UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) June 25, 2007
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Culp, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
North Carolina 0-12781 56-1001967
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
1823 Eastchester Drive
High Point, North Carolina 27265
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(336) 889-5161
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
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(Former name or address, if changed from last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On June 25, 2007, the compensation committee of the board of directors of
Culp, Inc. (the "company") took the following actions with respect to
compensation for certain of the company's executive officers:
1. Grant of stock options pursuant to the company's 2002 Stock Option Plan
to the following executive officers, in the following amounts:
Number of
Options
Robert G. Culp, III, Chairman 10,000
Franklin N. Saxon, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive
officer) 50,000
Kenneth M. Ludwig, Senior Vice President, Human Resources 7,500
Robert G. Culp, IV, President , Culp Home Fashions division 7,500
Kenneth R. Bowling, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial
officer) 7,500
These options were granted with an exercise price of $8.75 per share, and a
term of ten years. The options vest 50% after one year from the date of grant,
and will be 100% vested after two years.
2. Approval of annual bonuses for fiscal 2007, to be paid to certain of the
company's executive officers, as follows:
Robert G. Culp, III $100,000
Franklin N. Saxon 300,000
Kenneth M. Ludwig 20,000
Kenneth R. Bowling 20,000
3. Approval of changes to the company's Severance Protection Plan, which
consists of individual Change in Control and Noncompetition Agreements (the
"Severance Agreements") between the company and certain of its executive
officers. The company has added two officers (Robert G. Culp, IV and Kenneth R.
Bowling) to the plan, in addition to Robert G. Culp, III, Franklin N. Saxon, and
Kenneth M. Ludwig, who are already covered by Severance Agreements. The
Severance Agreements provide that upon a change in control (as defined in the
agreement), the executive is entitled to payment in the amount of 1.99 times the
executive's total compensation in effect at the time of termination of
employment if any of the following events occurs: (i) the executive is
terminated in anticipation of the change in control, (ii) the executive is
terminated within three years after the change in control for any reason other
than death, disability or for cause, or (iii) the executive terminates his
employment during such three year period because of an adverse change in the
executive's conditions of employment by the company. In addition, the agreements
provide for payment of one year's total compensation to each covered executive
in exchange for noncompetition covenants by the executive that do not become
effective except upon termination of the executive's employment following a
change in control.
The company has changed the form of Severance Agreement to eliminate a
provision allowing a covered executive to receive change in control payments if
he voluntarily terminates his employment during a 30-day window period beginning
six months after a change in control for any reason other than death or
disability.
4. The company has added Kenneth R. Bowling to the group of executive
officers who receive an auto allowance in the amount of $700 per month.
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: June 29, 2007
Culp, Inc.
By: /s/ Kenneth M. Ludwig
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Kenneth M. Ludwig
Senior Vice President, Human Resources