X0202 4 2007-03-21 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001269153 LUNDY RUSS II 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 0 1 0 0 SVP, Peebles Stores Common Stock 2007-03-21 4 M 0 2812 13.39 A 2812 D Common Stock 2007-03-21 4 S 0 2812 23.66 D 0 D Stock Option 13.39 2007-03-21 4 M 0 2812 0.00 A 2006-11-04 2013-11-24 Common Stock 2812 18000 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 and options to purchase 6,937 shares of the issuer's common stock received by the reporting person on January 31, 2007 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 January 18, 2007 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 Russ Lundy, II 2007-03-23