X0306 4 2018-10-30 0000895456 ROCKY BRANDS, INC. RCKY 0001709433 Wortham Byron 39 EAST CANAL STREET NELSONVILLE OH 45764 1 President, Core Brands Common Stock, without par value 2018-10-30 4 M 0 400.0000 11.5600 A 900.0000 D Common Stock, without par value 2018-10-30 4 M 0 400.0000 11.5500 A 1300.0000 D Common Stock, without par value 2018-10-30 4 S 0 800.0000 29.0000 D 500.0000 D Stock Option (right to buy) 11.5500 2018-10-30 4 M 0 400.0000 0.0000 D 2027-01-03 Common Stock, without par value 400.0000 1600.0000 D Stock Option (right to buy) 11.5600 2018-10-30 4 M 0 400.0000 0.0000 D 2026-01-04 Common Stock, without par value 400.0000 600.0000 D Option vests 20% per year beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Jeremy D. Siegfried, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-10-31