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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:30:54.471176+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade to acquire Brunswick Billiards from Life Fitness for $32M

## Summary
- Purchase price of $32M, subject to net working capital adjustment; $2M escrowed for 18 months.
- Assets include Brunswick Billiards brand, IP, and a 120,000 sq ft facility in Bristol, Wisconsin.
- Transaction expected to close by end of January 2022; funded from cash on hand or credit facilities.
- Brunswick Billiards GM John Kazik will continue leading the business post-closing.
- Brunswick is the largest U.S. billiards provider; complements Escalade's existing portfolio of 8 billiards brands.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774922000004/0001437749-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774922000004/esca20211230_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-000004.txt

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