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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-015356"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:21:10.777965+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade annual meeting results: directors elected, FORVIS ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected (Baalmann, Franklin, Glazer, Griffin, Williams) each for a one-year term.
- Ratification of FORVIS, LLP as independent auditor: 11,055,525 FOR, 1,428,040 AGAINST, 191,095 abstain.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 7,714,659 FOR, 819,206 AGAINST, 46,061 abstain; 4,094,734 broker non-votes.
- No other matters were voted on at the 2024 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-015356
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924015356/0001437749-24-015356-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924015356/esca20240508_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESCALADE INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: 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 7,714,659 shares FOR, 819,206 shares AGAINST, and 46,061 shares ABSTAINED.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924015356/0001437749-24-015356-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESCALADE INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of FORVIS, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: As to the appointment of the firm, FORVIS, LLP, to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2024 fiscal year, the Company's stockholders ratified such appointment by a vote of 11,055,525 shares FOR, 1,428,040 shares AGAINST, and 191,095 shares ABSTAINED, with no broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924015356/0001437749-24-015356-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESCALADE INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The results of the voting in the election of directors are as follows: Number of Votes Director Nominee FOR WITHHELD Richard F. Baalmann, Jr. 8,176,322 403,604 Katherine F. Franklin 7,570,763 1,009,163 Walter P. Glazer, Jr. 8,338,257 241,669 Patrick J. Griffin 8,342,843 237,083 Edward E. Williams 7,684,964 894,962
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924015356/0001437749-24-015356-index.htm

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