UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549

FORM 11-K

Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-12597

A.              Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
 
CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN

B.              Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office:

   CULP, INC.
   1823 EASTCHESTER DRIVE
   HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA 27265

There were no material changes in the Plan or the Investment Policy of the Plan.  Culp, Inc. has made no profit sharing contributions during the past five years.  The number of participants in the Plan at December 31, 2016 was 821. The Retirement Committee administers the Plan, and its members are Franklin N. Saxon, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Teresa A. Huffman, all employees of Culp, Inc.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements.  A list of all financial statements filed as part of this report, beginning on page 1, is set forth below:
 
 
Financial Statements
 
Page of Report
 
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
1
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
2
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
3
Notes to Financial Statements
 
4
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
9
 
 
 
(b) Exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 23(a) – Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm 
   

 





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
 
 
 
By: Culp, Inc., Plan Administrator
 
 
 
By: The Culp, Inc. Retirement Committee
 
 
Date: June 20, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Franklin N. Saxon
 
Franklin N. Saxon
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Kenneth R. Bowling
 
Kenneth R. Bowling
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Teresa A. Huffman
 
Teresa A. Huffman





Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page No.
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
1
 
 
Financial Statements
 
 
 
   Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
2
 
 
   Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
3
 
 
   Notes to Financial Statements
4-8
 
 
Supplemental Information
 
 
 
   Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
9

 

 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Retirement Committee of the
Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan
High Point, North Carolina

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2016, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements, but includes information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Smith Leonard PLLC
High Point, NC
June 20, 2017


Page 1

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
           
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
       
December 31, 2016 and 2015
           
             
ASSETS
 
2016
   
2015
 
             
Investments, at fair value (Note C)
           
    Registered investment companies
 
$
29,913,876
   
$
28,033,530
 
    Common and collective trust fund
   
9,951,477
     
8,565,248
 
    Culp, Inc. common stock
   
3,128,884
     
2,767,978
 
    Money market fund
   
127,868
     
123,138
 
                 
     
43,122,105
     
39,489,894
 
                 
Receivables
               
   Employer contributions
   
27,964
     
28,268
 
   Participant contributions
   
52,631
     
59,984
 
                 
     
80,595
     
88,252
 
                 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
               
FOR BENEFITS
 
$
43,202,700
   
$
39,578,146
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
Page 2

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
             
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
 
Years Ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
             
                   
   
2016
   
2015
   
2014
 
                   
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO :
                 
                   
   Investment income
                 
      Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value
                 
       of investments
 
$
2,230,030
   
$
(1,009,681
)
 
$
636,651
 
      Interest and dividends
   
1,072,130
     
1,614,975
     
1,471,573
 
                         
         Total investment income
   
3,302,160
     
605,294
     
2,108,224
 
                         
                         
   Contributions
                       
      Employer
   
915,937
     
845,755
     
760,439
 
      Participant
   
1,565,096
     
1,509,090
     
1,322,568
 
      Direct rollovers
   
18,522
     
135,665
     
142,087
 
                         
         Total contributions
   
2,499,555
     
2,490,510
     
2,225,094
 
                         
   Benefits paid to participants
   
2,177,161
     
1,249,309
     
1,181,870
 
                         
NET INCREASE
   
3,624,554
     
1,846,495
     
3,151,448
 
                         
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
                       
 FOR BENEFITS
                       
   Beginning of year
   
39,578,146
     
37,731,651
     
34,580,203
 
                         
   End of year
 
$
43,202,700
   
$
39,578,146
   
$
37,731,651
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
Page 3

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015 AND 2014
 
NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

The following description of the Culp, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Builder Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all full-time employees of Culp, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) who have three months of continuous service and are at least 21 years of age.  Employees who elect to participate in the Plan may do so in the next available payroll period.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

Contributions

Each year, participants may contribute compensation, as defined in the Plan document, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limitations.  Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions.  Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans.  Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.  The Plan currently offers various registered investment company funds, one common and collective trust fund, and Culp, Inc. common stock as investment options for participants.  The Company makes matching contributions equal to 100% of the participant’s contribution up to the first 3% of annual compensation plus 50% of the next 2% of compensation contributed to the Plan which qualifies under safe harbor provisions.  An employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan, but does not either affirmatively elect to decline participation or designate a specified amount to be contributed to the Plan, is required to have their compensation reduced by 2%, which is in turn contributed into the Plan’s Moderate Allocation Fund.

Additional profit sharing amounts may be contributed at the option of the Company.  No profit-sharing contributions were made during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 or 2014.

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and Company matching contributions, as well as allocations of (a) the Company’s profit sharing contributions and (b) Plan earnings.  Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their own voluntary contributions and the Company’s matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon.

Notes Receivable from Participants
 
Notes receivable from participants are not permitted by the Plan.
 
Page 4

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015 AND 2014

Payment of Benefits

Upon termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or other reasons as defined by the Plan, participants receive a lump-sum distribution equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in the Plan. In-service distributions may be made to participants who have reached age 59 1/2. Withdrawals from the Plan may also be made upon circumstances of financial hardship, in accordance with provisions specified by the Plan.

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value.  Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation or depreciation includes the Plan's gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosures.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated the effects subsequent events would have on the financial statements through June 20, 2017, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued. No issues were noted which would impact the financial statements.

NOTE C - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The FASB issued a statement that defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.  That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of fair value hierarchy are described as follows:
 
Page 5

CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015 AND 2014
 
Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices available in active markets for identical investments as of the reporting date;

Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value can be determined through the use of models or other valuation methodologies; and

Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable inputs in situations where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability and the reporting entity makes estimates and assumptions related to the pricing of the asset or liability including assumptions regarding risk.

A financial instrument's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Registered Investment Companies

These investments are public investment vehicles valued using the net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the administrator of the fund.  The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding.  The NAV is a quoted price in an active market and classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Common and Collective Trust Fund

This investment is valued using the NAV as a practical expedient, and is not classified in the fair value hierarchy. There are no participant redemption restrictions for this investment; the redemption notice period is applicable only to the Plan.

The following tables present information for which the NAV per share practical expedient was used:
 
               
    December 31, 2016
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Description
 
Fair Value
   
Unfunded
Commitments
 
Redemption
Frequency (If
Currently
Eligible)
Redemption
Notice Period
                     
Stable Value Trust Fund (Class III)
 
$
9,951,477
     
N/A
 
     Daily
    24 months
                         
                     
    December 31, 2015 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
Description
 
Fair Value
   
Unfunded
Commitments
 
Redemption
Frequency (If
Currently
Eligible)
Redemption
Notice Period
                         
                         
Stable Value Trust Fund (Class V)
 
$
8,565,248
     
N/A
 
     Daily
    24 months

 

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CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015 AND 2014
 
Culp, Inc. Common Stock

This investment is valued at the closing price reported on the active market in which the individual security is traded. This investment is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

The Plan held 84,223 and 108,676 shares of the Company’s common stock at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The cost basis of these shares of the Company’s common stock was $673,030 and $804,290 at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Money Market Fund

This investment is a public investment vehicle valued using $1 for the NAV. The money market fund is classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following tables present information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2016 using:
 
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
 
Significant other
Observable Inputs
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     
 
               
Description
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
 
               
Investments at fair value:
               
 
               
Registered investment companies
 
$
29,913,876
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
29,913,876
 
Culp, Inc. common stock
   
3,128,884
     
-
     
-
     
3,128,884
 
Money market fund
   
-
     
127,868
     
-
     
127,868
 
 
                               
Total investments in the fair value
hierarchy
                               
 
$
33,042,760
   
$
127,868
   
$
-
     
33,170,628
 
 
                               
Investments at net asset value:
                               
 
                               
Common and collective trust fund
                           
9,951,477
 
 
                               
Total investments at fair value
                         
$
43,122,105
 
 
 
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CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015 AND 2014
 

Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015 using:
 
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
 
Significant other
Observable Inputs
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     
 
               
Description
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
 
               
Investments at fair value:
               
 
               
Registered investment companies
 
$
28,033,530
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
28,033,530
 
Culp, Inc. common stock
   
2,767,978
     
-
     
-
     
2,767,978
 
Money market fund
   
-
     
123,138
     
-
     
123,138
 
 
                               
Total investments in the fair value
hierarchy
                               
 
$
30,801,508
   
$
123,138
   
$
-
     
30,924,646
 
 
                               
Investments at net asset value:
                               
 
                               
Common and collective trust fund
                           
8,565,248
 
 
                               
Total investments at fair value
                         
$
39,489,894
 
 
NOTE D - EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

Plan investments include shares of the Company’s common stock. Transactions in the Company’s common stock also qualify as party-in-interest.

NOTE E - PLAN TERMINATION

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.

NOTE F - TAX STATUS

Effective January 1, 2013, the Plan adopted a prototype plan document sponsored by an affiliate of the Plan’s trustee. The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Plan’s trustee by a letter dated March 31, 2014, that the Plan is designed and in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified, and the related trust is tax-exempt.

NOTE G - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
 
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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION




 
CULP, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BUILDER PLAN
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
EIN: 56-1001967
PLAN NUMBER: 001
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
(a)
 
 
 
(b) Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party
 
 
 
(c) Description of Investment
 
 
 
(d) Cost **
 
 
Current
(e) Value
                 
   
Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund - Class III
 
9,951,477 units
 
-
 
$
9,951,477
                   
   
MFS Moderate Allocation Fund
 
360,749 units
  -    
5,829,698
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Value Fund
 
145,453 units
  -    
5,243,580
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Total Return Fund
 
163,073 units
  -    
2,941,838
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
American Century Mid Cap Value Fund
 
144,825 units
 
-
   
2,489,533
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
Franklin Dynatech Fund
  49,188 units  
-
   
2,349,714
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Growth Allocation Fund
 
128,396 units
  -    
2,325,256
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund
  81,937 units  
-
   
1,434,717
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS International Diversification Fund
  87,685 units  
-
   
1,347,720
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Fund
  55,695 units  
-
   
1,120,029
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Core Equity Fund
 
41,868 units
 
-
   
1,112,436
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Conservative Allocation Fund
 
66,302 units
 
-
   
968,669
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
Pioneer Bond Fund
  75,506 units  
-
   
726,363
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Bond Fund
 
51,013 units
 
-
   
701,430
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund
 
35,508 units
 
-
   
694,540
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund
  79,338 units  
-
   
628,353
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
MFS Money Market Fund
 
127,868 units
 
-
   
127,868
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
*  
Culp, Inc. Common Stock
 
84,223 shares
 
-
   
3,128,884
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
                $
43,122,105
               
 
 
                   
*
 
Indicates party-in-interest.
             
**
 
Cost information omitted for participant-directed investments.
         
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit
 
 
 
 
 
23A
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm in connection with the
registration statement of Culp, Inc. on Form
S-8 (File No. 33-13310).
 
 
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