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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895456-18-000023
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180509
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180509
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180509

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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34382
		FILM NUMBER:		18818259

	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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			2018 RCKY Proxy Report - Additional Material
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri;;font-size: 14pt"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">ROCKY BRANDS, INC.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">PROXY STATEMENT SUPPLEMENT FOR THE</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> ANNUAL MEETING OF </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">SHARE</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">HOLDERS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The following information relat</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">es to the proxy statement (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Proxy Statement</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">) of </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Rocky Brands</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">, Inc. (the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">), dated April 1</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">6</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">, furnished to </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">share</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">holders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> Directors of the Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> for the 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> Annual Meeting of S</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">hare</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">holders and any adjournmen</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">t or postponement thereof</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">. All capitalized terms used in this supplement to the Proxy Statem</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ent (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Supplement</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">) and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Proxy Statement. This information is in addition to the information required to be provided to the Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">s &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">share</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">holders under the applicable proxy disclosure rules as set forth in the Proxy Statement. This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">This </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Supplement </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">is filed solely to correct a</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">n inadvertent</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> clerical error in the&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Proxy</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&nbsp;Statement. After filing the Proxy Statement, the Company discovered that, on page </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">43</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> of the Proxy Statement under the heading </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201C;CEO Pay Ratio</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> the Company h</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ad inadvertently stated that it estimated the CEO&#x2019;s annual</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> total </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">compensation</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">was approximately 24 times that of our median employee, instead of the correct ratio of approximately 43 times that of our median employee. </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">No other changes are being made in the Proxy Statement.</font>
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