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

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.          )

ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
Ethan Allen Drive
Danbury, Connecticut 06811

October 8, 2014

Dear Stockholder:

        You are cordially invited to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting of stockholders of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. This meeting will be held at the Ethan Allen International Corporate Headquarters, Ethan Allen Drive, Danbury, Connecticut 06811 at 10:00 A.M., local time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2014.

        In connection with the meeting, we have prepared a notice of the meeting, a proxy statement, and our 2014 annual report to stockholders, which provide detailed information relating to our activities and operating performance. On October 8, 2014, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access these materials online. We believe electronic delivery will expedite the receipt of materials, while lowering costs and reducing the environmental impact of our annual meeting, by reducing printing and mailing of full sets of materials.

        You will find information about the matters to be voted on at the meeting in the formal Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials and the Proxy Statement.

        Your vote is very important and we hope you will be able to attend the meeting. To ensure your representation at the meeting, even if you anticipate attending in person, we urge you to vote by proxy. If you attend, you will, of course, be entitled to vote in person.

        Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting of stockholders, we encourage you to vote your shares.

Sincerely,

M. Farooq Kathwari
Chairman of the Board,
President and Principal Executive Officer

ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
Ethan Allen Drive
Danbury, Connecticut 06811

NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To our Stockholders:

        The Annual Meeting of stockholders of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. will be held at the Ethan Allen International Corporate Headquarters on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 10:00 A.M., local time, for the purpose of considering and acting upon the following:

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The election of seven directors;



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The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2015 fiscal year;



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The ratification of the advisory resolution to approve the compensation to our Named Executive Officers; and



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Such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

        UNLESS YOU PROVIDE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO VOTE, BROKERS MAY NOT VOTE YOUR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ON THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OR THE NON-BINDING ADVISORY RESOLUTION REGARDING THE COMPENSATION TO OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

        The Board of Directors has fixed September 23, 2014 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting. It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. If you received the proxy materials by mail, you can vote your shares by completing, signing, dating, and returning your completed proxy card, or you may vote by telephone or over the Internet. If you received the proxy materials over the Internet, a proxy card was not sent to you, and you may vote your shares by telephone or over the Internet. To vote by telephone or Internet, follow the instructions included in the formal Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, Proxy Statement or on the Internet. You can revoke a proxy at any time prior to its exercise at the meeting by following the instructions in the Proxy Statement.

        Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on November 18, 2014. The proxy statement and the annual report are available at http://materials.proxyvote.com/297602

ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
Ethan Allen Drive
Danbury, Connecticut 06811

Questions and Answers

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What is a proxy?

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A proxy is a document, also referred to as a "proxy card," on which you authorize someone else to vote for you at the upcoming Annual Meeting in the way that you want to vote. You also may choose to abstain from voting. This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the "Board of Directors") of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), of proxies for use at the 2014 Annual Meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") to be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Ethan Allen International Corporate Headquarters, Ethan Allen Drive, Danbury, Connecticut 06811 at 10:00 A.M., local time, or any adjournment thereof. The Proxy Statement and our Annual Report are first being made available electronically on or about October 8, 2014.

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What are the purposes of this annual meeting?

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At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will elect each of the seven Directors to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The Board of Directors' nominees for election are: M. Farooq Kathwari, James B. Carlson, Clinton A. Clark, John J. Dooner, Jr., Kristin Gamble, James W. Schmotter, and Frank G. Wisner. Stockholders will be asked to vote for nominees for all of the directors on the Board of Directors each year at the annual meeting of stockholders. Stockholders will also vote on: (i) ratifying our appointment of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015; and (ii) ratifying the advisory resolution to approve the compensation to our Named Executive Officers (as defined below under "Executive Compensation"). Other than routine or procedural matters, we do not expect any other business will be brought up at the meeting, but if any other business is properly brought up, the persons named in the proxy card will have authority to vote as they see fit.

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Why did I receive a one-page notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

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In accordance with rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), rather than mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials to each stockholder of record, we may now send some or all of our stockholders a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials ("Notice"), which indicates how our stockholders may:

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access their proxy materials and vote their proxies over the Internet or by telephone; or

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request a paper copy of the materials, including a proxy card.

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How can I get electronic access to the proxy materials?

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The Notice provides you with instructions regarding how to:

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view our proxy materials for the Annual Meeting over the Internet; or

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instruct us to send our future proxy materials to you electronically, by email, instead of sending you printed copies by mail.

Choosing to receive your future proxy materials by email will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the adverse impact of our Annual Meeting of stockholders on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email next

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year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect until you terminate it. The Annual Report and the Form 10-K accompany the proxy materials but are not considered part of the proxy soliciting materials.

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Who is entitled to vote?

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Only record holders of our shares of common stock at the close of business on the record date for the meeting are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on September 23, 2014 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had outstanding 28,927,235 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). The holders of Common Stock as of the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share.

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How do I vote?

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You can vote either in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting. You can vote by proxy in three ways:

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By mail—If you received your proxy materials by mail, you can vote using the proxy card;

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By telephone—In the United States and Canada, you can vote by telephone by following the instructions in the Notice, on the Internet or on your proxy card if you received your materials by mail; or

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By Internet—You can vote over the Internet by following the instructions on the Notice or on your proxy card if you received your materials by mail.

If you vote by proxy, your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting in the manner you indicate. If your shares are held in your name (but not in nominee name through a broker) and if you sign your proxy card, but do not specify how you want your shares to be voted, they will be voted as the Board of Directors recommends.

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Can I change my vote after I have voted?

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Prior to the meeting, a later vote by any means will cancel any earlier vote. For example, if you vote by telephone and later vote differently on the Internet, the Internet vote will count, and the telephone vote will be canceled. If you wish to change your vote by mail, you should write our Corporate Secretary, at the address set forth at the beginning of the Questions and Answers, and request a new proxy card. The last vote we receive before the meeting will be the one counted. You also may change your vote by voting in person at the meeting.

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What does it mean if I get more than one proxy card?

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It means that your shares are registered in more than one way. Sign and return all proxy cards or vote each group of shares by mail, telephone or over the Internet to ensure that all your shares are voted.

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Who are the named Proxies for the Annual Meeting?

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Eric D. Koster and Corey Whitely were selected by the Board of Directors to serve as Proxies for the Annual Meeting. Each properly executed and returned proxy card will be voted by the Proxies in accordance with the directions indicated thereon, or if no directions are indicated, such proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors contained in this Proxy Statement. In voting by proxy with regard to the election of directors, stockholders may vote in favor

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of all nominees, withhold their vote as to all nominees or withhold their vote as to a specific nominee(s). Each stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before the shares it represents are voted. Revocation of a proxy is effective upon receipt of a later vote by (i) telephone; (ii) Internet; or (iii) receipt by the Corporate Secretary of the Company of either: (a) an instrument revoking the proxy; or (b) a duly executed proxy card bearing a later date. Additionally, a stockholder may change or revoke a previously executed proxy by voting in person at the Annual Meeting.

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What is a Broker Non-Vote?

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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Rule 452 prohibits brokers from exercising "discretionary voting" in all director elections. Therefore, if your shares are held in nominee name by your broker and you do not provide instructions to your broker on how you want your shares voted in director elections, your broker is prohibited from exercising discretionary voting and voting those shares in the director elections.

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What is Electronic Access?

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Our proxy statement and our 2014 annual report are available on an Internet site at http://materials.proxyvote.com/297602. Most stockholders can elect to view future proxy statements and annual reports over the Internet instead of receiving paper copies in the mail. If you are a registered stockholder, you can choose this option and save the Company the cost of producing and mailing these documents by following the instructions provided on your proxy card or following the prompt if you choose to vote over the Internet. If you hold your stock in nominee name (such as through a bank or broker), check the information provided by your nominee for instructions on how to elect to view future proxy statements and annual reports over the Internet. If you are a registered stockholder and have chosen to view future proxy statements and annual reports over the Internet, you will receive an email with instructions containing the Internet address of those materials.

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How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

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In order for the Meeting to be conducted, one-third of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date must be present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. This is referred to as a quorum. Abstentions, withheld votes and shares held of record by a bank, broker or its nominee ("broker shares") pursuant to a signed proxy or voting instruction card that are voted on any matter (including an abstention or withheld vote by broker shares) are included in determining the number of shares present. Broker shares that are not voted on any matter will not be included in determining whether a quorum is present.

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What vote is needed to elect Directors?

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At the Annual Meeting, the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote thereon is required to elect or ratify directors.

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What vote is needed to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP?

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At the Annual Meeting, the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote thereon is required to ratify the appointment of KPMG as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.

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What vote is needed to approve the non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers?

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At the Annual Meeting, the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote thereon is required to ratify the non-binding resolution regarding the

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compensation of our Named Executive Officers. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board of Directors or the Company. However, the Board of Directors will review the voting results on this resolution and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

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How will the votes be tabulated?

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The election inspectors appointed for the Annual Meeting will tabulate the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and will determine whether or not a quorum is present. The election inspectors will treat abstentions as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but as unvoted for purposes of determining the approval of any matter submitted to the stockholders for a vote. If a broker indicates on the proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular matter, as to certain shares, those shares will not be considered as present and entitled to vote with respect to that matter.

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How will my shares be voted if I do not return my proxy or my voting instruction form?

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It will depend on how your ownership of shares of Common Stock is registered. If you own your shares as a registered holder, which means that your shares of Common Stock are registered in your name with Computershare Investor Services LLC ("Computershare"), our transfer agent, your shares will only be voted if Computershare receives specific voting instructions from you. Otherwise, your unvoted shares will not be represented at the Annual Meeting and will not count toward the quorum requirement (which is explained under "Questions and Answers—How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting") above, unless you attend the Annual Meeting to vote them in person.

If you are a stockholder whose shares of Common Stock are held in street name, which means that your shares are registered in the name of your bank, broker or other nominee, your bank, broker or other nominee may or may not vote your shares in its discretion if you have not provided voting instructions to the bank, broker or its nominee. Whether the bank, broker or other nominee may vote your shares depends on the proposals before the Annual Meeting. Under the rules of the NYSE, your bank, broker or other nominee may vote your shares in its discretion on "routine matters." Based on the rules of the NYSE, we believe that the ratification of the appointment of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm is a routine matter for which your bank, broker or other nominee may vote in their discretion on behalf of their clients if no voting instructions are provided. Therefore, if you are a stockholder whose shares of Common Stock are held in street name with a bank, broker or other nominee and you do not return your voting instruction form, your bank, broker or other nominee may vote your shares on the ratification of the appointment of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm.

The rules of the NYSE, however, do not permit your bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares on proposals that are not considered "routine." When a proposal is not a routine matter and your bank, broker or other nominee has not received your voting instructions with respect to that proposal, your bank, broker or other nominee cannot vote your shares on that proposal. This is called a "broker non-vote." Your bank, broker or other nominee may not vote your shares with respect to (i) the election of the nominees for Director or (ii) the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers, in the absence of your specific instructions as to how to vote with respect to each of these matters because, under the rules of the NYSE, these matters are not considered "routine matters."

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Q:

Where can I find the results of the Annual Meeting?

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We intend to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and publish final results through a Current Report on Form 8-K that we will file with the SEC within four business days of the Annual Meeting.

PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

        At the meeting, each of the seven (7) nominees will stand for election to serve as directors until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. It is the intention of the persons named as proxies in the accompanying proxy card to vote all proxies submitted by stockholders FOR the seven nominees listed below unless authority to vote for the nominees or any individual nominee is withheld by a stockholder in such stockholder's proxy. If for any reason any nominee becomes unable or unwilling to serve at the time of the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will have discretionary authority to vote for a substitute nominee(s). Alternatively, the Board of Directors may choose to reduce the size of the board, as permitted by our Amended and Restated By-laws ("By-laws"). It is not anticipated that any nominee will be unavailable or will decline to serve as director.

        The seven nominees for election as Directors are listed below. All of the nominees are currently members of the Board of Directors. Due to the declassification of the Board of Directors approved by stockholders at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 4, 2013 (the "2013 Annual Meeting"), the term of each Director will expire this year. The information set forth below includes, with respect to each nominee for election as Director, his or her age, present principal occupation, specific expertise, qualifications and skills along with other business experience, directorships in other publicly held companies, membership on committees of the Board of Directors and period of service as a director of the Company. Also set forth below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to his or her nomination as a Director, in light of the Company's business.

Nominees for Election

        M. Farooq Kathwari, 70, is the Chairman, President and Principal Executive Officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. He has been President of the Company since 1985 and Chairman and Principal Executive Officer since 1988. He received his B.A. degree from Kashmir University in English Literature and Political Science and an M.B.A. in International Marketing from New York University. Mr. Kathwari serves on several not-for-profit organizations, including: Director and Chairman Emeritus of Refugees International, Director and former Chairman of American Home Furnishings Alliance, Director and former Chairman of National Retail Federation (NRF) and Member, Board of Overseers and former Director of International Rescue Committee. Mr. Kathwari has received numerous recognitions, including most recently the Honorary Doctor of Public Service Degree awarded by Tufts University President on May 20, 2012, the NRF's highest honor Gold Medal Award, and induction into the Furniture Hall of Fame. Mr. Kathwari served on the President's Advisory Committee on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Kathwari has extensive experience and knowledge of the history of our Company and the furniture industry as well as extensive experience in growing and managing a business. He possesses insight into retailing, marketing, manufacturing, and strategic planning from experience with the Company as well as his broad experience with both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations which has given him perspectives from other industries valuable to his service to the Company.

        James B. Carlson, 59, was elected as a director of the Company on June 10, 2013. Mr. Carlson serves as an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law, teaching Securities and Capital Markets Regulation since 1996. From 2009 through 2011, he also taught Derivatives and Changing Regulation at the School of Law, and from 2010 through 2012, he taught Microfinance and Access to Finance for the Global Poor as an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. Mr. Carlson, who has been

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practicing law since 1981, currently is a member of the law firm Mayer Brown, LLP, where he has been a partner since 1998. From 1997 through 2004, he was the Partner-in-Charge of the firm's New York Office, and also served as the firm's Global Practice Leader from 2004 through 2008. Mr. Carlson brings extensive knowledge in corporate and financial strategies, and is a highly regarded member of both the legal and business communities. Mr. Carlson is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

        Clinton A. Clark, 72, was elected as a director of the Company on June 30, 1989. He and a partner are sole owners of Clark Quality Construction, LLC, a residential development company. Prior to founding Clark Quality Construction, Mr. Clark was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc. from 1990 through September 1993 and prior thereto was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Children's Place, a retail children's apparel chain he founded in 1968. Mr. Clark has also been an investor and director of several private companies. Mr. Clark's experience managing publicly traded companies, experience as an executive, and knowledge of the history of the Company has provided the Company with a wealth of knowledge in strategic planning, corporate finance, compensation, and sales and marketing in consumer related industries. He has the necessary skills to fulfill his role as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee.

        John J. Dooner, Jr., 66, was elected as a director of the Company on January 26, 2011. He recently established The Dooner Group, a marketing communication consultancy, and serves as Chairman Emeritus of McCann Worldgroup ("McCann"), a company he formed in 1997 and of which he had been CEO from its founding until 2010. Under Mr. Dooner's leadership, McCann grew to be one of the world's largest marketing communications organizations, with operations in over 125 countries with a client roster that includes preeminent global marketers and many of the world's most famous brands. Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Dooner was CEO of McCann Erickson Worldwide, a post he assumed in 1992. Mr. Dooner also serves on several not-for-profit organizations; including Chairman of St. Thomas University based in Miami Florida, Immediate past Chairman of Board of Trustees United Way Worldwide, and remains Trustee and Chairman Brand Platform United Way Worldwide based in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Company's Compensation and Nominations/Corporate Governance Committees as well as the Lead independent Director in 2014.

        Kristin Gamble, 68, was elected as a director of the Company on July 28, 1992. Since 1984, she has been President of Flood, Gamble Associates, Inc., an investment counseling firm. Ms. Gamble was Senior Vice President responsible for equity strategy and economic research with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company from 1981 to 1984. Prior to that, she held various management positions with Manufacturers Hanover (1977-1981), Foley, Warendorf & Co., a brokerage firm (1976-1977), Rothschild, Inc. (1971-1976) and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (1968-1971). Since May 1995, she has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Federal Realty Investment Trust, in which she serves on both the Compensation Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee. Through her roles and responsibilities Ms. Gamble has extensive experience and insight relevant to her service to the Company, including that of Trustee of a realty investment trust and her knowledge of real estate markets. Ms. Gamble's knowledge of the history of the Company as well as her significant financial management experience has resulted in strong skills in corporate finance, accounting and compensation. She is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Company's Audit Committee.

        James W. Schmotter, 67, was elected as a Director of the Company on April 20, 2010. Dr. Schmotter currently serves as President of Western Connecticut State University. He previously served as Western Michigan University's Dean of the Haworth College of Business, the Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, as well as Associate Dean and Director of International Studies at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Dr. Schmotter has consulted for a variety of organizations including IBM, TRW, the Institute for International Education, the Cleveland Foundation, the Graduate Management Admission Council, the Educational Testing Service, United States Agency for International Development, and a number of universities in the U.S., Asia and

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Europe. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Graduate Management Admission Council, was the founding Vice Chair of the Board of the MBA Enterprise Corps, has been a member of many committees of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and served as a member of the Executive Committee of the NCAA. Dr. Schmotter is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Western Connecticut, a corporator of the Savings Bank of Danbury, a director of Fairfield County's Community Foundation and a director of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Schmotter's strong leadership, educational and governmental background provides key insight and experience in strategic planning, international/global issues as well as communicating with younger customers which is valuable in his service to the Company. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Chairman of the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee.

        Frank G. Wisner, 76, was elected as a Director of the Company on July 23, 2001. He is International Affairs Advisor of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs. He is the former Vice Chairman, External Affairs, of American International Group ("AIG"), a United States-based mixed financial services and international insurance organization. Mr. Wisner is also on the Board of Directors of EOG Resources. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) in Cairo, Egypt and of Pangea 3, a New York based legal outsourcing company, privately held. Prior to joining AIG, he was the United States Ambassador to India from July 1994 through July 1997. He retired from the United States Government with the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest grade in the Foreign Service. Mr. Wisner joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in 1961 and served in a variety of overseas and Washington positions during his 36-year career. Among his other positions, Mr. Wisner served successively as United States Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt and the Philippines. Before being named United States Ambassador to India, his most recent assignment was as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Prior to that, he was Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. Ambassador Wisner's global, diplomatic and governmental experience provides insights and perspectives valuable in the operations and strategic planning of the Company. He is a member of the Company's Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee.

        THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR NAMED ABOVE, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS PROPOSAL NO. 1.

NOMINATIONS/CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

        The duties of the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee ("Nominations Committee") include, but are not limited to, the duty to: (i) develop qualification criteria for the members of the Board of Directors and nominate or recommend to the Board of Directors individuals to serve on the Board of Directors; (ii) review, annually, the qualifications of each member of the Board of Directors; (iii) review and monitor the Company's corporate governance policies and guidelines, including the Company's trading policy for its directors and executive officers; and (iv) make an annual assessment of the Board of Directors' performance and report to the Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee follows the procedure concerning nominations or consideration of director candidates recommended by stockholders set forth in the By-laws. The By-laws of the Company permit stockholders, as of the Record Date, to nominate director candidates at the annual meeting, subject to certain notification requirements. (See "Stockholder Proposals and Nomination of Directors" under "Other Matters" for information on how to submit a proposal or nominate a director.) The Nominations Committee believes that as a result of the provisions in the By-laws, any separate policy relating to stockholder proposals or nominations would be duplicative. Each member of the Nominations Committee is independent within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE. The Nominations Committee held two (2) meetings and individual committee members communicated, when necessary, by telephone or other means during fiscal year 2014.

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        The Nominations Committee seeks candidates who demonstrate a willingness and ability to prepare for, attend and participate in all Board of Directors and committee meetings and whose experience and skill would complement the then existing mix of directors. The Nominations Committee may consider the diversity of a candidate's background and experience when evaluating a nominee, as well as the diversity of a candidate's perspectives, which may result from diversity in age, gender, ethnicity or national origin. While the Nominations Committee may consider diversity in its evaluation process, the Nominations Committee does not have a formal policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees. The Nominations Committee gathers suggestions as to individuals who may be available to meet the Board of Directors' future needs from a variety of sources, such as past and present directors, stockholders, colleagues and other parties with which a member of the Nominations Committee or the Board of Directors has had business dealings, and undertakes a preliminary review of the individuals suggested. At such times as the Nominations Committee determines that a relatively near term need exists and the Nominations Committee believes that an individual's qualities and skills would complement the then existing mix of directors, the Nominations Committee or its Chair will contact the individual. The Chair will, after such contact, discuss the individual with the Nominations Committee. Based on the Nominations Committee's evaluation of potential nominees and the Company's needs, the Nominations Committee determines whether to nominate the individual for election as a director. While the Nominations Committee has not, in the past, engaged any third party firm or consultant to identify or evaluate nominees, the Nominations Committee, in accordance with its charter, may do so in the future. The Nominations Committee would evaluate nominees for director, recommended by a stockholder, in the same manner it undertakes the Nominations Committee's evaluation.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

        The Board of Directors has determined that Clinton A. Clark, James B. Carlson, John J. Dooner, Jr., Kristin Gamble, James W. Schmotter and Frank G. Wisner are independent directors within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE. In order for a Director to be considered "independent" by the Board of Directors, he or she must (i) be free of any relationship that, applying the rules of the NYSE, would preclude a finding of independence and (ii) not have any material relationship (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization) with us or any of our affiliates of any of our executive officers or any of our affiliates' executive officers. In evaluating the materiality of any such relationship, the Board of Directors takes into consideration whether disclosure of the relationship would be required by the disclosure rules under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). If disclosure of the relationship is required, the Board of Directors must make a determination that the relationship is not material as a prerequisite to finding that the Director is independent.

Corporate Governance Highlights

        We comply with the corporate governance requirements imposed by the SEC and the NYSE, and in doing so, the Board of Directors adopted corporate governance guidelines (the "Governance Guidelines"). Many features of our corporate governance principles are discussed in other sections of this proxy statement, but some of the highlights are:

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Published Governance Guidelines. A copy of the Governance Guidelines as well as our Code of Ethics, Charters for our Audit, Compensation, and Nominations / Corporate Governance committees, and Directors and Executive Officer Policies, and our Securities Trading and Conflict of interest policy can be found under "Corporate Governance Charters & Policies" on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.EthanAllen.com.



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Independent Board. All members of our Board are independent directors, with exception of our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

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Independent Board Committees. All members of our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating / Corporate Governance committees are independent directors, and none of such members receives compensation from the Company other than for service on its Board of Directors or its committees.



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Independent Executive Sessions. The Board of Directors is required to have executive sessions where independent directors meet without the Chairman and management at the time of each Board of Directors meeting. In addition, periodically throughout the year, the full Board of Directors, including or excluding the Chairman, may meet without management participation.



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Committee Authority to Retain Independent Advisors. The Audit, Compensation, and Nominations / Corporate Governance committees have the authority to retain independent advisors, with all fees and expenses to be paid by the Company.



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Audit Committee Policies and Procedures. Under its charter, the Audit Committee's prior approval is required for all audit services and permitted non-audit services (other than de minimis permitted non-audit services as defined and permitted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.



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Audit Committee Financial Expert. Our Board of Directors has determined that all four members of the Audit Committee are audit committee financial experts within the meaning of the SEC rules and are independent directors within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE.



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No Stockholder Rights Plan (poison pill). Our previous stockholder rights plan was allowed to expire May 31, 2012.



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No Cumulative Voting. We do not provide for cumulative voting of directors by our stockholders.



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Eliminated Classified Board. At the 2013 Annual Meeting, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the classified structure of our Board of Directors. As such, the Directors are subject to annual election.



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Annual Advisory Vote On Executive Compensation. Since 2011, we have provided our Stockholders the opportunity to cast an annual non-binding advisory vote on our Executive Compensation Program.

Formal Adoption of Additional Policies

        In 2013, we decided to formalize and clarify our best practices in relation to our Board of Directors and executive officers in a Director Policy and Executive Officer Policy effective as of the 2013 Annual Meeting including the following:

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A Recoupment / Clawback Provision. The Company's executives will be required to pay back incentive awards erroneously awarded to them on the basis of restated financial statements, if they participated in fraud or misconduct leading to the restated financial statements.



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Stock Ownership Requirements. It is the Company's intention that its Directors and executive officers acquire ownership of an amount of Company stock. The value of the intended holdings is equal to a multiple of the base compensation (three times annual cash compensation for directors, five times salary for the CEO, and two times the annual salary for the other executive officers) to be accumulated over five years. Pledged shares are not considered when determining compliance with the guidelines. The standards are reviewed and modified annually or as necessary after a significant increase or decrease in share price.



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Holding Requirement. Our Directors and executive officers are required to hold any Company stock acquired upon the exercise of stock options or restricted stock issued to them for one year following their exercise or vesting, as applicable, except to the extent necessary to pay income and other taxes

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assessed upon exercise of the options or vesting of that stock or to fund or pay for the exercise of options.

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No Hedging / Pledging Policy. The Company's Board of Directors and executive officers are prohibited from hedging and / or pledging the Company's stock. Any pledges in place by any director or officer as of the adoption of this policy were to be disclosed to the Company and subject to that prohibition within three years thereafter.



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Insider Trading Policies. The Company's Board of Directors and executive officers will comply in all respects with the Company's insider trading policies including the Company's Statement of Policy Concerning Trading in the Company's Securities available under "Corporate Governance Charters & Policies" on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.EthanAllen.com.



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No Repricing or Buyouts. The Company's stock options and plans for Directors and executive officers will prohibit repricing, extensions or cash buy outs for options.



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Change in Control Agreements. The Company will generally restrict change in control agreements (other than Mr. Kathwari's employment agreement with the Company, dated as of September 30, 2011 (the "2011 Employment Agreement")), and will generally restrict any change in control agreements (including the 2011 Employment Agreement) which contain a "double trigger" condition for severance payments. The Company will generally restrict new change in control agreements that contain excise tax gross-ups, or amend existing change in control agreements without removing these provisions.



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Employment Agreements with Executives. The Company will generally restrict entering into employment agreements with executive officers, except for the 2011 Employment Agreement with the CEO, for stock option and restricted stock agreements and severance and protective covenant agreements. The Company does not have employment agreements with any of our Named Executive Officers other than the 2011 Employment Agreement with our CEO and stock option and restricted stock agreements.



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Qualified Performance Based Compensation. The Company may attempt to preserve the Federal income tax deductibility of compensation paid, to permit, but not require, the Compensation Committee to award compensation that meets the requirements for "qualified performance-based compensation." However, the Compensation Committee reserves the right to authorize the payment of nondeductible compensation when appropriate.



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Lead Independent Director. The Company defined the role of the lead director, a position which rotates annually. Mr. Dooner, an independent, non-executive director, currently serves as lead director.



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Director Attendance. Directors are required to attend at least 75% of Director and committee meetings. In 2014 there was 100% attendance by each Director at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors and its committees.



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Director Tenure. The Board shall not nominate a director at any time after his 77th birthday (subject to waiver or extension), and mandated resignation of a Director upon failure to meet the Company's requirements or failing to attend the requisite number of meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees.



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Term Limits. The service of a Director will continue until:



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in the case of a Director who is also an executive of the Company, their effective termination of employment and services to the Company,



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and in the case of any Director, until either the end of his elected term, unless duly nominated and re-elected as a Director for a subsequent term, or the conclusion of the Nominations/

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Governance Committee that a Director no longer satisfies the requirements and standards of the Director for service as a Director.

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At the end of his term, a Director will resign as a Director.



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Limitation on Other Boards. A Director will not serve as a director on the boards of directors of more than three publicly traded companies (including the Company).



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Limitation on Service to Competitors. A Director will not serve as a director, executive, employee or consultant to any company that is a competitor to the Company, taking account of companies identified as competitors of the Company in the Company's public reports.



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No Director Loans. The Company prohibits personal loans or credit advances by the Company to directors except for ordinary travel and expense advances, advance Director fee payments, and as required by Director indemnification.

        These policies may be waived, updated or modified by either the Nominations / Corporate Governance Committee, Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors (or the CEO for the Executive Policy), upon notice to the Company and the Board of Directors, as applicable. They are accessible under "Corporate Governance Charters & Policies" on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.EthanAllen.com.

Stockholder Communication with Directors

        Stockholders or interested parties may communicate with the full Board of Directors, a full committee, individual committee members or individual directors by sending communications to the Office of the Secretary, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., Ethan Allen Drive, Danbury, Connecticut 06811 for forwarding to the appropriate director(s). Please specify to whom your correspondence should be directed. The Corporate Secretary has been instructed by the Board of Directors to review and promptly forward all correspondence (except advertising material and ordinary business matters) to the full Board of Directors, full committee, individual director or committee member, as indicated in the correspondence.

Certain Transactions

        The Company is party to indemnification agreements with each of the members of the Board of Directors pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board of Directors from liabilities incurred as a result of such Director's status as a director of the Company, subject to certain limitations.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

        The Company recognizes that transactions between the Company and related persons present a potential for actual or perceived conflicts of interest. The Company's general policies with respect to such transactions are included in its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics ("Business Code"), the administration of which is overseen by the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee. The Company defines "related party" transaction as any transaction or series of related transactions in excess of $120,000 in which the Company is a party and in which a "related person" had, has or will have direct or indirect material interest. Related persons include (i) any person who is, or at any time since the beginning of our last fiscal year, was, a director or executive officer of us or a nominee to become a director, (ii) any person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, (iii) any immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons, which means any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the director, executive officer, nominee or more than 5% beneficial owner and any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the household of such director, executive officer, nominee or more than 5% beneficial owner and (iv) any firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing

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persons is employed or is a general partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 10% or greater beneficial ownership interest.

        The Company collects information about potential related party transactions in its annual questionnaires completed by directors and officers as well as throughout the year at its quarterly Disclosure Control Committee Meetings, comprised of key management responsible for significant business units, departments or divisions. Potential related party transactions are first reviewed and assessed by our General Counsel to consider the materiality of the transactions and then reported to the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee reviews and considers all relevant information available to it about each related party transaction and presents the facts to the members of the Board of Directors not associated with the potential related party transaction. A related party transaction is approved or ratified only if such members of the Board of Directors determine that it is not inconsistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company did not have any such transactions during fiscal year 2014.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

        No member of the Compensation Committee was at any time an officer or employee of the Company, nor is any member of the Compensation Committee related to any other member of the Compensation Committee, any other member of the Board of Directors or any executive officer of the Company. No member of the Board of Directors or executive officer of the Company served as a director or member of the compensation or similar committee of another entity whose director(s) or executive officer(s) serve as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee.

Charters, Code and Guidelines

        The Company's Business Code, Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of its Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee are available on the Company's website at www.ethanallen.com/governance. Any waiver of the Business Code for directors or Named Executive Officers may only be made by the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee, and any waivers or amendments will be disclosed promptly by a posting on our website. Stockholders may request a copy of any of these documents by writing to: Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., Ethan Allen Drive, Danbury, CT 06811, Attn: Office of the Secretary.

Leadership Structure and Board of Directors' Role in Risk Oversight

        The Company defined the role of the lead director, a position which rotates annually. The Board expresses its intent that one person serving as both CEO and Chairman evidences sound management as it allows the assertion of unambiguous authority over the operations of the Company. There is no need to separate the roles of CEO and Chairman since the Company has a suitably empowered independent director who is expressly authorized to exert de facto control of the Company by asserting independent leadership of the Board, increasing the Board's independence over management. The Board formally designated Mr. Dooner, an independent, non-executive director, as its lead director through the Annual Meeting. He organizes and chairs meetings of the independent directors and organizes, facilitates and communicates observations of the independent directors to the CEO, although each director is free to communicate directly with the CEO.

        The Board of Directors believes that the best interests of the Company are served by Mr. Kathwari serving as both Chairman and CEO taking account of his unique long standing stature and investment in the Company and also the Board's utilization of a lead director. The Board of Directors believes that this governance structure provides the basis for clear, efficient executive authority in the Company, especially taking into account the Company's flat management structure, while balancing appropriate oversight by the Board of Directors.

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        The Board of Directors oversees an enterprise-wide approach to risk management, designed to identify risk areas and provide oversight of the Company's risk management, to support the achievement of organizational objectives, including strategic objectives, to improve long-term organizational performance and to enhance stockholder value. A fundamental part of the Board's risk management is to understand the risks the Company faces and what steps management is taking to manage those risks. The Board of Directors participates in discussions with management concerning the Company's overall level of risk, the Company's business strategy and organizational objectives which are all integral components of its assessment of management's tolerance for risk.

Meetings and Committees of the Board of Directors

        During fiscal year 2014, there were four (4) regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors in addition to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Independent directors also met four (4) times in executive session without management present. The executive sessions were chaired by the lead independent director, currently John J. Dooner, Jr..

        All directors are expected to attend all regularly scheduled and special Board of Directors meetings, independent director meetings and committee meetings, as appropriate. The Board of Directors realizes that scheduling conflicts may arise from time to time which prevent a Director from attending a particular meeting. However, it is the Board's explicit policy that each Director shall give priority to his or her obligations to the Company. All Directors who then held office attended the 2013 Annual Meeting of stockholders. In fiscal year 2014, there was 100% attendance by each Director at each of the four regularly scheduled Board of Directors meetings, five regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, three regularly scheduled Compensation Committee meetings, and two regularly scheduled Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee meetings. Our policy is to expect resignation of any Director who is absent from more than twenty-five percent of regularly scheduled Board meetings or committee meetings in a fiscal year. In addition to the regularly scheduled meetings, there were three special Audit Committee meetings.

        The Board of Directors has established three standing committees: the Audit Committee; the Compensation Committee; and the Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee. Committee memberships of each nominee and continuing or current director are set forth below:

        Additionally, the Board of Directors determined that all of the members of the standing committees are (i) independent within the meaning of the listings standards of the NYSE, (ii) non-employee directors (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act) and (iii) outside directors (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")). See "Corporate Governance".

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

        The Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility relating to the Company's financial statements and the financial reporting process, the system of internal accounting and financial controls, the internal audit function, and the annual independent audit of the Company's financial statements. However, management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and

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the reporting process, including the system of internal control. The Company's independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG, has the primary responsibility to independently audit the Company's financial statements and its internal controls in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The duties of the Audit Committee include, but are not limited to:

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appointing and reviewing the performance of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm;



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assessing the scope and structure of the Company's internal audit function;



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reviewing the scope of audits to be conducted, as well as the results thereof;



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pre-approving audit and non-audit services provided to the Company by the independent registered public accounting firm; and



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reviewing with management and the registered public accountants the Company's quarterly financial filings prior to the filing of its Quarterly Reports on Form 10- Q and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        In accordance with SEC regulations, the Audit Committee has approved an Audit Committee Charter, describing the responsibilities of the Audit Committee, (see http://www.ethanallen.com/audit-committee.html). The Board of Directors has concluded that each member of the Audit Committee is independent within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE. See "Corporate Governance". The Board of Directors has determined that all Audit Committee members, as required by SEC regulations and NYSE rules, are financially literate with accounting or related finance management expertise, as interpreted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is an "audit committee financial expert" as defined under Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K and as contemplated by Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act.

        In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed, with management and KPMG, the audited financial statements contained within the Annual Report on Form 10-K, including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures contained in those financial statements. In addition, in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Audit Committee reviewed with management and KPMG, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, the effectiveness of the Company's system of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2014.

        The Audit Committee reviewed with KPMG, who is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, their judgment(s) as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company's accounting principles. The Audit Committee also reviewed such other matters as are required to be discussed under auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), including Auditing Standards No. 16. In addition, the Audit Committee has received with KPMG the written disclosures required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and has discussed with KPMG the auditors' independence from management and the Company.

        The Audit Committee discussed with the Company's internal auditors and KPMG the overall scope and plans for their respective audits. The Audit Committee met independently with the internal auditors and KPMG, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company's system of internal control and the overall quality of the Company's financial reporting practices, which included, but were not limited to, the review of the quarterly Form 10-Q filings and annual Form 10-K filing.

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        In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee approved the audited financial statements be included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2014 for filing with the SEC.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

        The Compensation Committee oversees our compensation program for Named Executive Officers on behalf of the Board of Directors. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Compensation Committee reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth below and recommends to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the proxy statements, which are filed with the SEC. For further discussion on the activities of the Compensation Committee see "Compensation Discussion and Analysis"

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

        Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, owners of over 10% of our Common Stock, and some persons who formerly were directors or executive officers, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC and the NYSE and furnish us with a copy of each report filed. Based solely on our review of copies of the reports by some of those persons and written representations from others that all reports were filed or that no reports were required, we believe that during fiscal year 2014 all Section 16(a) filing requirements were complied with in a timely fashion.

Security Ownership of Common Stock of Certain Owners and Management

        The following table sets forth, as of September 23, 2014, except as otherwise noted, information with respect to beneficial ownership of the Common Stock in respect of: (i) each director and Named Executive Officer (as defined herein) of the Company; (ii) all directors and Named Executive Officers of the Company as a group; and (iii) based on information available to the Company and a review of statements filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(d) and/or 13(g) of the Exchange Act, each person or entity that beneficially owned (directly or together with affiliates) more than 5% of the Common Stock. The Company believes that each individual or entity named has sole investment and voting power with respect to shares of Common Stock indicated as beneficially owned by them, except as otherwise noted. Unless

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otherwise noted below, the address for each listed director and Named Executive Officer is Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., Ethan Allen Drive, Danbury, CT 06810.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

        The Compensation Committee oversees our compensation program for Named Executive Officers on behalf of the Board. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Compensation Committee reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth below.

        In reliance on the review and discussion referred to above, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in our fiscal 2014 proxy statement which will be filed with the SEC.

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

        The purpose of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis is to provide material information about the Company's compensation objectives and policies for its Named Executive Officers and to put into perspective the tabular disclosures and related narratives. For the Company's fiscal 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Ethan Allen Compensation Committee continues to follow, and refine, the policies and procedures established after the Company's 2012 Annual Meeting. These policies and procedures resulted in markedly favorable responses from the stockholders to each initiative proposed at the 2013 Annual Meeting with the "Say On Pay" vote in 2013 receiving approval of 76% of the votes cast.

        The Company and the Compensation Committee took the following steps for 2013:

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Detailed the Front Loading Impact on CEO Compensation.  The one-time numerical impacts on the fiscal 2012 Summary Compensation Table driven by the requirement to report in a single year (2012) the estimated fair value of the long-term equity incentives granted to the Company's CEO under the five year term of the 2011 Employment Agreement. This front loading of equity compensation accounted for more than half of the CEO's reported fiscal 2012 total compensation and factors into the sharp reduction in the CEO total compensation for both fiscal 2013 and 2014 as compared to 2012.



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Explained the CEO Voluntary Compensation Reductions.  The actions taken voluntarily by the Company's CEO to place a cap or maximum on future incentive performance bonus payments to the CEO for fiscal periods 2013 through 2016 under the 2011 Employment Agreement. The voluntary reduction in 2013 and 2014 of $533,000 and $622,656, respectively, along with the elimination of the front-end loading of the CEO's equity compensation reduced the CEO's 2013 total compensation by 54% compared to fiscal 2012, and reduced the incentive performance bonus 26% during fiscal 2014 compared to the amount the CEO would have received under the 2011 Employment Agreement.



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Provided Expanded Background of the 2011 Employment Agreement and Peer Group.  A more thorough explanation of the Compensation Committee's determinations in connection with the approval of the 2011 Employment Agreement in late 2011 and in connection with the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In particular, the explanation included the Compensation Committee's reasons for selecting peer group comparables and a discussion of the alignment of the CEO's incentives with stockholder interests.



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Provided Details of the Go Forward Approach For Performance Based Incentives.  The Compensation Committee, together with the CEO, refined the approach for fiscal 2013 and going forward for formalizing performance-based bonuses and long-term incentives as a prominent compensation component for the Company's Named Executive Officers and other senior executives.



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Provided Details of the Go Forward Approach For Board Stock and Certain Governance Policies.  The Compensation Committee reviewed and formalized certain board corporate governance matters of the Company that are consistent with its prior and best corporate governance practices.

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Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

        The philosophy, objectives, and policies in place in 2013 were further refined to better serve the Company during 2014 and prospectively for 2015.

        During 2014, the Compensation Committee took the following additional steps:

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Refined Executive Compensation Polices for 2014.  In collaboration with the CEO and Board of Directors, further refined the executive compensation policies for its CEO and other Named Executive Officers and its Board of Directors policies that formalize the Company's prior and best practices.



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Reviewed and Approved 2014 Executive Compensation.  Reviewed and approved the compensation determinations for fiscal 2014 for the Company's Named Executive Officers, as described below.



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Established 2015 Executive Incentive Compensation.  With the CEO, articulated the Company's future approach to compensation for its Named Executive Officers.

        The Company's executive compensation philosophy is focused on attracting, retaining and motivating a qualified management team and aligning their interests with the long-term interests of stockholders. This is accomplished by offering compensation packages which (i) are competitive within the industries in which the Company operates, (ii) are fair and equitable among the executives and (iii) provide incentives for the long-term success and performance of the Company. Compensation is allocated among base salary, annual discretionary cash bonus compensation and long-term equity incentives, and for Named Executive Officers, a non-equity incentive plan compensation component. Cash bonus compensation for managerial employees is discretionary and designed to (i) reward achievement within areas under the control of the relevant employee, although Company-wide performance is also a significant factor and (ii) retain management for the long-term success and performance of the Company. We consider the cost to the Company when we make decisions regarding total compensation. As the level of responsibility increases, the portion of an executive's compensation tied to the Company's and the executive's personal performance will be proportionately greater. Finally, we endeavor to ensure that the Company's compensation program is perceived as fundamentally fair to all stakeholders.

Background of the 2011 Employment Agreement

        The following summarizes the background as to the Compensation Committee's approach to the 2011 Employment Agreement which supplements its discussions and the background provided in the Company's 2011, 2012 and 2013 Proxy Statements and Annual Reports.

        In 2011, the Compensation Committee commenced discussions with its long-serving, respected CEO, because of the impending expiration of the prior employment agreement and the recognition that the advance notice date was approaching, by which time the Compensation Committee believed the CEO's employment with the Company needed to be resolved. The Compensation Committee believed that the best interests of the Company and its stockholders would be served by cementing a long-term employment relationship with the CEO. This employment relationship was seen as imperative in view of the severe recessionary challenges then confronting the Company.

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The economic turbulence of the recession and global financial crises were very disruptive and threatening to the Company's furniture and home furnishings business. Corporate survival required focused, aggressive restructuring led by the CEO.



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The CEO had initiated and was in the midst of leading a very substantial restructuring of the Company's operations.

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The Compensation Committee recognized that the Company had withstood many of the recessionary challenges that had led to bankruptcies within the furniture and home furnishings industry.



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The Compensation Committee believed that the Company's business during the early recession years had held up and performed relatively better than most of its peers in the recession.



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The Company operates using a very flat management infrastructure which places substantial pressure and multiple responsibilities on the CEO in connection with directing the strategic and operational activities of merchandising, marketing, advertising, retailing, manufacturing, and operations.



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In the view of the Compensation Committee, any risk of instability resulting from the departure of the CEO was reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and was not in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Peer Group Companies Considered for the 2011 Employment Agreement

        In connection with the 2011 Employment Agreement, the Compensation Committee retained as independent consultant, Sibson Consulting to advise the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee, in conjunction with Sibson Consulting, established a peer group which, in its judgment, best represented the unique nature of the Company's vertical business model which integrates manufacturing, merchandising and retailing. The Compensation Committee recognized the difficulty of establishing direct peer comparables due to the differences among potential peers. Among the differences noted were:

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The Company's strategic model of integrating manufacturing, merchandising and retailing in North America is unusual within the peer group.



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The Company's strategic use of an iconic brand name is not shared within the whole peer group.



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The Company's widely known CEO and his reputation and relationships through the Company and its retailers and the furniture industry and his linkage to that brand name is not rivaled by most companies within the peer group.



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The Company manufactures about 70% of its products in North America, operates integrated logistics facilities in its wholesale and retail businesses, runs a significant number of Company operated retail locations, and supports the retail locations operated by the Company's independent licensees. Few comparables in the furniture and home furnishings industry have this integrated model.

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competitors and peers identified by the Company's direct U.S. furniture competitors



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highly integrated companies in non-furniture industries (e.g. apparel, etc),



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companies with iconic consumer brand recognition (beyond the furniture and home furnishing industries),



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companies that have a CEO closely identified with the brand (beyond the furniture and home furnishing industries), and



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companies that might be considered competitors for Company executives and equivalent talent.

        The peer group was then further filtered in terms of size measured by revenues at the time (primarily one fourth to four times that of the Company's revenues). The relative number of employees and market capitalization were also considered. The Compensation Committee wanted a large enough group,

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consisting of 15-20 companies, to enable full comparisons to the Company. At the conclusion of the process, a peer group of 16 companies was established for this purpose, including (alphabetically): Bassett Furniture Industries Inc., Cost Plus Inc. (subsequently acquired in June 2012 by Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.), Furniture Brands International Inc., Haverty Furniture Cos Inc., Herman Miller Inc., HNI Corp., Knoll Inc., La-Z-Boy Inc., Pier 1 Imports Inc., Polo Ralph Lauren, Saks Inc., Select Comfort Corp., Steelcase Inc., Tempur-Pedic International Inc., Tiffany & Co., and Williams-Sonoma Inc.

        In identifying this peer group of companies, the Compensation Committee purposefully went beyond the eight publicly traded companies reflected in the presentation of the Company's Five Year Summary Stock Performances provided in its Annual Report to Stockholders. (For comparison purposes, these comparable companies for reporting purposes were Basset Furniture Co. Inc, Chromcraft- Revington, Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Furniture Brands International, Inc., Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc., La-Z-Boy Inc., Leggett & Platt Inc. and Pier 1 Imports, Inc.) The Compensation Committee understood that the comparables for purposes of this Five Year Summary Stock Performance were established long ago by the Company largely on the basis of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and had been continued for purposes of consistency of stock performance presentation. However, the Compensation Committee, in its judgment, believed that a broader pool of comparables, reflecting its broader considerations, was best for its compensation comparison purposes.

2011 Employment Agreement Performance Compensation and Incentive Threshold

        To appropriately align the total compensation for the CEO with the performance and business realities of the Company, the Compensation Committee targeted total direct compensation for the CEO at or below the market median and placed greater weight on the variable performance related categories (i.e., performance based incentive bonus and long-term stock performance) than on fixed base compensation. With this in mind, the Compensation Committee and the CEO agreed under the terms of the 2011 Employment Agreement that the CEO's salary would remain fixed, with no escalation or increases available for the five year term of the agreement. The equity component of compensation was targeted below the median of the peer group (within the second quartile of comparable peer companies) while not raising base salary. This level of equity compensation recognized that the CEO's substantial personal investment and ownership in the Company's shares already provided significant alignment by the CEO with long-term stockholder interests. To balance the total direct compensation opportunity, the Compensation Committee targeted cash and bonus opportunities for the CEO at a level that was higher than the median of the peer group (within the third quartile of comparable peer companies). This resulted in higher bonus opportunities for the CEO if the Company's financial performance results meaningfully improved.

        In structuring the cash bonus opportunity as increasing percentages of operating income, the Compensation Committee reasoned that this aligned the CEO's interests with its stockholders, as both would benefit from increases in operating income, and the CEO would be incented even more to manage for substantial increases in operating income over the longer term. By linking bonuses to operating income growth measured against a gradually escalating floor, the Compensation Committee sought to avoid discretionary bonuses, and instead utilize a formulaic linkage to increased operating income that would reflect escalating thresholds and expectations over the years of the 2011 Employment Agreement.

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        To incentivize improved Company performance, the Compensation Committee structured the following bonus structure for the five years of the 2011 Employment Agreement based upon the Company's operating income in fiscal 2012-2016:

        In establishing a $25 million (plus $2 million annual escalator) threshold before any bonus was paid, the Compensation Committee recognized that the Company's operating income had dropped $108 million from fiscal 2008 to an operating loss of $12 million in fiscal 2010. The Compensation Committee further recognized that under the CEO's leadership, the Company's operating income had improved to $32 million in fiscal 2011. Industry forecasts for the furniture and home furnishings industries expected years of adjustment and slow growth following the recession years.

        To align the CEO's performance based bonus incentives as much as possible with the interest of stockholders, the Compensation Committee did not place a cap on the CEO's incentives. The intent of unlimited upside bonus opportunity was to incent maximized operating income for the Company and its corresponding benefits to stockholders. As discussed further below, the Compensation Committee nonetheless accepted the CEO's directions to cap his cash incentive bonus and to share his 2013 cash incentive bonus with other Company employees.

2011 Employment Agreement Long-Term Equity Incentive and Impact on Summary Compensation Table

        In order to ensure a long-term commitment by the CEO, the Compensation Committee required five years of service from the CEO for full vesting of both the restricted stock grant of 105,000 shares and the stock option grant of 300,000 shares. The Compensation Committee believed the CEO's very substantial, personal investment in the Company's shares already provided very significant CEO alignment with the objectives of the Company's stockholders for total stockholder return. Thus, the addition of incremental share performance vesting or criteria in relation to these stock option and restricted stock grants provide negligible additional incentives for the CEO and little incremental alignment with stockholder interests. In this context, the Compensation Committee further believed that the most meaningful relative incentive alignment with stockholder interests would be associated with the performance based cash bonus described above.

        The 5 year vesting of the equity awards, were front-end reported for proxy disclosure purposes entirely in the initial year of grant in fiscal 2012 and did not follow the expensing by the Company of those grants nor the vesting in those grants by the CEO over the five years of service through fiscal 2016 covering the five year term of the 2011 Employment Agreement. Of the total compensation reported for the CEO in the fiscal 2012 proxy statement, more than half was derived from these five year equity grants awarded to the CEO under the 2011 Employment Agreement. This reporting resulted in the 2013 and 2014 years

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under the 2011 Employment Agreement having the CEO's total reported compensation much lower than 2012.

Finalizing the 2011 Employment Agreement in 2011 (Fiscal 2012)

        The Compensation Committee and then the full Board of Directors approved the 2011 Employment Agreement, including the stock option and restricted stock grants thereunder, as of September 30, 2011. As of October 1, 2011, the Company and the CEO entered into the 2011 Employment Agreement, securing the CEO's services to the Company as Chairman, CEO and President for five years, through June 30, 2016, which was described in the Company's 2011 Proxy Statement. The incentive performance components of the 2011 Employment Agreement were voted on at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and received support of 87% of the votes cast along with support of 96% of the votes cast for each of the election of the CEO as director and chairman and its 2011 "Say On Pay" advisory stockholder resolution.

CEO Voluntary Adjustments in 2013

        The CEO voluntarily directed the Company to adjust the fiscal 2013 calculation of his incentive performance bonus under the 2011 Employment Agreement. Pursuant to this adjustment, the CEO shared equally with the Company's employees (i.e. 50/50) the excess earned above $1.2 million for fiscal 2013. This sharing effectively reduced the CEO's annual performance bonus compensation in fiscal 2013 by $533,000 (or 24%) from what he was entitled under the 2011 Employment Agreement. This voluntary reduction of $533,000 was then shared 70% (or $373,000) with the associates participating in the Company's 401(k) Plan and 30% (or $160,000) with key Company management (including and beyond the Named Executive Officers) as additional compensation beyond their existing compensation and bonuses. The CEO's total compensation for fiscal 2013 was 54% lower than for fiscal 2012, despite the Company's significantly improved financial performance and operating income.

CEO Voluntary Adjustments in 2014

        The CEO also voluntarily directed the Company to cap his bonus compensation at $1.8 million for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter through the duration of his 2011 Employment Agreement, notwithstanding any increase in operating income and bonus entitlement under his 2011 Employment Agreement. The Compensation Committee accepted and approved the CEO's voluntary cap and recognized that this voluntary cap is about 11% below the highest level of cash bonuses paid by the Company to the CEO in prior years. The Compensation Committee further recognized that if the Company's operating income recovered to its pre-recessionary height of $143 million in fiscal 2006, the CEO would be effectively voluntarily forfeiting and therefore contributing to the Company approximately $1.2 million per annum of his bonus under the 2011 Employment Agreement. This voluntary directive from the CEO also reduces the bonus payout under the termination provision and the change in control provision of the 2011 Employment Agreement from a maximum of $2.0 million to $1.8 million, a 10% reduction. This voluntary cap effectively reduced the CEO's annual performance bonus compensation in fiscal 2014 by $622,656 (or 26%) from what he was entitled under the 2011 Employment Agreement.

Improvements in Company's Financial Performance

        The Compensation Committee recognizes that since 2011, the Company's results have improved significantly, reflecting the Company's restructuring efforts led by the CEO under the 2011 Employment Agreement as noted in the table below. The Compensation Committee further recognizes that the actions

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taken by the CEO have positioned the Company well to aggressively pursue growth and continued improved financial returns for all stakeholders.

Compensation and Investment Policies for Board of Directors and Named Executive Officers

        During 2013, the Compensation Committee, in consulting with the CEO and the Nominations / Corporate Governance Committee, decided to formalize its best practices as to certain corporate governance and compensation matters relating to its directors and Named Executive Officers including the CEO. As of its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company adopted several formal policies reflecting these prior and best practices, as noted in the Corporate Governance section of this proxy statement which include a recoupment / clawback policy, a stock ownership policy, an equity holding policy, a no hedging / pledging policy, an insider trading policy, a no repricing or buyouts policy, employment and change in control agreement policies, a qualified performance based compensation policy, a lead independent director policy, director attendance, tenure and term limits policies, limitation of director service policies, and a director loan policy. These policies may be waived, updated or modified by either the Nominations / Corporate Governance Committee, Compensation Committee, or the Board of Directors, upon notice to the Company and the Board of Directors. They are accessible by Company stockholders under "Corporate Governance Charters & Policies" on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.EthanAllen.com.

        To further implement best practices, the Company and its Board of Directors submitted for vote at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders a proposal to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the classified structure of our Board of Directors. That proposal passed by an overwhelming majority of 89% of the votes cast and has been implemented.

Compensation Approach for Named Executive Officers Other than the CEO

        During fiscal 2014, the Compensation Committee, together with the CEO, reviewed the compensation program for the Company's key management personnel including the Named Executive Officers (other than the CEO). The CEO's compensation and incentives are addressed through the 2011 Employment Agreement, as discussed above. The Company's compensation approach is designed to encourage and reward performance that leads to strong financial results and creation of long-term stockholder value. Its balance of short-and long-term compensation opportunities is intended to retain and motivate the highly talented business leaders we require to successfully execute the Company's business strategy and create value for the Company's stockholders. This compensation approach builds on the Named Executive Officer and executive compensation policies adopted in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting. The following compensation principles guided the design of our compensation program for these Named Executive Officers during fiscal 2014, and shall guide the program in 2015:

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Reward Operational and Financial Efficiencies.  The Company believes in efficiency of overhead and operations and very careful expenditures of cash and its cash resources. It is intended that the Company's compensation approach for Named Executive Officers will emphasize the achievement of these efficiencies within the scope of authority and management of these Named Executive Officers.



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Pay for Performance.  The Company believes that pay earned by its executives should reflect the performance achieved for our stockholders. Thus, we structured the compensation program for the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO to ensure that a meaningful portion of the compensation paid is linked to the performance of our business. The Company's compensation

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program emphasizes variable incentive award opportunities, which are payable only if specified financial, operational and individual goals are achieved. In practice, these goals are identified by the CEO and approved by the Compensation Committee.

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Pay Conservatively.  When setting the compensation target payout opportunity levels with the CEO, the Compensation Committee and the CEO consider the range of opportunities available to similarly situated executives from various relevant market reference sources.



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Emphasize Variable Pay Components.  The Company provides variable compensation elements (annual non-equity incentive compensation and long-term equity compensation) primarily to encourage and reward performance that leads to strong financial results and creation of long-term value for our Stockholders.



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Require Stock Ownership.  The Company expects its executives to own a meaningful amount of Company stock. Thus, the Named Executive Officers over five years are expected to acquire and maintain ownership of a minimum equity ownership level in Company stock. This minimum level ranges from two times annual base salary for our Named Executive Officers to five times for the CEO. This is intended in part to align with long-term stockholder interests and avoid short-term incentive risk. To further promote a long-term alignment with our stockholders' interest, the Company will grant to our Named Executive Officers, equity with long vesting periods of generally three to five years and a post exercise hold period to avoid short-term incentive risk. The design of the Named Executive Officers compensation approach will be consistent with the Company's risk aversion and the steady performance expected by the Company and our stockholders. Thus, we structured our executive compensation program to ensure that it is not overly weighted toward annual cash incentive compensation and does not otherwise have the potential to threaten long-term stockholder value by promoting unnecessary or excessive risk-taking by our Named Executive Officers.



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Maintain Flexibility to Address Extraordinary Circumstances.  The compensation program provides flexibility for the CEO and the Compensation Committee with authority to exercise discretion in determining compensation actions for the Named Executive Officers when necessary due to extraordinary changes in the economy, unusual events or overall Company performance. Such actions are expected to take into account the current and long-term interests of our stockholders and the Company, notwithstanding the extent to which earlier specified goals are achieved.



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Follow Executive Compensation and Pay Governance Best Practices.  The Compensation Committee will continually evaluate best practices in executive compensation and governance and consider modifications to our program that support the Company's business strategies, provide an appropriate balance of risk and reward for our Named Executive Officers, and align their compensation with the long-term interests of the stockholders.

Compensation Committee 2014 Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation Other than the CEO

        The Compensation Committee considered several broader perspectives in setting the Company's compensation for its Named Executive Officers other than the CEO for fiscal 2014. Specifically, the Compensation Committee examined peer group comparisons and the alignment of the Company's equity grants to its stockholder long-term objectives. Additionally, the Compensation Committee incorporated perspectives identified in connection with its future approach to executive compensation, see "Compensation Approach for Named Executive Officers" noted above.

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Compensation Committee, together with the CEO, further formalized its practices during 2014 of confirming certain pre-established, performance objectives for the Named Executive Officers.

        The following are the components of the compensation for the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO, and the Company's overall approach to each compensation component for 2014:

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Base Salary.  Base salary is expected to be within the industry standards for similarly responsible, situated and performing executives, depending on which area the executive operates and on varying levels of responsibility. The Compensation Committee concurred with the CEO's views as to the adequacy of the base compensation for the Named Executive Officers for 2014.



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Incentive Awards—Annual Cash Bonus and Annual Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.  For fiscal year 2014, the Company maintained an Incentive Award compensation plan with a performance-based component (Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation) and a discretionary based component (Bonus) for the Named Executive Officers of the Company other than the CEO.

The Company established for each Named Executive Officer a target Incentive Award opportunity expressed as a percentage of the Named Executive Officer's annual base salary rate at the beginning of fiscal 2014, and a maximum Incentive Award expressed as a similar percentage of that base salary. Target and maximum Incentive Awards are based upon the recommendation of the CEO and the approval of the Compensation Committee. The target and maximum Incentive Award for each of the Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2014 was set at 40% of their respective base compensation at the beginning of fiscal 2014, subject to revision of the target and the maximum Incentive Award by the CEO and the Compensation Committee during fiscal 2014 in view of circumstances and considerations.

Incentive Awards, if any, are based both upon the performance of the Named Executive Officer as determined by the Company in view of the circumstances and considerations and also upon the Company's achievement of the performance goal target for the fiscal year, such that 30% of the Incentive Award will be initially determined by reference to the Company's achievement of the performance goal target and 70% will be discretionary.

For fiscal 2014, the performance goal target for the non-equity plan compensation component of the Incentive Award was the Company's accomplishment of adjusted operating income as reflected in its annual financial statements for fiscal 2014 reflecting a growth rate of 5% over adjusted operating income for fiscal 2013.

The discretionary Annual Cash Bonus component of the Incentive Award, if any, is intended to reward key employees based upon both the Company's overall performance and the individual's performance measured against a broad range of performance indicators.

For purposes of the Annual Cash Bonus, overall performance of the Company is assessed based upon the achievement of the Company's financial, strategic and operational budget and objectives, including revenue and income earned by the Company, operating results of each individual division, expansion of market share, minimization of overhead, inventory management, cost savings, cash conservation, customer service improvement and the performance of the Company relative to peers and the market. The Compensation Committee, in conjunction with the CEO, establishes criteria for each Named Executive Officer annually which is shared with the Named Executive Officer and their performance is annually reviewed.

In addition, for purposes of the Annual Cash Bonus, individual performance is assessed based upon the level of attainment of established responsibilities, goals and objectives for each executive. Each executive develops annual business objectives and budgets for their respective areas, which are approved by the CEO and are used for this assessment. Individual performance is also measured by

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how the executive's actions conform with and exemplify the Company's ten "Leadership Principles" as follows:

Leadership Principles:    Good governance is good for profitability—and good for our talented and committed team. As a group we embrace ten key Leadership Principles, which define our commitment to excellence. Living by these principles is paramount. They are the compass that guides us to achieve our full potential, both as individuals within the company and as a major player in the industry.

Leadership:    Provide leadership by example.

Change:    Understand that change means opportunity and do not be afraid of it.

Accessibility:    Be accessible and supportive, and recognize the contributions of others.

Speed:    Maintain a competitive advantage by reacting quickly to new opportunities.

Client Focus:    Our first responsibility is to our clients. Client service is our highest priority.

Hard Work:    Establish a standard of hard work and practice it consistently.

Excellence + Innovation:    Have a passion for excellence and innovation.

Priorities:    Establish priorities by clearly differentiating between the big issues and the small ones.

Confidence:    Have the confidence to empower others to do their best.

Justice:    Always make decisions fairly. Justice builds confidence and trust, which in turn encourages motivation and teamwork.

For each executive, the executive's impact upon initiatives of their division, department function or organization is considered, as well as their impact on the morale of these groups. Additionally, each executive, whether reporting directly to the CEO or not, completes a self-assessment that is also used as a basis by the CEO and the Compensation Committee for the determination of any Annual Cash Bonus.

For executives reporting directly to the CEO, their performance is reviewed by the CEO together with the Executive Vice President, Administration who is responsible for the Human Resources functions of the Company. For the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO, their performance is also reviewed by the CEO with the Compensation Committee.

Historically the actual Incentive Awards have ranged from 20% to 40% of base salary for eligible executives. The Company retains the discretion to grant no Incentive Awards or to grant Incentive Awards that exceed the target, in each case as the situation warrants. As the Incentive Awards look at broad performance indicators, the Company believes that there is no single metric that would lend itself to the risk of manipulation of results by the Named Executive Officer to influence any Incentive Award outcome.

The CEO submits the annual Incentive Award recommendations for the Named Executive Officers to the Compensation Committee. The Named Executive Officers are not present at the time of the Compensation Committee's deliberations, although the CEO is or may be present. The Compensation Committee considers such recommendations and, consistent with the overall compensation philosophy, the duties of the Compensation Committee and general policies regarding compensation may accept or adjust such recommendations.

For fiscal 2014, the adjusted operating income growth rate for 2014 exceeded 150% of the target. Therefore, the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation Incentive Award component comprised a total of $149,490 to be distributed to the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO, in

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amounts recommended by the CEO. The Annual Cash Bonus compensation Incentive Award component was comprised of $305,510 to be distributed to the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO, in amounts recommended by the CEO. For fiscal 2014, after its review and discussion, the Compensation Committee approved the Incentive Awards for each of the Named Executive Officers.

For fiscal year 2015, the Company will continue to maintain this Incentive Award compensation plan, with its performance-based component (Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation) and a discretionary based component (Bonus), for the Named Executive Officers of the Company other than the CEO with the same targets, performance goals and metrics as fiscal 2014.

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Long-Term Equity Awards.  The Named Executive Officers and other executives also are eligible to receive grants of stock options. These grants are designed for retention of the executive and to align the executive's compensation with the long-term success of the Company. Historically the Compensation Committee has allocated a block of stock options to be granted throughout the year based on similar criteria and process as the annual bonuses, with special focus on retention. The Compensation Committee approves the specific grants for the Named Executive Officers in the same manner as described above for the annual incentive awards. For stock grants for Named Executive Officers, the CEO and Compensation Committee reviewed the Company's customary practice of periodically issuing 10 year stock options to its Named Executive Officers as a long term incentive. The Company believes that share ownership among its executives is important for alignment of executive interests. Accordingly, in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company issued stock options under the newly revised Stock Option Agreement issued under the Company's Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan which contained both performance-based and time-based criteria (see Exhibit 10.(g)-5 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on May 1, 2014.) The options have an exercise price of the closing price of our stock on the date of grant, vesting according to both the performance-based and time-based criteria, and a ten-year term. Any stock options not fully vested on the date the employee separates are forfeited. The Compensation Committee approved Company grants of stock options to Named Executive Officers in fiscal 2014.



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Executive Perquisites/Other Personal Benefits.  Benefits offered to Named Executive Officers are similar to those offered to all employees. For example, the Named Executive Officers are eligible to participate in the same retirement benefit program we offer to all employees at the corporate level. In addition, the Company provides perquisites it believes are reasonable and consistent with the overall executive compensation program. In 2014, with the exception of Mr. Kathwari, the Named Executive Officers did not receive any perquisites.

        The Compensation Committee, in accordance with its charter, may (but in fiscal 2014 did not) engage a third party firm or consultant in fulfilling its responsibilities. The Compensation Committee in fiscal 2014 held three (3) formal meetings, in addition to many informal sessions among Committee members and the CEO and other executives of the Company.

Conclusion

        The Compensation Committee believes that long-term stockholder value is enhanced by corporate and individual performance achievements. Through the plans and practices described above, a meaningful portion of the Company's executive compensation is based on competitive pay practices, as well as corporate and individual performance. The Compensation Committee believes equity compensation, in the form of stock options, restricted stock, and stock units is vital to the long-term success of the Company. The Compensation Committee remains committed to this policy, recognizing that the competitive market for talented executives and the cyclical nature of the Company's business may result in highly variable compensation for a particular time period.

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Executive Compensation

        Set forth below is a description of the business experience of each Named Executive Officer, other than Mr. Kathwari, whose business experience is described above under "Nominees for Election".

        David R. Callen, 46, served as Vice President, Finance & Treasurer since joining the Company in 2007 until his resignation from the Company during fiscal 2014.

        Eric D. Koster, 67, has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April, 2013. Prior to joining Ethan Allen, he practiced law in New York, most recently as a partner in Kurzman, Eisenberg, Corbin & Lever, LLP. He concentrated his practice in real estate, construction, and general corporate law, including related litigation. For a number of years prior to joining Ethan Allen, Mr. Koster served as the Company's outside counsel. In addition to his practice of law, Mr. Koster served as an arbitrator under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, having received appointments to the AAA's National Roster of Neutrals for the Commercial, Construction and Real Estate Panels. A graduate of Williams College and the Hofstra University School of Law, he is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (limited to serving as Authorized House Counsel) and in the federal courts.

        David Moore, 52, has served as Vice President, Chief Brand Officer since September 2013. Before joining Ethan Allen, Mr. Moore was a longtime creative leader in the ad agency business. His career spans some of the top agencies in the world, including McCann, JWT, Chiat/Day and BBDO, where he created enduring ideas for iconic brands like GM, AT&T, Sprint, Coke, Nissan, Nestle and Johnson & Johnson. He has received every major award in the advertising industry, and two of his campaigns are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After two separate stints working with Ethan Allen as a client, Mr. Moore followed his lifelong passion for décor and design to the client side, and now spends his days (and nights) helping to build his own favorite brand into everyone's favorite brand. He attended the University of Kansas, majoring in Journalism.

        Tracy Paccione, 48, has served as Vice President, Accents Merchandising since June 2009. She is responsible for overseeing the Company's merchandising, resourcing, and product development. Ms. Paccione began working for Ethan Allen as a Merchandise Manager in 1997. Prior to her current role, she served as Director of Accents Merchandising and then Vice President of Upholstery and Accents Merchandising. Ms. Paccione has more than 25 years experience in the home furnishings industry. Before joining Ethan Allen, she was a Home Furnishings Buyer for Bloomingdales in New York City. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

        Corey Whitely, 54, was appointed Executive Vice President, Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2014. Mr. Whitely previously served as Executive Vice President, Operations since October 2007 and Executive Vice President of subsidiary, Ethan Allen Operations, Inc., since 2005. Prior to that Mr. Whitely served as Vice President Operations from 2003 until October 2007. He is responsible for overseeing the Company's financial activities including accounting, investor relations, tax and treasury and for directing administrative functions of the Company including information technology. He joined the Company in 1988 in the retail division and has held positions of increasing responsibilities including the areas of information technology, logistics, operations and manufacturing. Mr. Whitely also serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association, a statewide group representing retailers in Connecticut, where he also serves as Treasurer, and is a member of the National Retail Federation's CIO Council which is the industry's committee of IT leaders.

Summary Compensation Table

        The following table sets forth compensation information of our Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and the three next most highly compensated officers, and one additional individual for whom disclosure would have been provided based on compensation level but for the fact the individual was not serving as an executive officer at the last fiscal year end (the "Named Executive Officers") relating to

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total compensation paid or accrued for services rendered in all capacities to the Company during the fiscal years indicated.

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Bonus

        As discussed in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section, the Compensation Committee considers the bonuses payable to the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO to be discretionary bonuses.

Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation

        As discussed in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section, the Compensation Committee considers the non-equity incentive plan compensation payable annually to the Named Executive Officers to be performance-based bonuses.

Equity Incentives

Stock Units and Restricted Stock

        We award stock units and restricted stock in certain circumstances to provide competitive pay packages. These awards are designed primarily to retain qualified executives since the employee cannot sell shares during the restriction period, which is of variable duration, including up until the date of separation from the Company. These grants are used to align the Named Executive Officers with long-term stockholder value.

        The accounting cost of restricted stock and stock unit awards, for which the exercise price is zero, is calculated based on the closing price of a single share of Common Stock on the date of the award for awards with no performance or market conditions. No stock units or restricted stock were awarded in fiscal 2014. See Note 10 to "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2014 for additional information about share-based compensation. The Company has registered the issuance of the previously granted shares. Dividends are not payable on previously granted shares of unvested restricted stock; however Mr. Kathwari receives dividend-equivalent payments.

Non-qualified stock options

        Stock options granted with exercise prices equal to 100% of the underlying Common Stock market value, based on the closing price of a single share of Common Stock on the date of grant, are currently the Company's primary long-term compensation vehicle for executives and managerial staff. The Compensation Committee believes that stock options align the interests of management with those of the Company's stockholders, providing appropriate incentive to motivate management, thereby increasing stockholder return.

        In fiscal 2014, the Company awarded 149,000 options with performance-based and time-based criteria to purchase shares of Common Stock to executives or employees including Named Executive Officers, other than Mr. Kathwari pursuant to the Option Plan. See Note 10 to "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2014 for additional information about share-based compensation. The Company has registered the issuance of the shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon exercise of such options. The number of shares of options granted to each Named Executive Officer in the year ended June 30, 2014 is identified in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table below. Each option agreement contained vesting and other terms as reflected in the Outstanding Equity Award at Fiscal year end table and the footnotes thereto.

        The accounting cost of stock option grants is determined on the date of grant and recognized over the applicable vesting period. We estimate, as of the date of grant, the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Use of a valuation model requires management to make certain assumptions with respect to selected model inputs, including anticipated changes in the underlying stock price (i.e. expected volatility) and option exercise activity (i.e. expected life). Expected volatility is based on

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the historical volatility of our Common Stock and other contributing factors. The expected life of options previously granted, which represents the period of time that the options are expected to be outstanding, is based, primarily, on historical data.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

See "Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End" and the footnotes thereto for additional information regarding expirations and vesting of grants listed above.

Grants of Plan Based Awards
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards

The Non-Equity Incentive Plan award payable to Mr. Kathwari is the incentive compensation described in the 2011 Employment Agreement, which is described more fully in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" above. Mr. Kathwari is entitled to a bonus based on a percentage of operating income for a fiscal year if the operating income of the Company is at least $25,000,000, increased by $2,000,000 each year of the 2011 Employment Agreement. In fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, as more fully described under "History: CEO Voluntary Adjustments in 2013" in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" Mr. Kathwari decided to cap his bonuses under the 2011 Employment Agreement at a maximum of $1,800,000 for the term thereof. The goals and objectives applicable to the Incentive Plan awards for Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Kathwari are described in detail under "Compensation Committee 2014 Approval of Named Executive officer Compensation" in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis".

See "2011 Employment Agreement" including a description of the annual incentive bonus goals under the 2011 Employment Agreement for a discussion of the material terms of Mr. Kathwari's 2011 Employment Agreement and for an understanding of the information disclosed in the charts above.

See "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" for an explanation of the base salary and bonus in proportion to total compensation payable to the Named Executive Officers.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

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        The following table sets forth certain information regarding vested stock awards during fiscal year 2014 for Named Executive Officers.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

Equity Compensation Plan Information

        The following table sets forth certain information regarding our equity compensation plans as of June 30, 2014.

Executive Perquisites/Other Personal Benefits

        Benefits offered to Named Executive Officers are similar to those offered to all employees. In addition, the Company provides perquisites it believes are reasonable and consistent with the overall executive compensation program. In 2014, with the exception of Mr. Kathwari, the Named Executive

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Officers did not receive any perquisites. Mr. Kathwari received: (1) access to and use of Company cars (including driver, gas, registration, title, insurance and maintenance) and a club membership; (2) reimbursement of life insurance premiums up to $50,000; (3) a retirement contract (described below); (4) dividends and interest on a long-standing restricted stock book account established pursuant to his previous employment agreements; and (5) dividend equivalent payments on stock units awarded pursuant to a prior employment agreement. Mr. Kathwari's use of the car and club membership are as a convenience to the Company and are for business purposes. See footnote 5 Summary Compensation Table.

        The Named Executive Officers are eligible to participate in the same retirement benefit program we offer to all employees at the corporate level. Our current program is a 401(k) plan with company-provided match. In addition, Mr. Kathwari is entitled to benefits under an agreement dated September 26, 1983. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company is required to make monthly retirement payments of a maximum of $1,875 per month, commencing on the month in which his employment with the Company terminates, and shall be paid until the earlier to occur of (i) 120 monthly payments or (ii) the death of Mr. Kathwari. Such retirement payment is subject to cost of living adjustments. In the event Mr. Kathwari shall die before receiving all retirement payments Mr. Kathwari's widow shall be entitled to reduced retirement payments equal to one-half of the retirement payment amount until the earlier to occur of a) her death or b) the cumulative payment of 120 monthly payments to Mr. Kathwari and/or his widow.

The Ethan Allen Retirement Savings Plan

        The Company maintains the Ethan Allen Retirement Savings Plan, which is effective as of July 1, 1994 (the "Retirement Plan"). The Retirement Plan covers all employees who have completed at least three months of service.

        The 401(k) portion of the Retirement Plan allows participants to defer up to 100% of their compensation, subject to certain statutory limitations. In fiscal 2014, the Company made matching contributions with a maximum contribution of $1,300 per participant. Matching contributions were made dollar for dollar on the first $500 of a participant's before tax contribution and $0.50 on the next $1,600 of a participant's before tax contributions up to a maximum of $1,300 for calendar 2013. Participant contributions and employer matching contributions are immediately and fully vested. As a result of the CEO's voluntary sharing of his eligible annual incentive cash bonus for fiscal 2013, $373,000 had been set aside and was paid as a profit sharing distribution to participants in the Retirement Plan in fiscal 2014 in accordance with the Plan provisions as set forth in the 2014 Form 11-K filed for the Retirement Plan.

        Investment options currently offered under the Retirement Plan include employer common stock. Participants direct the investment of their accounts under the Retirement Plan and may choose from some or all of the investment options designated by the Retirement Committee from time to time.

2011 Employment Agreement

        As of September 27, 2011, the Company's Compensation Committee approved and on September 30, 2011 the independent members of the Company Board of Directors ratified, subject to the approval of the incentive components by stockholders, the terms of the 2011 Employment Agreement between the Company and Mr. Kathwari. Pursuant to the 2011 Employment Agreement, effective as of October 1, 2011, the Company agreed to continue to employ Mr. Kathwari and Mr. Kathwari agreed to remain as Chairman, President and Principal Executive Officer of the Company and Ethan Allen Global, Inc., for a period of approximately five years, expiring June 30, 2016 with two automatic one- year extensions commencing on each of July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017 ("New Anniversary Date") unless notice is given by either Mr. Kathwari or the Company, not later than nine (9) months prior to a New Anniversary Date. Pursuant to the terms of the 2011 Employment Agreement, Mr. Kathwari will receive a base salary of $1,150,050 per year throughout the term of the 2011 Employment Agreement.

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        Mr. Kathwari will be entitled to an annual incentive bonus based upon the Company's Operating Income. Mr. Kathwari's incentive bonus for a given fiscal year will be based upon the amount by which the Company's Operating Income for the fiscal year exceeds the applicable threshold amount specified below (each a "New Threshold").

        Mr. Kathwari will receive an incentive bonus if the Company's Operating Income equals or exceeds $25 million. Thus, by way of example, if the Company's Operating Income for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 is $60 million, Mr. Kathwari would be entitled to an incentive bonus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 in the sum of $1.975 million ($500,000 [$25 million × 2%] + $1,125,000 [($50 million - $25 million) × 4.5%] + $350,000 [($60 million - $50 million) × 3.5%]).

        Recognizing the views which became apparent through the Company's outreach program, in 2013, the CEO voluntarily directed the Company to adjust the fiscal 2013 calculation of his incentive performance bonus under the 2011 Employment Agreement. Pursuant to this adjustment, the CEO shared equally with the Company's employees (i.e. 50/50) the excess above $1.2 million. This sharing effectively reduced the CEO's annual performance bonus compensation in 2013 by $533,000 (or 24%) from what he was entitled under the 2011 Employment Agreement. This voluntary reduction of $533,000 was then shared 70% (or $373,000) with the participants in the Company's 401(K) Plan and 30% (or $160,000) with key Company management (including and beyond the Named Executive Officers) as additional compensation beyond their existing compensation and bonuses. The Compensation Committee recognized that the CEO's voluntary reduction arose from the CEO's personal views as to the appropriate approach to executive compensation within the Company, its industry, and the U.S. economy.

        The CEO voluntarily directed the Company to permanently cap his bonus compensation at $1.8 million for fiscal years 2014 and thereafter through the duration of his 2011 Employment Agreement, notwithstanding any increase in operating income and bonus entitlement under his 2011 Employment Agreement. The Compensation Committee recognized that this voluntary cap is about 11% below the highest level of cash bonuses paid by the Company to the CEO in prior years. The Compensation Committee further recognized that if the Company's operating income recovered to its pre-recessionary height of $143 million in fiscal 2006, the CEO would be effectively forfeiting and therefore contributing to the Company approximately $1.2 million per annum of his bonus under the 2011 Employment Agreement. This voluntary directive from the CEO, also reduces the bonus payout under the termination provision and the change in control provision of the 2011 Employment Agreement from a maximum of $2.0 million to $1.8 million, a 10% reduction. The Compensation Committee recognized that the CEO voluntary reduction arose from the CEO's personal views as to the appropriate approach to executive compensation within the Company, its industry, and the U.S. economy.

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        The annual incentive bonus for each fiscal year following the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 included the voluntary amendment made by the CEO in 2013 as noted above; provided, however that the Operating Income thresholds shall each be increased by $2 million in each fiscal year following the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. Pursuant to the 2011 Employment Agreement, as amended, Mr. Kathwari received an incentive bonus of $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2014.

        Pursuant to the 2011 Employment Agreement, Mr. Kathwari was granted the following options under the Option Plan: (i) as of October 1, 2011, ten-year stock options to purchase 300,000 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price of $13.61 per share (the price of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as of the close of business on September 30, 2011 as the date of grant was a Saturday), which vests at a rate of 60,000 stock options on each June 30, up to and including June 30, 2016; (ii) as of October 1, 2011, 105,000 shares of Restricted Stock, which vests at a rate of 21,000 shares per year over the initial five (5) year term of the 2011 Employment Agreement. The estimated fair value of these five-year grants was fully reported in the CEO's 2012 total compensation in the Summary Compensation Table.

        As of each dividend record date for the Common Stock occurring on or after the date of any grant of shares of restricted stock, but prior to the date such shares become vested or are forfeited, an account established by the Company for the benefit of Mr. Kathwari shall be credited with an amount equal to the dividends which would have otherwise been paid with respect to the shares. Amounts credited to the account will be credited with interest at the rate of 5% per year until distribution. Mr. Kathwari will be fully vested and all amounts credited to the account, regardless of the subsequent vesting or forfeiture of the shares. A balance credited to Mr. Kathwari's account will be distributed to him in cash as soon as practicable after the termination of his employment.

        In the event Mr. Kathwari's employment with the Company is terminated by reason of his death or disability, under the 2011 Employment Agreement he (or his estate) will receive salary continuation for twelve (12) months from and, after the date of termination, an annual incentive bonus in respect of the full fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, accelerated vesting, as of the date of termination, of all restricted stock and options awarded and granted under the 2011 Employment Agreement, deferred compensation along with any reimbursement expenses not yet paid to Mr. Kathwari, payment of life and disability insurance premiums through the date of termination and for a period of twelve (12) months from and after the date of termination such other and customary benefits as the Company provides to it employees.

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        Mr. Kathwari shall be eligible for the following under the termination scenarios set forth below:

Termination Scenario

        If Mr. Kathwari's employment is terminated by the Company without "cause", or by Mr. Kathwari "for good reason" he will receive salary continuation for twenty-four (24) months after the date of termination. Mr. Kathwari was also entitled to a payment equal to the sum of the two highest bonus payments made to Mr. Kathwari prior to the date of termination commencing from fiscal year 2002, not to exceed an aggregate payment of $2 million. However, in 2013, Mr. Kathwari voluntarily directed the Company to permanently cap his bonus compensation at $1.8 million for fiscal years 2014 and thereafter through the duration of his 2011 Employment Agreement, effectively reducing the maximum payout under this provision from $2.0 million to $1.8 million, a 10% reduction. Mr. Kathwari will also be entitled to one additional year of vesting, from the date of termination, for all outstanding stock options or restricted stock awards granted pursuant to the 2011 Employment Agreement. Mr. Kathwari will also be entitled to life and disability insurance premiums (not to exceed $50,000 per annum) through the date of termination and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter, health and welfare benefits through the date of termination and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter. Mr. Kathwari will also be subject to a twenty-four (24) month "non-compete" restrictive covenant granted by Mr. Kathwari for the benefit of the Company.

        If Mr. Kathwari's employment is terminated by the Company within two years following certain changes in control, he will receive salary continuation for twenty-four (24) months from and after the date of termination plus a lump-sum payment equal to the sum of the two highest bonus payments made to Mr. Kathwari prior to the date of termination, commencing from fiscal year 2002, not to exceed an aggregate payment of $2 million. However, as noted above, in 2013, Mr. Kathwari voluntarily directed the Company to permanently cap his bonus compensation at $1.8 million for fiscal years 2014 and thereafter through the duration of his 2011 Employment Agreement, effectively reducing the maximum payout under this provision from $2.0 million to $1.8 million, a 10% reduction. Mr. Kathwari will also be entitled to immediate vesting of all outstanding stock options or restricted stock awards granted pursuant to the 2011 Employment Agreement. Mr. Kathwari will also be entitled to life and disability premiums (not to exceed $50,000 per annum) through the date of termination and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter, health and welfare benefits through the date of termination and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter. Mr. Kathwari will also be subject to a twenty-four (24) month "non-compete" restrictive covenant granted by Mr. Kathwari for the benefit of the Company. If the payments described in this paragraph would constitute a "parachute payment" under Section 280G of the Code and subject

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Mr. Kathwari to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, then the payments will be reduced to the extent necessary such that Mr. Kathwari will not be subject to an excise tax. However, such payments will not be reduced if, without the reduction, Mr. Kathwari would be entitled to receive and retain, on a net after-tax basis, a greater amount than he would be entitled to receive and retain after such reduction.

        If Mr. Kathwari's employment is terminated for "cause", Mr. Kathwari will receive payment of all compensation due or unreimbursed expenses as of the date of termination. There is no accelerated vesting of any restricted stock or options and any unvested equity awards will be forfeited. He will receive deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the applicable arrangement, as well as payment of life and disability insurance premiums (not to exceed $50,000) through the date of termination and such other and customary benefits as the Company provides to it employees upon termination for "cause".

        If Mr. Kathwari's employment is terminated as a result of retirement by Mr. Kathwari (i.e., voluntarily by Mr. Kathwari or as a result of the Company's failure to renew the terms of the 2011 Employment Agreement), he will receive his salary to the date of termination plus a prorated annual incentive bonus in respect of the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, equal to what such annual incentive bonus would have been for the full fiscal year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365. There is no accelerated vesting of any restricted stock or options and any unvested equity awards will be forfeited. He will receive deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the applicable arrangement, as well as payment of life and disability insurance premiums (not to exceed $50,000) through the date of termination, health and welfare benefits through the date of termination and for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, and such other and customary benefits as the Company provides for its employees.

Change in Control

        As of the end of fiscal year 2014 we maintained, and we currently maintain, a change in control provision with the CEO as set forth in the 2011 Employment Agreement, and our Named Executive Officers as set forth in restricted stock and option agreements. The specific rights of Mr. Kathwari if his employment is terminated by the Company within two years following certain changes in control are described under "2011 Employment Agreement" above.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

        The amount of compensation which would have been payable to the Named Executive Officers upon termination of employment, assuming a June 30, 2014 termination date, and for purposes of the last column, a change in control as of the same date, is listed in the following table. A termination of

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employment is not a requirement for the acceleration of stock options and restricted stock awards upon a change in control.