SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MERR) was a co-manager in Coinstar, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CSTR) $200 million public offering of senior convertible notes (including overallotment). The transaction closed today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090911/MCFLOGO) The pricing of the public offering was announced on September 10, 2009 by Coinstar. Details on the transaction can be found at Coinstar's Web site: http://www.coinstar.com/. About Coinstar, Inc. Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTRNASDAQ:-NASDAQ:News) is a leading provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient products and services that make life easier for consumers and drive incremental traffic and revenue for its retailers. The company's core automated retail businesses are self-service coin counting and self-service DVD rental. Other Coinstar products and services include e-payment products - such as gift cards, prepaid debit cards and other prepaid products - and money transfer services. The Company's products and services can be found at more than 90,000 points of presence including supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, restaurants and money transfer agents. About Merriman Curhan Ford Merriman Curhan Ford (NASDAQ:MERR) is a financial services firm focused on fast-growing companies and the institutions that invest in them. The company offers high-quality investment banking, equity research, institutional services and corporate & venture services, and specializes in five growth industry sectors: CleanTech, Consumer/Internet/Media, Health Care, Natural Resources and Technology. For more information, please go to http://www.mcfco.com/. 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 the Company. 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/A filed on April 30, 2009 and our Forms 10-Q filed on May 15 and August 11, 2009. 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," "will," 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/A filed on April 30, 2009 and Forms 10-Q filed on May 15 and August 11, 2009, together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, is available on our website by going to http://www.mcfco.com/ and clicking on "Investor Relations." http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090911/MCFLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Merriman Curhan Ford CONTACT: Henry Tang of Merriman Curhan Ford, +1-415-262-1353, Web Site: http://www.coinstar.com/

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