UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2017

UNIFI, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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:

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.  ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 amends the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) Unifi, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2017, regarding, among other things, the appointment of Kevin D. Hall as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and his election as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), to report that the Company and Mr. Hall entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to his Employment Agreement with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”) to accelerate the start date of Mr. Hall’s employment with the Company and his election as a member of the Board. The disclosure included in the Original 8-K otherwise remains unchanged.

On May 19, 2017, the Company and Mr. Hall entered into the Amendment to the Employment Agreement to accelerate the start date of his employment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and his election as a member of the Board to make each effective as of that same date (the “Amended Start Date”). All other terms of the Employment Agreement remain unchanged.

As reported in the Original 8-K, pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Hall received on the Amended Start Date an award of (i) options to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and (ii) restricted stock units representing 75,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. A copy of the Employment Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Original 8-K.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the contents of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

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.

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