EXHIBIT 99.5
                                    ADDENDUM
                                       TO
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


          The following provisions are hereby incorporated into, and are hereby
made a part of, that certain Stock Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") by
and between Multex.com, Inc. (the "Corporation") and              ("Optionee")
evidencing the stock option (the "Option") granted on         , 199____ to
Optionee under the terms of the Corporation's 1999 Stock Option Plan, and such
provisions shall be effective immediately.  All capitalized terms in this
Addendum, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Option Agreement.

                            INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION
                          FOLLOWING CHANGE IN CONTROL

          1.  To the extent the Option does not accelerate, in connection with a
Change in Control, the Option shall continue, over Optionee's period of Service
after the Change in Control, to become exercisable for the Option Shares in one
or more installments in accordance with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
However, immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee's Service
within eighteen (18) months following such Change in Control, the Option (or any
replacement grant), to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise
fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that the Option shall
become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to
the Option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully vested
shares of Common Stock.

          2.  The Option as accelerated under Paragraph 1 shall remain so
exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the expiration
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of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of Optionee's
Involuntary Termination.

          3.  For purposes of this Addendum, an Involuntary Termination shall
mean the termination of Optionee's Service by reason of:

                (A)  Optionee's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
          Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or

                (B)  Optionee's voluntary resignation following (A) a change in
          Optionee's position with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
          employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee's level of
          responsibility, (B) a reduction in Optionee's level of compensation
          (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any
          corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than
          fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of Optionee's place of
          employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such
          change, reduction or relocation is effected by the Corporation without
          Optionee's consent.

 
          4.  The provisions of Paragraph 2 of this Addendum shall govern the
period for which the Option is to remain exercisable following the Involuntary
Termination of Optionee's Service within eighteen (18) months after the Change
in Control and shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in Paragraph 5 of
the Option Agreement.