Select Comfort Corp · 8-K · For 12/12/02

Filed On 12/16/02 1:35pm ET   ·   SEC File 0-25121   ·   Accession Number 827187-2-57

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 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):         DECEMBER 12, 2002     

SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MINNESOTA                   0-25121                  41-1597886 
(State of Incorporation)       (Commission File            (IRS Employer        
                                      Number)                Identification No.)

6105 TRENTON LANE NORTH                                         
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA                       55442              
(Address of principal                      (Zip Code)           
executive offices)                                    

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (763) 551-7000              

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ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.                                              

  On December 12, 2002, the registrant issued a press release, as follows:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    CONTACT:  Ann Folkman (763) 551-7496   
                                                Select Comfort Corporation
                                                   ann.folkman@selectcomfort.com

 SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION ELECTS TRUDY RAUTIO,
CARLSON COMPANIES EXECUTIVE, TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (December 12, 2002) - Select Comfort Corporation   
(NASDAQ: SCSS), the nation's leading bed retailer and creator of the SLEEP      
NUMBER(R) bed, today announced that it has elected Trudy Rautio, chief financial
officer and executive vice president of Carlson Consumer Group, to its board of 
directors.                                                                      

    Carlson Consumer Group -- which includes Carlson Hospitality Worldwide and
Carlson Leisure Travel -- is comprised of the consumer businesses of Carlson    
Companies, and has operations in hotels, resorts, restaurants, cruise ships and 
travel agencies throughout the world. Rautio previously served as chief         
financial officer of Jostens, Inc., and as a senior financial executive at The  
Pillsbury Company.                                                              

"Trudy Rautio is a high-integrity business leader with deep financial 
expertise and a strong record of achievement at Carlson Companies and throughout
her career," said Bill McLaughlin, Select Comfort president and chief executive 
officer. "She's an independent thinker with valuable experience in large        
consumer products and services companies, domestic and global. Her perspective  
will be important to Select Comfort, as we accelerate our profitable growth     
strategy."                                                                      

 Rautio will serve as a member of the Select Comfort board of directors'
audit committee.                                                                

Rautio is a member of: the board of directors of HIRED, a non-profit  
organization assisting the unemployed; the Minnesota Women's Economic           
Roundtable; the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the         
Institute of Management Accountants; and the Financial Executives Institute. She
is also a volunteer for the United Way and the American Heart Association.      

 Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the nation's leading bed
retailer (1), holding 27 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized    
sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of         
adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the    
Sleep Number(R) bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories. Select       
Comfort's products are sold through its 328 retail stores located nationwide,   
including leased departments in Bed Bath & Beyond stores; through selected      
bedding retailers; through its national direct marketing operations; and on the 
Internet at WWW.SELECTCOMFORT.COM.                                              

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(1) TOP 25 BEDDING RETAILERS, FURNITURE TODAY, AUGUST 12, 2002                  

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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.                                           

                          SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
            (Registrant)

Dated:  December 12, 2002               By:     /S/ MARK A. KIMBALL             
                                           -------------------------------------

                                 Title:      SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
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