X0202 4 2005-12-15 0 0000094887 STRIDE RITE CORP SRR 0001040544 ISHAM F LANCE 191 SPRING STREET LEXINGTON MA 02421 1 0 0 0 Phantom Stock 2005-12-15 4 A 0 12.58 12.7800 A Common Stock, $.25 par value 12.5800 12.5800 D one-for-one The phantom stock units represent shares of stock awarded to the director under The Stride Rite Corporation's Non-employee Director Stock Ownership Plan but which were deferred under The Stride Rite Corporation's Director's Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in shares of stock, in either a lump sum or installments as elected by the director at the time of deferral, following the end of the calendar year in which the reporting person ceases to be a director. The phantom stock units were accrued under The Stride Rite Corporation's director's deferred compensation plan and are to be settled in shares of stock following the end of the calendar year in which the reporting person ceases to be a director. By: /s/ Charles W. Redepenning 2005-12-16