SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SCHMERTZ ROBERT

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
52-16 BARNETT AVENUE

(Street)
LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11104

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. [ SHOO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Brand Director
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/06/2006
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/06/2006 M 1,800 A $12.6533 31,800 D
Common Stock 11/06/2006 S 1,800 D $40.9385 30,000 D
Common Stock 11/07/2006 M 48,200 A $12.6533 78,200 D
Common Stock 11/07/2006 S 48,200 D $38.8477 30,000 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (right to buy) $12.6533 11/06/2006 M 1,800 05/17/2003 05/17/2012 Common Stock 1,800 $0 98,200 D
Stock Options (right to buy) $12.6533 11/07/2006 M 48,200 05/17/2003 05/17/2012 Common Stock 48,200 $0 50,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ ARVIND DHARIA, Attorney-in-fact for Robert Schmertz 11/08/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Arvind Dharia and Barry Fried, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

                  (1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Steven Madden, Ltd. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

                  (2)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

                  (3)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

                  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

                  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked as to any attorney-in-fact by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of August, 2006.

                                                /s/ ROBERT SCHMERTZ
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                                                Signature

                                                Robert Schmertz
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