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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-20-004156
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200603
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOOKER FURNITURE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001077688
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE [2510]
		IRS NUMBER:				540251350
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25349
		FILM NUMBER:		20940433

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 E COMMONWEALTH BLVD
		STREET 2:		POB 4708
		CITY:			MARTINSVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24115
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2766322133

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 E COMMONWEALTH BLVD
		STREET 2:		POB 4708
		CITY:			MARTINSVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24115
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<html><head><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br /><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong><br />_____________________</font></p><p style="text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Form 8-K</strong><br />_____________________</font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CURRENT REPORT</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</strong></font></p><p align="center"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): <!--June 3, 2020-->June 3, 2020 &#160;</font></p><p align="center"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Hooker Furniture Corporation</strong></font><br /><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Virginia</strong></font></td><td align="center" width="34%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>000-25349</strong></font></td><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>54-0251350</strong></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></td><td align="center" width="34%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(Commission File Number)</font></td><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(I.R.S. 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 <p>On June 3, 2020, the Registrant issued a press release&#160;announcing the&#160;Quarterly Dividend. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</p> </font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>  </strong></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</strong></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" ><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094" ></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Hooker Furniture Declares Quarterly Dividend</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p ></p>
 <p align="justify">MARTINSVILLE, Va., June  03, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hooker Furniture (Nasdaq-GS:HOFT) announced that on June 2, 2020, its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of&#160; $0.16 per share, payable on June 30, 2020, to shareholders of record at June 16, 2020.&#160;<br ></p>  <p align="justify">&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen steady improvement in orders and shipments since the end of our recently completed fiscal 2021 first quarter on May 3, 2020. We expect our low fixed cost business model, which served us well during the Great Recession, to help us navigate the current disruption,&#8221; said Paul B. Toms, Jr., Chairman and CEO. &#8220;Our cash position remains strong and has continued to improve since our fiscal year-end in early February through early June, with about an additional $26 million available under our revolving credit facility if needed. We&#8217;re confident in our future and are proud of our fifty-plus year history of consistently paying dividends; however, we have limited visibility into future economic conditions. The Board will continue to evaluate the appropriateness of the current dividend rate in light of our performance and economic conditions in future quarters,&#8221; Toms concluded.&#160;</p>  <p align="justify">Hooker Furniture Corporation, in its 97th year of business, is a designer, marketer and importer of casegoods (wooden and metal furniture), leather furniture and fabric-upholstered furniture for the residential, hospitality and contract markets. The Company also domestically manufactures premium residential custom leather and custom fabric-upholstered furniture. It is ranked among the nation&#8217;s largest publicly traded furniture sources, based on 2018 shipments to U.S. retailers, according to a 2019 survey by a leading trade publication. Major casegoods product categories include home entertainment, home office, accent, dining, and bedroom furniture in the upper-medium price points sold under the Hooker Furniture brand.&#160; Hooker&#8217;s residential upholstered seating product lines include Bradington-Young, a specialist in upscale motion and stationary leather furniture, Sam Moore Furniture, a specialist in upscale occasional chairs, settees, sofas and sectional seating with an emphasis on cover-to-frame customization, Hooker Upholstery, imported upholstered furniture targeted at the upper-medium price-range and Shenandoah Furniture, an upscale upholstered furniture company specializing in private label sectionals, modulars, sofas, chairs, ottomans, benches, beds and dining chairs in the upper-medium price points for lifestyle specialty retailers.&#160; The H Contract product line supplies upholstered seating and casegoods to upscale senior living facilities. The Home Meridian division addresses more moderate price points and channels of distribution not currently served by other Hooker Furniture divisions or brands. Home Meridian&#8217;s brands include Accentrics Home, home furnishings centered around an eclectic mix of unique pieces and materials that offer a fresh take on home fashion, Pulaski Furniture, casegoods covering the complete design spectrum in a wide range of bedroom, dining room, accent and display cabinets at medium price points, Samuel Lawrence Furniture, value-conscious offerings in bedroom, dining room, home office and youth furnishings, Prime Resources, value-conscious imported leather upholstered furniture, Samuel Lawrence Hospitality, a designer and supplier of hotel furnishings and HMidea, a 2019 start-up that provides better-quality, ready-to-assemble furniture to mass marketers and e-commerce customers. Hooker Furniture Corporation&#8217;s corporate offices and upholstery manufacturing facilities are located in Virginia and North Carolina, with showrooms in High Point, N.C. and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company operates eight distribution centers in North Carolina, Virginia, California and Vietnam. Please visit our websites hookerfurniture.com, bradington-young.com, sammoore.com, hcontractfurniture.com, homemeridian.com, pulaskifurniture.com, accentricshome.com and slh-co.com.</p>  <p align="justify">Certain statements made in this release, other than those based on historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our reasonable judgment with respect to future events and typically can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as &#8220;believes,&#8221; &#8220;expects,&#8221; &#8220;projects,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;plans,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;could&#8221;&#160; or &#8220;anticipates,&#8221; or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy.&#160; Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.&#160; Those risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: (1) The effect and consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic or future pandemics on a wide range of matters including U.S. and local economies; our business operations and continuity; the health and productivity of our employees; and the impact on our supply chain, the retail environment and our customer base; (2) general economic or business conditions, both domestically and internationally, and instability in the financial and credit markets, including their potential impact on our (i) sales and operating costs and access to financing or (ii) customers and suppliers and their ability to obtain financing or generate the cash necessary to conduct their respective businesses; (3) adverse political acts or developments in, or affecting, the international markets from which we import products, including duties or tariffs imposed on those products by foreign governments or the U.S. government, such as the current U.S. administration imposing a 25% tariff on certain goods imported into the United States from China, including almost all furniture and furniture components manufactured in China, with the potential for additional or increased tariffs in the future; (4) sourcing transitions away from China, including the lack of adequate manufacturing capacity and skilled labor and longer lead times, due to competition and increased demand for resources in those countries; (5) risks associated with our reliance on offshore sourcing and the cost of imported goods, including fluctuation in the prices of purchased finished goods, ocean freight costs and warehousing costs and the risk that a disruption in our offshore suppliers could adversely affect our ability to timely fill customer orders; (6) changes in U.S. and foreign government regulations and in the political, social and economic climates of the countries from which we source our products; (7) disruptions involving our vendors or the transportation and handling industries, particularly those affecting imported products from Vietnam and China, including customs issues, labor stoppages, strikes or slowdowns and the availability of shipping containers and cargo ships; (8) difficulties in forecasting demand for our imported products; (9) risks associated with product defects, including higher than expected costs associated with product quality and safety, and regulatory compliance costs related to the sale of consumer products and costs related to defective or non-compliant products, including product liability claims and costs to recall defective products; (10) disruptions and damage (including due to weather) affecting our Virginia, North Carolina or California warehouses, our Virginia or North Carolina administrative facilities or our representative offices or warehouses in Vietnam and China; (11) risks associated with domestic manufacturing operations, including fluctuations in capacity utilization and the prices and availability of key raw materials, as well as changes in transportation, warehousing and domestic labor costs, availability of skilled labor, and environmental compliance and remediation costs; (12) the risks specifically related to the concentrations of a material part of our sales and accounts receivable in only a few customers; (13) our inability to collect amounts owed to us or significant delays in collecting such amounts; (14) the interruption, inadequacy, security breaches or integration failure of our information systems or information technology infrastructure, related service providers or the internet or other related issues including unauthorized disclosures of confidential information or inadequate levels of cyber-insurance or risks not covered by cyber insurance; (15) achieving and managing growth and change, and the risks associated with new business lines, acquisitions, restructurings, strategic alliances and international operations; (16) higher than expected employee medical and workers&#8217; compensation costs that may increase the cost of our high-deductible healthcare and workers compensation plans; (17) product liability claims;&#160; (18) risks related to our other defined benefit plans; (19) the possible impairment of our long-lived assets, which can result in reduced earnings and net worth; (20) capital requirements and costs, including the servicing of our floating-rate term loans;&#160; (21) risks associated with distribution through third-party retailers, such as non-binding dealership arrangements; (22) the cost and difficulty of marketing and selling our products in foreign markets; (23) changes in domestic and international monetary policies and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates affecting the price of our imported products and raw materials; (24) the cyclical nature of the furniture industry, which is particularly sensitive to changes in consumer confidence, the amount of consumers&#8217; income available for discretionary purchases, and the availability and terms of consumer credit; (25) price competition in the furniture industry; (26) competition from non-traditional outlets, such as internet and catalog retailers; (27) changes in consumer preferences, including increased demand for lower-quality, lower-priced furniture due to, among other things, fluctuating consumer confidence, amounts of discretionary income available for furniture purchases and the availability of consumer credit; and (28) other risks and uncertainties described under Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020. Any forward-looking statement that we make speaks only as of the date of that statement, and we undertake no obligation, except as required by law, to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise and you should not expect us to do so.</p>  <p align="justify"><strong>For more information, contact:</strong><br ><strong>Paul A. Huckfeldt, Senior Vice President-Finance and CFO</strong><br ><strong>Hooker Furniture Corporation, 276.666.3949</strong></p>  <p> </p><p ></p></body></html>
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