Company Operations - As of September 30, 2024, Regis Corporation operated 4,359 locations, including 4,350 franchised salons and 9 company-owned salons[78]. Financial Performance - System-wide revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2024, was 285.6million,adecreaseof6.5306.6 million in the same period of 2023[84]. - Total system-wide same-store sales decreased by 1.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to an increase of 1.8% in the same period of 2023[84]. - Royalties decreased by 0.9million,or5.56.1 million to 45.3millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,comparedto51.4 million in the same period of 2023[102]. - Franchise same-store sales declined by 1.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to an increase of 1.7% in the prior year[102]. - Franchise adjusted EBITDA totaled 8.0million,adecreaseof0.6 million from 8.6millioninthesameperiodof2023[103].−Company−ownedsalonrevenuedecreasedby1.1 million, or 59.5%, due to a reduction in company-owned salon count[91]. - Company-owned salon revenue decreased by 1.1millionto1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in salon count[106]. Expenses and Costs - General and administrative expenses increased by 3.3million,or30.82.3 million and stock-based compensation[92]. - Interest expense decreased by 1.4million,primarilyduetolessdebtoutstandingcomparedtothesameperiodin2023[95].CashandDebtManagement−AsofSeptember30,2024,cashandcashequivalentswere6.3 million, with 5.4millionintheUnitedStatesand0.9 million in Canada[110]. - The company's total debt to capitalization ratio was 66.2% as of September 30, 2024, down from 67.0% in June 2024[119]. - Cash used in operating activities improved to 1.3millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,comparedto2.8 million in the same period of 2023[116]. - The company has a 25.0millionrevolvingcreditfacilitythatmaturesinJune2029,with15.7 million of unused available credit as of September 30, 2024[111]. Tax and Income - The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024, was 11.1%, compared to (14.1)% in the same period of 2023[97]. - Income from discontinued operations increased by 1.0million,primarilyduetoproceedsfromthesaleofOSPrelatedtosalonsmigratingtotheZenotiplatform[98].FutureExpectations−Thecompanyexpectsadditionalproceedsofapproximately7.0 to 7.5millionfromthesaleofitsOSPsoftware−as−a−servicesolutioninfiscalyear2025[112].−NoshareswererepurchasedduringthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,withapproximately1.5millionsharesrepurchasedcumulativelyfor595.4 million[121].