---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-007994"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGS"
cik: "0000716643"
company_name: "REGIS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:24:41.586126+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Regis adopts tax benefits preservation plan to protect $646M NOLs

## Summary
- As of Sep 30, 2023, Regis had ~$646M federal NOLs; plan aims to avoid Section 382 ownership change limit.
- Board declared dividend of one preferred stock purchase right per common share; record date Feb 9, 2024.
- Acquiring 4.95%+ without Board approval triggers rights; holders (except acquirer) can buy shares at 50% discount.
- Plan expires Jan 29, 2025, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-007994
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGS
- cik: 0000716643
- company_name: REGIS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000110465924007994/0001104659-24-007994-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000110465924007994/tm244320d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-007994.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  REGIS CORP: Filing of Certificate of Designation creating Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (effective 2024-01-30).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-30
  source text: the Board of Directors approved a Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”). The Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota on January 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000110465924007994/0001104659-24-007994-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  REGIS CORP entered into Tax Benefits Preservation Plan with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (effective 2024-01-29).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
  - Effective: 2024-01-29
  source text: On January 29, 2024, Regis Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Tax Benefits Preservation Plan (the “Plan”) with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716643/000110465924007994/0001104659-24-007994-index.htm

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