Article: Simmons Company to Sell Sleep Country USA.

ATLANTA, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simmons Company, a leading manufacturer of premium-branded bedding products, today announced that certain of its affiliates have signed a definitive purchase agreement to sell Sleep Country USA, its retail sales unit, to an affiliate of The Sleep Train, Inc., a leading bedding retailer. The transaction, which is anticipated to close in August of 2006, will yield cash proceeds to Simmons of approximately $55 million. Separately, Simmons will enter into a multi-year supply agreement with the combined Sleep Train and Sleep Country USA entities which is expected to generate purchases in excess of $300 million.

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