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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the PublicUtility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Cramer James J.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Cramer, Berkowitz & Company, 40 Fulton Street, 24th Floor
(Street)
New York NY 10038
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TheStreet.com, Inc. (TSCM)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement of Month/Year
December 1999
5. If Amendment, Date or Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title Other
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below)
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7. Individual or Join/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I-- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------- ------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) (A) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) ship
(D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01
("Common Stock") 12/21/99 G(1) V 1,213,415 D I By Cramer
Partners,
L.L.C.
Common Stock 12/21/99 G(1) V 1,213,415 A 1,213,415* I By Trust
(James J.
Cramer 1999
GRAT-2)
Common Stock 125,000* I By Cramer
Partners,
L.P.
Common Stock 232,071* I By Trust
(James J.
Cramer 1999
GRAT)
Common Stock 1,306,205* I By Cramer
Partners,
L.L.C.
Common Stock 333,427 D
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of posed of (D)
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
ative Day/ Year)
Security Year)
Date Expira-
Code V (A) (D) Exer- tion
cisable Date
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Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $19.00 12/30/99 J(2) 30,000 12/31/00 3/31/01
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Underlying Securities Deriv of Deriv- ship ture
ative ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Secur- Secur- of De- direct
ity ities rivative Bene-
(Instr. Bene Secu- ficial
5) ficially rity: Own-
Owned Direct ership
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Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 30,000 (2) 30,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents shares of Common Stock distributed out of Cramer Partners, L.L.C.
and deposited into the James J. Cramer 1999 GRAT-2
(2) Granted pursuant to an amendment to James J. Cramer's employment agreement
whereby James J. Cramer agreed to forgo expected calendar year 2000 cash
compensation of $275,000 in exchange for options.
* The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities
except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ James J. Cramer 1/10/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: James J. Cramer
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