SEC Comment Letter for REGIS CORP (RGS) (CIK 0000716643) (RGS) — Mar 7, 2012
REGIS CORP (RGS) (CIK 0000716643)
Date: March 7, 2012 · CIK: 0000716643 · Accession: 0000000000-12-011938
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March 7, 2012
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Brent A. Moen Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Regis Corporation 7201 Metro Boulevard Edina, Minnesota 55439
Re: Regis Corporation
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011 Filed August 26, 2011
File No. 1-12725
Dear Mr. Moen:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some of our
comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days and indicate that you will comply
with our comments in future filings. Confirm in writing that you will do so and also explain to
us how you intend to comply. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe compliance in future disclosure is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments, we may
have additional comments. Signature Page
1. Please identify who is signing as your principle executive officer(s).
Definitive Proxy Statement Incorporated by Reference Into Part III
Compensation Discussion and Analysis, page 17
2. You disclose at the top of page 19 that “[t]he Committee has established an executive pay
philosophy that targets total remuneration (i.e., base salary + annual and long-term incentives + benefits) around the market median…” You make other references in your compensation discussion and analysis to considering market information when setting various elements of compensation. Please provide more detailed disclosure about how
Brent A. Moen Regis Corporation March 7, 2012 Page 2
the individual elements of compensation and total compensation of your named executive
officers compare with market information and, in particular, the market medians.
3. You disclose on page 21 and elsewhere that you use EBITDA as a performance objective
under your annual non-equity incentive plan. We note, however, that your performance metric is a measure that is adjusted from EBITDA. Therefore, please refer to the performance metric by another term, such as Adjusted EBITDA.
Long-term Incentive Compensation, page 26
4. Please discuss why the company has a policy of awarding restricted stock that entitles the
holder to vote and receive accumulated dividends on the shares prior to vesting. Explain how these features support the goals of your long-term incentive compensation program. Provide a similar discussion regarding awards of restricted stock units that accrue dividends.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable Exchange Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our comments, please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that:
the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing
staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose
the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
the company may not asset staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. You may contact Gregory Dundas, Attorney-Advisor, at (202) 551-3436, Kathleen
Krebs, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3350, or me at (202) 551-3810 with any questions.
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