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* Woods Samuel (Last) (First) (Middle) 5815 GULF FREEWAY (Street) HOUSTON TX 77023 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MATTRESS FIRM HOLDING CORP. [ MFRM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/02/2014
	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
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	09/02/2014		A		2,206(1)	A	$0(1)	4,376(4)	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
Employee Option to Purchase Common Stock	$57.05	09/02/2014		A		2,227		(2)	09/02/2024	Common Stock	2,227	$0	22,297(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of restricted common stock granted to the reporting person pursuant to the Mattress Firm Holding Corp. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer, the shares will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on September 2, 2015, provided the issuer has met or exceeded the applicable annual specified stock price increase targets.

2. This option to purchase common stock will become exercisable in four equal annual installments on each anniversary of the date of grant beginning on September 2, 2015. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer, this option will become fully exercisable on September 2, 2018.

3. Includes options to purchase common stock of Mattress Firm Holding Corp. having varying exercise dates, expiration dates and exercise prices.

4. The reporting person's Form 3 filed on March 31, 2014 erroneously included 19,493 shares of common stock in the reporting person's aggregate ownership. The reporting person had sold these 19,493 shares in January 2013 prior to becoming a Section 16 officer of the issuer.

	/s/ Sam Woods	09/24/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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