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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 26, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of shareholders of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Pier 1 Imports”), will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at Pier 1 Imports’ corporate
headquarters, Mezzanine Level, Conference Center Room C, 100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 for the
following purposes, as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement:
(1) to elect as directors the eight nominees named in the accompanying proxy statement to hold office until the
next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified;
(2) to vote to adopt a non-binding, advisory resolution to approve the compensation of Pier 1 Imports’ named
executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and
narrative discussion in the proxy statement under the caption “Executive Compensation;” and
(3) to vote to ratify the audit committee’s engagement of Ernst & Young LLP as Pier 1 Imports’ independent
registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013.
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote, as described in the accompanying proxy statement, upon
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 27, 2012, are entitled to receive notice of and to
vote their shares at, the annual meeting.
Pier 1 Imports is pleased to take advantage of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules that allow issuers
to furnish proxy materials to their shareholders over the Internet. Pier 1 Imports believes that this process allows us
to provide you with the information you need while lowering the costs associated with the annual meeting. You are
cordially invited to attend the annual meeting in person. However, to ensure that your vote is counted at the annual
meeting, please vote as promptly as possible.
By order of the board of directors,
Michael A. Carter
Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Secretary
May 14, 2012
Fort Worth, Texas