm Farra has over 23 years of experience in retail, deal marketing, management, investment banking, and retail brokerage. Norm has directly funded or facilitated retail distribution for over $2 Billion in various investments. Prior to joining Aegis in January 2012, Norm had raised capital and advised for public Internet, New Media, Health Care, Real Estate, Media, Biotech, and Resource companies. He has expertise in product structuring for Preferred Equity, Convertible Debt Financing, Registered Directs, IPOS, Secondary Offerings, SPACs, and PIPES. Prior to joining Aegis, Norm was a Managing Director of Investment Banking for several regional firms, where he raised capital in a multitude of industries and assisted clients in both short term bridge needs, as well as long term capital fundraising. Norm has served as Board Advisor and Director of several companies over the years, is a Certified Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and is currently Lead Director and NGC Chairman of the Board of Directors for Local.com (Nasdaq: LOCM).

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. The firm also provides 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/.

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