ESCALADE INC — Earnings Release 2010

Mar 4, 2010

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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) March 4, 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) |

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):

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

Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 4, 2010, Escalade, Incorporated (“Escalade”) issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing financial information regarding Escalade’s fourth quarter results for 2009. The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press
release dated March 4, 2010

SIGNATURES

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

| Date:
March 4, 2010 | |
| --- | --- |
| By: | /s/
DEBORAH J. MEINERT |
| | Deborah
J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |

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