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): September 4, 2013

 

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 1.01	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 4, 2013, the Company entered into a definitive agreement Distribution Networks LLC for the purchase of transaction platform software assets for its Financial Entrepreneur Platform.  Under the agreement the Company paid 833,333 shares of stock and $20,000 in cash and is obligated to pay a further 1,811,594 shares of stock and $93,000 in cash provided certain performance criteria and delivery requirements in the agreement are satisfied.

 

Item 9.01(d)	Exhibits
99.1	Press release dated September 10, 2013 announcing asset purchase.

 

 

 

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:  September 10, 2013	By:	/s/ D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN
		D. Jonathan Merriman
		Chief Executive Officer