ESCALADE INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Feb 28, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ESCALADE INC (esca)
CIK: 0000033488
Period of Report: 2017-02-27

Reporting Person: Fetherman David L. (Director, CEO and President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-02-27	Common Stock	M	3000	—	Acquired	105679	Direct
2017-02-27	Common Stock	M	2300	—	Acquired	107979	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-02-27	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	3000	Disposed		Common Stock (3000)	Direct
2017-02-27	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	2300	Disposed		Common Stock (2300)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) converted into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

F2: Each RSU represents a right to receive one share of ESCA common stock granted pursuant to the Escalade, Incorporated 2007 Incentive Plan. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person at such unless the reporting person has deferred receipt.

F3: On February 27, 2014, the reporting person was granted 9,000 RSUs which vested one third on February 27, 2016 (as previously reported on Form 4) and one third on February 27, 2017 (as being reported on this Form 4). All RSUs were settled in shares of common stock. The remaining 3,000 RSUs will vest on February 27, 2018 provided the reporting person remains employed by the Company as of such date. The vesting of these RSUs were also subject to the Company's common stock achieving certain market performance tests established by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, which tests were satisfied.

F4: On February 27, 2015, the reporting person was granted 6,900 RSUs which vested one third on February 27, 2017 and were settled in shares of common stock as being reported on this Form 4. The remaining 4,600 RSUs will vest one half on February 27, 2018 and one half on February 27, 2019 provided the reporting person remains employed by the Company as of such date. The vesting of these RSUs were also subject to the Company's common stock achieving certain market performance tests established by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, which tests were satisfied.