FORM 8-K
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 12, 2008
ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Ohio   0-21026   31-1364046
 
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
     
39 East Canal Street, Nelsonville, Ohio   45764
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (740) 753-1951
Not Applicable
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-10.1

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     On December 12, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Rocky Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Company’s Bonus Plan for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 (the “2009 Bonus Plan”). A description of the material terms of the 2009 Bonus Plan with respect to the Company’s “named executive officers” (as defined by Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K) is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
         
Exhibit No.   Description
       
 
  10.1    
Description of the Material Terms of Rocky Brands, Inc.’s Bonus Plan for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2009

 

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Rocky Brands, Inc.
 		  
Date: December 18, 2008  By:        /s/ James E. McDonald    
         James E. McDonald,   
         Executive Vice President and
     Chief Financial Officer 		  
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
       
 
  10.1    
Description of the Material Terms of Rocky Brands, Inc.’s Bonus Plan for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2009

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