Company: CULP
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-109242
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Company: CULP INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12                                           |

Culp, Inc. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

| ☒ | No fee required.                                                                                      |
| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.                                                       |
| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-(6)(i)(1) and 0-11 |

CULP Innovation Center at Congdon Yards 410 W. English Road, 5th Floor High Point, North Carolina 27262 Telephone: (336) 889-5161 NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS To Our Shareholders: Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) will hold its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s corporate offices located at CULP Innovation Center at Congdon Yards, 410 W. English Road, High Point, North Carolina 27262, on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 8:00 AM Eastern Time. The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to: (1) Elect eight directors for a one-year term expiring as of our 2026 annual meeting of shareholders; (2) Ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors for fiscal 2026; (3) Approve, through a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the accompanying Proxy Statement (“Say-on-Pay”); and (4) Consider any other business that properly comes before the meeting or any adjournment