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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. 1)

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TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.


(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
 
 
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:  The Form 10-K, Notice & Proxy Statement is/are available at www.proxyvote.com.
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TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
May 4, 2010 10:00 AM
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors
 
The undersigned stockholder of TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting
of Stockholders and Proxy Statement, each dated March 24, 2010, and hereby appoint Bhaskar Rao and Dale E. Williams, each of them, as proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, on behalf and in name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the 2010 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. to be held at 10:00 a.m., local time, on May 4, 2010 at the offices of Bingham McCutchen LLP, 13th Floor, One
Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 or at any adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of common stock which the undersigned would be entitled to
vote, if personally present, on the matters set forth on the reverse side and, in accordance with their discretion, on any other business that may come before the
Annual meeting, and revokes all proxies previously given by the undersigned with respect to the shares covered hereby.
 
This proxy is revocable and the undersigned may revoke it at any time prior to the Annual Meeting by giving written notice of such revocation to the
Secretary of Tempur-Pedic International prior to the meeting or by filing with the Secretary of Tempur-Pedic International prior to the meeting a later-
dated proxy. Should the undersigned be present and want to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, or at any postponement or adjournment thereof,
the undersigned may revoke this proxy by giving written notice of such revocation to the Secretary of Tempur-Pedic International on a form provided
at the Annual Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Tempur-Pedic International
Inc. called for May 4, 2010, Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 prior to the signing of this proxy.
 
 
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, OR IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS INDICATED, WILL BE VOTED AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RECOMMENDS WHERE A CHOICE IS NOT SPECIFIED AND AS SAID PROXIES DEEM ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY
COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
 
Continued and to be signed on reverse side
 
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TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL, INC ..
1713 JAGGIE FOX WAY
LEXINGTON, KY 40511
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR
the following proposal(s):
 
1.  Election of Directors  For Against Abstain
1a  Mark Sarvary      o o o

 
1b  Evelyn Dilsaver                   o o o
                                              The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR
                                              the following proposal(s):                      For Against Abstain
1c  Francis A. Doyle                  o o o     
                                              2. RATIFICATION OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS   o o o
 
1d  John Heil                       o o o
                                              3. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND
                                              RESTATED ANNUAL INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES   o o o   
1e  Peter K. Hoffman                 o o o
 
 
1f  Sir Paul Judge                       o o o
 
 
1g  Nancy F. Koehn                  o o o
 
 
1h  Christopher A. Masto        o o o
 
 
1i  P. Andrews McLane            o o o
 
 
1j  Robert B. Trussell, Jr.           o o o
 
 
 
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as
attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full
title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must
sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or
partnership name, by authorized officer.
 
           
 
    
 
    
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