---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-028777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCKY"
cik: "0000895456"
company_name: "ROCKY BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:12:22.976115+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocky Brands appoints Dwight E. Smith to board; Corlett and Stewart retire

## Summary
- Glenn E. Corlett and James L. Stewart to retire from board effective Dec 31, 2022; combined 48 years of service.
- Dwight E. Smith appointed Class I director effective Jan 1, 2023, filling Corlett's vacancy.
- Board size reduced from 11 to 10 directors as of Jan 1, 2023.
- Smith is President/CEO of Sophisticated Systems, Inc. and Chair of Cleveland Fed board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-028777
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCKY
- cik: 0000895456
- company_name: ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922028777/0001437749-22-028777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922028777/rcky20221208_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-028777.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dwight E. Smith was appointed as Class I director at ROCKY BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On December 8, 2022, the Company announced the appointment of Dwight E. Smith to the Board as a Class I director, effective January 1, 2023, to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922028777/0001437749-22-028777-index.htm
- Executive change
  James L. Stewart retired as Class I director at ROCKY BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: each of Glenn E. Corlett and James L. Stewart provided the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rocky Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) with notice of his intent to resign and retire from his position as a Class I director of the Company, effective as of December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922028777/0001437749-22-028777-index.htm
- Executive change
  Glenn E. Corlett retired as Class I director at ROCKY BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: each of Glenn E. Corlett and James L. Stewart provided the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rocky Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) with notice of his intent to resign and retire from his position as a Class I director of the Company, effective as of December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922028777/0001437749-22-028777-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.