culp20231231_11k.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

 

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-12597

 

A.         Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN

 

B.         Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

 

CULP, INC.

 

1823 EASTCHESTER DRIVE

 

HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA 27265

 

There were no material changes in the Plan or the Investment Policy of the Plan. Culp, Inc. has made no profit-sharing contributions during the past five years. The number of participants in the Plan as of December 31, 2023, was 604. The Retirement Committee administers the Plan, and its members are Robert G. Culp, IV, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Teresa A. Huffman, all employees of Culp, Inc.

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a) Financial Statements. A list of all financial statements filed as part of this report, beginning on page 1, is set forth below:

 

Financial Statements Page of Report
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms 1
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits 3
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits 4
Notes to Financial Statements 5
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) 12

         

(b) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 23(a) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Exhibit 23(b) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms 1-2
   
Financial Statements  
   
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits 3
   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits 4
   
Notes to Financial Statements 5-11
   
Supplemental Information  
   
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) 12

 

 

 
 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Plan Participants and Retirement Committee of the

Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan

High Point, North Carolina

 

Opinion

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Supplemental Information

 

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2023 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s 2023 financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the 2023 financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the 2023 financial statements as a whole.

 

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2022.

 

/s/GreerWalker LLP

Certified Public Accountants

June 21, 2024

Charlotte, NC

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Plan Participants and Retirement Committee of the

Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan         

High Point, North Carolina

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Plan’s management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Smith Leonard PLLC

 

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2012 through 2021.

 

High Point, North Carolina

 

June 23, 2022

 

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CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN  

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS  

December 31, 2023 and 2022

 

ASSETS

 

2023

   

2022

 
                 

Investments, at fair value (Note C)

               

Registered investment companies

  $ 36,961,195     $ 33,664,307  

Common and collective trust fund

    3,703,050       6,366,630  

Culp, Inc. common stock

    968,890       714,602  

Money market fund

    42,054       29,073  
                 
      41,675,189       40,774,612  
                 

Receivables

               

Employer contributions

    34,835       -  

Participant contributions

    66,888       -  
                 
      101,723       -  
                 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE

               

FOR BENEFITS

  $ 41,776,912     $ 40,774,612  

 

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CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN  

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS  

Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

 

   

2023

   

2022

   

2021

 
                         

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO :

                       
                         

Investment income (loss)

 

                       

Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments

  $ 3,638,951     $ (9,641,415 )   $ 2,265,645  

Interest and dividends

    1,839,727       1,935,370       2,596,829  
                         

Total investment income (loss)

    5,478,678       (7,706,045 )     4,862,474  
                         
                         

Contributions

                       

Employer

    1,053,752       1,043,341       1,126,189  

Participant

    1,989,324       1,863,552       1,996,580  

Direct rollovers

    153,232       177,454       288,666  
                         

Total contributions

    3,196,308       3,084,347       3,411,435  
                         

Benefits paid to participants

    (7,550,692 )     (3,782,664 )     (6,108,100 )

Administrative expenses (Note E)

    (121,994 )     (113,530 )     (116,449 )
                         

Net increase (decrease)

    1,002,300       (8,517,892 )     2,049,360  
                         

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE

                       

FOR BENEFITS

                       

Beginning of year

    40,774,612       49,292,504       47,243,144  
                         

End of year

  $ 41,776,912     $ 40,774,612     $ 49,292,504  

 

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NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN         

 

The following description of the Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all full-time employees of Culp, Inc., and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) who have three months of continuous service and are at least 21 years of age. Employees who elect to participate in the Plan may do so in the next available payroll period. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

Contributions

 

Each year, participants may contribute compensation, as defined in the Plan document, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limitations. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans. Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers various registered investment company funds, one common and collective trust fund, and Culp, Inc. common stock as investment options for participants. The Company makes matching safe harbor contributions equal to 100% of the participant’s contribution up to the first 4% of annual compensation contributed to the Plan. An employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan but does not either affirmatively elect to decline participation or designate a specified amount to be contributed to the Plan, is required to have their compensation reduced by 3%, which is in turn contributed into the Plan’s MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement Series.

 

Employees who elect to participate in the Plan are required to contribute at least 2% of their annual compensation to the Plan.

 

Additional profit-sharing amounts may be contributed at the option of the Company. No profit-sharing contributions were made during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, or 2021.

 

Participant Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and Company matching contributions, as well as allocations of (a) the Company’s profit-sharing contributions, (b) Plan earnings, and (c) Plan administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings, account balances, or specific transactions, as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

Vesting

 

Participants are immediately vested in their own voluntary contributions and the Company’s matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon.

 

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Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Notes receivable from participants are not permitted by the Plan.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Upon termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or other reasons as defined by the Plan, participants may receive a lump-sum distribution equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in the Plan. In-service distributions may be made to participants who have reached age 59 1/2. Withdrawals from the Plan may also be made upon circumstances of financial hardship, in accordance with provisions specified by the Plan.

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting

 

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

 

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation or depreciation includes the Plan's gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Contributions

 

Contributions from participants are recorded as they are withheld from the participants’ wages. Contributions from the Employer are recorded in the period in which the related participant contributions are due.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

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Administrative Expenses

 

Certain expenses of maintaining the Plan are paid by the Plan, unless otherwise paid by the Company. Expenses that are paid by the Company are excluded from these financial statements. Investment related expenses are included in net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments.

 

 

NOTE C - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a statement that defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

 

Level 1 - Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities,

 

Level 2 - Inputs other than level 1 inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable, and

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs developed using the company’s estimates and assumptions, which reflect those a market participant would use.

 

A financial instrument's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy. There have been no changes in the methodologies used during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

 

Registered Investment Companies

 

Valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. The funds held by the Plan are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (“NAV”) and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Plan are deemed to be actively traded.

 

Common and Collective Trust Fund

 

This investment is valued using the NAV as a practical expedient and is not classified in the fair value hierarchy. There are no participant redemption restrictions for this investment; the redemption notice period is applicable only to the Plan.

 

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The following tables present information for which the NAV per share practical expedient was used:

 

   

December 31, 2023

           

Redemption

   
           

Frequency (If

   
       

Unfunded

 

Currently

 

Redemption

Description 

 

Fair Value

 

Commitments

 

Eligible)

 

Notice Period

                 
                 

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund

 

$3,703,050

 

N/A

 

Daily

 

12 months

                 
   

December 31, 2022

           

Redemption

   
           

Frequency (If

   
       

Unfunded

 

Currently

 

Redemption

Description 

 

Fair Value

 

Commitments

 

Eligible)

 

Notice Period

                 
                 

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund

 

$ 6,366,630

 

N/A

 

Daily

 

12 months

 

Culp, Inc. Common Stock

 

This investment is valued at the closing price reported on the New York Stock Exchange, which is the active market in which the individual security is traded. This investment is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

The Plan held 167,314 shares and 155,313 shares of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The cost basis of these shares of the Company’s common stock was $1,188,047 and $1,142,427 as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

 

Money Market Fund

 

This investment is a public investment vehicle valued using $1 for the NAV. The money market fund is classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

 

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The following tables present information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2023, using:

 
   

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Assets

   

Significant other

Observable Inputs

   

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

         
                                 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 
                                 

Investments at fair value:

                               
                                 

Registered investment companies

  $ 36,961,195     $ -     $ -     $ 36,961,195  

Culp, Inc. common stock

    968,890       -       -       968,890  

Money market fund

    -       42,054       -       42,054  
                                 

Total investments in the fair value hierarchy

  $ 37,930,085     $ 42,054     $ -       37,972,139  
                                 

Investments at net asset value, as a practical expedient:

                               
                                 

Common and collective trust fund

                            3,703,050  
                                 

Total investments at fair value

                          $ 41,675,189  

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2022, using:

 
   

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Assets

   

Significant other

Observable Inputs

   

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

         
                                 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 
                                 

Investments at fair value:

                               
                                 

Registered investment companies

  $ 33,664,307     $ -     $ -     $ 33,664,307  

Culp, Inc. common stock

    714,602       -       -       714,602  

Money market fund

    -       29,073       -       29,073  
                                 

Total investments in the fair value hierarchy

  $ 34,378,909     $ 29,073     $ -       34,407,982  
                                 

Investments at net asset value: as a practical expedient:

                               
                                 

Common and collective trust fund

                            6,366,630  
                                 

Total investments at fair value

                          $ 40,774,612  

 

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NOTE D - EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

 

During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, Plan investments include shares of the Company’s common stock and therefore, transactions associated with the Company’s common stock qualify as party-in-interest.

 

Commencing on January 1, 2021, Empower Retirement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Company has served as Plan administrator during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

 

NOTE E ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

 

Administrative fees paid directly by the Plan to Raymond James Financial Services for investment advisory and other administrative services were $82,400, $86,965, and $92,939 during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

Administrative fees paid directly by the Plan to Smith Leonard PLLC for audit services were $2,000, $15,000, and $14,500 during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

Administrative fees paid directly by the Plan to GreerWalker LLP for audit services were $25,000 during the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

Administrative fees paid directly by the Plan to Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America were $12,594 and $7,025, during the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

 

Administrative fees paid directly by the Plan to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company were $4,540 and $9,010 during the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

 

NOTE F - PLAN TERMINATION

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.

 

NOTE G - TAX STATUS

 

The Plan has adopted a prototype plan document sponsored by the Plan’s trustee. The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Plan’s trustee by a letter dated June 30, 2020, that the Plan is designed and in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified, and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

GAAP requires management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. The Plan has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits of any tax periods in progress.

 

NOTE H - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as inflation, unemployment, interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

 

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)   

EIN: 56-1001967

PLAN NUMBER: 001

December 31, 2023

 

        (c) Description of          

Current

 

(a)

 

(b) Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party

 

Investment

 

(d) Cost **

   

Value

 
                         
   

MFS Moderate Allocation Fund

 

335,774 units

    -     $ 6,362,921  
                         
   

MFS Value Fund

 

102,919 units

    -       4,864,972  
                         
   

Franklin Dynatech Fund

 

32,306 units

    -       4,320,266  
                         
   

MFS Total Return Fund

 

207,708 units

    -       3,969,294  
                         
   

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund

 

3,703,050 units

    -       3,703,050  
                         
   

MFS Growth Allocation Fund

 

117,653 units

    -       2,716,613  
                         
   

MFS Core Equity Fund

 

48,180 units

    -       2,189,803  
                         
   

MFS Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund

 

56,766 units

    -       1,581,492  
                         
   

MFS International Diversification Fund

 

66,527 units

    -       1,460,264  
                         
   

American Century Mid Cap Value Fund

 

85,958 units

    -       1,333,216  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund

 

73,984 units

    -       1,117,899  
                         
   

JP Morgan Small Cap Growth Fund

 

63,899 units

    -       1,010,241  
                         
   

DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Fund

 

44,889 units

    -       943,557  
                         
   

MFS Conservative Allocation Fund

 

50,373 units

    -       822,598  
                         
   

Pioneer Bond Fund

 

90,226 units

    -       756,091  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund

 

38,591 units

    -       615,914  
                         
   

MFS Corporate Bond Fund

 

36,421 units

    -       453,439  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund

 

31,603 units

    -       438,970  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund

 

28,432 units

    -       406,857  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund

 

23,572 units

    -       384,923  
                         
   

Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund

 

50,661 units

    -       358,173  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund

 

19,345 units

    -       310,495  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund

 

16,913 units

    -       260,458  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund

 

10,727 units

    -       180,645  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund

 

5,945 units

    -       79,668  
                         
   

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund

 

1,629 units

    -       22,426  
                         
   

Fidelity Colchester Street Trust Government Portfolio

 

42,054 units

    -       42,054  
                         
*  

Culp, Inc. Common Stock

 

167,314 units

    -       968,890  
                         
                    $ 41,675,189  

 

*

Indicates party-in-interest.

**

Cost information omitted for participant-directed investments.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number   Exhibit  
       
23A   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in connection with the registration statement of Culp, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-13310).   
       
23B   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in connection with the registration statement of Culp, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-13310).  

         

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
     
  By: Culp, Inc., Plan Administrator
     
  By: The Culp, Inc. Retirement Committee
     
Date: June 21, 2024    
     
     
  /s/ Robert G. Culp, IV  
  Robert G. Culp, IV  
     
     
  /s/ Kenneth R. Bowling  
  Kenneth R. Bowling  
     
     
  /s/ Teresa A. Huffman  
  Teresa A. Huffman  

 

 
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EXHIBIT 23A

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Retirement Committee of the

Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan

High Point, North Carolina

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements No. 333-207195 on Form S-8 of Culp, Inc. Employee’s Retirement Builder Plan (the “Plan”) of our report dated June 21, 2024, with respect to the financial statements of net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related and ERISA-required supplemental schedules as of December 31, 2023, which report appears in the December 31, 2023 annual report on Form 11-K of the Plan.

 

 

/s/ GreerWalker LLP

 

Charlotte, North Carolina

June 21, 2024

 
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EXHIBIT 23B

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Retirement Committee of the

Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan

High Point, North Carolina

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 33-13310 on Form S-8 of our report dated June 23, 2022, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan included in this Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

/s/ Smith Leonard PLLC

High Point, North Carolina

June 21, 2024