Schedule 13D Amendment No. 9

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

(Amendment No. 9)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

Culp, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

 

Common Stock, $0.05 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

230215105

(CUSIP NUMBER)

 

Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC

747 Third Avenue, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Tel. No.: (212) 821-1495

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

June 20, 2012

(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D/A, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g) check the following box  x

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.

 

 

 

 

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CUSIP No. 230215105   13D/A  

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC

20-0302413

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS*

 

OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON WITH

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

636,109

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

728,708

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

728,708

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

5.7%

14

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

 

IA

 

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

 

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CUSIP No. 230215105   13D/A  

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

Kevin Oram

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS*

 

OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

United States of America

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

636,109

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

728,708

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

728,708

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*    ¨

 

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

5.7%

14

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

 

IN

 

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

 

 

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CUSIP No. 230215105   13D/A  

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

Peter Uddo

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS*

 

OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or

2(e)  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

United States of America

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

636,109

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

728,708

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

728,708

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*  ¨

 

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

5.7%

14

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

 

IN

 

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

 

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SCHEDULE 13D/A

This Amendment No. 9 relating to shares of common stock, $0.05 par value (“Common Stock”), of Culp, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Issuer”) is being filed on behalf of (i) Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Praesidium”), (ii) Kevin Oram and (iii) Peter Uddo (together with Praesidium and Mr. Oram the “Reporting Persons”).

Item 2(a) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

(a) This statement is filed by: (i) Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Praesidium”), (ii) Kevin Oram and (iii) Peter Uddo (together with Praesidium and Mr. Oram the “Reporting Persons”).

Praesidium, in its capacity as investment manager to certain managed accounts and investment fund vehicles on behalf of investment advisory clients (collectively, the “Accounts”), has sole power to vote 636,109 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts and to dispose of the shares of 728,708 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts. As the managing members of Praesidium, each of Kevin Oram and Peter Uddo may be deemed to control Praesidium.

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds

The net investment costs (including commissions, if any) of the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Accounts is approximately $8.79 per share.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a) - (b) The Reporting Persons beneficially own 728,708 shares of Common Stock, which represents 5.7% of the Issuer’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage of beneficial ownership of the Reporting Persons, as reported in this Schedule 13D, was calculated by dividing (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person as of June 25, 2012 as set forth in this Schedule 13D, by (ii) the 12,692,574 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 29, 2012, based upon the Issuer’s Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2012.

Praesidium, in its capacity as investment manager to the Accounts has sole power to vote 636,109 shares of Common Stock and the power to dispose of the 728,708 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts. As the managing members of Praesidium, each of Kevin Oram and Peter Uddo may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock held in the Accounts.

 

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(c) Transactions in the Issuer’s securities by the Reporting Persons during the last sixty days are listed in Annex A attached hereto.

(d) Not Applicable.

(e) Not Applicable.

Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 1.    Joint filing agreement by and among the Reporting Persons.

 

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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: June 25, 2012

 

PRAESIDIUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Kevin Oram

Name:   Kevin Oram
Title:   Managing Member
KEVIN ORAM
By:  

/s/ Kevin Oram

PETER UDDO
By:  

/s/ Peter Uddo

 

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EX-1

Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including any and all amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, $0.05 par value, of Culp, Inc., and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement shall be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings.

The undersigned further agree that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Statement on Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto, and for the accuracy and completeness of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided, however, that no party is responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning any other party, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

This Joint Filing Agreement may be signed in counterparts with the same effect as if the signature on each counterpart were upon the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of June 25, 2012.

 

PRAESIDIUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Kevin Oram

Name:   Kevin Oram
Title:   Managing Member
KEVIN ORAM
By:  

/s/ Kevin Oram

PETER UDDO
By:  

/s/ Peter Uddo


Annex A

Except as set forth below, there have been no transactions in the Common Stock by the Reporting Persons or, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, by any of the other persons named in Item 2 during the past sixty days.

During the past sixty days, the Reporting Persons effected the following purchases and sales of shares of Common Stock in open market transactions:

 

Trade Date

   Settle Date      Amount     Unit
Price
 

5/2/2012

     5/7/2012         (2,856     11.83   

6/13/2012

     6/18/2012         (2,500     9.67   

6/14/2012

     6/19/2012         (17,640     9.76   

6/15/2012

     6/20/2012         (818     9.73   

6/18/2012

     6/21/2012         (7,639     9.57   

6/19/2012

     6/22/2012         (16,407     9.90   

6/20/2012

     6/25/2012         (22,476     9.99   

6/20/2012

     6/25/2012         (4,524     10.07   

6/21/2012

     6/26/2012         (15,470     10.36   

6/22/2012

     6/27/2012         (163,461     10.21