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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 6, 2011
MERRIMAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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001-15831
(Commission
File Number)
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11-2936371
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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600
California Street, 9th Floor,
San
Francisco, California
(
Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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94108
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (415) 248-5600
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Merriman
Curhan Ford Group, Inc.
Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
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(b)
Resignation of Director
Andrew
Arno resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective January 6,
2011. There were no disagreements with the Company. Mr.
Arno also resigned his position as Head of Equity Capital Markets of our
subsidiary Merriman Capital, Inc., effective January 6, 2011.
(d)
Election of Director
On
January 6, 2011 Alex Seiler, the Chief Executive Officer of Merriman Capital,
Inc., was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors by the other Board members
to serve until the next stockholder meeting at which directors are
elected. Mr. Seiler was selected by our former Board member, Andrew
Arno, to fill a seat reserved for election by the holders of our Series D
Preferred. Mr. Arno has the right to nominate one member of our Board
of Directors, and all of the holders of the Series D Preferred contractually
agreed to vote in favor of such nominee at any meeting of stockholders at which
directors are elected, pursuant to our Investors Rights Agreement dated August
27, 2010, which was filed as Exhibit 10.48 to the 8-K/A filed on September 2,
2009.
Item
9.01(d)
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Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release announcing appointment of Alex Seiler to, and the resignation of
Andrew Arno from, the Company’s Board of
Directors.
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
MERRIMAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
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Date:
January 11, 2011
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By:
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/s/
D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN
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D.
Jonathan Merriman
Chief
Executive Officer
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