Culp, Inc.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On July 1, 2026, Culp, Inc. issued a news release to announce financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 3, 2026. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information set forth in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report, and in Exhibit 99.1, is intended to be “furnished” under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K. Such information shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The news release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 contains adjusted income statement information for the three- and 12-month periods ended May 3, 2026, and April 27, 2025, which discloses adjusted loss from operations, a non-U.S. GAAP performance measure that eliminates items which are not expected to occur on a recurring or regular basis. For the three- and 12-month periods ended May 3, 2026 and April 27, 2025, these items include, as applicable for the period presented, restructuring credits, restructuring-related charges, and restructuring expenses associated with the sale of our former mattress fabrics manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada, segment integration initiatives including the transition of operations within our upholstery segment from leased locations to our owned facility in Stokesdale, North Carolina, and similar items. The company has included this adjusted information to show operational performance excluding the effects of items not expected to occur on a recurring or regular basis. Details of these calculations and a reconciliation to information from our U.S. GAAP financial statements are set forth in the news release. Management believes this presentation aids in the comparison of financial results among comparable financial periods. Management uses adjusted income statement information in evaluating the financial performance of our overall operations and business segments. Also, adjusted income statement information is used as a performance measure in our incentive-based executive compensation program. We note, however, that this adjusted income statement information should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for income (loss) from operations calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The news release contains disclosures about our net debt, which is a non-U.S. GAAP liquidity measure that we define as cash and cash equivalents (which we sometimes refer to as “cash”) plus investments that are available to fund operations minus the total amount of outstanding borrowings under our lines of credit or other debt instruments. Details of these calculations and a reconciliation to information from our U.S. GAAP financial statements are set forth in the news release. We believe this non-GAAP measure is useful to investors as it provides a way to compare our cash or debt position across periods on a consistent basis, regardless of the impact of financing activities. Also, net debt is used as a performance measure in our incentive-based executive compensation program. Net debt should not be viewed in isolation by investors and should not be used as a substitute for GAAP measures of liquidity. The news release contains disclosures about adjusted free cash flow, a non-U.S. GAAP liquidity measure that we define as net cash (used in) provided by operating activities, less cash capital expenditures and any payments on vendor-financed capital expenditures, plus any proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment, plus proceeds from note receivable, plus proceeds from the sale of investments associated with our rabbi trust, less the purchase of investments associated with our rabbi trust, and plus or minus the effects of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, in each case to the extent any such amount is incurred during the period presented. Details of these calculations and a reconciliation to information from our U.S. GAAP financial statements are set forth in the news release. Management believes the disclosure of adjusted free cash flow provides useful information to investors because it measures our available cash flow for potential debt repayment, stock repurchases, dividends, additions to cash and investments, or other corporate purposes. We note, however, that not all of our adjusted free cash flow is available for discretionary spending, as we may have mandatory debt payments and other cash requirements that must be deducted from our cash available for future use. In operating our business, management uses adjusted free cash flow to make decisions about what commitments of cash to make for operations, such as capital expenditures (and possible financing arrangements for these expenditures), purchases of inventory or supplies, SG&A expenditure levels, compensation, and other commitments of cash, while still allowing for adequate cash to meet known future commitments for cash, such as debt repayment, and also for making decisions about dividend payments and share repurchases. The news release contains disclosures about our adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-U.S. GAAP performance measure that reflects net (loss) income excluding income tax expense (benefit), net interest income, and restructuring expense or credit and restructuring related charges or credits, as well as depreciation and amortization expense, and stock-based compensation expense. Beginning in the quarter ended November 2, 2025, we modified our presentation of adjusted EBITDA to also exclude non-cash foreign exchange impacts. We believe this change enhances investor insight into our operational performance by removing the non-cash impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In order to facilitate comparisons among periods, we have applied this modified definition of adjusted EBITDA to all periods presented in the news release. This measure also excludes other non-recurring charges and credits associated with our business, if and to the extent any such amount is incurred during the period presented. Details of these calculations and a reconciliation to information from our U.S. GAAP financial statements are set forth in the news release. We believe presentation of adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because earnings before interest income and expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and similar performance measures that exclude certain charges from earnings are often used by investors and financial analysts in evaluating and comparing companies in our industry. Also, adjusted EBITDA is used as a performance measure in our incentive-based executive compensation program. We note, however, that such measures are not defined uniformly by various companies, with differing expenses being excluded from net income to calculate these performance measures. For this reason, adjusted EBITDA should not be viewed in isolation by investors and should not be used as a substitute for net income (loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP, nor should it be used for direct comparisons with similarly titled performance measures reported by other companies. Use of adjusted EBITDA as an analytical tool has limitations in that this measure does not reflect all expenses that are necessary to fund and operate our business, including funds required to pay taxes, service our debt, and fund capital expenditures, among others. Management uses adjusted EBITDA to help it analyze earnings and operating performance by excluding the effects of expenses that depend upon capital structure and debt levels, tax provisions, and non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense that do not require immediate uses of cash.