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) April 21, 2016

 

ESCALADE, INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-6966 13-2739290
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, Indiana 47711
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(812) 467-4449

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01Other Events.

 

On April 21, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing that a quarterly dividend of eleven cents $0.11 per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on June 10, 2016 and disbursed on June 17, 2016.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (c)Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

 

DESCRIPTION

99.1 Press release dated April 21, 2016

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Escalade, Incorporated has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf in Evansville, Indiana by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  April 21, 2016 ESCALADE, INCORPORATED  
     
  By: /s/ Stephen R. Wawrin  
       
    Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary  

 

 

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