Merriman Capital Hires Leigh Salvo as Vice President of Investor Relations Services

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merriman Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR), today announced that it has hired Leigh Salvo as Vice President of Investor Relations Services.  In this role, Leigh will provide an added layer of service to advisory clients and ensure consistent communication and support from Merriman's core capital markets advisory activities.

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For more than two decades, Ms. Salvo has delivered comprehensive investor relations and strategic communications programs to a range of renowned firms – from micro to large cap, as well as from private to public.  She has served as executive and director for, not only her own consulting company, but for more than 50 publicly traded companies and the American Stock Exchange. Her background on Wall Street, as well as in corporate, agency and consulting environments, has given her a rich perspective on the capital markets and enables her to deliver superior financial communications counsel and support.

Douglas Rogers, Managing Director of Merriman's Capital Markets Advisory Group commented,  "Going forward, it is essential to us that we implement innovative means of supporting and extending our ongoing advisory capacity for our corporate clients.  Although Merriman remains, at its core, a full service investment bank, our corporate advisory approach now allows us to offer a banking and transaction oriented element to traditional capital markets relations. Leigh will be an instrumental component in our strategy."

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
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