X0205 3/A 2012-02-21 2012-02-21 0 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001163220 SCOZZAFAVA RALPH P 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 265 I Elizabeth Scozzafava Revocable Trust The purpose of this Amended Form 3 is to add a line to the original Form 3 to report the reporting person's indirect beneficial ownership of the entire 265 shares of the issuer's common stock owned by the Elizabeth Scozzafava Revocable Trust, which is the revocable living trust created by, and for the primary benefit of, the reporting person's spouse. /s/ R.E. Stasyszen, Attorney in Fact for Ralph Scozzafava 2012-06-26