Exhibit 10.3
PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC.
1999 STOCK PLAN
Restated as Amended December 31, 2004
     1. Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the Company’s interests
by encouraging certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and
non-employee directors of the Company to acquire a proprietary interest in the
Company through ownership of Common Stock. Such ownership is intended to
encourage employees to remain with the Company and to help attract other
qualified persons to become employees and directors.
     2. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject
to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to grant Options
under the Plan, and the Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan and the
Options, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the
Plan and the Options, and to make other determinations necessary or advisable
for the administration of the Plan. The Committee is also authorized to
administer the Director Deferred Stock Program. All of such determinations shall
be conclusive and binding on all persons. The Committee shall act pursuant to a
majority vote or by unanimous written consent. No member of the Committee shall
be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the
Plan or any grant thereunder.
     3. Eligibility. Options may be granted under the Plan to Non-Employee
Directors and to key employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as the
Committee shall determine from time to time.
     4. Types of Options. Options granted pursuant to the Plan may be either
Incentive Stock Options or non-qualified Options not so qualifying under the
Code. It is the intent of the Company that non-qualified stock Options granted
under the Plan not be classified as Incentive Stock Options, that Incentive
Stock Options granted under the Plan be consistent with and contain or be deemed
to contain all provisions required under Section 422 and the other appropriate
provisions of the Code and any implementing regulations (and any successor
provisions thereof), and that any ambiguities in construction be interpreted in
order to effectuate such intent.
     5. Stock Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of Shares that may be
issued or sold under Options or delivered in exchange for Deferred Stock Units
pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed 14,500,000 Shares, of which not more than
250,000 Shares may be issued in exchange for Deferred Stock Units; provided,
that additional Shares above such maximum amount may be issued in exchange for
Deferred Stock Units that shall have been credited to any Deferred Stock Account
solely as a result of dividends or adjustments pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e)
hereof; and provided, further, that no person shall be granted Options under the
Plan covering an aggregate of more than 2,250,000 Shares. Shares may be either
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or issued shares of Common Stock
that shall have been reacquired by the Company. The aggregate number of Shares
issuable under the Plan and to one person shall be

1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 hereof. For purposes of
calculating the maximum number of Shares of Common Stock which may be issued
under the Plan, Shares shall include only net Shares issued upon exercise of
Options and, accordingly, shall exclude Shares delivered or withheld for payment
of Option exercises or for tax withholding and shall exclude Shares remaining
subject to Options which expire or are terminated for any reason.
     6. Non-transferability of Options. Except as otherwise authorized by the
Committee, in its discretion, and expressly provided in the Option agreement
pursuant to which an Option is granted, no Option shall be transferable except
by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
     7. Options. The Committee shall have the power, subject to the limitations
contained in the Plan, to prescribe the terms and conditions of any Option
granted hereunder. Each Option shall be evidenced by an agreement in such form
as the Committee shall from time to time determine, which agreement shall
contain such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may prescribe. Options shall be subject to
the following provisions:
     (a) Allotment of Shares; Option Price. The Committee shall determine the
total number of Shares subject to each Option under the Plan. The Option
exercise price for the Shares subject to each Option shall be determined by the
Committee, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value or the par value of
the Common Stock on the date of grant.
     (b) Duration of Options. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Options
shall expire after such term as the Committee shall determine. No option shall
be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from the date of grant.
     (c) Exercise of Options. Each option granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable from time to time as the Committee shall determine. No option shall
be exercised for fewer than 100 Shares unless the remaining Shares that have
become so purchasable are fewer than 100 Shares. In the event of the Retirement,
death or Permanent Disability of an Optionee, or in the event of a Change in
Control (as hereinafter defined), all Options granted to such Optionee shall
immediately become fully exercisable to the extent of all Shares then covered by
such Options, except that in the case of a Change in Control only if the Board
of Directors shall not have determined otherwise prior to such Change in
Control. A “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:
     (i) a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party if the
individuals and entities who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior
to the effective date of such merger or consolidation have beneficial ownership
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of less than 50% of the total
combined voting power for election of directors of the surviving corporation or
other entity following the effective date of such merger or consolidation;
     (ii) the acquisition or holding of direct or indirect beneficial ownership
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company

2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

representing in the aggregate 30% or more of the total combined voting power of
the Company’s then issued and outstanding voting securities by any person,
entity or group of associated persons or entities acting in concert, other than
any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary or any entity
holding such securities for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan;
     (iii) the election of members of the Board of Directors at a meeting of
stockholders or by written consent, the majority of which were not nominated by
the Board of Directors;
     (iv) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to
any person or entity that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary; or
     (v) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of any plan or proposal
for the liquidation of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than into the
Company.
     (d) Payment for Shares. The purchase price of each Share purchased upon the
exercise of any Option shall be paid in full at the time of such purchase, and a
stock certificate representing Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the
person entitled thereto. Until the stock certificate for such Shares is issued
in the Optionee’s name, the Optionee shall have no rights of a stockholder.
Payment may be made in whole or in part in cash or, if the Committee so permits,
in Common Stock owned by the Optionee without restriction for the preceding six
months valued at Fair Market Value on the date preceding the date the Option is
exercised. The Committee may permit an Optionee to pay the purchase price by
irrevocably authorizing a third party to sell Shares acquired upon exercise of
the Option and remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to
pay the purchase price and any tax withholding resulting from the exercise of
the Option. It shall be a condition to the performance of the Company’s
obligation to issue or transfer Shares upon exercise of an Option that the
Optionee pay, or make provision satisfactory to the Company for the payment of,
any taxes (other than stock transfer taxes) which the Company is obligated to
collect with respect to the issue or transfer upon such exercise. The Committee
may provide the Optionee with the right to satisfy minimum required federal or
state tax withholding obligations by delivery of previously owned shares of
Common Stock or electing the withholding of Shares otherwise issuable upon
exercise of a non-qualified Option, the Fair Market Value of which does not
exceed the amount to cover the minimum required federal and state tax
withholding obligations incurred in connection with the exercise of the Option.
     (e) Termination of Options. Unless otherwise provided in an Option
agreement or otherwise agreed to by the Committee:
     (i) upon the death or Permanent Disability of an Optionee, any Option
granted to the Optionee shall become fully exercisable to the extent of all
unexercised Shares pertaining to such Option, and may be exercised by the
Optionee, or in the case of death, by the Optionee’s estate or a person who

3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

acquires the right to exercise such Option by bequest, inheritance or transfer
(if transferability were specifically provided for in the Option agreement)
until the earlier of (I) the remaining Option Term and (II) the first
anniversary of such death or disability;
     (ii) upon the Retirement of an Optionee, any Option granted to the Optionee
may be exercised by the Optionee to the extent exercisable on the date of such
Retirement until the earlier of (I) the remaining Option Term and (II) the third
anniversary of such Retirement;
     (iii) upon the resignation or expiration of the term of office of a
director who does not stand for re-election, or upon the resignation of an
employee with the consent of the Company, in each case without the Optionee’s
Retirement as provided in Subsection 7(e)(ii), any Option granted to the
Optionee may be exercised by the Optionee to the extent exercisable on the date
of such resignation or expiration of term of office until the earlier of (I) the
remaining Option Term and (II) the 91st day following such resignation or
expiration; provided, that in the event of the death of the Optionee after such
resignation or expiration but prior to the end of such period of exercisability,
the period during which the Option may be exercised shall be extended until the
earlier of (I) the remaining Option Term and (II) the first anniversary of such
resignation or expiration; and
     (iv) upon termination of an Optionee’s employment, other than as provided
in subsections 7(e)(i), (ii) or (iii), all Options granted to the Optionee shall
terminate immediately at such termination of employment.
Options granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of employment
so long as the Optionee continues to be an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The Option agreement may contain such provisions as the Committee
shall approve with respect to the effect of approved leaves of absence.
Cessation of any corporation’s relationship with the Company as a Subsidiary
shall constitute a “termination of employment” hereunder as to individuals
employed by that corporation.
     8. Director Deferred Stock Program. Each Non-Employee Director shall be
eligible to participate in the Director Deferred Stock Program through deferral
of part or all of such director’s cash compensation into Deferred Stock Units,
as participation in such program shall be provided for by the Board of Directors
from time to time.
     (a) Deferred Stock Account. Subject to the availability of Shares under the
Plan, the Board of Directors may in its discretion provide that part or all of
the compensation of Non-Employee Directors otherwise payable in cash to each
Non-Employee Director be payable, either mandatorily and/or at the election of
each Non-Employee Director, in Deferred Stock Units. Deferred Stock Units shall
be held in a Deferred Stock Account for each Non-Employee Director in accordance
with the provisions of the Director Deferred Stock Program.

4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

     (b) Mandatory Deferral. To the extent any cash compensation to a
Non-Employee Director shall be mandatorily payable in Deferred Stock Units, in
lieu of paying such compensation in cash, the Company shall credit the Deferred
Stock Account for each Non-Employee Director the number of Deferred Stock Units
equal to the product of 1.5 multiplied by the amount of cash to be deferred
divided by the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of
credit.
     (c) Elective Deferral. To the extent provided in the Director Deferred
Stock Program, each Non-Employee Director may elect to defer all or part of his
eligible cash compensation relating to the forthcoming year by filing, not later
than the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, an irrevocable
election with the Company on a form provided for that purpose. The election
shall be effective for compensation payable for services rendered during the
year commencing the day after the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders. The
election form shall specify an amount to be deferred in increments of $1,000. In
lieu of paying such elected amount of compensation, the Company shall credit the
Deferred Stock Account of each Non-Employee Director electing a deferral the
number of Deferred Stock Units equal to the product of 1.5 multiplied by the
amount of compensation elected for deferral, divided by the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the date of credit. Effective December 31, 2004,
the above election shall be for compensation payable for services rendered
during the taxable year of the Non-Employee Director and such election, to be
effective, must be made by the Non-Employee Director on or before December 31 of
the year prior to the taxable year.
     (d) Dividends. Each time a dividend shall be paid on Common Stock, other
than a dividend of capital stock of the Company, each Deferred Stock Account
shall be credited with additional Deferred Stock Units equal to the product of
the dividend payment amount (or, if other than in cash, the fair market value
thereof) per share multiplied by the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to
the Deferred Stock Account as of the record date for the dividend, divided by
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the dividend payment date.
     (e) Adjustments. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or
combination of shares of Common Stock, recapitalization, reclassification,
merger or other similar capital or corporate structure change of the Company,
then the number and the rights and privileges of Deferred Stock Units in each
Deferred Stock Account shall be adjusted in a like manner as if the Deferred
Stock Units had been issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time
of such occurrence.
     (f) Payment. The balance of each Non-Employee Director’s Deferred Stock
Account shall be paid to such director on the first of the month following the
90th day after such director terminates his position as a Non-Employee

5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Director. Each Deferred Stock Unit shall be exchanged for a whole share of
Common Stock. Any fractional Deferred Stock Unit shall be paid in cash based on
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of such termination.
     Notwithstanding the above paragraph of this subparagraph (f), effective
December 31, 2004, for any Non-Employee Director who is a “key employee” as such
term is defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph
(5) thereof, and with respect to any portion of the Deferred Stock Account which
would constitute compensation which is deferred after December 31, 2004 for
purposes of Section 409A of the Code, no payment of such portion may be made to
such Non-Employee Director as a result of his terminating his position as a
Non-Employee Director before the date which is six (6) months after the date of
such termination (or, if earlier, the date of death of the participant following
such termination) unless such termination was by reason of any of the events
described in Sections 409A(a)(2)(A)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the Code.
     (g) Non-Assignability. The right of a Non-Employee Director or any person
claiming under such director to receive payments from any Deferred Stock Account
may not be assigned, transferred, pledged, anticipated, commuted or encumbered
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, nor shall a Deferred
Stock Account be subject to seizure for payment of any debts or judgment of any
Non-Employee Director or any person claiming through or under such director.
     (h) The purpose of the December 31, 2004 restatement is to cause the
Director Deferred Stock Program to comply with the requirements of Sections 409A
(a) (2), (3) and (4) of the Code. The Director Deferred Stock Program shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with such purpose.
     9. Adjustments. In the event of a stock dividend or stock split, unless the
Committee shall determine otherwise, (i) the number of Shares at the time of
such stock dividend or stock split issuable under the Plan pursuant to Options
or in exchange for Deferred Stock Units, (ii) the limitation on the maximum
number of Shares underlying Options that may be granted to one person and
(iii) the number of Shares subject to any outstanding Option shall each be
increased in direct proportion to the increase in the number of shares of Common
Stock by reason of such stock dividend or stock split, and the exercise price
per Share of any outstanding Option shall be proportionately decreased; provided
that the adjusted number of Shares shall always be a whole number with any
fractional Shares being deleted therefrom. In the event of a combination of
shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger or other similar capital or
corporate structure change of the Company, the Committee may, in its discretion,
adjust (i) the number of Shares at the time of such change issuable under the
Plan pursuant to Options or in exchange for Deferred Stock Units, (ii) the
limitation on the maximum number of Shares underlying Options that may be
granted to one person, (iii) the number of Shares subject to any outstanding
Option and/or the exercise price thereof and (iv) such other provisions of the
Plan or outstanding Options that the Committee determines to be appropriate or

6

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

advisable, including without limitation, changing the security into which the
Option is exercisable, terminating the Option with prior notice to the Optionee,
and exchanging the Option for cash, another option or other security.
     10. Effective Date; Stockholder Approval; Term. The Plan shall become
effective on the date of the last to occur of the (i) adoption of the Plan by
the Board of Directors and (ii) approval of the Plan, within 12 months of such
adoption, by the holders of a majority of the Common Stock present and voting on
the Plan at a duly held meeting of stockholders if holders of a majority of the
outstanding Common Stock vote on the proposal. No Option shall be granted after
the 10th anniversary of the Plan’s effective date (or, if earlier, the 10th
anniversary of the adoption of the Plan in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option) or the earlier suspension or termination of the Plan in accordance with
its terms. The Plan shall terminate on the 10th anniversary of the Plan’s
effective date or on such earlier date as it may be terminated under the
provisions of Section 11 hereof; provided that each Option granted prior to such
date shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms and each Deferred Stock
Account shall be credited with dividends and subject to adjustment until full
payment of such Deferred Stock Account.
     11. Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan. The Board of Directors may,
insofar as permitted by law and subject to the limitations contained in the
Plan, at any time or from time to time, suspend or terminate the Plan or revise
or amend it in any respect whatsoever, except that, without appropriate approval
of the stockholders of the Common Stock, no such revision or amendment shall
increase the maximum number of Shares subject to the Plan, increase the maximum
number of Shares covered by Options that may be granted to one person, change
the designation of the class of employees eligible to receive options or
decrease the minimum exercise price at which Options may be granted.
     12. Applicable Laws or Regulations and Notification of Disposition. The
Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Shares under an Option is subject to
such compliance as the Company deems necessary or advisable with federal and
state laws, rules and regulations applying to the authorization, issuance,
listing or sale of securities. The Company may also require in connection with
any exercise of an Incentive Stock Option that the Optionee agree to notify the
Company when making any disposition of the Shares, whether by sale, gift, or
otherwise, within two years of the date of grant or within one year of the date
of exercise.
     13. No Employment Right, No Obligation to Exercise Option. Nothing
contained in the Plan, or in any Option, shall confer upon any Optionee any
right to continued employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to
continued membership on the Board of Directors of the Company or limit in any
way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the
Optionee’s employment at any time.
     14. No Implied Rights. No person shall, by reason of participation in the
Plan, acquire any right in or title to any assets, funds or property of the
Company or any

7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Subsidiary. Rights conferred under the Plan are solely contractual rights to
Shares, if any, payable under the Plan, unsecured by any assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
     15. Definitions. As used in this Plan, the following definitions shall
apply:
     (a) “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
     (b) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     (c) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors or, in the case of granting an Option and determining its terms and
conditions, the Board of Directors, if the Board of Directors so determines.
     (d) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00
per share.
     (e) “Company” shall mean Pier 1 Imports, Inc. or any successor.
     (f) “Deferred Stock Account” shall mean an appropriate bookkeeping account
or record maintained by the Company denominated in Deferred Stock Units for the
sole purpose of measuring and determining the number of shares of Common Stock
to be delivered to the Non-Employee Director in exchange for Deferred Stock
Units. The Deferred Stock Account shall not constitute or be treated as an
escrow or trust fund of any kind, but shall constitute an unfunded, unsecured
liability of the Company to make payments in accordance with the provisions of
the Director Deferred Stock Program. The Non-Employee Director shall not be
entitled to redeem, exchange or otherwise receive any amount from the Deferred
Stock Account except as provided in the Director Deferred Stock Program.
     (g) “Deferred Stock Unit” shall mean a unit of credit of the Deferred Stock
Account representing one share of Common Stock. If the Company shall declare and
pay a dividend on the Common Stock in capital stock other than Common Stock or
the Company shall engage in a recapitalization, reclassification, merger or
other transaction to change the capital or corporate structure of the Company,
then in accordance with Section 8(e) hereof, Deferred Stock Units shall
represent such other capital stock in place of or in addition to Common Stock,
and references to Common Stock with respect to Section 8 hereof shall in
addition mean, as appropriate, such other capital stock. In such an event, a
Deferred Stock Account may be denominated in separate classes of Deferred Stock
Units representing different classes of capital stock. In any calculation of
Deferred Stock Units to be credited to a Deferred Stock Account, the number of
Deferred Stock Units shall be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a unit.

8

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

     (h) “Director Deferred Stock Program” shall mean the program of the Company
authorized in Section 8 hereof and as specifically instituted, amended or
suspended from time to time by the Board of Directors.
     (i) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
     (j) “Fair Market Value” shall be the applicable day’s closing sales price
of the security as reported for consolidated transactions on the principal
exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading, or, if no
sales occur on that date, the price on the most recent trading day prior
thereto, or, if the security is not listed or admitted to trading on a national
securities exchange, the average of the highest bid and lowest ask prices on
such day as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers or a
comparable service.
     (k) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean a stock option qualifying under
Section 422 of the Code.
     (l) “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors
of the Company who is not an officer or employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
     (m) “Option” shall mean a non-qualified stock option or an Incentive Stock
Option granted pursuant to the Plan.
     (n) “Optionee” shall mean a holder of an Option.
     (o) “Option Term” shall mean the period during which an Option may be
exercised, which shall be 10 years from the date of grant thereof unless a
shorter period is provided by the Committee or by a provision of the Plan.
     (p) “Permanent Disability” shall mean long-term disability as defined in
the Company’s employee long-term disability plan.
     (q) “Plan” shall mean the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan.
     (r) “Retirement” shall mean (i) as to an employee, the separation from
employment, other than by the Company for cause, after the earlier of
(I) completing 15 years of service with the Company or any Subsidiary and
attaining age 55 or (II) attaining age 65, and (ii) as to a director, ceasing to
be a member of the Board of Directors, other than by reason of death, disability
or removal from office, after attaining age 70.
     (s) “Shares” shall mean shares of Common Stock subject to Options or
deliverable in exchange for Deferred Stock Units pursuant to the Plan.

9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

     (t) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at
least 50% of the voting securities are owned directly or through one or more
Subsidiaries.
Signed effective as of December 31, 2004 (the “Effective Date”).

          Pier 1 Imports, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
      By:   /s/ Gregory S. Humenesky     Date: October 9, 2006    Gregory S.
Humenesky        Executive Vice President       

10