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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;5, 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: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED JUNE 25, 2004</B><BR>
(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">to be Registered</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock
Par Value &#151; $1.00 per share
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">598,817 shares
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7.32</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,383,340</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 shares of
common stock of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;3,
2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;)
for the purpose of registering an additional 598,817 shares of our common stock, par value $1.00
per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), for issuance pursuant to the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Stock
Purchase Plan as amended and restated June&nbsp;25, 2004 (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The contents of the Form S-8
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-105768, filed June&nbsp;2, 2003, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are hereby incorporated herein by
reference. A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the
Exhibit&nbsp;Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<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
September&nbsp;28, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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>
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    <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>
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<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.
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<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.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 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="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles H. Turner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles H. Turner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Susan E. Barley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan E. Barley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John H. Burgoyne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John. H. Burgoyne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Michael R. Ferrari
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dr.&nbsp;Michael R. Ferrari
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Hoak, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Karen W. Katz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Karen. W. Katz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;3, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terry E. London
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terry E. London
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tom M. Thomas
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tom M. Thomas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2006</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></U>
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Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed February 16, 2006</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 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 76102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED JUNE 25, 2004
(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
Proposed Maximum
Maximum Aggregate
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
Par Value — $1.00 per share
598,817 shares
$
7.32
$
4,383,340
$
469.02
(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 shares of
common stock of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 3,
2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "
Registration Statement
")
for the purpose of registering an additional 598,817 shares of our common stock, par value $1.00
per share ("
Common Stock
"), for issuance pursuant to the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Stock
Purchase Plan as amended and restated June 25, 2004 (the "Plan"). The contents of the Form S-8
Registration Statement No. 333-105768, filed June 2, 2003, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are hereby incorporated herein by
reference. A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the
Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
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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
September 28, 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
September 28, 2006
/s/ Charles H. Turner
Charles H. Turner
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
September 28, 2006
/s/ Susan E. Barley
Susan E. Barley
Principal Accounting Officer
September 28, 2006
/s/ John H. Burgoyne
John. H. Burgoyne
Director
September 28, 2006
/s/ Dr. Michael R. Ferrari
Dr. Michael R. Ferrari
Director
September 28, 2006
/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
James M. Hoak, Jr.
Director
September 28, 2006
/s/ Karen W. Katz
Karen. W. Katz
Director
October 3, 2006
/s/ Terry E. London
Terry E. London
Director
September 28, 2006
/s/ Tom M. Thomas
Tom M. Thomas
Director
September 28, 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
* 23.1
Consent of Ernst &Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
* 24
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof)
99.1
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan as amended and restated June 25, 2004 incorporated
by reference to Appendix C, page C-1 of Pier 1 Imports, Inc.'s Proxy Statement for the fiscal
year ended February 28, 2004
*
Filed Herewith
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