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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) April 26, 2022         
 
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) 467-1358
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of Exchange on which registered
Common Stock, No Par Value   ESCA   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
                                     
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company                            ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.                                     ☐
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On April 26, 2022, Escalade, Incorporated (“Escalade” or the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for which Escalade’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) solicited proxies. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the election of directors, the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2022 fiscal year and the approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of named executive officers.
 
In the election of directors, as described in the Company’s proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting, the nominees presented for election include current directors, Richard F. Baalmann, Jr., Patrick J. Griffin, Edward E. Williams, Walter P. Glazer, Jr., Katherine F. Franklin, and Anita Sehgal. Each individual elected will serve a one year term, expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified. The results of the voting in the election of directors are as follows:                                                                                                                      
 
Number of Votes  
             
Director Nominee
  
For
    
Withheld
  
Walter P. Glazer, Jr.
     7,683,621       35,615  
Katherine F. Franklin
     7,534,021       185,215  
Edward E. Williams
     7,545,030       174,206  
Richard F. Baalmann, Jr.
     7,545,662       173,574  
Patrick J. Griffin
     7,582,706       136,530  
Anita Sehgal
     7,708,669       10,567  
 
Therefore, Messrs. Glazer, Williams, Baalmann, and Griffin and Mses. Franklin and Sehgal were elected to the Board. There were 4,783,556 broker non-votes with respect to the election of each of the nominees.
 
As to the appointment of the firm, BKD, LLP, to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2022 fiscal year, the Company’s stockholders ratified such appointment by a vote of 12,456,074 shares FOR, 41,052 shares AGAINST, and 5,666 shares ABSTAINED, with no broker non-votes. Therefore, the appointment of BKD, LLP was approved.
 
As to the approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of our named executive officers the Company’s stockholders ratified by a vote of 6,852,601 shares FOR, 797,058 shares AGAINST, and 69,577 shares ABSTAINED. There were 4,783,556 broker non-votes. Therefore, the compensation for our named executive officers was approved, by non-binding vote.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)         Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Description
   
99.1
Press release dated April 26, 2022
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).
 
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: April 26, 2022
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ STEPHEN R. WAWRIN
Stephen R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
 
 
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