X0202 4 2008-06-05 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001305280 Mosse Sharon 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2008-06-05 4 A 0 7582 0 A 18206 D Deferred Stock Units 13.53 2008-06-05 4 A 0 2956 0 A Common Stock 2956 59782 D Reflects the grant on June 5, 2008 of restricted shares of the issuer's common stock value at $100,000 based on a net present value using the closing price of the issuer's common stock on that date. The shares will vest, on a three-year cliff basis, on June 5, 2011. Reflects the reporting person's election to receive $40,000 of her Total Annual Retainer Fees in exchange for 2,956 of the issuer's Deferred Stock Units under the issuer's 2003 Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Plan. One-twelfth (1/12) of the number of Deferred Stock Units will be credited by the issuer to the reporting person's ledger account ("Account") on the first day of each month during the Term Year. Upon termination of service with the issuer or a hardship, the Director may elect either (i) a single lump sum of cash distribution of her Deferred Stock Unit Account, or (ii) a single distribution of her Deferred Stock Unit Account in the form of the issuer'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. Includes all derivative securities currently owned by the reporting person including those previously reported, 23 Deferred Stock Units credited to the reporting person's Deferred Stock Unit Account as a result of cash dividends paid to all shareholders. /s/ R.E. Stasyszen, Attorney in Fact for Sharon Mosse 2008-06-09