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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 14, 2007
ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Ohio   0-21026   31-1364046
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
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
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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 14, 2007, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rocky Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Company’s Bonus Plan for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Bonus Plan”). A description of the material terms of the 2008 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, 2008
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 20, 2007  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, 2008

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