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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) July 22, 2021

 

Culp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

North Carolina

 

1-12597

 

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):

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.05 per share

CULP

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).  Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 


 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On July 22, 2021, the board of directors of Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) determined that Mr. Franklin N. Saxon, Executive Chairman, will no longer serve as co-principal executive officer of the Company for purposes of documents and certifications to be filed with or submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange and for similar or related purposes.  The board of directors further determined that Mr. Robert G. Culp, IV, President and Chief Executive Officer and formerly co-principal executive officer for such purposes, will serve as the sole principal executive officer of the Company for such purposes going forward.  Mr. Saxon and Mr. Culp will both continue to serve as executive officers of the Company, with no change in their titles.

 

 

Item 9.01 (d) – Exhibits

 

104

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

104

 

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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.

 

 

 

CULP, INC.

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ashley C. Durbin

 

 

 

VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  July 27, 2021

 

 

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