SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TA SUBORDINATED DEBT FUND LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 125 HIGH STREET SUITE 2500 (Street) BOSTON MA 02110 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TEMPUR PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC [ TPX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/23/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B-1 Voting Common	12/23/2003	12/23/2003	C(1)		5,827.9	A	(1)	5,827.9	D
Common Stock	12/23/2003	12/23/2003	S		557,278(2)(3)	D	$13.09	2,502,369(2)(3)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants to Purchase	(1)	12/23/2003	12/23/2003	C			5,827.9	(4)	(4)	B-1 Voting Common Stock	5,827.9	$0.01	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Converts 1-for-1.

2. After the net excercise of the warrants by the reporting person on December 23, 2003, the Company renamed its Class B-1 Voting Common Stock as Common Stock.

3. On December 23, 2003, the Common Stock of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. split 525-for-1 in the form of a stock dividend of 524 shares for each outstanding share. This resulted in the acquisition of 3,053,819 additional shares of Common Stock.

4. Not applicable.

	TA Subordinated Debt Fund L.P.	12/26/2003
	By: TA Associates SDF LLC, its General Partner	12/26/2003
	By: TA Associates, Inc., its Manager	12/26/2003
	By: Thomas P. Alber, Chief Financial Officer	12/26/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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