Edgar Filing: FOAMEX INTERNATIONAL INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FOAMEX INTERNATIONAL INC [FMXI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

85 BROAD ST

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/12/2007

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10004

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/12/2007		P		12,204,928	A	$ 2.25	17,075,211	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock	02/12/2007		P		1,339,974	A	$ 2.25	18,415,185	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10004		X

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		02/12/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		02/12/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs" and, together with GS Group, the "Reporting Persons"). Goldman Sachs is a direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group.
(2)	On February 12, 2007 (the "Effective Date"), Foamex International Inc.'s (the "Company") Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Second Amended Plan"), as confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on February 1, 2007, became effective and the Company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In connection with the Second Amended Plan and pursuant to the rights offering conducted by the Company, Goldman Sachs purchased 12,204,928 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock").
(3)	Pursuant to the Second Amended Plan and the Call Option Agreement (as defined in the Second Amended Plan), Goldman Sachs exercised a call option and purchased 1,339,974 shares of Common Stock. In addition to the price of the Common Stock, Goldman Sachs paid the Company a premium of $704,000 to exercise the Call option.
(4)	Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 18,415,185 shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs also has open short positions of 28 shares of Common Stock.

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