content: 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) November 12, 2003
  
  
  
                                    Culp, Inc.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
  
       North Carolina                     0-12781                  56-1001967
  --------------------------    ----------------------------  --------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                         Identification No.)
  
  
  
                                 101 South Main Street
                           High Point,  North  Carolina   27260
                          -------------------------------------
                         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                       (Zip Code)
  
  
                                     (336) 889-5161
                    -------------------------------------------------
                   (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
                                     Not Applicable
                   ---------------------------------------------------
                  (Former name or address, if changed from last report)
  
  
  
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  Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits
              ---------------------------------
  
        (c)   The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
  
              99.1 - Notice to Culp,  Inc.  Directors  and  Executive  Officers,
                    dated November 12, 2003.
  
  Item 11.    Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee
              -----------------------------------------------------------
              Benefit Plans.
              -------------
  
  Culp,  Inc. (the  "Company") has received  notice of a blackout period for its
  Culp, Inc. Employees'  Retirement Builder Plan (the "Plan"),  because the Plan
  will be changing  investment  options and recordkeeper  providers.  During the
  blackout period,  participants temporarily will be unable to make plan-related
  transactions  or obtain  distributions  from the Plan. The blackout  period is
  expected to begin on December  11, 2003 and end during the week of January 26,
  2004.
  
  As required by Section  306(a) of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and Section
  245.104 of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission's  Regulation  BTR,  the
  Company notified its directors and executive officers of the blackout period.
  
  A copy of the notice sent to the Company's  directors  and executive  officers
  is attached  as Exhibit  99.1 to this Form 8-K and is  incorporated  herein by
  reference.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                    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.
  
  Date: November 12, 2003
  
                                      Culp, Inc.
  
                                      By:   /s/ Kenneth M. Ludwig
                                            ---------------------
                                            Kenneth M. Ludwig
                                            Senior Vice President
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text: 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) November 12, 2003
  
                                    Culp, Inc.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
       North Carolina                     0-12781                  56-1001967
  --------------------------    ----------------------------  --------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                         Identification No.)
  
                                 101 South Main Street
                           High Point,  North  Carolina   27260
                          -------------------------------------
                         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                       (Zip Code)
  
                                     (336) 889-5161
                    -------------------------------------------------
                   (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
                                     Not Applicable
                   ---------------------------------------------------
                  (Former name or address, if changed from last report)
  Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits
              ---------------------------------
  
        (c)   The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
  
              99.1 - Notice to Culp,  Inc.  Directors  and  Executive  Officers,
                    dated November 12, 2003.
  
  Item 11.    Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee
              -----------------------------------------------------------
              Benefit Plans.
              -------------
  
  Culp,  Inc. (the  "Company") has received  notice of a blackout period for its
  Culp, Inc. Employees'  Retirement Builder Plan (the "Plan"),  because the Plan
  will be changing  investment  options and recordkeeper  providers.  During the
  blackout period,  participants temporarily will be unable to make plan-related
  transactions  or obtain  distributions  from the Plan. The blackout  period is
  expected to begin on December  11, 2003 and end during the week of January 26,
  2004.
  
  As required by Section  306(a) of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and Section
  245.104 of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission's  Regulation  BTR,  the
  Company notified its directors and executive officers of the blackout period.
  
  A copy of the notice sent to the Company's  directors  and executive  officers
  is attached  as Exhibit  99.1 to this Form 8-K and is  incorporated  herein by
  reference.
  
                                    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.
  
  Date: November 12, 2003
  
                                      Culp, Inc.
  
                                      By:   /s/ Kenneth M. Ludwig
                                            ---------------------
                                            Kenneth M. Ludwig
                                            Senior Vice President