Unassociated Document
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)      November 9, 2010
 
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)

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Section 8 – Other Events
 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
On November 9, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing that a dividend of ten cents ($0.10) per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on November 22, 2010 and disbursed on December 6, 2010.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(c)           Exhibits
 
       
 
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
  
DESCRIPTION
 
99.1
  
Press release dated November 9, 2010

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:  November 9, 2010
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
   
 
By: /s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
 
Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
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