STEIN MART

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Stein Mart shareholders have re-elected the following people to the company's board of directors:



Jay Stein, Ralph Alexander, Alvin R. Carpenter, Irwin Cohen, Susan Falk, Linda M. Farthing, Mitchell W. Legler, Robert L. Mettler, Richard L. Sisisky, Martin E. Stein, Jr. and John H. Williams, Jr. Eachwillserveoneyearterms



Net income for the first quarter was $11.8 million or $0.27 per diluted share compared to net income of $15.9 million or $0.35 per diluted share in 2011. Net income as adjusted for the first quarter of 2011 was $14.7 million or $0.32 per diluted share. See discussion of other income below for explanation of "as adjusted" amounts for 2011.



Sales for the first quarter of 2012 of $303.4 million were flat to last year's first quarter sales of $303.5 million. Comparable store sales decreased 0.4 percent. Beginning in the fourth quarter last year, the Company began reducing coupons to return to an every-day price value model. Approximately 22 percent of first quarter 2012 sales were associated with coupons compared to 33 percent in the first quarter of 2011. The reduction in sales with coupons was predominantly on regular-price merchandise, which was 43 percent lower in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.