---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206264-21-000261"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SGI"
cik: "0001206264"
company_name: "SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC."
filed_at: "2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:25:04.161748+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tempur Sealy expands board to 9; appoints Madden (independent) and Dyer (non-independent) effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Board size increased from 7 to 9 members; both appointments effective January 1, 2022.
- Meredith Madden is CEO of NORDAM Group; brings manufacturing and international experience.
- Simon Dyer leads Dyer Group, which operates Sealy JVs in China, Asia, and UK; JVs generated $16.5M profit for each side in 2020.
- Dyer Group received $3.4M in management fees and $16.5M profit allocation from the JVs in 2020.
- Each new director will receive a pro-rata equity award under the non-employee director compensation plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206264-21-000261
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SGI
- cik: 0001206264
- company_name: SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.
- filed_at: 2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1206264/000120626421000261/0001206264-21-000261-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1206264/000120626421000261/tpx-20211213.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Meredith Siegfried Madden was appointed as Independent Director at SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On December 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase of the size of the Board from 7 to 9 members effective January 1, 2022 and filled the newly created vacancies by appointing Meredith Siegfried Madden, as an independent director, and Simon Dyer, as a non-independent director, to serve on the Board, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1206264/000120626421000261/0001206264-21-000261-index.htm
- Executive change
  Simon Dyer was appointed as Non-Independent Director at SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Non-Independent Director
  source text: On December 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase of the size of the Board from 7 to 9 members effective January 1, 2022 and filled the newly created vacancies by appointing Meredith Siegfried Madden, as an independent director, and Simon Dyer, as a non-independent director, to serve on the Board, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1206264/000120626421000261/0001206264-21-000261-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.