Merriman Capital Advises Aurora Semiconductor

San Francisco, CA & Saint Petersburg, FL - January 21, 2016 - Merriman Capital, Inc. ("Merriman"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: MERR), and Aurora Semiconductor are pleased to announce that Merriman acted as advisor to Aurora on the recent purchase of a Multichip Module (MCM) facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida from Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Gary Breton, CEO of Aurora Semiconductor said, "Aurora was honored to be represented by Merriman during its acquisition of the St. Petersburg site. We have a long standing relationship with Merriman built on significant trust and respect that has led to valued advice. We could not have had a better partner to work with and express our appreciation to Merriman."

 "Merriman was privileged to work with Gary Breton and the team at Aurora on the Draper transaction. We feel Aurora's unique low to medium volume independent semiconductor foundry model fills a significant need in the marketplace," said Rich Gimigliano, Managing Director at Merriman Capital.

About Aurora Semiconductor

Aurora Semiconductor is a US Wafer Foundry and Semiconductor Packaging company focused on technology development and processing needs of low to medium volume fabless customers. Our customers benefit from the access, security and control of ITAR and Trusted US facilities. Aurora's value proposition is to work with customers to develop and  implement into production, customized CMOS and MEMS foundry flows, multichip modules, specialized packaging, and test for competitive advantage. Embedded deep in our values is a commitment to U.S. jobs and reinvestment in the U.S. economy. Aurora is committed to being the partner of choice serving Trusted Military, Industrial, Medical and MEMS markets providing customer solutions not available in large foundry, assembly and test manufacturers.

www.aurorasemi.com 

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:
Rich Gimigliano
(415) 248-5607
[email protected]

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