---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-025695"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCKY"
cik: "0000895456"
company_name: "ROCKY BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:33:29.562633+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Sarah O'Connor resigns; COO Tom Robertson reassumes CFO role

## Summary
- Sarah O'Connor resigned as SVP, CFO and Treasurer effective September 12, 2023.
- Resignation not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the company.
- COO Tom Robertson reappointed CFO and Treasurer; also continues as COO.
- Company has commenced an executive search for a permanent CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-025695
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCKY
- cik: 0000895456
- company_name: ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774923025695/0001437749-23-025695-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774923025695/rcky20230912_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-025695
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-025695.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-025695.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Robertson was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at ROCKY BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: reappointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: The Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Thomas Robertson, 39, has been reappointed to the offices of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and shall serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774923025695/0001437749-23-025695-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sarah O'Connor resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at ROCKY BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On September 12, 2023, Rocky Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Sarah O’Connor resigned from her position as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 12, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774923025695/0001437749-23-025695-index.htm

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