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FILED AS OF DATE:		20160513
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160513

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESCALADE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000033488
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [3949]
		IRS NUMBER:				132739290
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1226

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06966
		FILM NUMBER:		161645794

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		817 MAXWELL AVE.
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47711
		BUSINESS PHONE:		812-467-4449

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		817 MAXWELL AVE.
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47711

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARTIN YALE BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19820310

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARTIN YALE INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720306

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710504
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid"><B>ESCALADE,
INCORPORATED</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Indiana</P>

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or organization)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Stephen
R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, (812) 467-4449</P>

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code, of the person to contact in connection with</P>

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rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9;Rule
13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 1 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Form SD of Escalade, Incorporated (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the
reporting period January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Rule 13p-1 (the &ldquo;Rule&rdquo;) requires
companies with conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured by such company,
or contracted to be manufactured by such company, to disclose annually whether any of those minerals originated in a &ldquo;Covered
Country.&rdquo; The Rule specifies conflict minerals as: (1) gold, (2) columbite-tantalite (coltan), (3) cassiterite, (4) wolframite,
including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten, and (5) any other mineral or its derivative determined
by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in a Covered Country (collectively, the &ldquo;Conflict Minerals&rdquo;).
The Rule specifies &ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo; as: (1) Democratic Republic of the Congo, (2) the Republic of the Congo, (3)
Central African Republic, (4) South Sudan, (5) Uganda, (6) Rwanda, (7) Burundi, (8) Tanzania, (9) Zambia and (10) Angola. The Company
manufactures, and contracts to manufacture, products for which the Conflict Minerals are necessary (the &ldquo;Necessary Conflict
Minerals&rdquo;) to the functionality or production of such products.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has adopted a Conflict Mineral
Compliance Program pursuant to which the Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the
Necessary Conflict Minerals. This inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Necessary Conflict Minerals originated
in any Covered Country and whether any of the Necessary Conflict Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. The Conflict Minerals
Compliance Program incorporates the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible
Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, a nationally and internationally recognized due diligence framework
under the Rule. Such Guidance includes the following five-step framework that the Company has adopted: (1) establishing strong
management systems, (2) identifying and assessing risk in the supply chains, (3) designing and implementing a strategy to respond
to identified risk, (4) carrying out independent third-party audit of smelters/refiners&rsquo; due diligence practices, and (5)
reporting annually on supply chain due diligence.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Based on the Company&rsquo;s reasonable
country of origin inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe that any Necessary Conflict Mineral originated in any Covered Country
or did not come from recycled or scrap sources. Information regarding the Company&rsquo;s Conflict Mineral Compliance Program and
its findings from its inquiry performed under such Program are publicly available at www.escaladeinc.com/Corporate_Governamce.html.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 by the duly authorized
undersigned.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Date: May 13, 2016</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&#9;<B>ESCALADE, INCORPORATED</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%"> /s/ STEPHEN R. WAWRIN</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">Stephen R. Wawrin, Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer</TD></TR>
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