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Conflicts and Disclosure Policy

Editorial Staffers

To avoid any appearance that our reporting is driven by personal interest, TheStreet.com, Inc. does not permit any employees on its editorial staff to individually hold positions in individual stocks, though they are permitted to own stock in TheStreet.com, Inc. ( TSCM:Nasdaq). The restriction is, to our knowledge, among the most stringent in financial journalism.

Editorial staffers are permitted to own mutual funds. However, if a staffer writes about a mutual fund in which he or she holds shares, appropriate disclosure is made. Furthermore, editorial staff reporters whose beat covers a particular industry are not permitted to hold shares in closed-end or exchange-traded mutual funds that are primarily focused on that industry.

Board Members and Business Staffers

Similarly, restrictions have been placed upon the involvement of the board members and business staffers of TheStreet.com, Inc., including columnist and board member James J. Cramer, in the editorial content of the magazine. Board members and business staffers are not permitted to discuss individual stocks with editorial staffers of TheStreet.com or RealMoney. Moreover, as a general matter, neither board members nor business staffers — nor anyone else outside of editorial staff of and contributors to TheStreet.com or RealMoney — are informed of the contents of any of our stories prior to their being posted on the sites.

Outside Columnists

Outside contributing columnists for TheStreet.com and RealMoney.com, including Mr. Cramer, may from time to time write about stocks in which they or their firms have a position. In such cases, appropriate disclosure is made.

Neither Mr. Cramer nor any other contributing columnist who owns stocks will respond to questions received via TheStreet.com for any individual investment advice or money management assistance. Nor will they respond to any email requests for guidance with regard to securities, except possibly to refer the writer to our publications and to this statement.

TheStreet.com, Inc. Investors

Major investors in TheStreet.com include Flatiron Partners, JP Morgan Chase unit, JP Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. (formerly Chase Capital Partners), 3i Group PLC, ETF Holding N.V.and Rocker Partners, L.P.In all stories concerned with these companies, TheStreet.com notes their ownership stakes.

TheStreet.com, Inc. Underwriters

Goldman Sachs, Hambrecht & Quist and Thomas Weisel Partners underwrote the initial public offering for TheStreet.com, Inc.

Distribution Alliances

TheStreet.com, Inc. has distribution alliances with many companies, including America Online; Charles Schwab; MSN Money, a division of Microsoft Corporation; Motorola; Quicken.com, owned by Intuit; wireless providers Palm, Inc. (recently spun off from 3Com, AvantGo and GoAmerica); and Yahoo!. We have a revenue-sharing arrangement with Amazon.com.