UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

Form 8-A/A

Amendment No. 1

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

REGIS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota

 

41-0749934

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

7201 Metro Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55439

(Address of Principal

 

(Zip Code)

Executive Offices)

 

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class to be so registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on which each Class is to be
Registered

Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating

 

The New York Stock Exchange

Preferred Stock, Par Value $.05 per share

 

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

(if applicable)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

 

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

Item 1 of the Form 8-A is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof.

 

On October 29, 2008, Regis Corporation (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Rights Agent”) executed Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement, dated as of December 26, 2006 (“Amendment No. 1”), between the Company and the Rights Agent.  All capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1.

 

Amendment No. 1 amends the Rights Agreement to (i) expand the definitions of “Beneficial Owner”, “beneficially own” and “Beneficial Ownership” to clarify that a person will be deemed to beneficially own any securities that are the subject of certain derivative transactions to which the Company is not a party entered into by such person; (ii) add an additional exception to the definition of “Acquiring Person” relating to securities that are the subject of certain derivative transactions and (iii) make other changes that the Company determined were necessary or desirable.

 

Amendment No. 1 is filed as Exhibit 4 to this Form 8-A/A.  The foregoing summary description of Amendment No. 1 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 4 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits.

 

Item 2 of the Form 8-A is hereby amended by adding the following immediately after the reference to Exhibit 3 therein.

 

4                                          Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 29, 2008, to Rights Agreement, dated December 26, 2006, between Regis Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date:  October 29, 2008

 

 

REGIS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By: 

  /s/ Eric A. Bakken

 

Name: Eric A. Bakken

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

& General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 29, 2008, to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 26, 2006, between Regis Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

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