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 17, 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) 467-1251

 (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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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e) On November 17, 2014, the Board of Directors notified Robert J. Keller, Escalade’s Chief Executive Officer, that the Board has extended the term of his executive severance agreement for an additional one year term ending December 31, 2016. All other terms of the agreement remain unchanged and in full force and effect. For more information about the agreement, see the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 19, 2012.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit	Description
10.1	Executive Severance Agreement dated as of September 14, 2012 by and between Escalade, Incorporated and Robert J. Keller*

 

* Incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 14, 2012.

 

  

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: February 18, 2015	ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
	By: /s/ STEPHEN R. WAWRIN
	Stephen R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer