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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;20, 2004



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Pier 1 Imports, Inc.</B>

<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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-1729843</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>301 Commerce Street, Suite&nbsp;600</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Fort Worth, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76102</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. 1999 STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>J. Rodney Lawrence<BR>
Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs &#038; Secretary<BR>
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.<BR>
301 Commerce Street<BR>
Fort Worth, Texas 76102</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(817)&nbsp;252-8000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities to Be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>To Be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><B>Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><B>Per Share(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><B>Offering Price(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $1.00 par value
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    <TD style="border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">3,500,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">15.87</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">55,545,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:2px solid #000000">7,037.55</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), the number of shares of Common Stock registered
hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price are estimated for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee and are calculated based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;16, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers additional securities to be issued
under the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan. The contents of the earlier
registration statements, Nos. 333-88323, 333-99731 and 333-108454 are
incorporated herein by reference.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. incorporated
by reference in Pier 1 Imports, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended February&nbsp;28, 2004, have been audited by Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon
incorporated by reference therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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, State of Texas, on August&nbsp;19, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ MARVIN J. GIROUARD
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">Marvin J. Girouard&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2"><I>Chairman of the Board</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC., hereby
appoint MARVIN J. GIROUARD and J. RODNEY LAWRENCE, or either of them, our true
and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name
and on our behalf in our capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and
agents, or each of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this
Registration Statement, including, without limitation, power and authority to
sign for us, or any of us, in our names in the capacities indicated below, any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto, and we hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or each of them shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons on the 19th day of August,
2004, in the capacities indicated.

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MARVIN J. GIROUARD<BR>
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Marvin J. Girouard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ CHARLES H. TURNER<BR>
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Charles H. Turner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Treasurer</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ SUSAN E. BARLEY<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Susan E. Barley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Principal Accounting Officer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JOHN H. BURGOYNE<BR>
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John H. Burgoyne</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL R. FERRARI<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael R. Ferrari</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES M. HOAK, JR.<BR>
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James M. Hoak, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ KAREN W. KATZ<BR>
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Karen W. Katz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ TERRY E. LONDON<BR>
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Terry E. London</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ TOM M. THOMAS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Tom M. Thomas</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2004
Registration No. 333-
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
75-1729843
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
301 Commerce Street, Suite 600
Fort Worth, Texas
76102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. 1999 STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
J. Rodney Lawrence
Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs & Secretary
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
301 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(817) 252-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of Each Class
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
of Securities to Be
To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value
3,500,000
$
15.87
$
55,545,000
$
7,037.55
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the number of shares of Common Stock registered
hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price are estimated for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee and are calculated based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2004.
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SIGNATURES
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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This Registration Statement registers additional securities to be issued
under the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan. The contents of the earlier
registration statements, Nos. 333-88323, 333-99731 and 333-108454 are
incorporated herein by reference.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Description
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of Registration
Statement).
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. incorporated
by reference in Pier 1 Imports, Inc.'s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended February 28, 2004, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon
incorporated by reference therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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, State of Texas, on August 19, 2004.
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
By:
/s/ MARVIN J. GIROUARD
Marvin J. Girouard
Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC., hereby
appoint MARVIN J. GIROUARD and J. RODNEY LAWRENCE, or either of them, our true
and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name
and on our behalf in our capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and
agents, or each of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this
Registration Statement, including, without limitation, power and authority to
sign for us, or any of us, in our names in the capacities indicated below, any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto, and we hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or each of them shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons on the 19th day of August,
2004, in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title or Capacity
/s/ MARVIN J. GIROUARD
Marvin J. Girouard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ CHARLES H. TURNER
Charles H. Turner
Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
/s/ SUSAN E. BARLEY
Susan E. Barley
Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ JOHN H. BURGOYNE
John H. Burgoyne
Director
/s/ MICHAEL R. FERRARI
Michael R. Ferrari
Director
/s/ JAMES M. HOAK, JR.
James M. Hoak, Jr.
Director
/s/ KAREN W. KATZ
Karen W. Katz
Director
/s/ TERRY E. LONDON
Terry E. London
Director
/s/ TOM M. THOMAS
Tom M. Thomas
Director
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