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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. )
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ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
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ESCALADE, INCORPORATED
817 Maxwell Avenue
Evansville, Indiana 47711
2007 Annual Stockholders' Meeting
Supplement to Proxy Statement
Dear Stockholder:
On April 9, 2007, Daniel A. Messmer, the Chief Executive Officer and
President of Escalade, Incorporated, died suddenly of natural causes. Prior to
his unexpected death, the Escalade Board of Directors had nominated Mr. Messmer
for election as a director of Escalade, Incorporated at the Annual Stockholders'
Meeting scheduled for April 27, 2007.
Following Mr. Messmer's death, Escalade's Board of Directors withdrew
its previous determination to increase the size of the Board to seven directors
effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting and voted instead to retain the
size of the Board at six directors as permitted pursuant to the terms of
Escalade's Bylaws. Because Mr. Messmer will not be nominated for election as a
director at the Annual Meeting, only the nominees named in Escalade's proxy
statement other than Mr. Messmer will be nominated for election as directors at
the Annual Meeting. The size of the Board of Directors will remain at six
members following the Annual Meeting until such later time as the Board may
determine. The Board has named Robert E. Griffin, Blaine E. Matthews, Jr. and
Edward E. (Ned) Williams as proxy holders for Escalade, or any of them, each
with power of substitution, with the power to vote all proxies solicited
pursuant to Escalade's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2007.
Any stockholder of record who may desire to revoke or change a
previously executed proxy may do so at any time before it is voted, by written
notice to Escalade's Secretary, by execution of a later dated proxy, or by a
personal vote at the Annual Meeting. Copies of Escalade's proxy statement
relating to the Annual Meeting are available on the Securities and Exchange
Commission's website at www.sec.gov or by contacting Escalade at (812) 467-4449.
By order of the Board of Directors
Terry D. Frandsen
V.P. Finance, CFO & Secretary
Evansville, Indiana April 13, 2007