Unassociated Document
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) July 29, 2010
 
ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
0-6996
 
13-2739290
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
817 Maxwell Ave, Evansville, Indiana
 
47711
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
(812) 467-4449
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
     
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.03 – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On July 29, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved certain amendments to the Company’s Amended Bylaws as attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.  Those amendments added advance notice provisions regarding the nomination of directors by stockholders at future annual meetings of the Company’s stockholders and any proposals by stockholders to be considered at stockholder meetings.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
Exhibit
  
Description
3.1
  
Amendments to Amended Bylaws of Escalade, Incorporated adopted July 29, 2010
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Escalade, Incorporated has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf in Evansville, Indiana by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:  July 30, 2010
   ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
       
   
By:
/s/ Deborah J. Meinert
     
Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
 
 
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