Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Smith Jeffrey C
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/27/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REGIS CORP [RGS]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
7201 METRO BOULEVARD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55439		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 2,535,000
I
By Starboard affiliates (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014   (3)(4) 07/15/2014 Common Stock 577,462 $ 15.46 I By Starboard affiliates (5)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Smith Jeffrey C
7201 METRO BOULEVARD
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55439		   X      

Signatures

Kristin J. Staffanson, by Power of Attorney 11/04/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares are beneficially owned directly by Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. ("Starboard V&O Fund") (1,565,502 shares), Starboard Value and Opportunity S LLC ("Starboard LLC") (719,498 shares) and a certain managed account ("Starboard Value LP Account")(250,000 shares) of Starboard Value LP ("Starboard Value LP"). Starboard Value LP acts as the investment manager of Starboard V&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 ("Starboard Value GP") serves as the general partner of Starboard Value LP. Starboard Principal Co GP LLC ("Principal Co") is a member of Starboard Value GP.
(2) Starboard Principal Co GP LLC ("Principal GP") 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.
(3) 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;
(4) (ii) during the five business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period (the "measurement period") 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.
(5) 370,380 shares underlying the notes are beneficially owned directly by Starboard V&O Fund and 207,082 shares underlying the notes are beneficially owned directly by Starboard LLC. See note (1).

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