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) September 6, 2012

 

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):

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On September 6, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that a quarterly dividend in respect to the second quarter of 2012 of eight cents ($0.08) per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on October 1, 2012 and disbursed on October 8, 2012.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

99.1 Press release dated September 6, 2012

 

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: September 6, 2012  ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
   
  By:  /s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
     
  Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer