UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

April 18, 2008

(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

STEIN MART, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida		0-20052		64-0466198
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1200 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)

(904) 346-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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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 April 18, 2008 the registrant received a letter from J. Wayne Weaver indicating his retirement from the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Weaver, a board member since 2001 stated his being over 72 years of age as his reason for retirement from the Board of Directors. Stein Mart’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Corporate Governance Committee shall consider whether a non-management director should stand for re-election at the next annual stockholders’ meeting following the occurrence of certain events, including that director’s reaching 72 years of age.

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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.

 

		STEIN MART, INC.
		(Registrant)
Dated: April 23, 2008		By:		/s/ James G. Delfs
				James G. Delfs
				Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer