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Culp Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/31/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 9/9/22, at 9:15am ET   ·   For:  7/31/22   ·   Accession #:  1564590-22-31348   ·   File #:  1-12597

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

 9/09/22  Culp Inc.                         10-Q        7/31/22   93:10M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.80M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     77K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statements of Net (Loss) Income        HTML     88K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss)     HTML     43K 
                Income                                                           
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    154K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    115K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     85K 
18: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
19: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     28K 
20: R10         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                     HTML     44K 
21: R11         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML    102K 
22: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     53K 
23: R13         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     89K 
24: R14         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     47K 
25: R15         Lines of Credit                                     HTML     41K 
26: R16         Fair Value                                          HTML    205K 
27: R17         Net (Loss) Income Per Share                         HTML     45K 
28: R18         Segment Information                                 HTML    298K 
29: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    116K 
30: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    180K 
31: R21         Leases                                              HTML     92K 
32: R22         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
33: R23         Statutory Reserves                                  HTML     29K 
34: R24         Common Stock Repurchase Program                     HTML     28K 
35: R25         Dividend Program                                    HTML     27K 
36: R26         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     28K 
37: R27         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)            HTML     42K 
38: R28         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     98K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     54K 
40: R30         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     88K 
41: R31         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     47K 
42: R32         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    195K 
43: R33         Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Tables)                HTML     42K 
44: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    292K 
45: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    107K 
46: R36         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    181K 
47: R37         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     96K 
48: R38         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Summary of the    HTML     31K 
                Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                  
                (Detail)                                                         
49: R39         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Narrative         HTML     29K 
                (Detail)                                                         
50: R40         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative   HTML     36K 
                (Detail)                                                         
51: R41         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Summary of  HTML     32K 
                the activity associated with deferred revenue                    
                (Detail)                                                         
52: R42         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML     44K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Detail)                               
53: R43         Inventories - Summary of Inventories (Detail)       HTML     35K 
54: R44         Intangible Assets - Summary of Intangible Assets    HTML     37K 
                (Detail)                                                         
55: R45         Intangible Assets - Narrative (Detail)              HTML     63K 
56: R46         Intangible Assets - Summary of Change in Carrying   HTML     35K 
                Amount of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail)                
57: R47         Accrued Expenses - Summary of Accrued Expenses      HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R48         Lines of Credit - Narrative (Detail)                HTML     86K 
59: R49         Fair Value - Recurring Basis (Detail)               HTML     59K 
60: R50         Fair Value - Narrative (Detail)                     HTML     44K 
61: R51         Net (Loss) Income Per Share - Schedule of Weighted  HTML     33K 
                Average Shares Used in the Computation of Basic                  
                and Diluted Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Detail)                 
62: R52         Net (Loss) Income Per Share - Narrative (Detail)    HTML     28K 
63: R53         Segment Information - Narrative (Detail)            HTML     30K 
64: R54         Segment Information - Statement of Operations for   HTML     66K 
                Operating Segments (Detail)                                      
65: R55         Segment Information - Balance Sheet Information by  HTML     95K 
                Operating Segments (Detail)                                      
66: R56         Segment Information - Balance Sheet Information by  HTML     56K 
                Operating Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail)                      
67: R57         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate -          HTML     31K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
68: R58         Income Taxes - Differences Between Income Tax       HTML     45K 
                Expense from Continuing Operations at Federal                    
                Income Tax Rate and Effective Income Tax Rate                    
                (Detail)                                                         
69: R59         Income Taxes - Summary of Valuation Allowances      HTML     33K 
                Against Net Deferred Income Tax Assets (Detail)                  
70: R60         Income Taxes - Undistributed Earnings - Narrative   HTML     31K 
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R61         Income Taxes - Uncertain Income Tax Positions -     HTML     34K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
72: R62         Income Taxes - Summary of Taxes Paid (Detail)       HTML     34K 
73: R63         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Detail)       HTML     62K 
74: R64         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Assumptions   HTML     46K 
                Used to Determine Fair Value of Performance Based                
                Restricted Stock Units (Detail)                                  
75: R65         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     42K 
                Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units                         
                Associated with Senior Executives and Key                        
                Employees (Detail)                                               
76: R66         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     34K 
                Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units                         
                Associated with Senior Executives and Key                        
                Employees (Parenthetical) (Detail)                               
77: R67         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Vested        HTML     40K 
                Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Detail)                
78: R68         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Grants of     HTML     38K 
                Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Awards Associated               
                with Key Member of Management (Detail)                           
79: R69         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Time-based    HTML     39K 
                Restricted Stock Units (Detail)                                  
80: R70         Leases - Narrative (Detail)                         HTML     32K 
81: R71         Leases - Lessee Operating Lease Right of Use        HTML     31K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Detail)                                  
82: R72         Leases - Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure      HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R73         Leases - Lessee Operating Lease Liability Maturity  HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R74         Leases - Weighted Average Lease Term and Discount   HTML     29K 
                Rate (Detail)                                                    
85: R75         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Detail)  HTML     32K 
86: R76         Statutory Reserves - Narrative (Detail)             HTML     37K 
87: R77         Common Stock Repurchase Program (Detail)            HTML     39K 
88: R78         Dividend Program - Narrative (Detail)               HTML     31K 
91: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    173K 
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90: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    143K 
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92: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              375±   595K 
93: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001564590-22-031348-xbrl      Zip    273K

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