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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-10-023295

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3/A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4

FILED AS OF DATE:		20100430

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100506


FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROCKY BRANDS, INC.

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895456

		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOTWEAR, (NO RUBBER) [3140]

		IRS NUMBER:				311364046

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		S-3/A

		SEC ACT:		1933 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-165170

		FILM NUMBER:		10785501



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		39 EAST CANAL STREET

		CITY:			NELSONVILLE

		STATE:			OH

		ZIP:			45764

		BUSINESS PHONE:		6147531951



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		39 EAST CANAL STREET

		CITY:			NELSONVILLE

		STATE:			OH

		ZIP:			45764



	FORMER COMPANY:	

		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS INC

		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950706



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      attached to all shares of common stock issued, pursuant to the Rights
      Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2009, as may be amended from time to time,
      between Rocky Brands, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Until the
      occurrence of prescribed events, the rights are not exercisable, are
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registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.</font></div>
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information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not
sell these securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell
these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in
any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.</font></div>
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      terms of the securities offered in a supplement to this
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      or through agents on our behalf or through underwriters or dealers as
      designated from time to time.&#160;&#160;If any agents or underwriters are
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      supplement will provide the names of the agents or underwriters and any
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      of April 28, 2010, the <a name="jump_exp_1"> aggregate </a><a name="jump_exp_2"> market </a><a name="jump_exp_3"> value of our
      outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or the public float, was
      approximately $50,036,593, which was calculated based on 4,959,028 shares
      of outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates and on a price per
      share of $10.09, the closing price of our common stock on April 28, 2010.
      Pursuant to General Instruction&#160;I.B.6 of Form&#160;S-3, in no event
      will we sell our securities in a public primary offering with a value
      exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period
      so long as our public float remains below $75.0&#160;million. We have not
      offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction&#160;I.B.6 of
      Form&#160;S-3 during the 12 calendar months prior to and including the
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investment involves risk.&#160;&#160;See &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; beginning on page
4.</font></div>
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the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved of anyone&#8217;s investment in these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete.&#160;&#160;Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.</font></div>
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2010</font></div>
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THIS PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This prospectus is a part of a
registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the Commission, utilizing a &#8220;shelf&#8221; registration
process.&#160;&#160;Under this shelf registration process, we may offer to sell
the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a
total dollar amount of $50,000,000.&#160;&#160;This prospectus provides you with
a general description of the securities we may offer.&#160;&#160;Each time we
sell securities under this shelf registration, we will provide a prospectus
supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that
offering.&#160;&#160;The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change
information contained in this prospectus.&#160;&#160;To the extent that any
statement that we make in a prospectus supplement is inconsistent with
statements made in this prospectus, the statements made in this prospectus will
be deemed modified or superseded by those made in the prospectus
supplement.&#160;&#160;You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus
supplement, including all documents incorporated herein or therein by reference,
together with additional information described under &#8220;Where You Can Find More
Information and Incorporation by Reference.&#8221;</font></div>
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have not authorized any dealer, salesman or other person to give any information
or to make any representation other than those contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus
supplement.&#160;&#160;You must not rely upon any information or representation
not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or the
accompanying prospectus supplement.&#160;&#160;This prospectus and the
accompanying prospectus supplement do not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered
securities to which they relate, nor do this prospectus and the accompanying
prospectus supplement constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.&#160;&#160;You should
not assume that the information contained in this prospectus and the
accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate on any date subsequent to the
date set forth on the front of the document or that any information we have
incorporated by reference is correct on any date subsequent to the date of the
document incorporated by reference, even though this prospectus and any
accompanying prospectus supplement is delivered or securities are sold on a
later date.</font></div>
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and marketer of premium quality footwear marketed under a portfolio of well
recognized brand names including Rocky Outdoor Gear, Georgia Boot, Durango,
Lehigh, Dickies and Mossy Oak.&#160;&#160;Our brands have a long history of
representing high quality, comfortable, functional and durable footwear and our
products are organized around four target markets: outdoor, work, duty and
western.&#160;&#160;Our footwear products incorporate varying features and are
positioned across a range of suggested retail price points from $29.95 for our
value priced products to $249.95 for our premium products.&#160;&#160;In
addition, as part of our strategy of outfitting consumers from head-to-toe, we
market complementary branded apparel and accessories that we believe leverage
the strength and positioning of each of our brands.</font></div>
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three distinct business segments: wholesale, retail and military.&#160;&#160;In
our wholesale business, we distribute our products through a wide range of
distribution channels representing over 10,000 retail store locations in the
U.S. and Canada.&#160;&#160;Our wholesale channels vary by product line and
include sporting goods stores, outdoor retailers, independent shoe retailers,
hardware stores, catalogs, mass merchants, uniform stores, farm store chains,
specialty safety stores and other specialty retailers.&#160;&#160;Our retail
business includes direct sales of our products to consumers through our Lehigh
Safety Shoes mobile and retail stores (including a fleet of trucks, supported by
small warehouses that include retail stores, which we refer to as mini-stores),
our Rocky outlet store and our websites.&#160;&#160;We also sell footwear under
the Rocky label to the U.S. military.</font></div>
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corporation.&#160;&#160;Our headquarters is located at 39 East Canal Street,
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764, and our telephone number is (740)
753-1951.&#160;&#160;Our corporate website address is
www.rockyboots.com.&#160;&#160;This reference to our website is a textual
reference only.&#160;&#160;We do not incorporate the information on our website
into this prospectus and you should not consider any information on, or that can
be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus.</font></div>
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Boot, Durango and Lehigh and our other marks mentioned or used in this
prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein are our registered
trademarks and service marks.&#160;&#160;This prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference herein also contains trademarks and service marks
belonging to other entities.</font></div>
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investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.&#160;&#160;You
should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the
other information included in this prospectus, before making an investment
decision.&#160;&#160;If any of the following risks actually occurs, our
business, financial condition or results of operations could
suffer.&#160;&#160;In that case, the trading price of our common stock could
decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.</font></div>
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Relating to Our Business</font></div>
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our brands into new footwear and apparel markets may be difficult and expensive,
and if we are unable to successfully continue such expansion, our brands may be
adversely affected, and we may not achieve our planned sales
growth.</font></div>
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substantially on the expansion of our brands into new footwear and apparel
markets.&#160;&#160;New products that we introduce may not be successful with
consumers or one or more of our brands may fall out of favor with
consumers.&#160;&#160;If we are unable to anticipate, identify or react
appropriately to changes in consumer preferences, we may not grow as fast as we
plan to grow or our sales may decline, and our brand image and operating
performance may suffer.</font></div>
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acceptance for new products will likely require us to exert substantial product
development and marketing efforts, which could result in a material increase in
our selling, general and administrative, or SG&amp;A, expenses, and there can be
no assurance that we will have the resources necessary to undertake such
efforts.&#160;&#160;Material increases in our SG&amp;A expenses could adversely
impact our results of operations and cash flows.</font></div>
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producing new products that we did not anticipate during the development
stage.&#160;&#160;Our development schedules for new products are difficult to
predict and are subject to change as a result of shifting priorities in response
to consumer preferences and competing products.&#160;&#160;If we are not able to
efficiently manufacture newly-developed products in quantities sufficient to
support retail distribution, we may not be able to recoup our investment in the
development of new products.&#160;&#160;Failure to gain market acceptance for
new products that we introduce could impede our growth, reduce our profits,
adversely affect the image of our brands, erode our competitive position and
result in long term harm to our business.</font></div>
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majority of our products are produced outside the U.S. where we are subject to
the risks of international commerce.</font></div>
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the conduct of business in these countries undesirable or impracticable, we
would have to manufacture or source our products elsewhere.&#160;&#160;There can
be no assurance that additional sources or products would be available to us or,
if available, that these sources could be relied on to provide product at terms
favorable to us.&#160;&#160;The occurrence of any of these developments would
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
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adversely affected by changing consumer trends.&#160;&#160;Our future success
will depend upon our ability to anticipate and respond to changing consumer
preferences and technical design or material developments in a timely
manner.&#160;&#160;The failure to adequately anticipate or respond to these
changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
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of services of our key personnel could adversely affect our
business.</font></div>
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been, and will continue to be, highly dependent upon Mike Brooks, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, David Sharp, President and Chief Operating Officer, and
James E. McDonald, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer.&#160;&#160;Messrs. Brooks, Sharp, and McDonald each have an at-will
employment agreement with us.&#160;&#160;Each employment agreement provides that
in the event of termination of employment without cause, the terminated
executive will receive a severance benefit.&#160;&#160;In the event of
termination for any reason, the terminated executive may not compete with us for
a period of one year.&#160;&#160;None of our other executive officers and key
employees has an employment agreement with our company.&#160;&#160;The loss of
the services of any of these officers could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows.</font></div>
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depend on a limited number of suppliers for key production materials, and any
disruption in the supply of such materials could interrupt product manufacturing
and increase product costs.</font></div>
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of domestic and foreign sources.&#160;&#160;We do not have any long-term supply
contracts for the purchase of our raw materials, except for limited blanket
orders on leather.&#160;&#160;The principal raw materials used in the production
of our footwear, in terms of dollar value, are leather, Gore-Tex waterproof
breathable fabric, Cordura nylon fabric and soling
materials.&#160;&#160;Availability or change in the prices of our raw materials
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows.</font></div>
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currently have a licensing agreement for the use of Gore-Tex waterproof
breathable fabric, and any termination of this licensing agreement could impact
our sales of waterproof products.</font></div>
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customers of Gore-Tex waterproof breathable fabric for use in
footwear.&#160;&#160;Our licensing agreement with W.L. Gore &amp; Associates,
Inc. may be terminated by either party upon advance written notice to the other
party by October 1 for termination effective December 31 of that same
year.&#160;&#160;Although other waterproofing techniques and materials are
available, we place a high value on our Gore-Tex waterproof breathable fabric
license because Gore-Tex has high brand name recognition with our
customers.&#160;&#160;The loss of our license to use Gore-Tex waterproof
breathable fabric could have a material adverse effect on our competitive
position, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows.</font></div>
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licensing agreement for the use of the Dickies trademark will terminate on
December 31, 2010, and the termination of this licensing agreement could impact
our sales and growth strategy. </font></div>
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Dickies brand will terminate on December 31, 2010.&#160;&#160;The loss of our
license to use the Dickies brand could have a material adverse effect on our
competitive position and growth strategy, which could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
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Dickies branded merchandise approximated $11.2 million in 2009. </font></div>
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significant seasonal fluctuations in our business because we derive a
significant portion of our revenues from sales of our outdoor
products.&#160;&#160;Many of our outdoor products are used by consumers in cold
or wet weather.&#160;&#160;As a result, a majority of orders for these products
are placed by our retailers in January through April for delivery in July
through October.&#160;&#160;In order to meet demand, we must manufacture and
source outdoor footwear year round to be in a position to ship advance orders
for these products during the last two quarters of each
year.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, average inventory levels have been highest during
the second and third quarters of each year and sales have been highest in the
last two quarters of each year.&#160;&#160;There is no assurance that we will
have either sufficient inventory to satisfy demand in any particular quarter or
have sufficient demand to sell substantially all of our inventory without
significant markdowns.</font></div>
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outdoor products are sensitive to weather conditions.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Historically, our outdoor products have
been used primarily in cold or wet weather.&#160;&#160;Mild or dry weather has
had in the past, and may have in the future, a material adverse effect on sales
of our products, particularly if mild or dry weather conditions occur in broad
geographical areas during late fall or early winter.&#160;&#160;Also, due to
variations in weather conditions from year to year, results for any single
quarter or year may not be indicative of results for any future
period.</font></div>
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business could suffer if our third party manufacturers violate labor laws or
fail to conform to generally accepted ethical standards.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We require our third party
manufacturers to meet our standards for working conditions and other matters
before we are willing to place business with them.&#160;&#160;As a result, we
may not always obtain the lowest cost production.&#160;&#160;Moreover, we do not
control our third party manufacturers or their respective labor
practices.&#160;&#160;If one of our third party manufacturers violates generally
accepted labor standards by, for example, using forced or indentured labor or
child labor, failing to pay compensation in accordance with local law, failing
to operate its factories in compliance with local safety regulations or
diverging from other labor practices generally accepted as ethical, we likely
would cease dealing with that manufacturer, and we could suffer an interruption
in our product supply.&#160;&#160;In addition, such a manufacturer&#8217;s actions
could result in negative publicity and may damage our reputation and the value
of our brand and discourage retail customers and consumers from buying our
products.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
growth of our business will be dependent upon the availability of adequate
capital.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The growth of our business will depend
on the availability of adequate capital, which in turn will depend in large part
on cash flow generated by our business and the availability of equity and debt
financing.&#160;&#160;We cannot assure you that our operations will generate
positive cash flow or that we will be able to obtain equity or debt financing on
acceptable terms or at all.&#160;&#160;Our revolving credit facility contains
provisions that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness or make
substantial asset sales that might otherwise be used to finance our
expansion.&#160;&#160;Security interests in substantially all of our assets,
which may further limit our access to certain capital markets or lending
sources, secure our obligations under our revolving credit
facility.&#160;&#160;Moreover, the actual availability of funds under our
revolving credit facility is limited to specified percentages of our eligible
inventory and accounts receivable.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, opportunities for
increasing our cash on hand through sales of inventory would be partially offset
by reduced availability under our revolving credit facility.&#160;&#160;As a
result, we cannot assure you that we will be able to finance our current
expansion plans.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
must comply with the restrictive covenants contained in our revolving credit
facility.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Our credit facility and term loan
agreements require us to comply with certain financial restrictive covenants
that impose restrictions on our operations, including our ability to incur
additional indebtedness, make investments of other restricted payments, sell or
otherwise dispose of assets and engage in other activities.&#160;&#160;Any
failure by us to comply with the restrictive covenants could result in an event
of default under those borrowing arrangements, in which case the lenders could
elect to declare all amounts outstanding thereunder to be due and payable, which
could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.&#160;&#160;As
of&#160;&#160;December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all financial
restrictive covenants.</font></div>
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face intense competition, including competition from companies with
significantly greater resources than ours, and if we are unable to compete
effectively with these companies, our market share may decline and our business
could be harmed.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The footwear and apparel industries are
intensely competitive, and we expect competition to increase in the
future.&#160;&#160;A number of our competitors have significantly greater
financial, technological, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution
resources than we do, as well as greater brand awareness in the footwear
market.&#160;&#160;Our ability to succeed depends on our ability to remain
competitive with respect to the quality, design, price and timely delivery of
products.&#160;&#160;Competition could materially adversely affect our business,
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
currently manufacture a portion of our products and we may not be able to do so
in the future at costs that are competitive with those of competitors who source
their goods.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We currently plan to retain our
internal manufacturing capability in order to continue benefiting from expertise
we have gained with respect to footwear manufacturing methods conducted at our
manufacturing facilities.&#160;&#160;We continue to evaluate our manufacturing
facilities and third party manufacturing alternatives in order to determine the
appropriate size and scope of our manufacturing facilities.&#160;&#160;There can
be no assurance that the costs of products that continue to be manufactured by
us can remain competitive with products sourced from third parties.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
rely on distribution centers in Logan and&#160;&#160;Columbus, Ohio, San
Bernardino, California and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and if there is a natural
disaster or other serious disruption at any of these facilities, we may be
unable to deliver merchandise effectively to our retailers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We rely on distribution centers located
in Logan and Columbus, Ohio, San Bernardino, California and Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada. Any natural disaster or other serious disruption at any of these
facilities due to fire, tornado, flood, terrorist attack or any other cause
could damage a portion of our inventory or impair our ability to use our
distribution center as a docking location for merchandise.&#160;&#160;Either of
these occurrences could impair our ability to adequately supply our retailers
and harm our operating results.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
are subject to certain environmental and other regulations.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Some of our operations use substances
regulated under various federal, state, local and international environmental
and pollution laws, including those relating to the storage, use, discharge,
disposal and labeling of, and human exposure to, hazardous and toxic
materials.&#160;&#160;Compliance with current or future environmental laws and
regulations could restrict our ability to expand our facilities or require us to
acquire additional expensive equipment, modify our manufacturing processes or
incur other significant expenses.&#160;&#160;In addition, we could incur costs,
fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third party property damage or personal
injury claims or could be required to incur substantial investigation or
remediation costs, if we were to violate or become liable under any
environmental laws. Liability under environmental laws can be joint and several
and without regard to comparative fault.&#160;&#160;There can be no assurance
that violations of environmental laws or regulations have not occurred in the
past and will not occur in the future as a result of our inability to obtain
permits, human error, equipment failure or other causes, and any such violations
could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
our efforts to establish and protect our trademarks, patents and other
intellectual property are unsuccessful, the value of our brands could
suffer.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We regard certain of our footwear
designs as proprietary and rely on patents to protect those
designs.&#160;&#160;We believe that the ownership of patents is a significant
factor in our business. Existing intellectual property laws afford only limited
protection of our proprietary rights, and it may be possible for unauthorized
third parties to copy certain of our footwear designs or to reverse engineer or
otherwise obtain and use information that we regard as
proprietary.&#160;&#160;If our patents are found to be invalid, however, to the
extent they have served, or would in the future serve, as a barrier to entry to
our competitors, such invalidity could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows.</font></div>
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of our trademarks, trade names and designs, including such marks as Rocky,
Georgia Boot, Durango and Lehigh.&#160;&#160;Additional trademarks, trade names
and designs are the subject of pending federal applications for
registration.&#160;&#160;We also use and have common law rights in certain
trademarks.&#160;&#160;Over time, we have increased distribution of our goods in
several foreign countries.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, we have applied for trademark
registrations in a number of these countries.&#160;&#160;We intend to enforce
our trademarks and trade names against unauthorized use by third
parties.</font></div>
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success depends on our ability to forecast sales.</font></div>
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product inventory are based on sales forecasts and are necessarily made in
advance of actual sales.&#160;&#160;The markets in which we do business are
highly competitive, and our business is affected by a variety of factors,
including brand awareness, changing consumer preferences, product innovations,
susceptibility to fashion trends, retail market conditions, weather conditions
and economic and other factors.&#160;&#160;One of our principal challenges is to
improve our ability to predict these factors, in order to enable us to better
match production with demand.&#160;&#160;In addition, our growth over the years
has created the need to increase the investment in infrastructure and product
inventory and to enhance our systems.&#160;&#160;To the extent sales forecasts
are not achieved, costs associated with the infrastructure and carrying costs of
product inventory would represent a higher percentage of revenue, which would
adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Because
the footwear market is sensitive to decreased consumer spending and slow
economic cycles, if general economic conditions deteriorate, many of our
customers may significantly reduce their purchases from us or may not be able to
pay for our products in a timely manner.</font></div>
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to cyclical variation and decline in performance when consumer spending
decreases or softness appears in the retail market.&#160;&#160;Many factors
affect the level of consumer spending in the footwear industry,
including:</font></div>
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items, including our products, may decline during recessionary periods and also
may decline at other times when disposable income is lower.&#160;&#160;A
downturn in regional economies where we sell products also reduces
sales.</font></div>
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large discount mass merchandisers may result in decreased margins.</font></div>
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from traditional independent retailers to large discount mass merchandisers has
increased the pressure on many footwear manufacturers to sell products to these
mass merchandisers at less favorable margins.&#160;&#160;Because of competition
from large discount mass merchandisers, a number of our small retailing
customers have gone out of business, and in the future more of these customers
may go out of business, which could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows.</font></div>
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STATEMENTS</font></font></div>
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incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain forward-looking
statements.&#160;&#160;We sometimes use words such as &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221;
&#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;will&#8221; and
similar expressions, as they relate to us, our management and our industry, to
identify forward-looking statements.&#160;&#160;Forward-looking statements
relate to our expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, prospects, future
performance, anticipated trends and other future
events.&#160;&#160;Specifically, this prospectus and the information
incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain forward-looking statements
relating to, among other things:</font></div>
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products;</font></div>
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      impact of seasonality and weather on our
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growth;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We have based our forward-looking
statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future
events and financial trends affecting our business.&#160;&#160;Actual results
may differ materially.&#160;&#160;Some of the risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that may cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking
statements are described in &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221;.&#160;&#160;In light of these risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances
discussed in this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in
this prospectus might not occur.</font></div>
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documents that we filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part and the documents that we incorporate by reference in this
prospectus completely and with the understanding that our future results may be
materially different from what we expect.&#160;&#160;We qualify all of our
forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements, and we assume no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly for any
reason.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We have filed a registration statement
on Form&#160;S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160;&#160;This
prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration
statement.&#160;&#160;In addition, we file annual, quarterly and special
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission.&#160; Our
Commission filings are available to the public over the Internet at the
Commission&#8217;s web site at http://www.sec.gov.&#160;&#160;You may also read and
copy any document we file with the Commission at its public reference facilities
at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549.&#160;&#160;You can also obtain
copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC
20549.&#160;&#160;Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further
information on the operation of the public reference facilities.&#160;&#160;Our
Commission filings are also available at the office of the Nasdaq Stock Market,
One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, New York, New York 10006.&#160;&#160;For
further information on obtaining copies of our public filings at the Nasdaq
Stock Market, you should call 212-401-8700.</font></div>
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prospectus the information we file with the Commission (Commission file number
000-21026), which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents.&#160; The information incorporated by
reference is an important part of this prospectus.&#160; Information that we
file with the Commission after the date of this prospectus will automatically
update this prospectus. &#160;We incorporate by reference the documents listed
below, and any filings we make with the Commission under Sections&#160;13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d)&#160;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the
initial filing of the registration statement that contains this prospectus
(except for information furnished and not filed with the Commission in a Current
Report on Form&#160;8-K):</font></div>
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      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed
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2010;</font></div>
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      description of our common shares, which is contained in our registration
      statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 22, 1992,
      pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
      as updated in any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
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      description of the preferred stock purchase rights associated with our
      common stock, contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed
      with the Commission on June 15, 2009, as updated in any amendment or
      report filed for the purpose of updating such
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furnished by us in Current Reports on Form 8-K under Items 2.02 and 9.01 is
expressly not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.&#160;</font></div>
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including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, without
charge, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents that
are incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with the
prospectus, including exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference
into such documents.&#160;&#160;You may request a copy of these filings at no
cost, by writing to or telephoning us at:</font></div>
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Brands, Inc.</font></div>
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Canal Street</font></div>
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Ohio 45764</font></div>
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prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of
securities under this prospectus for general corporate purposes, which may
include additions to working capital, repayment or redemption of existing
indebtedness and financing capital expenditures and acquisitions.&#160;&#160;We
will set forth in the particular prospectus supplement our intended use for the
net proceeds we receive from the sale of our securities under such prospectus
supplement. </font></div>
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capital stock is only a summary and is subject to the provisions of our articles
of incorporation and code of regulations, which are included as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and provisions of
applicable law.</font></div>
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our board of directors to issue 25,000,000 shares of common stock, without par
value, and 500,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value, of which
250,000 shares are voting preferred stock and 250,000 shares are non-voting
preferred stock.</font></div>
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Stock</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The holders of common stock are
entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to
be voted upon.&#160;&#160;Shareholders are not entitled to cumulate votes for
the election of directors.&#160;&#160;Common shareholders are entitled to share
ratably in any dividends that may be declared by the board of directors out of
funds legally available therefor.&#160;&#160;Holders of common stock do not have
preemptive, redemption, conversion or other preferential rights and, upon the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, are entitled to share
ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the liquidation
preference, if any, which may be granted to the holders of preferred
stock.&#160;&#160;All shares outstanding before this offering are, and the
shares to be issued in this offering will be, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.&#160;&#160;The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of
common stock are subject to the rights, preferences and privileges of holders of
any classes or series of preferred stock that we may issue in the
future.&#160;&#160;As of March 1, 2010, 5,602,537 shares of common stock were
outstanding.</font></div>
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Stock</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Our articles of incorporation authorize
our board of directors to issue, without further action by the holders of our
common stock, up to 500,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 250,000 shares
are voting preferred stock and 250,000 shares are non-voting preferred stock, in
one or more series and to fix any preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations, qualifications and terms and
conditions of redemption as are provided in resolutions adopted by the
board.&#160;&#160;The issuance of preferred stock could have an adverse effect
on the rights of holders of common stock.&#160;&#160;For example, any preferred
stock may rank senior to the common stock with respect to the payment of
dividends or amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or both. In
addition, any preferred stock may have class or series voting
rights.&#160;&#160;Holders of preferred stock have no preemptive or other rights
to subscribe for additional shares.</font></div>
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Board of Directors; Election of Directors</font></div>
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our board of directors shall consist of up to 15 members.&#160;&#160;Our board
is divided into two classes, with staggered terms of two years
each.&#160;&#160;Each year the term of one class expires.&#160;&#160;As a
result, approximately one-half of the directors are elected at each annual
meeting of shareholders.&#160;&#160;This can delay the ability of a significant
shareholder or group of shareholders to gain control of our board of
directors.</font></div>
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the number of directors cannot be fewer than three nor more than 15; any change
in the number of directors cannot have the effect of shortening the term of any
incumbent director; and no action may be taken to increase the number of
directors unless at least two-thirds of the directors then in office concur in
such action.&#160;&#160;Consistent with the adoption of a classified board, our
code of regulations precludes the removal of an incumbent director unless such
removal is for cause.&#160;&#160;This will prevent a shareholder or group of
shareholders from removing incumbent directors and simultaneously gaining
control of the board by filling the vacancies created by removals with their own
nominees.&#160;&#160;Vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by the
remaining directors and, in cases where a director has been removed for cause,
by the shareholders.&#160;&#160;These provisions may only be repealed or amended
with the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to
vote on the proposal.&#160;&#160;Otherwise, our code of regulations may be
amended with the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote on the proposal.</font></div>
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notice in writing of proposed shareholder nominations for the election of
directors be given to our secretary prior to the meeting.&#160;&#160;The notice
must contain certain information about the non-incumbent nominee, including
name, age, business and residence addresses, principal occupation, the class and
number of our shares beneficially owned by the nominee and such other
information as would be required to be included in a proxy statement soliciting
proxies for election of the nominee, as well as certain information about the
nominating shareholder.&#160;&#160;We may require any nominee to furnish other
information reasonably required by us to determine the nominee&#8217;s eligibility to
serve as a director.&#160;&#160;If the presiding officer of any shareholder
meeting determines that a person was not nominated in accordance with the
foregoing procedures, the person shall not be eligible for election as a
director.</font></div>
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requires that notice in writing from any shareholder who proposes to bring
business before any meeting of shareholders must be timely given to our
secretary prior to the meeting.&#160;&#160;The notice must contain certain
information, including a brief description of the business proposed to be
brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting this business at the
meeting, the class and number of our shares beneficially owned by the
shareholder and any supporting shareholders and any material interest of the
proposing shareholder in the business so proposed.&#160;&#160;If the presiding
officer of any shareholder meeting determines that any business was not properly
brought before the meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the
business will not be conducted at the meeting.&#160;&#160;Nothing in our code of
regulations precludes discussion by any shareholder of any business properly
brought before the meeting in accordance with these procedures.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>To be timely, shareholder notice of a
nomination for election of a director or to bring business before any
shareholder meeting must be received by us not less than 30 days nor more than
60 days prior to the meeting (or, if fewer than 40 days&#8217; notice or prior public
disclosure of the meeting date is given or made to shareholders, not later than
the tenth day following the day of mailing notice of the meeting or public
disclosure of the mailing).</font></div>
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Rights Plan</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;We
adopted a shareholder rights plan in 2009 under a shareholder rights agreement
intended to protect shareholders against unsolicited attempts to acquire control
of our company that do not offer what our board of directors believes to be an
adequate price to all shareholders or that our board of directors otherwise
opposes.&#160;&#160;As part of the plan, our board of directors declared a
dividend that resulted in the issuance of one preferred stock purchase right for
each outstanding share of our common stock.&#160;&#160;Unless extended, the
preferred share purchase rights expire on June 11, 2012.&#160;&#160;If a bidder
proceeds with an unsolicited attempt to purchase our stock and acquires 20% or
more (or announces its intention to acquire 20% or more) of our outstanding
stock, and the board of directors does not redeem the preferred stock purchase
rights, the rights will become exercisable at a price that significantly dilutes
the interest of the bidder in our common stock.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Provisions
Relating to Acquisitions and Mergers</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Under our articles of incorporation, we
have elected not to be covered by the Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act, known
as the Control Act.&#160;&#160;The Control Act requires the prior approval of
shareholders for transfers of corporate control that occur in the open market,
including tender offers, or that are privately negotiated.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Under our articles of incorporation,
the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote
is required for the approval or authorization of any (1) merger or consolidation
of our company with or into any other corporation, or (2) sale, lease, exchange
or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets to or with any
other corporation, person or other entity, unless two-thirds of our directors
have approved the transaction.</font></div>
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provide that it is a proper corporate purpose, reasonably calculated to benefit
shareholders, for our board of directors to base our response to any acquisition
proposal, as defined in our articles of incorporation, on our board&#8217;s evaluation
of what is in our best interests.&#160;&#160;This evaluation will include
consideration of the best interests of our shareholders, including the
relationship of the consideration offered in the acquisition proposal to the
then-current market price of our stock, our current value in a freely negotiated
transaction and the estimate of our future value as an independent entity; the
business and financial conditions and earnings prospects of the acquiring person
or persons; the competence, experience and integrity of the acquiring person or
persons and its or their management; and such other factors as our board of
directors deems relevant, including the social, legal and economic effects of
the acquisition proposal upon employees, suppliers, customers and our
business.&#160;&#160;An acquisition proposal means any proposal for a tender
offer or exchange offer for any of our equity securities, any proposal to merge
or consolidate us with another corporation, or any proposal to purchase or
otherwise acquire all or substantially all of our properties and
assets.</font></div>
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explicitly provide that the provisions of Chapter 1704 of the Ohio Revised Code
apply to us. Section 1704 generally prevents an issuing public corporation
(generally defined as an Ohio corporation with 50 or more shareholders that has
its principal place of business, its principal offices, assets with substantial
value, or a substantial percentage of its assets in Ohio) from entering into
certain business combinations with an interested shareholder (generally defined
as any person or entity that can vote, or direct the voting of, 10% or more of
the issuing public corporation&#8217;s stock) or its affiliates for a period of three
years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested
shareholder, unless prior to this transaction (1) the directors have approved
the Section 1704 business combination or (2) the directors have approved this
transaction.&#160;&#160;Section 1704 provides further that a corporation may, in
its articles of incorporation or code of regulations, elect not to be governed
by Section 1704.&#160;&#160;We have not made this election.</font></div>
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acquisitions, mergers and combinations may only be amended by the affirmative
vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote on the
proposal. Otherwise, our articles of incorporation may be amended by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on
the proposal.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Limitation
of Director Liability and Indemnification Agreements</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Under the Ohio General Corporation Law,
a director&#8217;s liability to us or our shareholders for damages is limited to only
those situations where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that his
act or failure to act was undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to
us or undertaken with reckless disregard for our best interests and those
situations involving unlawful loans, asset distributions, dividend payments or
share repurchases.&#160;&#160;As a result, shareholders may be unable to recover
monetary damages against directors for actions that constitute gross negligence
or that are in violation of their fiduciary duties, although it may be possible
to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief with respect to such actions. If
equitable remedies are found not to be available to shareholders for any
particular case, shareholders may not have any effective remedy against the
challenged conduct.&#160;&#160;Our articles of incorporation provide that
indemnification may be granted to directors, officers and certain other persons
serving (or having served) as a director or officer of our company or any other
company or enterprise at our request against all expenses (including attorneys&#8217;
fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, paid or incurred by them in any
action or proceeding, on account of their service as a director or officer of
our company or any other company or enterprise when serving at our request, to
the fullest extent permitted by law.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>We also entered into indemnification
agreements with each director and executive officer, including the directors who
are also our employees, to confirm and expand our obligation to indemnify these
persons.&#160;&#160;These indemnification agreements (1) confirm the indemnity
provided to them by our articles of incorporation and give them assurances that
this indemnity will continue to be provided despite future changes in our
articles of incorporation, and (2) provide that, in addition, the directors and
officers shall be indemnified to the fullest possible extent permitted by law
against all expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) judgments, fines and settlement
amounts, paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any
action by or in the right of our company, on account of their service as a
director or officer of our company or as a director or officer of any of our
subsidiaries or as a director or officer of any other company or enterprise when
they are serving in such capacities at our request.</font></div>
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indemnification agreements to any director or officer on account of conduct that
is adjudged to have been undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to us
or undertaken with reckless disregard for our best interests. In addition, the
indemnification agreements provide that no indemnification will be permitted if
a final court adjudication shall determine that the indemnification is not
lawful, or in respect of any suit in which judgment is rendered against a
director or officer for an accounting of profits made from a purchase or sale of
our securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or of any similar statutory law, or on account of any remuneration paid to
a director or officer that is adjudicated to have been paid in violation of
law.&#160;&#160;Except as so limited, indemnification of directors and officers
will be permitted under the indemnification agreements to the fullest extent
permitted by law.</font></div>
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provisions are essential to attracting and retaining qualified persons as
officers and directors.&#160;&#160;We have obtained directors&#8217; and officers&#8217;
insurance.</font></div>
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our common stock is Computershare Investor Services LLC located in Chicago,
Illinois.</font></div>
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sell the securities from time to time pursuant to underwritten public offerings,
negotiated transactions, block trades or a combination of these
methods.&#160;&#160;&#160;We may sell the securities separately or
together:</font></div>
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distribute the securities from time to time in one or more
transactions:</font></div>
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sale;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We may
solicit directly offers to purchase the securities being offered by this
prospectus.&#160;&#160;We may also designate agents to solicit offers to
purchase the securities from time to time.&#160;&#160;We will name in a
prospectus supplement any agent involved in the offer or sale of our
securities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If we
utilize a dealer in the sale of the securities being offered by this prospectus,
we will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal.&#160;&#160;The dealer
may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined
by the dealer at the time of resale.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If we
utilize an underwriter in the sale of the securities being offered by this
prospectus, we will execute an underwriting agreement with the underwriter at
the time of sale and we will provide the name of any underwriter in the
prospectus supplement that the underwriter will use to make resales of the
securities to the public.&#160;&#160;In connection with the sale of the
securities, we or the purchasers of securities for whom the underwriter may act
as agent may compensate the underwriter in the form of underwriting discounts or
commissions.&#160;&#160;The underwriter may sell the securities to or through
dealers, and the underwriter may compensate those dealers in the form of
discounts, concessions or commissions.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We will
provide in the applicable prospectus supplement any compensation we will pay to
underwriters, dealers or agents in connection with the offering of the
securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by
underwriters to participating dealers.&#160;&#160;Underwriters, dealers and
agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be
underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them
on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions.&#160;&#160;We may enter into agreements to indemnify underwriters,
dealers and agents against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act or to contribute to payments they may be required to make in
respect thereof.</font></div>
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securities may or may not be listed on a national securities
exchange.&#160;&#160;To facilitate the offering of securities, certain persons
participating in the offering may engage in transactions that stabilize,
maintain or otherwise affect the price of the securities.&#160;&#160;This may
include over-allotments or short sales of the securities, which involves the
sale by persons participating in the offering of more securities than we sold to
them.&#160;&#160;In these circumstances, these persons would cover such
over-allotments or short positions by making purchases in the open market or by
exercising their over-allotment option.&#160;&#160;In addition, these persons
may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for or
purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby
selling concessions allowed to dealers participating in the offering may be
reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection with
stabilization transactions.&#160;&#160;The effect of these transactions may be
to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a level above
that which might otherwise prevail in the open market.&#160;&#160;These
transactions may be discontinued at any time.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We may
enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not
covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated
transactions.&#160;&#160;If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in
connection with any derivative transaction, the third parties may sell
securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement,
including in short sale transactions.&#160;&#160;If so, the third party may use
securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or
to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities
received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related
open borrowings of stock.&#160;&#160;The third party in such sale transactions
will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be
identified in the applicable prospectus supplement or a post-effective amendment
to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. In addition,
we may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other
third party that in turn may sell the securities short using this
prospectus.&#160;&#160;Such financial institution or other third party may
transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in
connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;The
underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with us, or perform
services for us, in the ordinary course of business.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">LEGAL
MATTERS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font> The validity of the shares offered
hereby has been passed upon for us by Porter Wright Morris &amp; Arthur LLP, 41
South High Street, Columbus, Ohio&#160;&#160;43215.&#160;&#160;Curtis A.
Loveland, a partner in Porter Wright Morris &amp; Arthur LLP, is our secretary
and a director and beneficially owns an aggregate of 107,302 shares of our
common stock consisting of a combination of stock and options exercisable within
60 days after April 28, 2010. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">EXPERTS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>The consolidated financial statements
and the related financial statement schedule, incorporated in this prospectus by
reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the effectiveness our
internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Schneider Downs
&amp; Co., Inc., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
their reports which are incorporated herein by reference.&#160;&#160;Such
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so
incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
14.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other
Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.</font></div>
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following table sets forth the expenses expected to be incurred by our company
in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being
registered.</font></div>
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15.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</font></div>
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Corporation Law provides that directors and officers of Ohio corporations may,
under certain circumstances, be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#8217; fees) and other liabilities actually and reasonably incurred by them
as a result of any suit brought against them in their capacity as a director or
officer, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe
their conduct was unlawful.&#160;&#160;Section 1701.13 provides that directors
and officers may also be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#8217;
fees) incurred by them in connection with a derivative suit if they acted in
good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be
made without court approval if such person was adjudged liable to the
corporation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Article Ten of our articles of
incorporation permits us to indemnify directors and officers against expenses
(including attorneys&#8217; fees) and other liabilities actually and reasonably
incurred by them to the full extent and according to the procedures and
requirements set forth in the Ohio General Corporation Law, as the same may be
in effect from time to time.&#160;&#160;Pursuant to Article Ten, we also have
the right to (i) indemnify employees, agents and others as permitted by Ohio
law, (ii) purchase and maintain insurance or provide similar protection on
behalf of the directors, officers or such other persons against liabilities
asserted against them or expenses incurred by them arising out of their service
to us as contemplated by our articles of incorporation, and (iii) enter into
agreements with these directors, officers, incorporators, employees, agents or
others indemnifying them against any and all liabilities (or lesser
indemnification as may be provided in these agreements) asserted against them or
incurred by them arising out of their service to our company as contemplated by
our articles of incorporation.</font></div>
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indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers,
including the directors who are also our employees, to confirm and expand our
obligation to indemnify these persons.&#160;&#160;These indemnification
agreements (i) confirm the indemnity provided to them by our articles of
incorporation and give them assurances that this indemnity will continue to be
provided despite future changes in our articles of incorporation, and (ii)
provide that, in addition, the directors and officers shall be indemnified to
the fullest possible extent permitted by law against all expenses (including
attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, paid or incurred by
them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of our
company, on account of their service as a director or officer of our company or
as a director or officer of any subsidiary of our company or as a director or
officer of any other company or enterprise when they are serving in these
capacities at our request.</font></div>
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indemnification contracts to any director or officer on account of conduct that
is adjudged to have been undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to us
or undertaken with reckless disregard for our best interests.&#160;&#160;In
addition, the indemnification contracts provide that no indemnification will be
permitted if a final court adjudication shall determine that such
indemnification is not lawful, or in respect of any suit in which judgment is
rendered against a director or officer for an accounting of profits made from a
purchase or sale of our securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or of any similar statutory law, or on account
of any remuneration paid to a director or officer that is adjudicated to have
been paid in violation of law.&#160;&#160;Except as so limited, indemnification
of directors and officers will be permitted under the indemnification contracts
to the fullest extent permitted by law.</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration
statement.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of
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previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
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      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
      Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) that
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the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div>
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from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
      </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      the registrant is relying on Rule
430B:</font></div>
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prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to
be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration statement;
and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 180pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(B)<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as
part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&#160;for the purpose
of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as
of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus.&#160;&#160;As provided in Rule 430B, for
liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an
underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement
to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.&#160;&#160;Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such effective date; or</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 144pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ii)<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;If the
registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.&#160;&#160;Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
      any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
      registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
      plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
      is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed
      to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
      therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
      to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
      1933 may be permitted to the directors, officers, and controlling persons
      of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
      registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
      Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
      unenforceable.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for indemnification
      against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
      expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
      the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
      proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person
      in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
      unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
      controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
      question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
      adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SIGNATURES</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font> 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-3 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 April 30, 2010. </font></div>
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                <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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                <td align="left" valign="top" width="46%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt">
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      E. McDonald, Executive Vice</font></div>
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      and Chief Financial
Officer</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> Title </font></font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> Date </font></font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> * Mike Brooks </font></font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Chairman,
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Mike
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Officer
      and Director </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> (Principal
      Executive Officer) </font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Executive
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                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> James
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
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      Financial Officer </font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                      </tr>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
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                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
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      Financial and Accounting </font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Officer)
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *Curtis A. Loveland </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Secretary
      and Director </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div>
                          </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Curtis
      A. Loveland </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *J. Patrick Campbell
</font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div> </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> J.
      Patrick Campbell </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *Glenn E. Corlett </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div>
                          </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Glenn
      E. Corlett </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *Michael L. Finn </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div> </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Michael
      L. Finn </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *G. Courtney Haning </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div>
                          </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> G.
      Courtney Haning </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *Harley E. Rouda, Jr.
    </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div> </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Harley
      E. Rouda, Jr. </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="28%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline"> *James L. Stewart </font></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="36%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> Director
      </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> &#160;
      </font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="28%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">      </font>
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> April
      30, 2010 </font></div>
                          </div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
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Securities and Exchange Commission by Rocky Brands, Inc., an Ohio corporation
(the &#8220;Company&#8221;), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
registration of an aggregate of $50,000,000 of shares of Common Stock of the
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participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;We
have reviewed the Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, the corporate action taken to date in connection with
the Registration Statement and the registration of the Common Stock and Rights,
and such other documents and authorities as we deem relevant for the purpose of
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all natural persons and (except to the extent expressly opined on herein and
with respect to parties other than the Company) that all documents, agreements
and instruments have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties
thereto, that all such parties are validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, that all such
parties had the power and legal right to execute and deliver all such documents,
agreements and instruments, and that such documents, agreements and instruments
are legal, valid and binding obligations of such parties, enforceable against
such parties in accordance with their respective terms.&#160;&#160;Additionally,
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      shall have been issued and sold as described in the Registration Statement
      (including any prospectus supplement relating to share of Common Stock),
      and if in an underwritten public offering, in accordance with the terms of
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Rocky Brands, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), set forth in your letter dated as of April
29, 2010 (the &#8220;Comment Letter&#8221;).&#160;&#160;For your convenience, we have
repeated the text of your comments, followed by our response.</font></div>
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respectfully respond to the comments set out in the Comment Letter as
follows:</font></div>
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Statement</font></font></div>
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      provide a separate line item for the rights that you are
      registering.&#160;&#160;In addition, the prospectus cover page should
      clearly reflect the rights associated with the common
    stock.</font></div>
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with this letter we have filed an Amendment No. 2 to the Filing (the
&#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to provide a separate line item on the cover page of the Filing to
register the rights associated with the common stock, as described in the Form
8-A filed with the Commission on June 15, 2009, along with the common
stock.&#160;&#160;In addition, we have amended the prospectus cover page to
reflect the rights associated with the common stock.</font></div>
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Amendment is accompanied by a new legal opinion that states the rights have been
duly authorized and, when issued, will be the valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
pursuant to the applicable internal laws of the State of Illinois, except to the
extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or
other laws relating to or affecting creditors&#8217; rights generally, and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity).</font></div>
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Amendment is accompanied by a new legal opinion that opines as to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Ohio, the jurisdiction of incorporation of the
Company for the common stock being registered.</font></div>
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      foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
      filings; and</font></div>
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have any questions regarding any of the foregoing, please contact Erin F.
Siegfried, Porter Wright Morris &amp; Arthur LLP, 41 S. High Street, Columbus,
Ohio 43215, telephone (614) 227-2059, and fax (614) 227-2100.</font></div>
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