Pier 1 2015 Annual Report Download - page 79

PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
100 Pier 1 Place
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held June 25, 2015
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 Thursday, June 25, 2015, 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 nine 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 approve the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan;
(3) 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
(4) to vote to ratify the audit committee’s engagement of Ernst & Young LLP as Pier 1 Imports’ independent registered public
accounting firm for fiscal 2016.
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, 2015, 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 it 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, Compliance and General Counsel, Secretary
May 14, 2015
Fort Worth, Texas