X0202 4 2007-07-30 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001198854 SCHWARTZ DAVID Y 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 1 0 0 0 Deferred Stock Units 21.20 2007-07-30 4 A 0 259 0 A Common Stock 259 11814 D Reflects the Director's election to receive $5,500 Audit Committee Chairman Fee for the 2007-2008 Term Year in Deferred Stock Units under the Company's 2003 Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Plan. One-eleventh (1/11) of the number of Deferred Stock Units will be credited by the Company to the Director's ledger account ("Account") on the first day of each month during the Term Year. Upon termination of service with the Company or hardship, the Director may elect either (i) a single lump sum of cash distribution of his Deferred Stock Unit Account, or (ii) a single distribution of his Deferred Stock Unit Account in the form of the Company's restricted common stock. The number of shares of common stock to be issued will be equal to the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to the Director's Account. /s/ R. E. Stasyszen, Attorney in Fact for David Y. Schwartz 2007-07-30