UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): January 5, 2010
TheStreet.com, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DE | 0-25779 | 06-1515824 |
(State or other Jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
14 Wall Street 15th Floor | 10005 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 321-5000 |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement | |
On January 5, 2010, TheStreet.com, Inc. (the "Company") and James J. Cramer executed an agreement (the "Agreement"). Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties amended the Employment Agreement dated as of January 1, 2008 between the Company and Mr. Cramer (as previously amended, the "Employment Agreement"), to provide that (i) the increase to Mr. Cramer's base salary that was to take effect on January 1, 2010 (to $1,872,000 per annum, from $1,560,000 per annum) will be delayed until July 1, 2010; and (ii) Mr. Cramer's target bonus for 2010 will be $1,287,000 (before the Amendment, it would be have been 75% of $1,872,000, or $1,404,000), subject to the proviso in the Employment Agreement that Mr. Cramer's annual bonus be not less than the annual bonus paid to any other executive, employee or independent contractor engaged by the Company for the period. Except as expressly modified by the Amendment, the terms of the Employment Agreement remain unmodified and in full force and effect. The Agreement also provided that the Company would grant Mr. Cramer 22,200 restricted stock units (RSUs) promptly upon execution of the Agreement, one-third of which RSUs shall vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to the terms of an RSU agreement in the form of the RSU agreement between the parties dated as of April 9, 2008.
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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.
| TheStreet.com, Inc. (Registrant) |
Date: January 5, 2010 | By: | /s/ Gregory Barton |
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| Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary |