form8k.htm
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): April 25, 2012

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a)  
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.’s (the Company) annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 25, 2012.

(b)  
The name of each director elected at the meeting and a brief description of each other matter voted upon at the meeting is set forth as in (c) below.

(c)  
The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for directors; ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young as the Company’s independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2012; and approved on an advisory basis the Compensation of Named Executive Officers. The tabulation of votes for each proposal is as follows:
 

 
 1)   Election of Directors:
 
   
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
                   
Evelyn S. Dilsaver
  
55,067,389
  
28,379
  
2,122
  
4,827,931
  
Frank Doyle
  
55,054,723
  
37,650
  
5,517
  
4,827,931
  
John Heil
  
55,072,705
  
19,335
  
5,850
  
4,827,931
  
Peter K. Hoffman
  
55,060,895
  
30,196
  
6,799
  
4,827,931
  
Sir Paul Judge
  
54,746,515
  
343,140
  
8,235
  
4,827,931
  
Nancy F. Koehn
  
55,070,248
  
25,520
  
2,122
  
4,827,931
  
Christopher A. Masto
  
55,081,852
  
10,127
  
5,911
  
4,827,931
  
P. Andrews McLane
  
55,078,945
  
13,096
  
5,849
  
4,827,931
  
Mark Sarvary
  
55,067,468
  
24,817
  
5,605
  
4,827,931
  
Robert B. Trussell, Jr.
  
55,021,720
  
70,468
  
5,702
  
4,827,931
  
 
 2)  
Ratification of Independent Auditors:
 
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
   Broker Non-Votes  
 
59,505,164
  
418,770
  
1,887
   4,827,931  
 
3)  
Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Named Executive Officers as described in our proxy statement:
 
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
   Broker Non-Votes  
 
 54,862,682
  
 227,124
  
8,084 
   4,827,931  

     

(d)  
As reported in a prior Current Report on Form 8-K, more than a majority of shares voting at the 2011 annual meeting voted, on a non-binding advisory basis, in favor of an annual frequency for future Say-on-Pay Votes.  The Company currently intends, in light of that vote, to hold future Say-on-Pay votes annually, until the next required vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will be the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.



 
 
 

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.

 
  Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.  
       
Date: April 27, 2012
By:
/s/ DALE E. WILLIAMS  
    Name: Dale E. Williams  
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer