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) February 26, 2014

 

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):

 

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Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On February 27, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that a quarterly dividend of nine cents $0.09 per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on March 13, 2014 and disbursed on March 20, 2014.

  

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

  

(c)Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT  
  NUMBER DESCRIPTION
     
  99.1

Press release dated February 27, 2014

 

 

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:  February 27, 2014        ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
   
  By: /s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
   
  Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer