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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895456-18-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180521
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180521
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180521

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34382
		FILM NUMBER:		18848800

	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 Annual Meeting 8-K
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">17 CFR </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#xA7;230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">17 CFR </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#xA7;240.12b-2).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Emerging growth company&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:MS Mincho;font-size:10pt;">&#x2610;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:MS Mincho;font-size:10pt;">&#x2610;</font>
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		<p><font size="1"> </font></p><hr size="3" style="color:#999999" width="100%" align="center"></hr><p style="page-break-after:always">&nbsp;</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Item 5.07</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent: -72pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">On May </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">6</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">, Rocky Brands, Inc. (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">C</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">ompany&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">held its</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> 2018 A</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">nnual </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">M</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">eeting of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">hareholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following directors were elected </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">according to the vote tabulation described below:</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes For</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes Withheld</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Non Votes</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Michael L. Finn</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">4,559,826</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">267,846</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">G. Courtney Haning</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">3,810,922</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,016,750</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">William L. Jordan</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">4,642,183</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">185,489</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;height:10.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Curtis A. Loveland</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;height:10.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">3,872,744</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;height:10.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">954,928</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;height:10.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Robert B. Moore, Jr.</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">4,661,925</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">165,747</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:119.70pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The shareholders voted on a resolution to approve on an advisory, nonbinding basis</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> the compensation of the Company&#x2019;s named executive officers according to the vote tabulation described below:</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<div style="width:100%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.00%;margin-left:0pt;">
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.02%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes For</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.02%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes Against</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.00%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Abstain</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:24.96%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Non Votes</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.02%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">4,632,316</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.02%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">105,784</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.00%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">89,572</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:24.96%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">1,843,039</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Finally, the shareholders ratified the selection of Schneider Downs &amp; Co., Inc. as the Company&#x2019;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fisc</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">al year ending December 31, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> according to the vote tabulation described below:</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xFEFF;</font>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.00%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes For</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.00%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Votes Against</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:25.00%;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Abstain</font></p>
				</td>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">The Company issued a press release </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">on </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">May 17, 2018 announcing a $0.01 increase of its quarterly dividend to $0.12 per share of outstanding common stock. The&nbsp;increased dividend&nbsp;will be payable on June 15, 2018 to shareholders of record as of May&nbsp;31, 2018. The press release announcing the&nbsp;increase&nbsp;in the quarterly cash&nbsp;dividend</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">is</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;"> attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99 </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">and is incorporated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">herein </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. Those statements include, but may not be limited to, all statements regarding intent, beliefs, expectations, projections, forecasts, and plans of the Company and its management. These forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the various risks inherent in the Company&#x2019;s business as set forth in periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company&#x2019;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">7</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> (filed March </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">12</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2017 (filed May </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">8</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">One or more of these factors have affected historical results, and could in the future affect the Company&#x2019;s businesses and financial results in future periods and could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and projections. Therefore there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the Company, or any other person should not regard the inclusion of such information as a representation that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on information presently available to the ma</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">nagement of the Company. </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.</font>
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