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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;22, 2006
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pier 1 Imports, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-1729843</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76102</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael A. Carter<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.<BR>
100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(817)&nbsp;252-7630</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Offering Price Per</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Aggregate Offering</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</sup></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock<BR>
Par Value &#151; $1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,246,944 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7.58</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100,345,601</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,736.98</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein and any additional shares that may be issued pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for purposes of calculating
amount of registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;21, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d37275exv5.htm">Opinion and Consent of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d37275exv23w2.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (&#147;Pier 1&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended February&nbsp;25,
2006 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Form 10-K; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $1.00 per share, contained in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-B filed on September&nbsp;17, 1986.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tom Thomas, a director of Pier 1, is a shareholder of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C., the law
firm engaged to render an opinion regarding the validity of the securities being registered under
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b) (7)&nbsp;of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) grants corporations the
right to limit or eliminate the personal liability of their directors in certain circumstances in
accordance with provisions therein set forth. Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Pier 1 Certificate of
Incorporation contains a provision eliminating or limiting director liability to Pier 1 and its
stockholders for monetary damages arising from acts or omissions in the director&#146;s capacity as a
director. The provision does not, however, eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director
(i)&nbsp;for any breach of such director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Pier 1 or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii)&nbsp;under the Delaware statutory provision making directors personally liable, under a
negligence standard, for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. This provision offers
persons who serve on the board of directors of Pier 1 protection against awards of monetary damages
resulting from breaches of their duty of care (except as indicated above). As a result of this
provision, the ability of Pier 1 or a stockholder thereof to successfully prosecute an action
against a director for a breach of his duty of care is limited. However, the provision does not
affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based upon a
director&#146;s breach of his duty of care. The SEC has taken the position that the provision will have
no effect on claims arising under the Federal securities laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL grants corporations the right to indemnify their directors, officers,
employees and agents in accordance with the provisions therein set forth. Article&nbsp;Seventh of the
Pier 1 Certificate of Incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification rights, subject to
limited exceptions, to any person, who, by reason of the fact that he or she is a director or
officer of Pier 1, or at the request of Pier 1 was serving as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another entity, is involved in a legal proceeding of any nature. Such indemnification
rights include reimbursement for expenses incurred by such director, officer, employee, or agent in
advance of the final disposition of such proceeding in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the DGCL.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pier 1 has entered into agreements with all of its directors and certain of its officers
pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify such directors and officers against liability incurred
by them by reason of their services as a director or officer to the fullest extent allowable under
applicable law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</B>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index to this Registration Statement is incorporated by reference in response to this Item&nbsp;8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">effective registration statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the Registrant or used or referred to by the Registrant;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided by
or on behalf of the Registrant; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrants&#146; annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on
June&nbsp;22, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Marvin J. Girouard&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Marvin J.
Girouard and Charles H. Turner and each of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all post-effective amendments and
supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marvin J. Girouard</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Charles H. Turner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles H. Turner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Susan E. Barley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan E. Barley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John H. Burgoyne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John. H. Burgoyne</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dr. Michael R. Ferrari
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dr. Michael R. Ferrari</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Hoak, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Karen W. Katz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Karen. W. Katz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Terry E. London
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terry E. London</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="LEFT" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Tom M. Thomas
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tom M. Thomas</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 22, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" STYLE="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit&nbsp;No.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" STYLE="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated February&nbsp;14, 2006 and Form of 6.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036, among
Pier 1 Imports, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form
8-K filed February&nbsp;16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement dated February&nbsp;14, 2006, among Pier 1 Imports, Inc., the
Guarantors parties thereto and the Initial Purchaser named therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed February&nbsp;16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C. as to the legality of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C. (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5
hereto)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038;Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof)</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Appendix
A to the Registrants&#146; Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2006
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
75-1729843
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
76102
(Zip Code)
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Michael A. Carter
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Name and address of agent for service)
(817) 252-7630
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
Par Value — $1.00 per share
13,246,944 shares
$
7.58
$
100,345,601
$
10,736.98
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein and any additional shares that may be issued pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of calculating
amount of registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 21, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion and Consent of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Table of Contents
PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
*
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents previously filed by Pier 1 Imports, Inc. ("Pier 1" or the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended February 25,
2006 (the "Form 10-K");
(2) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Form 10-K; and
(3) The description of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share, contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-B filed on September 17, 1986.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Tom Thomas, a director of Pier 1, is a shareholder of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., the law
firm engaged to render an opinion regarding the validity of the securities being registered under
this Registration Statement.
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ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 102(b) (7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") grants corporations the
right to limit or eliminate the personal liability of their directors in certain circumstances in
accordance with provisions therein set forth. Article Seventh of the Pier 1 Certificate of
Incorporation contains a provision eliminating or limiting director liability to Pier 1 and its
stockholders for monetary damages arising from acts or omissions in the director's capacity as a
director. The provision does not, however, eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director
(i) for any breach of such director's duty of loyalty to Pier 1 or its stockholders, (ii) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under the Delaware statutory provision making directors personally liable, under a
negligence standard, for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. This provision offers
persons who serve on the board of directors of Pier 1 protection against awards of monetary damages
resulting from breaches of their duty of care (except as indicated above). As a result of this
provision, the ability of Pier 1 or a stockholder thereof to successfully prosecute an action
against a director for a breach of his duty of care is limited. However, the provision does not
affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based upon a
director's breach of his duty of care. The SEC has taken the position that the provision will have
no effect on claims arising under the Federal securities laws.
Section 145 of the DGCL grants corporations the right to indemnify their directors, officers,
employees and agents in accordance with the provisions therein set forth. Article Seventh of the
Pier 1 Certificate of Incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification rights, subject to
limited exceptions, to any person, who, by reason of the fact that he or she is a director or
officer of Pier 1, or at the request of Pier 1 was serving as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another entity, is involved in a legal proceeding of any nature. Such indemnification
rights include reimbursement for expenses incurred by such director, officer, employee, or agent in
advance of the final disposition of such proceeding in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the DGCL.
Pier 1 has entered into agreements with all of its directors and certain of its officers
pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify such directors and officers against liability incurred
by them by reason of their services as a director or officer to the fullest extent allowable under
applicable law.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
.
The Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 8.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
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effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities:
The Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the Registrant or used or referred to by the Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided by
or on behalf of the Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrants' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on
June 22, 2006.
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
By:
/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
Marvin J. Girouard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Marvin J.
Girouard and Charles H. Turner and each of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all post-effective amendments and
supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
Marvin J. Girouard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
June 22 , 2006
/s/ Charles H. Turner
Charles H. Turner
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
June 22 , 2006
/s/ Susan E. Barley
Susan E. Barley
Principal Accounting Officer
June 22 , 2006
/s/ John H. Burgoyne
John. H. Burgoyne
Director
June 22 , 2006
/s/ Dr. Michael R. Ferrari
Dr. Michael R. Ferrari
Director
June 22, 2006
/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
James M. Hoak, Jr.
Director
June 22, 2006
/s/ Karen W. Katz
Karen. W. Katz
Director
June 22, 2006
/s/ Terry E. London
Terry E. London
Director
June 22, 2006
/s/ Tom M. Thomas
Tom M. Thomas
Director
June 22, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Indenture dated February 14, 2006 and Form of 6.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036, among
Pier 1 Imports, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form
8-K filed February 16, 2006
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement dated February 14, 2006, among Pier 1 Imports, Inc., the
Guarantors parties thereto and the Initial Purchaser named therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Form 8-K filed February 16, 2006
*5
Opinion of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. as to the legality of the Registrant's Common
Stock
*23.1
Consent of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5
hereto)
*23.2
Consent of Ernst &Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof)
99
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Appendix
A to the Registrants' Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on May 15, 2006
*
Filed Herewith
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