UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
July 27, 2015
 
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
001-07832
75-1729843
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
  817-252-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
.
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
 

 

Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
  (e)
 In a Form 8-K dated June 30, 2015, Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (the “Company”) reported its intention to grant long-term restricted stock incentive awards to Jeffery N. Boyer, upon Mr. Boyer joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  On July 27, 2015, Mr. Boyer joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
 
On July 27, 2015 the Company granted long-term restricted stock incentive awards to Mr. Boyer. The awards were made under the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan which is described in the Company’s Form 8-K dated June 25, 2015. Mr. Boyer’s long-term incentive awards consist of grants of time-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock pursuant to the Company’s fiscal year 2016 long-term incentive plan described in the Company’s Form 8-K dated April 2, 2015. The shares of restricted stock granted to Mr. Boyer are shown in Exhibit 10.1 and the Company’s restricted stock award agreement forms for these grants are attached as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4.  The shares of performance-based restricted stock granted to Mr. Boyer as shown in Exhibit 10.1 illustrate the award that would be realized at either of the target achievement or maximum achievement of the applicable performance measure.
 
Additionally, as noted in the Company’s Form 8-K dated June 30, 2015, on July 27, 2015, Mr. Boyer became eligible to earn a short-term incentive award pursuant to the Company’s fiscal year 2016 short-term incentive plan described in the Company’s Form 8-K dated April 2, 2015.  Mr. Boyer’s award is an annual performance-based cash award pursuant to the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (which is an omnibus incentive plan providing for cash and equity incentive awards) at a target annual incentive payment of 75% of his base salary. The award will be prorated based on Mr. Boyer’s hire date with the Company of July 27, 2015.
 
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 
Exhibit No.
Description

 
10.1
Summary of Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards for Jeffery N. Boyer

 
10.2
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement– July 27, 2015 Time-Based Award

 
10.3
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement – July 27, 2015 Performance-Based Award

 
10.4
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement – July 27, 2015 Performance-Based Award (“TSR”)

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
  PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.  
       
Date: July 31, 2015
By:
/s/ Michael A. Carter  
    Michael A. Carter, Senior Vice President  
    Compliance and General Counsel, Secretary  
       
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX


  Exhibit No.
Description

 
10.1
Summary of Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards for Jeffrey N. Boyer

 
10.2
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement– July 27, 2015 Time-Based Award

 
10.3
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement – July 27, 2015 Performance-Based Award

 
10.4
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement – July 27, 2015 Performance-Based Award (“TSR”)
 
 


 
EXHIBIT 10.1
 
 
  Jeffrey N. Boyer Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards  
         
         
         
 
Restricted Stock*
(Time-Based Vesting)
(#)
Restricted Stock*
(Performance-Based
Vesting) (#)
Restricted Stock*
(Performance-Based
Vesting TSR) (#)
 
         
 
15,785
19,729 at target
3,949 at target
 
   
39,458 at maximum
7,898 at maximum
 
         


 
*All equity awards were granted under the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. The respective forms of award agreements are attached as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4. The grants were effective July 27, 2015.



Exhibit 10.2
 
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
[DATE] Time-Based Award
 
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made effective and entered into as of [DATE], by and between PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [GRANTEE NAME] (the “Grantee”).
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Committee that administers the Plan has the authority to grant Awards under the Plan to employees of the Company and its Affiliates; and
 
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that the Grantee be granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan for the number of shares and upon the terms set forth below;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Grantee hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Grant of Award.  The Grantee is hereby granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan (this “Award”), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, with respect to ______________ restricted shares of Common Stock.  Restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the Grantee’s name, or by uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee in book-entry form on the records of the Company’s transfer agent, subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.  Any stock certificate issued shall bear the following or a similar legend:
 
“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Common Stock represented hereby are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions (including forfeiture) contained in the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Pier 1 Imports, Inc.  A copy of such plan and agreement is on file in the offices of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., 100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.”
 
Any Common Stock certificates or book-entry uncertificated shares evidencing such shares shall be held in custody by the Company or, if specified by the Committee, with a third party custodian or trustee, until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and, as a condition of this Award, the Grantee shall deliver a stock power, duly endorsed in blank, relating to any certificated restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award.
 
2.           Transfer Restrictions.  Except as expressly provided herein, this Award and the restricted shares of Common Stock issued with respect to this Award are non-transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may not otherwise be assigned, pledged or hypothecated or otherwise disposed of and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to effect any such disposition, or upon the levy of any such process, this Award shall immediately become null and void and the restricted shares of Common Stock relating thereto shall be forfeited.
 
 
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3.           Restrictions.  The restrictions on the shares of Common Stock covered by this Award shall lapse and such shares shall vest at the rate of (i) thirty-three percent (33%) of such shares on first anniversary date of grant of this Award, (ii) thirty-three percent (33%) of such shares on the second anniversary date of grant of this Award, and (iii) thirty-four percent (34%) of such shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant of this Award.  Upon termination of employment of the Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (or the successor of any such company) for any reason, the Grantee shall forfeit all rights in shares of Common Stock covered by this Award as to which the restrictions thereon shall not have lapsed, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.  For purposes of this Award, no termination of Grantee’s employment shall occur as a result of the transfer of Grantee between the Company and any Affiliate or as a result of the transfer of the Grantee between two Affiliates.  The cessation of a relationship between the Company and an Affiliate with which the Grantee is employed whereby such company is no longer an Affiliate shall constitute a termination of employment of the Grantee.
 
4.           Voting and Dividend Rights.  With respect to the Common Stock covered by this Award for which the restrictions have not lapsed, the Grantee shall have the right to vote such shares, but shall not receive any cash dividends paid with respect to such shares.  Any dividend or distribution payable with respect to restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award that shall be paid in shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions provided for herein. Any other form of dividend or distribution payable on shares of the restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award, and any consideration receivable for or in conversion of or exchange for the restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Restricted Stock Award Agreement or with such modifications thereof as the Committee may provide in its absolute discretion.
 
5.           Distribution Following End of Restrictions.  Upon the expiration of the restrictions provided in Section 3 hereof as to any portion of the restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award, the Company in its sole discretion will either cause a certificate evidencing such amount of Common Stock to be delivered to the Grantee (or, in the case of his death after such events, cause such certificate to be delivered to Grantee's legal representative, beneficiary or heir) or provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee (or, in the case of his death after such events, provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for Grantee's legal representative, beneficiary or heir) on the records of the Company’s transfer agent free of the legend or restriction regarding transferability, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock.  All shares of Common Stock covered by this Award which do not vest as provided in Section 3 above, shall be forfeited by the Grantee along with all rights thereto, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.
 
6.           Tax Withholding.  The obligation of the Company to deliver any certificate or book-entry uncertificated shares to the Grantee pursuant to Section 5 hereof shall be subject to the receipt by the Company from the Grantee of any minimum withholding taxes required as a result of the grant of the Award or lapsing of restrictions thereon.  The Grantee may satisfy all or part of such withholding tax requirement by electing to require the Company to purchase that number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock designated by the Grantee at a price equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of lapse of the restrictions or, if the Common Stock did not trade on such day, on the first preceding day on which trading occurred.  The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell or withhold such number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock distributable to the Grantee as will provide assets for payment of any tax so required to be paid by the Company for Grantee unless, prior to such sale or withholding, Grantee shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax.  Any balance of the proceeds of such a sale remaining after the payment of such taxes shall be paid over to Grantee.  In making any such sale, the Company shall be deemed to be acting on behalf and for the account of Grantee.
 
 
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7.           Securities Laws Requirements.  The Company shall not be required to issue shares pursuant to this Award unless and until (a) such shares have been duly listed upon each stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed; and (b) the Company has complied with applicable federal and state securities laws.  The Committee may require the Grantee to furnish to the Company, prior to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection with this Award, an agreement, in such form as the Committee may from time to time deem appropriate, in which the Grantee represents that the shares acquired by Grantee under this Award are being acquired for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof.
 
8.           Incorporation of Plan Provisions.  This Restricted Stock Award Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan and is subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan as if the same were fully set forth herein, and receipt of a copy of the Plan is hereby acknowledged.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings set forth for such terms in the Plan.
 
9.           Miscellaneous.  This Restricted Stock Award Agreement (a) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company, (b) shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and any applicable laws of the United States, and (c) may not be amended without the written consent of both the Company and the Grantee.  No contract or right of employment shall be implied by this Agreement, nor shall this Agreement interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Grantee’s employer to discharge the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall constitute an instruction by the Grantee with respect to any uncertificated restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Restricted Stock Award Agreement on the date first above written.
 
 
COMPANY:
 
GRANTEE:
 
         
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
       
         
       
By: 
     
    Alexander W. Smith
 
 [GRANTEE NAME]
 
    President and CEO
     
   
  Soc. Sec. #    
         
   
Address:
   
         
         
         
         
   
Email:
   
 
 
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Exhibit 10.3
 
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
[DATE] Performance-Based Award
 
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made effective and entered into as of [DATE], by and between PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [GRANTEE NAME] (the “Grantee”).
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Committee that administers the Plan has the authority to grant Awards under the Plan to employees of the Company and its Affiliates; and
 
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that the Grantee be granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan for the number of shares and upon the terms set forth below;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Grantee hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Grant of Award.  The Grantee is hereby granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan (this “Award”), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, with respect to a maximum ______________  restricted shares of Common Stock.  Restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award (the “Performance-Based Shares”) shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the Grantee’s name, or by uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee in book-entry form on the records of the Company’s transfer agent subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.  Any stock certificate issued shall bear the following or a similar legend:
 
“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Common Stock represented hereby are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions (including forfeiture) contained in the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Pier 1 Imports, Inc.  A copy of such plan and agreement is on file in the offices of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., 100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.”
 
Any Common Stock certificates or book-entry uncertificated shares evidencing such shares shall be held in custody by the Company or, if specified by the Committee, with a third party custodian or trustee, until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and, as a condition of this Award, the Grantee shall deliver a stock power, duly endorsed in blank, relating to any certificated restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award.
 
2.           Transfer Restrictions.  Except as expressly provided herein, this Award and the Performance-Based Shares are non-transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may not otherwise be assigned, pledged or hypothecated or otherwise disposed of and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to effect any such disposition, or upon the levy of any such process, this Award shall immediately become null and void and the Performance-Based Shares shall be forfeited.
 
 
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3.           Restrictions.
 
(a) Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Award, the term:
 
EBITDA” means the Company’s adjusted consolidated operating cash earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization from all domestic and international operations, but not including discontinued operations, unusual or non-recurring charges nor recurring non-cash items.
 
Measurement Period” means the Company’s three (3) fiscal years commencing on and including ______________  and ending on and including ______________.

(b) Vesting.  The target Performance-Based Shares under this Award is ______________  Performance-Based Shares (the “Target Performance-Based Shares”). Provided that (y) the Company’s EBITDA for the Measurement Period meets or exceeds the threshold amount as shown on the table set forth on the execution page hereof (the “Execution Page”), and (z) the Grantee is employed by the Company or an Affiliate on the date of filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the Company’s fiscal year ending ______________, and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the restrictions on the Performance-Based Shares covered by this Award shall lapse and such shares shall vest over a range between 50% - 200% of the Target Performance-Based Shares as shown on the table set forth on the Execution Page.  Any fractional shares created by such vesting will be rounded down to the nearest whole share.

The determination by the Company with respect to the achieving of condition (y) above shall be effective upon the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC for Fiscal Year 20__.

(c) Termination of Employment.  Upon termination of employment of the Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (or the successor of any such company) for any reason, the Grantee shall forfeit all rights in the Performance-Based Shares to the extent not vested, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.  For purposes of this Award, no termination of Grantee’s employment shall occur as a result of the transfer of Grantee between the Company and any Affiliate or as a result of the transfer of the Grantee between two Affiliates.  The cessation of a relationship between the Company and an Affiliate with which the Grantee is employed whereby such company is no longer an Affiliate shall constitute a termination of employment of the Grantee.

4.           Voting and Dividend Rights.  With respect to the Performance-Based Shares for which the restrictions have not lapsed, the Grantee shall have the right to vote such shares, but shall not receive any cash dividends paid with respect to such shares.  Any dividend or distribution payable with respect to the Performance-Based Shares that shall be paid in shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions provided for herein. Any other form of dividend or distribution payable on shares of the Performance-Based Shares, and any consideration receivable for or in conversion of or exchange for the Performance-Based Shares, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Restricted Stock Award Agreement or with such modifications thereof as the Committee may provide in its absolute discretion.

5.           Distribution Following End of Restrictions.  Upon expiration of the restrictions provided in Section 3 hereof as to the Performance-Based Shares, the Company in its sole discretion will either cause a certificate evidencing such amount of Common Stock to be delivered to the Grantee (or in the case of the Grantee’s death after such events cause such certificate to be delivered to the Grantee’s legal representative, beneficiary or heir) or provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee (or, in the case of the Grantee’s death after such events, provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for Grantee's legal representative, beneficiary or heir) on the records of the Company's transfer agent free of the legend or restriction regarding transferability, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock.  All Performance-Based Shares which do not vest as provided in Section 3 above, shall be forfeited by the Grantee along with all rights thereto, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.
 
 
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6.           Tax Withholding.  The obligation of the Company to deliver any certificate or book-entry uncertificated shares to the Grantee pursuant to Section 5 hereof shall be subject to the receipt by the Company from the Grantee of any minimum withholding taxes required as a result of the grant of the Award or lapsing of restrictions thereon.  The Grantee may satisfy all or part of such withholding tax requirement by electing to require the Company to purchase that number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock designated by the Grantee at a price equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of lapse of the restrictions or, if the Common Stock did not trade on such day, on the first preceding day on which trading occurred.  The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell or withhold such number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock distributable to the Grantee as will provide assets for payment of any tax so required to be paid by the Company for Grantee unless, prior to such sale or withholding, Grantee shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax.  Any balance of the proceeds of such a sale remaining after the payment of such taxes shall be paid over to Grantee.  In making any such sale, the Company shall be deemed to be acting on behalf and for the account of Grantee.

7.           Securities Laws Requirements.  The Company shall not be required to issue shares pursuant to this Award unless and until (a) such shares have been duly listed upon each stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed; and (b) the Company has complied with applicable federal and state securities laws.  The Committee may require the Grantee to furnish to the Company, prior to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection with this Award, an agreement, in such form as the Committee may from time to time deem appropriate, in which the Grantee represents that the Performance-Based Shares acquired by Grantee under this Award are being acquired for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof.

8.           Incorporation of Plan Provisions.  This Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan and is subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan as if the same were fully set forth herein, and receipt of a copy of the Plan is hereby acknowledged.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings set forth for such terms in the Plan.

9.           Miscellaneous.  This Agreement (a) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company, (b) shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and any applicable laws of the United States, and (c) may not be amended without the written consent of both the Company and the Grantee.  No contract or right of employment shall be implied by this Agreement, nor shall this Agreement interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Grantee’s employer to discharge the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall constitute an instruction by the Grantee with respect to any uncertificated Performance-Based Shares.
 
 
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EXECUTION PAGE OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

10.           Certain Additional Information.  This Section 10 sets forth certain information referred to in Section 3 of this Agreement.

Performance-Based Award Vesting Schedule
EBITDA
MM/DD/YY – MM/DD/YY
(FY__ – FY__)
Percent of Target
Performance-Based Shares
Vested
Less than $__________
0%
*$__________ - $__________
50%
*$__________ - $__________
70%
*$__________ - $__________
80%
*$__________ - $__________
90%
*$__________ - $__________
100%
*$__________ - $__________
110%
*$__________ - $__________
120%
*$__________ - $__________
140%
*$__________ - $__________
160%
*$__________ - $__________
180%
$__________+
200%

*Vesting of shares between the minimum and maximum EBITDA targets in each band shall be interpolated.
For example, if EBITDA is $__________, then 95% of the Target Performance-Based Shares would vest.
If EBITDA is $__________ then 106% of the Target Performance-Based Shares would vest.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.
 
 
COMPANY:
 
GRANTEE:
 
         
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
       
         
       
By:
     
    Alexander W. Smith
 
[GRANTEE NAME]
 
    President and CEO
     
   
Address:
   
         
         
         
         
   
Email:
   
         
    SS#    
 
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Exhibit 10.4
 
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
 
[DATE] Performance-Based Award (“TSR)
 
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made effective and entered into as of [DATE], by and between PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [GRANTEE NAME] (the “Grantee”).
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Committee that administers the Plan has the authority to grant Awards under the Plan to employees of the Company and its Affiliates; and
 
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that the Grantee be granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan for the number of shares and upon the terms set forth below;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Grantee hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Grant of Award.  The Grantee is hereby granted a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan (this “Award”), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, with respect to a maximum ______________ restricted shares of Common Stock.  Restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award (the “Performance-Based Shares”) shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the Grantee’s name, or by uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee in book-entry form on the records of the Company’s transfer agent subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.  Any stock certificate issued shall bear the following or a similar legend:
 
“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Common Stock represented hereby are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions (including forfeiture) contained in the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Pier 1 Imports, Inc.  A copy of such plan and agreement is on file in the offices of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., 100 Pier 1 Place, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.”
 
Any Common Stock certificates or book-entry uncertificated shares evidencing such shares shall be held in custody by the Company or, if specified by the Committee, with a third party custodian or trustee, until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and, as a condition of this Award, the Grantee shall deliver a stock power, duly endorsed in blank, relating to any certificated restricted shares of Common Stock covered by this Award.
 
2.           Transfer Restrictions.  Except as expressly provided herein, this Award and the Performance-Based Shares are non-transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may not otherwise be assigned, pledged or hypothecated or otherwise disposed of and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to effect any such disposition, or upon the levy of any such process, this Award shall immediately become null and void and the Performance-Based Shares shall be forfeited.
 
 
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3.           Restrictions.

(a) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Award, the term:

Closing Price(s)” means on any date the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in the composite transactions table for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the common stock is listed for trading. If the common stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, then the “Closing Price” of the common stock will be the average of the bid and ask prices (or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) for the common stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or similar organization. If the common stock is not so quoted, the “Closing Price” of the common stock will be such other amount as the Committee may ascertain reasonably to represent such “Closing Price.” The Closing Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after-hours trading.

Final Stock Price” means the average of the Closing Prices for the 20 Trading Days (as herein defined) during the 20-trading-day-period ending on and including the last Trading Day of the Measurement Period (as hereinafter defined).

Initial Stock Price” means the average of the Closing Prices for the 20 Trading Days during the 20-trading-day-period beginning on and including the first Trading Day of the Measurement Period.

Peer Group” means the companies in the Russell 1000 Specialty Retail Index as constituted on the first day of the Measurement Period, with the addition of any other specialty retailers included in the Company's peer group for executive compensation purposes and not included in the Russell 1000 Specialty Retail Index.  The Company's peer group for executive compensation purposes shall be as determined by the Committee prior to or within sixty (60) days of the first day of the Measurement Period.

TSR” means a company’s total shareholder return, calculated by dividing (i) the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of such company’s dividends for the Measurement Period, assuming same day reinvestment into the common stock of the company on the ex-dividend date, plus (B) the difference of (1) the Final Stock Price for such company, minus (2) the Initial Stock Price for such company, by (ii) the Initial Stock Price for such company.

The TSR of a component company in the Peer Group and of the Company shall be adjusted to take into account stock splits, reverse stock splits, and special dividends that occur during the Measurement Period.  The determination of TSR shall be subject to the following additional adjustments:

 
(i)
If during the Measurement Period two component companies of the Peer Group merge or otherwise combine into a single entity, the surviving entity shall remain a component company of the Peer Group and the non-surviving entity shall be removed from the Peer Group.
 
 
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(ii)
If during the Measurement Period a component company of the Peer Group merges into or otherwise combines with an entity that is not a component company of the Peer Group, such component company shall be removed from the Peer Group.
 
(iii)
If during the Measurement Period a component company of the Peer Group files a petition for reorganization under ch. 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or liquidation under ch. 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, such component company shall remain as part of the Peer Group and be designated with a TSR of negative 100%.
 
(iv)
If a company becomes a debtor entity operating under the protection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code during the Measurement Period and subsequently emerges from bankruptcy protection during the Measurement Period, such company shall not be reintroduced into the Peer Group.

Trading Day(s)means a day on which (i) trading in the common stock generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the common stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the common stock is then listed or, if the common stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the common stock is then traded, and (ii) a Closing Price for the common stock is available on such securities exchange or market.

(b) Vesting.  The target Performance-Based Shares under this Award is ______________ Performance-Based Shares (the “Target Performance-Based Shares”).  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the restrictions on the Performance-Based Shares covered by this Award shall lapse and such shares shall vest as shown in the following table:

Company's Percentile Rank
(as defined below)
Within Peer Group
Percent of Target
Performance-Based Shares
Vested
81% and above
200%
76% - 80%
180%
71% - 75%
160%
66% - 70%
140%
61% - 65%
120%
56% - 60%
110%
50% - 55%
100%
41% - 49%
50%
40% and below
0%

 
Any fractional shares created by such vesting will be rounded down to the nearest whole share.
 
 
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The annual equivalent return (“AER”) of the TSR shall be calculated for the Company and each component company of the Peer Group over the period commencing on and including ______________ and ending on and including ______________ (the “Measurement Period”).  Each AER of the TSR shall be ranked from highest to lowest.  The percentile rank of the AER of the TSR of the Company shall then be determined relative to the AER of the TSR ranking of each component company in the Peer Group (the “Company’s Percentile Rank”).  In determining the number of companies in each percentile ranking, fractional numbers shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Company’s Percentile Rank shall then be utilized, as shown in the table above, to determine the percentage, if any, of the Target Performance-Based Shares that vest under this Award.  The AER of the TSR calculations shall be derived utilizing a calculation consistent with the annual equivalent return calculation employed by Bloomberg L.P.’s comparative total return (COMP) function as of the date of this Agreement.

The determination by the Company with respect to the achieving of the Company’s Percentile Rank for vesting of the Performance-Based Shares shall occur within 30 days after the last day of the Measurement Period and such date shall be the vesting date.

(c) Termination of Employment.  Upon termination of employment of the Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (or the successor of any such company) for any reason, the Grantee shall forfeit all rights in the Performance-Based Shares to the extent not vested, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.  For purposes of this Award, no termination of Grantee’s employment shall occur as a result of the transfer of Grantee between the Company and any Affiliate or as a result of the transfer of the Grantee between two Affiliates.  The cessation of a relationship between the Company and an Affiliate with which the Grantee is employed whereby such company is no longer an Affiliate shall constitute a termination of employment of the Grantee.

4.           Voting and Dividend Rights.  With respect to the Performance-Based Shares for which the restrictions have not lapsed, the Grantee shall have the right to vote such shares, but shall not receive any cash dividends paid with respect to such shares.  Any dividend or distribution payable with respect to the Performance-Based Shares that shall be paid in shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions provided for herein. Any other form of dividend or distribution payable on shares of the Performance-Based Shares, and any consideration receivable for or in conversion of or exchange for the Performance-Based Shares, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or with such modifications thereof as the Committee may provide in its absolute discretion.

5.           Distribution Following End of Restrictions.  Upon expiration of the restrictions provided in Section 3 hereof as to the Performance-Based Shares, the Company in its sole discretion will either cause a certificate evidencing such amount of Common Stock to be delivered to the Grantee (or in the case of the Grantee’s death after such events cause such certificate to be delivered to the Grantee’s legal representative, beneficiary or heir) or provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for the Grantee (or, in the case of the Grantee’s death after such events, provide book-entry uncertificated shares designated for Grantee's legal representative, beneficiary or heir) on the records of the Company's transfer agent free of the legend or restriction regarding transferability, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock.  All Performance-Based Shares which do not vest as provided in Section 3 above, shall be forfeited by the Grantee along with all rights thereto, and the ownership of such shares shall immediately vest in the Company.
 
 
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6.           Tax Withholding.  The obligation of the Company to deliver any certificate or book-entry uncertificated shares to the Grantee pursuant to Section 5 hereof shall be subject to the receipt by the Company from the Grantee of any minimum withholding taxes required as a result of the grant of the Award or lapsing of restrictions thereon.  The Grantee may satisfy all or part of such withholding tax requirement by electing to require the Company to purchase that number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock designated by the Grantee at a price equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of lapse of the restrictions or, if the Common Stock did not trade on such day, on the first preceding day on which trading occurred.  The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell or withhold such number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock distributable to the Grantee as will provide assets for payment of any tax so required to be paid by the Company for Grantee unless, prior to such sale or withholding, Grantee shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax.  Any balance of the proceeds of such a sale remaining after the payment of such taxes shall be paid over to Grantee.  In making any such sale, the Company shall be deemed to be acting on behalf and for the account of Grantee.

7.           Securities Laws Requirements.  The Company shall not be required to issue shares pursuant to this Award unless and until (a) such shares have been duly listed upon each stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed; and (b) the Company has complied with applicable federal and state securities laws.  The Committee may require the Grantee to furnish to the Company, prior to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection with this Award, an agreement, in such form as the Committee may from time to time deem appropriate, in which the Grantee represents that the Performance-Based Shares acquired by Grantee under this Award are being acquired for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof.

8.           Incorporation of Plan Provisions.  This Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan and is subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan as if the same were fully set forth herein, and receipt of a copy of the Plan is hereby acknowledged.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings set forth for such terms in the Plan.

9.           Miscellaneous.  This Agreement (a) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company, (b) shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and any applicable laws of the United States, and (c) may not be amended without the written consent of both the Company and the Grantee.  No contract or right of employment shall be implied by this Agreement, nor shall this Agreement interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Grantee’s employer to discharge the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall constitute an instruction by the Grantee with respect to any uncertificated Performance-Based Shares.

 
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.
 
COMPANY:
 
GRANTEE:
 
         
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
       
         
       
By:
     
    Alexander W. Smith
 
[GRANTEE NAME]
 
    President and CEO
     
   
Address:
   
       
       
       
         
   
Email:
   
         
    SS#    
 
 
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