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Brad Busse Joins Merriman Capital's Financial Entrepreneur Platform

MERR



San Francisco - February 9, 2016 - Merriman Capital, Inc. ("Merriman"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: MERR), recently welcomed Brad Busse to their Financial Entrepreneur Platform.
 
"We are very excited to have Brad join the team as we continue to build out a highly selective group of professionals on the Financial Entrepreneur Platform," commented Adriana Piltz, COO of Merriman Capital. "Brad's extraordinary background and network will add to our flow of growth companies looking for strategic advice and growth capital."
 
"Brad's experience in helping to build Daniels & Associates from a boutique investment firm primarily focused on the cable television industry to the most active investment bank in the telecom, media and technology industries will be an invaluable resource to our clients and our firm overall," said Jon Merriman, CEO of Merriman Capital.  "We are very pleased to add such a prominent executive who has excelled in our industry as a senior banker, advisor, business manager and entrepreneur."
 
"I chose Merriman's FEP based on my long term relationship with Jon and my confidence in the team," said Brad Busse. "I was impressed by the members of the FEP and the opportunity afforded by the strength of this network and I believe that the Digital Capital Network is a creative and leading-edge capital acquisition tool."
 
Mr. Busse joined Daniels & Associates in 1985 after gaining broad experience in finance and accounting.  After briefly serving in the Cable Television Group, he took responsibility for building the Telecommunications Group, which, during his tenure, completed more transactions in the wireline, wireless and telecom infrastructure sectors than any other investment bank in the country.
 
Mr. Busse was President and one of the two lead principals at Daniels & Associates when it was acquired by RBC Capital Markets (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada) in January 2007.  Mr. Busse continued in the role of Co-Head of the US Communications, Media & Entertainment ("CME") Group for RBC Capital Markets from 2007 to 2012, where he was responsible for the management and strategic development of the CME Group, which included merger & acquisitions, equity and debt capital formation and financial advisory engagements.  From 2012 to 2014 Mr. Busse provided senior industry coverage across all of the US industry groups for RBC Capital Markets.
 
Mr. Busse served as chairman of the PCIA Foundation, a leading wireless industry foundation from 1999 to 2001 and was appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Owens to serve on the Colorado Commission on Science & Technology from 2000 to 2006.  In 2010, he was appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to the Colorado Commission on Early Childhood Leadership and was reappointed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper in 2012.
 
Mr. Busse is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, which he chaired from 2009 to 2012.  In 2011, he received the highest honor for Community Service from the University of Denver at their annual Founder's Day dinner.
 
For the past twenty years, Mr. Busse has been an active leader in the United Way movement at the local, national and international level, which included chairing the Mile High United Way (Denver) Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2010, chairing the Million Dollar Roundtable for United Way of America from 2002 to 2007 and serving on the Global Leadership Council of United Way Worldwide from 2012 to present.  He currently serves as an Emeritus Trustee on the Board of Mile High United Way and chairs the US Committee of Global Leadership Council for United Way Worldwide. 
 
Mr. Busse was the inaugural chairman (from 2010 to 2015) and currently serves on the Board of EPIC (Executives Partnering to Invest in Children), which is a statewide early childhood initiative in Colorado, and is an active member of Colorado Concern, which is a non-partisan business association focusing on economic and other civic issues and whose membership includes the top business executives in Colorado.
 
Mr. Busse began his professional career at Arthur Andersen & Co in 1980 and, subsequently, became a financial manager for a $1 billion energy company.  He received a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Denver and an MBA from Regis College.  He resides, primarily, in Denver.
 
About Merriman Capital, Inc.
Merriman Capital, Inc. ("MC") is a full service investment bank and broker-dealer providing comprehensive advisory, fund raising and M&A services for fast growing public and private companies, and equity and options executions services to sophisticated investors. The firm is also a leader in providing entrepreneurial, independent investment banking teams with a compliant, flexible and highly collegial platform. Merriman Capital facilitates capital formation through its proprietary digital network (http://www.digitalcapitalnetwork.com - the "DCN"), a private placement marketplace that enables highly targeted, diligent and compliant execution of transactions primarily targeted toward Family Offices.
 
Merriman Capital, Inc. is the wholly owned brokerage subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: MERR).The Digital Capital Network, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc.  All securities are offered through Merriman Capital, Inc, 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/.
 
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 any entity. 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 filed on March 31, 2015. 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 filed on March 31, 2015, together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, are available on our website, www.merrimanco.com. Please click on "Investor Relations."

 
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At Merriman:
Adriana Piltz
Chief Operating Office
(646) 292-1424
apiltz@merrimanco.com





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Source: Merriman Holdings Inc. via Globenewswire

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