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 18, 2012

 


 

SEALY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-08738

 

36-3284147

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Numbers)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Sealy Drive, One Office Parkway Trinity, North Carolina 27370

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

(336) 861-3500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not applicable

(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 registration under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders

 

(a)          Sealy Corporation (“Sealy” or the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 18, 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 below.

 

The stockholders elected all of Sealy’s nominees for directors and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 2, 2012. The tabulation of votes for each proposal is as follows:

 

(1)          Election of Directors:

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Broker Non-

 

Nominee 

 

Shares For

 

Withheld

 

Abstained

 

Votes

 

Simon E. Brown

 

66,710,450

 

15,060,518

 

 

9,910,776

 

Deborah G. Ellinger

 

56,661,309

 

25,109,659

 

 

9,910,776

 

James W. Johnston

 

56,656,385

 

25,114,583

 

 

9,910,776

 

Gary E. Morin

 

56,834,557

 

24,936,411

 

 

9,910,776

 

Dean B. Nelson

 

62,757,222

 

19,013,746

 

 

9,910,776

 

Paul J. Norris

 

66,715,150

 

15,055,818

 

 

9,910,776

 

John B. Replogle

 

66,769,950

 

15,001,018

 

 

9,910,776

 

Richard W. Roedel

 

62,253,285

 

19,517,683

 

 

9,910,776

 

Lawrence J. Rogers

 

73,238,079

 

8,532,889

 

 

9,910,776

 

 

(2)          Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

 

For

 

85,300,901

 

Against

 

6,287,140

 

Abstained

 

93,703

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

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.

 

 

SEALY CORPORATION

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Q. Murray

Date: April 23, 2012

 

 

By:

Michael Q. Murray

 

Its:

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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