X0202 4 2005-12-28 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC STGS 0001269152 LAIL E RANDOLPH 10201 S. MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 0 1 0 0 EVP and Peebles COO Common Stock 2005-12-28 4 M 0 11250 20.09 A 11250 D Common Stock 2005-12-28 4 S 0 11250 30.00 D 0 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 20.09 2005-12-28 4 M 0 11250 20.09 D 2005-11-04 2013-11-04 Common Stock 11250 22500 D This sale was made pursuant to a pre-established, written plan for trading securities pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 adopted by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Includes all derivative securities currently owned by the reporting person including those previously reported as well as options to purchase 11,250 shares of the issuer's common stock received by the reporting person on August 19, 2005 as a result of the three-for-two split of the issuer's common stock payable as a stock dividend to all holders of record of the issuer's common stock at the close of business on August 4, 2005 and the antidilution provisions of the issuer's Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan as approved by the issuer's shareholders on June 3, 2004. /s/ R. E. Stasyszen, Attorney in Fact for E. Randolph Lail 2005-12-30