X0202 4 2007-08-24 0000006885 STAGE STORES INC SSI 0001353901 Hall Andrew T 10201 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TX 77025 0 1 0 0 President & COO Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 1000 16.6299 A 40533 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 329 16.6899 A 40862 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 171 16.60 A 41033 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 400 16.61 A 41433 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 100 16.62 A 41533 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 100 16.59 A 41633 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 900 16.5899 A 42533 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 1000 16.5699 A 43533 D Common Stock 2007-08-24 4 P 0 1000 16.54 A 44533 D Includes all non-derivative securities currently owned by the reporting person including those previously reported and 13,178 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 Andrew T. Hall 2007-08-28