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Big Lots, Inc.
300 Phillipi Road
Columbus, Ohio 43228
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 30, 2013
Notice is hereby given that the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Big Lots, Inc. will be held at our corporate
offices located at 300 Phillipi Road, Columbus, Ohio, on May 30, 2013, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT, for the
following purposes:
1. To elect nine directors of Big Lots, Inc.;
2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in our
2013 Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion
and Analysis, compensation tables and the narrative discussion accompanying the tables;
3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting
firm for fiscal 2013; and
4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date, April 1, 2013, are entitled to notice of and to
vote at the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
CHARLES W. HAUBIEL II
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
and Corporate Secretary
April 16, 2013
Columbus, Ohio
Your vote is important. Shareholders are urged to vote online. If you attend the Annual Meeting, you may
revoke your proxy and vote in person if you wish, even if you have previously submitted a proxy.