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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Cramer James J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Cramer, Berkowitz & Company, 40 Fulton Street, 24th Floor
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(Street)
New York NY 10038
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TheStreet.com, Inc. (TSCM)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
August 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 8/21/00 P 5,000 A 7.0000
("Common Stock")
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Common Stock 8/22/00 P 15,000 A 7.8299
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Common Stock 8/24/00 P 10,000 A 8.0000
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Common Stock 8/25/00 P 5,000 A 8.5625 215,000* I By Cramer
Partners, L.P.
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Common Stock 1,213,415* I By Trust
(James J. Cramer
1999 GRAT-2)
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Common Stock 232,071 I By Trust
(James J. Cramer
1999 GRAT)
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Common Stock 1,306,205* I By Cramer
Partners, L.L.C.
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Common Stock 333,427 D
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB NUMBER.
(Over)
SEC 1474 (3/99)
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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)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option Common 30,000 (1) 30,000 D
(right to buy) Stock
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</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:
1) 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 in them.
/s/ James J. Cramer September 1, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: James J. Cramer
** 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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
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