Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 17, 2008

 

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-31922   33-1022198

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1713 Jaggie Fox Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(800) 878-8889

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On March 17, 2008, Tempur-Pedic International Inc. issued a press release with respect to its outlook for the first quarter of 2008. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated March 17, 2008, entitled “Tempur-Pedic Comments on Challenging Economic Environment and First Quarter Outlook”


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 17, 2008

 

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
By:  

/s/ Dale E. Williams

Name:   Dale E. Williams
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1

   Press Release dated March 17, 2008, entitled “Tempur-Pedic Comments on Challenging Economic Environment and First Quarter Outlook”