Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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  FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 22, 2017

(Date of Report, Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Stage Stores, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1-14035

(Commission File Number)

NEVADA (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	91-1826900 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2425 West Loop South, Houston, Texas (Address of Principal Executive Offices)	77027 (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  (b)      On March 22, 2017, Ralph P. Scozzafava notified the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Stage Stores, Inc. (“Company” or “registrant”) that he will resign his position as a director, effective June 1, 2017, in order to devote all of his professional time to his employer. Accordingly, Mr. Scozzafava will not stand for reelection at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders. Contemporaneous with Mr. Scozzafava’s resignation and immediately prior to the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders, the Board will reduce the number of seats on the Board to eight pursuant to our Amended and Restated Bylaws.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

	STAGE STORES, INC.
Date: March 23, 2017	/s/ Oded Shein
	Oded Shein
	Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer