3 1 form3oha-stage.txt INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response........0.5 ------------------------------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 201 Main Street, Suite 2415 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Fort Worth TX 76102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/28/01 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Stage Stores, Inc. ("STGS") ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below)** ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ================================================================================
3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). ** May be deemed a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB NUMBER. (Over) SEC 1473 (3-99) FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================
5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options (right to buy) (1) (1) Common Stock 20,000 (1) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (1) The options were issued in three equal groupings with per share exercise prices of $13.75, $15.00 and $16.25, respectively. The right to exercise these options will vest over four years from August 24, 2001, with 25% of each group vesting at the end of each of the first four years following the date of grant, and will expire on the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after the date that Glenn R. August is no longer a Director of the Issuer and (ii) ten years from the date of the grant. The Reporting Person may be deemed a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. However, the Reporting Person disclaims such group membership, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. By: Oak Hill Advisors MGP, Inc., its general partner /s/ Glenn R. August January 9, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Name: Glenn R. August Title: President ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2