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Culp Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 11/3/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 12/13/19, at 8:05am ET   ·   For:  11/3/19   ·   Accession #:  1193125-19-313469   ·   File #:  1-12597

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/13/19  Culp Inc                          10-Q       11/03/19  116:9.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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69: R2          Consolidated Statements of Net Income               HTML     93K 
113: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     75K  
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31: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
68: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    148K 
112: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    117K  
43: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     36K 
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14: R10         Business Combinations                               HTML     83K 
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15: R14         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     85K 
56: R15         Goodwill                                            HTML     43K 
91: R16         Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture          HTML     48K 
79: R17         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     49K 
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54: R19         Lines of Credit                                     HTML     40K 
115: R20         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML    119K  
74: R21         Cash Flow Information                               HTML     39K 
37: R22         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     56K 
49: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML    314K 
116: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML     73K  
75: R25         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    113K 
38: R26         Leases                                              HTML     66K 
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114: R28         Statutory Reserves                                  HTML     35K  
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80: R38         Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture          HTML     45K 
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                Forma Consolidated Results of Operations (Detail)                
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63: R53         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative   HTML     40K 
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99: R54         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Summary of  HTML     39K 
                the activity for deferred revenue (Detail)                       
84: R55         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML     54K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Detail)                               
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64: R57         Intangible Asset - Summary of Intangible Assets     HTML     45K 
                (Detail)                                                         
97: R58         Intangible Asset - Tradenames (Detail)              HTML     36K 
85: R59         Intangible Assets - Summary of Change in Carrying   HTML     42K 
                Amount of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail)                
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44: R61         Goodwill (Detail)                                   HTML     36K 
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                Narrative (Detail)                                               
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                Summary of Equity Method Investment (Detail)                     
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72: R67         Exit and Disposal Activity - Summary of             HTML     53K 
                Restructuring Credit and Related Charges                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
33: R68         Exit and Disposal Activity - Summary of             HTML     46K 
                Restructuring Credit and Related Charges                         
                Associated with Exit and Disposal Activity                       
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
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                in Restructuring Accrual (Detail)                                
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22: R71         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Recurring     HTML     52K 
                Basis (Detail)                                                   
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                Basis (Detail)                                                   
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Paid (Detail)                                                    
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                (Detail)                                                         
87: R76         Net Income Per Share (Detail)                       HTML     34K 
101: R77         Segment Information - Narrative (Detail)            HTML     37K  
61: R78         Segment Information - Statement of Operations for   HTML    101K 
                Operating Segments (Detail)                                      
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                Operating Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail)                      
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                Operating Segments (Detail)                                      
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                Operating Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail)                      
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                Expense at Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective                 
                Income Tax Rate (Detail)                                         
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                Narrative (Detail)                                               
57: R84         Income Taxes - Summary of Valuation Allowances      HTML     41K 
                Against Deferred Income Taxes (Detail)                           
19: R85         Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes -              HTML     38K 
                Undistributed Earnings from Foreign Subsidiaries -               
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86: R86         Income Taxes - Uncertainty in Income Taxes -        HTML     41K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
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62: R88         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Assumptions   HTML     56K 
                Used to Determine Fair Value of Performance Based                
                Restricted Stock Units (Detail)                                  
18: R89         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     51K 
                Performance Based Restricted Stock Units                         
                Associated with executive officers and Key                       
                Employees (Detail)                                               
26: R90         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     41K 
                Performance Based Restricted Stock Units                         
                Associated with executive officers and Key                       
                Employees (Parenthetical) (Detail)                               
42: R91         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Vested        HTML     47K 
                Performance Based and Time Based Restricted Stock                
                Units (Detail)                                                   
107: R92         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Vested Time   HTML     41K  
                Based Restricted Stock Units (Detail)                            
70: R93         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     43K 
                Time-Based Restricted Stock Awards Associated with               
                Key Member of Management (Detail)                                
30: R94         Leases - Lessee Operating Lease Right Of Use        HTML     36K 
                Assets And Liabilities (Detail)                                  
46: R95         Leases - Operating Leases Of Lessee Disclosure      HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
110: R96         Leases - Lessee Operating Lease Liability Maturity  HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
73: R97         Leases - Weighted Average Lease Term And Discount   HTML     34K 
                Rate (Detail)                                                    
32: R98         Leases - Narrative (Detail)                         HTML     40K 
40: R99         Commitments and Contingencies (Detail)              HTML     39K 
77: R100        Statutory Reserves (Detail)                         HTML     44K 
92: R101        Common Stock Repurchase Program (Detail)            HTML     52K 
53: R102        Dividend Program (Detail)                           HTML     49K 
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96: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    112K 
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