0001183887-18-000162.txt : 20181002 0001183887-18-000162.hdr.sgml : 20181002 20181002150342 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001183887-18-000162 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180928 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181002 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181002 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RAMIREZ DARLA D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001510547 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07832 FILM NUMBER: 181100937 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. STREET 2: 100 PIER 1 PLACE CITY: FT. WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76102 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIER 1 IMPORTS INC/DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000278130 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT STORES [5700] IRS NUMBER: 751729843 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 PIER 1 PLACE CITY: FORT WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76102 BUSINESS PHONE: 8172526000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 PIER 1 PLACE CITY: FORT WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIER 1 INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860921 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIER 1 IMPORTS INC/GA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19840729 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19800423 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2018-09-28 0000278130 PIER 1 IMPORTS INC/DE PIR 0001510547 RAMIREZ DARLA D C/O PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. 100 PIER 1 PLACE FORT WORTH TX 76102 0 1 0 0 Principal Accounting Officer common stock 2018-09-28 5 J 0 625 1.50 A 90258.8107 D On September 28, 2018, the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan purchased in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), 625.00 shares of common stock for September 2018 contributions credited to the reporting person's account. Such shares were purchased at the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2018. /s/ Darla D. Ramirez By: George R. McKown, III, Atty-in-Fact 2018-10-02 EX-24 2 limitedpoa-ramirez.htm RAMIREZ POA

      Exhibit 24



LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Michael A. Carter and George R.

McKown, III, signing singularly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the

undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID,

including amendments thereto, and any other documents

necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords

enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the

SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

(the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section

16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may

be required to file in connection with the undersigneds

ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the

Company;



(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other such form or

report, and timely file such form or report with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and



(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection

with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-

fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that

the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-facts discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully

to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if

personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully

do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the

rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges

that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the

Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to

comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Limited Power of Attorney supersedes and replaces any power of

attorney previously executed by the undersigned with respect to the

above subject matter.  This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain

in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and/or 5 with respect to the

undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by

the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed

writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or superseded

and replaced by a later dated power of attorney.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of September, 2018.





                                    /s/ Darla D. Ramirez

                   Darla D. Ramirez

STATE OF TEXAS



COUNTY OF TARRANT



Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally

appeared Darla D. Ramirez, known to me to be the person whose name

is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me

that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration

therein expressed.



Given under my hand and seal of office this 25th day of September,

2018.







(seal)    /s/ Janet V. Holbrook

    Notary Public in and for the

    State of Texas

                                My commission expires: 6-20-2020