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PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
100 Pier 1 Place
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held June 20, 2008
Pier 1 Imports’ annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Friday, June 20, 2008, at
10:00 a.m., local time, at Pier 1 Imports’ corporate headquarters, Mezzanine Level, Conference
Room C, 100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 for the following purposes:
(1) to elect as directors the eight nominees named in the attached proxy statement to
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors
are elected and qualified;
(2) to vote on a proposal to approve a restatement and amendment of the Pier 1
Imports, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan;
(3) to vote on a proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s approval to engage Ernst &
Young LLP as Pier 1 Imports’ independent registered public accounting firm for
fiscal 2009;
(4) to vote on a shareholder proposal, if properly submitted at the meeting; and
(5) to transact any other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or
any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on April 21, 2008 (which is the record
date for the annual meeting of shareholders) will be entitled to vote at the annual meeting.
Pier 1 Imports will begin sending this combined proxy statement and annual report and the
enclosed proxy card, to all shareholders entitled to vote, on or about May 15, 2008.
By order of the board of directors,
Michael A. Carter
Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Corporate Secretary
May 15, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas
PLEASE PROMPTLY SUBMIT YOUR PROXY BY MAIL,
TELEPHONE OR INTERNET WHETHER OR NOT YOU INTEND
TO BE PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JUNE 20, 2008:
The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement, and 2008 Annual Report
are available on our web site at http://www.pier1.com/annualreport.