secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     REGIS CORP (RGS)
CIK:        0000716643
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-03T21:05:35+00:00
Accession:  0000716643-26-000034
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.68
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Regis shareholders reject 5 of 6 director nominees and say-on-pay; EVP Jamie Suarez exits
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- EVP Company Operations Jamie Suarez loses officer role effective Oct 30, 2026; employment ends Nov 22, 2026 with severance under the amended senior executive severance policy.
- Andrews (353,693 for / 1,085,118 against), Benacci (355,843 / 1,082,977) and Mansbach (355,875 / 1,082,840) failed majority votes at the Oct 28, 2026 annual meeting.
- Alfano (679,755 for / 759,046 against) and Lintonsmith (540,911 / 912,785) also fell short; only William Charters was elected, 1,415,415 for vs 36,005 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote defeated 422,593 for vs 956,752 against; Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor 1,950,309 for / 67,891 against.
- The five nominees tendered conditional resignations under the majority-voting policy; the board, led by new Chair Alfano, will decide and disclose within 90 days of certification.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000071664326000034/0000716643-26-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000071664326000034/rgs-20261028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000716643-26-000034

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