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)     January 12, 2010

Culp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


North Carolina

 

0-12781

 

56-1001967

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1823 Eastchester Drive

High Point, North Carolina  27265

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(336) 889-5161

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed from last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.     Other Events.

On January 12, 2010, Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a news release regarding revised expectations about its financial results for the third quarter of the Company’s fiscal 2010.  A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 – News Release dated January 12, 2010


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.

Date: January 12, 2010

 
 

CULP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth R. Bowling

Kenneth R. Bowling

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

News Release dated January 12, 2010