SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SANDS GREGORY P

(Last) (First) (Middle)
755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200

(Street)
PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/10/2010
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
QUINSTREET, INC [ QNST ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common 892 I By Trust (CRT)(1)
Common 63 I By Trust (Trustees)(2)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 11/17/2009 11/16/2016 Common 25,000 19 D(3)
Series A Preferred Stock (4) (4) Common 2,200 (4) I By Children(5)
Series B Preferred Stock (6) (6) Common 12,712 (6) I By Children(5)
Series B Preferred Stock (6) (6) Common 5,893 (6) I By Trust (CRT)(1)
Series A Preferred Stock (4) (4) Common 69,072 (4) I By Trust (Trustees)(2)
Series B Preferred Stock (6) (6) Common 7,977 (6) I By Trust (Trustees)(2)
Explanation of Responses:
1. Shares held by a charitable remainder unitrust of which the reporting person is the trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.
2. Shares held by a trust of which the reporting person is a trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.
3. The reporting person shares pecuniary interest in these shares with other individuals pursuant to a contractual relationship. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.
4. The issuer's Series A Preferred Stock converts automatically into common stock without consideration on a two-for-one basis immediately upon the completion of the issuer's initial public offering.
5. Shares held by the children of the reporting person. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares.
6. The issuer's Series B Preferred Stock converts automatically into common stock without consideration on a one-for-one basis immediately upon the completion of the issuer's initial public offering.
Remarks:
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Robert Yin, by power of attorney 02/10/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes
David E. Sweet, Robert Yin, Patricia Tom, G. Leonard Baker, Jr., Jeffrey W.
Bird, Tench Coxe, James C. Gaither, David L. Anderson, Andrew T. Sheehan,
Michael L. Speiser, James N. White, or William H. Younger, Jr. to execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any
Amendments thereto for QuinStreet, Inc. ("the Company"), and cause such
form(s) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the Company.   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 a 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 Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
	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 January 12, 2010.




                                        /s/ Gregory P. Sands