<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001765814-22-000047.txt : 20220822
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001765814-22-000047
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220810
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220822
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220822

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CULP ROBERT GEORGE IV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001294280

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12597
		FILM NUMBER:		221184670

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			HIGH POINT
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27260

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CULP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000723603
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON [2211]
		IRS NUMBER:				561001967
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0503

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1823 EASTCHESTER DRIVE
		CITY:			HIGH POINT
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27265
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3368895161

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 2686
		CITY:			HIGH POINT
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27265
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-08-10</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2022-08-12</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000723603</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CULP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CULP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001294280</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CULP ROBERT GEORGE IV</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1823 EASTCHESTER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGH POINT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>27265</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-08-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>55741</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>97547</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>132782</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Contingent right to receive issuance of shares of Culp, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">1/4 of these restricted stock units (13,935 RSUs) vest and convert into the right to receive one share of common stock per RSU (13,935 total shares of common stock) at the end of three years if the participant remains employed by the company as of such date; the remaining 3/4 of these restricted stock units (41,806 RSUs) could vest and convert into the right to receive up to 2 shares of common stock per RSU (83,612 total shares of common stock) if the company achieves certain performance criteria over a three year period beginning May 2, 2022, and ending April 27, 2025, per the terms of the award agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This Amendment is being filed to correct an error in the previously reported Table II - &quot;Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)&quot; (Column 9).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ashley C. Durbin, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-08-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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