Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Brichler Joseph A.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MarketWatch.com, Inc. (MKTW)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Director                                       10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

Controller                                        

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

c/o MarketWatch.com, Inc.
825 Battery Street

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

 

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
2/7/03

(Street)

San Francisco, CA 94111

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 		 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
    Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)     (State)     (Zip)

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship Form:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

Common Stock

2/7/03

 

M

 

2,887

A

$4.0300

 

D

 

Common Stock

2/7/03

 

S

 

2,887

D

$6.2797

0.00

D

 
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$4.0300

2/7/03

 

M

 

 

2,887

 (1)

1/22/12

Common Stock

2,887

 

38,238

D

 

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Issue of option to purchase 19,125 shares in connection with offer to exchange by MarketWatch.com, Inc. pursuant to a schedule &) filed on June 20, 2001 and subsequently amended on July 9, 2001, July 12, 2001 and July 27, 2001. Becomes exercisable with respect to 1/3 of the shares as of each of July 18, 2002, July 18, 2003 and July 18, 2004.
  By: /s/ JOSEPH A. BRICHLER
             Joseph A. Brichler
**Signature of Reporting Person		 2/10/03
Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
and signing singly, Larry Kramer, Joe Brichler and Joan Platt, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
an officer and/or director of MarketWatch.com, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
1934 Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of August, 2002.

Signature:  /s/JOSEPH BRICHLER

Print Name: Joe Brichler