UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 18, 2018

UNIFI, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 1-10542 (Commission
File Number) 11-2165495
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

7201 West Friendly Avenue

Greensboro, North Carolina 27410

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (336) 294-4410

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b‑2 of this chapter).  

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 18, 2018, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, special outside counsel to Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. (“UMI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unifi, Inc., issued a press release announcing the filing, on behalf of UMI and another domestic yarn producer, of trade petitions with the United States Department of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission alleging that dumped and subsidized imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are causing material injury to the domestic polyester textured yarn industry.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, dated October 18, 2018.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

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.

	UNIFI, INC.
Date:  October 18, 2018	By:	/s/ Jeffrey C. Ackerman
		Jeffrey C. Ackerman
		Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer