X0303 4 2008-09-30 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001269153 LUNDY RUSS II 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 0 1 0 0 SVP, Peebles Stores Common Stock 2008-09-30 4 A 0 7 13.475 A 1839 D These shares, which were acquired pursuant to the Stage Stores Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), may not be transferred to an alternative investment within the Plan or liquidated by the reporting person and will remain in the reporting person's account until such date as the reporting person is no longer an employee of the issuer and for a period for six months thereafter, at which time they will be transferred to the reporting person. /s/ R. E. Stasyszen, Attorney in Fact for Russ Lundy II 2008-10-02