---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-058079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CULP"
cik: "0000723603"
company_name: "CULP INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:31:18.488819+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Culp appoints new COO and CCO, merges divisions, targets $3M in additional annual savings

## Summary
- Mary Elizabeth Hunsberger appointed COO; Thomas Bruno appointed CCO as part of operating model integration.
- Culp to merge its two divisions into one integrated business; will close Burlington, NC leased facility.
- Integration expected to yield ~$3M annualized savings, incremental to $10-11M from prior restructuring.
- Sale of Canadian facility expected to close within a week; proceeds to pay down borrowings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-058079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CULP
- cik: 0000723603
- company_name: CULP INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000095017025058079/0000950170-25-058079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000095017025058079/culp-20250422.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-058079
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-058079.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-058079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary Elizabeth Hunsberger was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at CULP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 22, 2025, Mary Elizabeth Hunsberger, 50, was appointed by the board of directors (the “Board”) of Culp, Inc. (the “Company”) to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000095017025058079/0000950170-25-058079-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.