UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)    October 21, 2010

Culp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01.          Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 21, 2010, Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a news release regarding revised expectations about its financial results for the second quarter of the Company’s fiscal 2011.  A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)        Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 – News Release dated October 21, 2010

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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