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                                  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) January 27, 2005

                         TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         DELAWARE                      001-31922                 33-1022198
(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
       of incorporation)               File No.)             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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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     On January 27, 2005, Tempur-Pedic International Inc. issued a press release
to announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended
December 31, 2004, including certain non-GAAP financial results, and to raise
its guidance for the full year 2005. This press release includes reconciliations
of such non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP
financial measures and is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by
reference herein.

     The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed
"filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing 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 7.01.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

     The information furnished under Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K, including
Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, is hereby incorporated by reference under this
Item 7.01 as if fully set forth herein.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

     Not applicable.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

     Not applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits.

     99.1. Press release dated January 27, 2005 titled "Tempur-Pedic
International Achieves 45% Net Sales Increase in Fourth Quarter of 2004".



                                   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: January 27, 2005

                                              Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

                                              By:     /s/ Robert B. Trussell, Jr
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                                              Name:   Robert B. Trussell, Jr.
                                              Title:  Chief Executive Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                           DESCRIPTION
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99.1     Press release dated January 27, 2005, titled "Tempur-Pedic
         International Achieves 45% Net Sales Increase in Fourth Quarter of
         2004".