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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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DC 20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT Pursuant</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></FONT></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
<U> June 22, 2012</U></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">ESCALADE, INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Indiana</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">0-6966</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">13-2739290</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">817 Maxwell<B> </B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Avenue, Evansville, Indiana</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; font-style: normal">47711</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">Not Applicable</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</TD></TR>
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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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(17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 8 &ndash; Other Events</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On June 22, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing
that a dividend of eight cents ($0.08) per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on July 2, 2012 and disbursed on July
9, 2012. All future dividend payments will be determined and declared at the Board&rsquo;s discretion.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 9 &ndash; Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;Exhibits</P>

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 NUMBER</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 77%">DESCRIPTION</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>Press release dated June 22, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">Date:&nbsp; June 22, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal"><B>ESCALADE, INCORPORATED</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">/s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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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)
June 22, 2012
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):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 22, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing
that a dividend of eight cents ($0.08) per share would be paid to all shareholders of record on July 2, 2012 and disbursed on July
9, 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 June 22, 2012
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:  June 22, 2012
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ DEBORAH J. MEINERT
Deborah J. Meinert, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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