Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. announced the filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 2,600,000 shares of common stock, which consists of 2,000,000 shares offered by the company and 600,000 shares offered by certain selling shareholders. In addition, the underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 390,000 additional shares of common stock from the company to cover over-allotments, if any.

The managing underwriters of the offering will be: Piper Jaffray & Co., as sole bookrunning manager, with co-managers Wachovia Securities, BB&T Capital Markets, D.A. Davidson & Co., and Ryan, Beck & Co. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from the Prospectus Department at Piper Jaffray & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55402.