SMRT Stein Mart Inc

On or about May 2, 2016, Stein Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) furnished or otherwise made available to shareholders its proxy statement in connection with the solicitation by the Company’s Board of Directors of proxies to be used at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held June 21, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders are being asked to vote in favor of Proposal 3 concerning the approval of an amendment and restatement of, and performance goals under, the Company’s 2001 Omnibus Plan, as Amended and Restated effective June 21, 2016 (the “Plan”). Management continued to review the terms of the Plan following the mailing of the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and ultimately determined, with the concurrence of the Board of Directors, that additional changes to the Plan were necessary prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

On May 10, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the terms of the Plan. The amendments, to be effective as of the date of shareholder approval of the Plan, enact the following changes to the Plan: (1) remove the ability of the Plan Committee to grant option awards with an exercise price below 100% of fair market value; (2) eliminate the “reload feature” of the Plan, which, if included in an award, could have allowed options to be reissued automatically following exercise of an outstanding option award; (3) clarify that share and dollar value limits set forth in the Plan with respect to restricted stock and performance share awards apply to all such awards to any Participants, not just awards intended to satisfy the “performance-based compensation” exception to the deductibility limitation set forth in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and (4) remove the Other Share-Based Awards section of the Plan, thereby placing stricter limits on the Plan Committee’s ability to make awards under the Plan.

The amended Plan will be presented for shareholder approval at the Company’s Annual Meeting. The Company believes the amendments to the Plan described herein clarify that limitations on the number of shares awarded under the Plan apply to all participants and eliminate other features likely to be viewed negatively by Institutional Shareholder Services and other proxy advisory firms.

The preceding summary of the amendment to the Amended and Restated 2001 Omnibus Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such Plan, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1. In the event of any discrepancy between the preceding summary and the text of the Plan, the text of the Plan shall control.