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 25 , 2005
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                                   Culp, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


       North Carolina                   0-12781                  56-1001967
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                             1823 Eastchester Drive
                        High Point, North Carolina 27265
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                 (336) 889-5161
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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              (Former name or address, if changed from last report)

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On October 25, 2005,  Culp, Inc. (the  "Company")  entered into a financing
arrangement with Wachovia Bank, National Association  ("Wachovia"),  pursuant to
which Wachovia  provided a term loan to the Company in the amount of $4,340,000,
secured by a lien on the Company's  headquarters  office  located in High Point,
North  Carolina.  This loan is evidenced by a Promissory  Note dated October 25,
2005,  a copy of which is filed as  Exhibit  10(a)  hereto.  This  loan was made
pursuant to the Real Estate Loan  Commitment  Letter dated August 30, 2005 filed
as Exhibit 99(d) to the Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 31, 2005.








                                   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: October 28, 2005
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                                        Culp, Inc.

                                        By:  /s/ Kenneth R. Bowling
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                                            Vice President-Finance, Treasurer











                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number                       Exhibit
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   10(a)                    Promissory Note dated October 25, 2005