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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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reported): June 4, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MERRIMAN HOLDINGS, INC.</B></P>

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in Charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-15831</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">11-2936371</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">of Incorporation)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>600 California Street, 9th Floor,</B></P>

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&nbsp;(Zip Code)</B></P>

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area code (415) 248-5600</B></P>

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Since Last Report)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(a)</B> On June 4, 2012, Merriman Holdings, Inc. (&ldquo;Merriman&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) dismissed Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. (&ldquo;BPM&rdquo;) as its independent registered public accounting
firm.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&rsquo;s Audit Committee and Board of Directors participated in and approved the decision to dismiss
BPM. The Company notified BPM of this decision on June 4, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The reports of BPM on the consolidated financial statements
for the past two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">In connection with the audits of
the Company&rsquo;s consolidated financial statements for each of the two fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2011, and
in the subsequent interim period through June 4, 2012, there were no disagreements with BPM on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope and procedures, which, if not resolved to the </FONT>satisfaction
of <FONT STYLE="color: black">BPM </FONT>would have caused <FONT STYLE="color: black">BPM </FONT>to make reference to the matter
in their report.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="color: black">The Company requested</FONT><FONT STYLE="color: green"> </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: black">BPM
to</FONT><FONT STYLE="color: green"> </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: black">furnish it a letter addressed to the Commission stating
whether it agrees with the above statements. A copy of that letter, dated</FONT> June 5, 2012 <FONT STYLE="color: black">is&nbsp;filed
as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K</FONT><FONT STYLE="color: green">.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(b)</B> On June 8, 2012 the Company engaged Marcum LLP (&ldquo;Marcum&rdquo;)
as the independent registered public accounting firm of Merriman Holdings, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&rsquo;s Audit Committee
and Board of Directors participated in and approved the decision to engage Marcum.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">During the Company&rsquo;s two most recent fiscal years and
in the subsequent period through June 8, 2012, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, consulted with Marcum regarding
either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on Merriman&rsquo;s financial statements, and no written report nor oral advice was provided by
Marcum, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation
S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 95%; font-size: 10pt">Letter from Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. regarding change in certifying accountant</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Merriman Holdings, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>Date:&nbsp; June 8, 2012</TD>
    <TD>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/&nbsp;D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>D. Jonathan Merriman &nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Chief Executive Officer &nbsp;</TD>
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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): June 4, 2012
MERRIMAN HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Charter)
Delaware
001-15831
11-2936371
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
Identification No.)
600 California Street, 9th Floor,
San Francisco, California  94108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code (415) 248-5600
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
Item 4.01.
Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
(a)
On June 4, 2012, Merriman Holdings, Inc. ("Merriman"
or the "Company") dismissed Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. ("BPM") as its independent registered public accounting
firm.  The Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors participated in and approved the decision to dismiss
BPM. The Company notified BPM of this decision on June 4, 2012.
The reports of BPM on the consolidated financial statements
for the past two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles.
In connection with the audits of
the Company's consolidated financial statements for each of the two fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2011, and
in the subsequent interim period through June 4, 2012, there were no disagreements with BPM on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope and procedures, which, if not resolved to the
satisfaction
of
BPM
would have caused
BPM
to make reference to the matter
in their report.
The Company requested
BPM
to
furnish it a letter addressed to the Commission stating
whether it agrees with the above statements. A copy of that letter, dated
June 5, 2012
is filed
as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K
.
(b)
On June 8, 2012 the Company engaged Marcum LLP ("Marcum")
as the independent registered public accounting firm of Merriman Holdings, Inc.  The Company's Audit Committee
and Board of Directors participated in and approved the decision to engage Marcum.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and
in the subsequent period through June 8, 2012, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, consulted with Marcum regarding
either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on Merriman's financial statements, and no written report nor oral advice was provided by
Marcum, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation
S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01(d)
Exhibits
16.1
Letter from Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. regarding change in certifying accountant
SIGNATURE
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.
Date:  June 8, 2012
By:
/s/ D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN
D. Jonathan Merriman
Chief Executive Officer