As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 1998 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 31-1364046 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 39 East Canal Street Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (Address of Registrant's principal executive offices) ---------------------- ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS, INC. AMENDED & RESTATED 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) ---------------------- Mike Brooks Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. 39 East Canal Street Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (740) 753-1951 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) ---------------------- Copies of Correspondence to: Curtis A. Loveland, Esq. Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur 41 South High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Offering Registration to be Registered Registered Per Share* Price* Fee* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, no par value................. 500,000 $7.125 $3,562,500 $990.38 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of Rocky Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on November 9, 1998. This Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. Common Stock, no par value, as may be issuable pursuant to future stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS The document(s) containing the information concerning the Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. 1995 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of the Form S-8 Registration Statement. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant on May 3, 1996, Registration No. 333-4434, are hereby incorporated by reference herein. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nelsonville, State of Ohio, on November 13, 1998. ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS, INC. By: /s/ David Fraedrich ------------------------------------------ David Fraedrich, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- Chairman, President and Chief ) November 13, 1998 Executive Officer and Director ) * Mike Brooks (Principal Executive Officer) ) - --------------------------------------- Mike Brooks ) Executive Vice President, ) November 13, 1998 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer ) and Director (Principal Financial ) /s/ David Fraedrich and Accounting Officer) ) - --------------------------------------- David Fraedrich ) ) ) * Curtis A. Loveland Secretary and a Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- Curtis A. Loveland ) ) ) * Leonard L. Brown Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- Leonard L. Brown ) ) ) * Barbara Brooks Fuller Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- Barbara Brooks Fuller ) ) ) * Stanley I. Kravetz Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- Stanley I. Kravetz ) ) ) *James L. Stewart Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- James L. Stewart ) ) ) * Robert D. Stix Director ) November 13, 1998 - --------------------------------------- Robert D. Stix ) ) ) *By: /s/ David Fraedrich ) ---------------------------------- David Fraedrich, Attorney-in-fact ) November 13, 1998
Registration No. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS, INC. ---------------------- EXHIBITS ---------------------- EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 4(a) * Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan 4(b) Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference). 4(c) Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Form S-1, registration number 33-56118, and incorporated herein by reference). 5 * Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur regarding legality. 23(a) Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith). 23(b) * Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 24 * Powers of Attorney. - -------------- * Filed with this Registration Statement