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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-11-061177
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111027
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Smith Jeffrey C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001362697

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12725
		FILM NUMBER:		111181784

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O S1 CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		705 WESTECH DRIVE
		CITY:			NORCROSS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30092

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REGIS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000716643
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
		IRS NUMBER:				410749934
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7201 METRO BLVD
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55439
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9529477777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7201 METRO BLVD
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55439
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        <issuerName>REGIS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001362697</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Smith Jeffrey C</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>7201 METRO BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55439</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2535000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Starboard affiliates</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>15.46</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-07-15</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>By Starboard affiliates</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares are beneficially owned directly by Starboard Value &amp; Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. (&quot;Starboard V&amp;O Fund&quot;) (1,565,502 shares), Starboard Value and Opportunity S LLC (&quot;Starboard LLC&quot;) (719,498 shares) and a certain managed account (&quot;Starboard Value LP Account&quot;)(250,000 shares) of Starboard Value LP (&quot;Starboard Value LP&quot;).  Starboard Value LP acts as the investment manager of Starboard V&amp;O Fund and Starboard Value LP Account and as the manager of Starboard LLC.  Starboard Value LP has sole voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Starboard Value LP Account.  Starboard Value GP LLC (&quot;Starboard Value GP&quot;) serves as the general partner of Starboard Value LP.  Starboard Principal Co GP LLC (&quot;Principal Co&quot;) is a member of Starboard Value GP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Starboard Principal Co GP LLC (&quot;Principal GP&quot;) serves as the general partner of Principal Co.  The Reporting Person serves as a member of Principal GP and a member of each of the Management Committee of Starboard Value GP and the Management Committee of Principal GP. The Reporting Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The notes are convertible into shares of common stock on and after April 15, 2014 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the July 15, 2014 maturity date.  The notes are also convertible any time prior to the close of business immediately preceding April 15, 2014 under the following circumstances:  (i) during any fiscal quarter commencing after September 30, 2009, if the last reported sale price of the Issuer's common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day;</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">(ii) during the five business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period (the &quot;measurement period&quot;) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of that measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Issuer's common stock and the applicable conversion rate on each such day; or (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">370,380 shares underlying the notes are beneficially owned directly by Starboard V&amp;O Fund and 207,082 shares underlying the notes are beneficially owned directly by Starboard LLC.  See note (1).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kristin J. Staffanson, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-11-04</signatureDate>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 24</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Eric A. Bakken and Kristin J. Staffanson, the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or director of Regis Corporation (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules&nbsp;thereunder; and</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned necessary to complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of November, 2011.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeffrey C. Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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