SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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(AMENDMENT NO. 1)
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THE LEATHER FACTORY, INC.
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AMENDMENT TO DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT FILED APRIL 15, 2003
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The Registrant amends its Schedule 14 (Definitive Proxy Statement) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2003, by adding the
following as an appendix at the end of the Schedule 14.
PROXY CARD
REVOCABLE PROXY
THE LEATHER FACTORY, INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoint(s) Robin L. Morgan and William M. Warren, or
either of them, with full power of substitution, proxies of the undersigned,
with all the powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present to
cast all votes that the undersigned would be entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of The Leather Factory, Inc. (the "Company") to be held
on Thursday, May 15, 2003, in the Champions Ballroom III, Wyndham Hotel, 1500
Convention Center Drive, Arlington, Texas at 10:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time,
and any and all adjournments or postponements thereof (the "Annual Meeting"),
including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) to vote and act as
follows:
1. Election of seven directors.
_______FOR the nominees listed below ______WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
(except as indicated to the contrary below). (to vote for the nominees
listed below.)
SHANNON L. GREENE T. FIELD LANGE JOSEPH R. MANNES
H.W. "HUB" MARKWARDT MICHAEL A. MARKWARDT WRAY THOMPSON
RONALD C. MORGAN
Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee or
nominees, write their name(s) here.
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YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES SET FORTH
ABOVE
2. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
This Proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof as specified. IF NO SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. This Proxy hereby revokes all
prior proxies given with respect to the shares of the undersigned.
Please complete, date, sign and mail this Proxy promptly in the enclosed
envelope. No postage is required for mailing in the United States.
Dated: _________________________________, 2003
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