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)      September 16, 2015

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)
 

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INDEX
 
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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 3
   
Signature 4
 
 
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Item 5.07.       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On September 16, 2015, Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders.  At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected each of the five persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as a director of the Company until the 2016 annual meeting, or until their successors are elected and qualified; (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent auditors of the Company for fiscal 2016, (iii) voted for a resolution approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (Say on Pay vote), and (iv) voted for approving the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. The following information sets forth the results of the voting at the annual meeting.
 
Proposal 1:  To elect five directors to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified
 
Director Nominee
 Shares
 Voted For
Shares
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Robert G. Culp, III
  9,538,434
586,017
1,252,842
Patrick B. Flavin
10,006,564
117,887
1,252,842
Kenneth R. Larson
  9,996,518
127,933
1,252,842
Kenneth W. McAllister
  9,996,407
128,044
1,252,842
Franklin N. Saxon
  9,750,984
373,467
1,252,842
 
Proposal 2:  To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal 2016
 
For 11,350,282  
Against 18,096  
Abstain 8,915  
Broker Non-Votes -  
 
Proposal 3:  Advisory vote on executive compensation (Say on Pay)
 
For 9,966,164  
Against 148,374  
Abstain 9,913  
Broker Non-Votes 1,252,842  
 
Proposal 4: Approve the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
 
For 9,340,681  
Against  773,946  
Abstain  9,824  
Broker Non-Votes  1,252,842  
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
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:   September 21, 2015    
     
  Culp, Inc.
     
   By: /s/ Thomas B. Gallagher, Jr.
    Corporate Controller
    (principal accounting officer)
 
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