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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)     November 9, 2011

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 November 14, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing that a dividend of seven cents ($0.07) per share for the fourth quarter of 2011 would be paid to all shareholders of record on December 22, 2011 and disbursed on January 5, 2012.  All future dividend payments will be determined and declared at the Board’s discretion.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(c)           Exhibits
 
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
 
DESCRIPTION
99.1
 
Press release dated November 14, 2011

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 14, 2011
 
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
     
   
By: /s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
   
Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer