---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-026564"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T09:29:43.046615+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade CEO Walter Glazer to retire by Dec 31, 2024; board seeks successor

## Summary
- CEO and President Walter P. Glazer, Jr. notified board of retirement effective Dec 31, 2024.
- Glazer will assist with transition; board may extend transition period as needed.
- Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to lead search with executive search firm.
- Board expects Glazer to remain on the board post-retirement, subject to annual election.
- Successor will be considered from both internal and external candidates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-026564
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924026564/0001437749-24-026564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924026564/esca20240812_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-026564
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-026564.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-026564.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Walter P. Glazer, Jr. retired as Chief Executive Officer and President at ESCALADE INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On August 13, Walter P. Glazer, Jr. informed the Board of Directors of Escalade, Incorporated (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924026564/0001437749-24-026564-index.htm

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