UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2007
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Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Oklahoma
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-09293 73-1016728
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Pre-Paid Way
Ada, OK 74820
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(580) 436-1234
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
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On October 1, 2007, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing our membership production and recruiting information
for the three months ended September 30, 2007. A copy of the release is included
as an exhibit to this report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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The following exhibits are included with this report:
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Company Press Release dated October 1, 2007
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
By: /s/ Steve Williamson
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Steve Williamson, Chief Financial Officer
Date: October 1, 2007
For Release 8:30 a.m. Eastern Company Steve Williamson
Monday, October 1, 2007 Contact: (580) 436-1234
Pre-Paid Announces 2007 3rd Quarter Membership And Recruiting Results
ADA, OK, October 1, 2007 - Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (NYSE: PPD), reported
new memberships produced and new sales associates enrolled for the 2007 third
quarter. During the 3rd quarter of 2007, new sales associates enrolled increased
2.7% compared to the third quarter of 2006. Memberships produced decreased by
..7% while new membership fees written decreased by 3.3% and our active
membership base increased 1.9% compared to the comparable period of the previous
year.
On a sequential quarterly basis, new associates enrolled increased 14.1%; new
memberships produced increased 5.6%, new membership fees written increased 5.6%
and our active membership base increased by 14,986 memberships.
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Three Months Ended
New Memberships: 9/30/2007 6/30/2007 9/30/2006
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New legal service membership sales.......................................... 145,530 138,083 148,311
New "stand-alone" IDT membership sales...................................... 8,771 8,082 7,047
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Total new membership sales......................................... 154,301 146,165 155,358
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New "add-on" IDT membership sales........................................... 100,888 92,382 102,341
Average Annual Membership fee............................................... $325.98 $326.04 $334.70
Active Memberships:
Active legal service memberships at end of period........................... 1,496,319 1,484,414 1,484,456
Active "stand-alone" IDT memberships at end of period (see note below)...... 78,237 75,156 60,816
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Total active memberships at end of period.......................... 1,574,556 1,559,570 1,545,272
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Active "add-on" IDT memberships at end of period (see note below)........... 616,919 587,550 529,983
New Sales Associates:
New sales associates recruited.............................................. 43,555 38,175 42,395
Average enrollment fee paid by new sales associates......................... $40.74 $44.65 $49.74
Average Membership fee in force:
Average Annual Membership fee............................................... $297.52 $295.98 $292.60
Note - reflects 5,506 net transfers from "add-on" status to "stand-alone" status during the quarter
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Our total active membership fees in force increased approximately 3.6% during
the last year and continue our trend of increasing our membership fees.
Membership persistency rate (defined as the number of memberships in force at
the end of a 12 month period as a percentage of the total of memberships in
force at the beginning of such period, plus new memberships sold during such
period) was 73.3% for the 12 month period ended September 30, 2007 an increase
from the 70.9% for the 12 month period ended September 30, 2006 and the highest
level since the 12 month period ended June 30, 2000.
Our third quarter 2007 corporate finance focus has again been on share
repurchases. During the 3rd quarter, we returned $18.3 million to shareholders
through the repurchase of 355,419 shares of common stock, at an average per
share price of $51.45. Since April 1999, we have returned $339.3 million to
shareholders through the purchase of 12.2 million shares, average price of
$27.71 per share, and $17.1 million in dividends for a combined total of $356.4
million representing more than 110 percent of our net earnings during the same
timeframe.
We anticipate announcing our 2007 third quarter financial results on October 22,
2007 after the market closes. The Company will conduct a conference call to
present the third quarter results on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Time. The conference call will be webcast on the investor relations'
page of www.prepaidlegal.com or may be accessed by dialing (719) 325-4796. Audio
replay will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on October 24,
2007 and will run through midnight Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by dialing (719)
457-0820; passcode for the replay is 3197924. The presentation will be available
on the web site indefinitely by selecting "Earnings Calls" under the "Investor
Relations" section. Questions may be submitted prior to the call via email to
investor@pplsi.com.
About Us - We believe our products are one of a kind, life events legal service
plans. Our plans provide for legal service benefits provided through a network
of independent law firms across the U.S. and Canada, and include unlimited
attorney consultation, will preparation, traffic violation defense,
automobile-related criminal charges defense, letter writing, document
preparation and review and a general trial defense benefit. We have an identity
theft restoration product we think is also one of a kind due to the combination
of our identity theft restoration partner and our provider law firms. More
information about us and our products can be found at our homepage at
www.prepaidlegal.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release, other than purely historical information,
regarding our future plans and objectives and expected operating results,
dividends and share repurchases and statements of the assumptions underlying
such statements, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking
statements contained herein are based on certain assumptions that may not be
correct. They are subject to risks and uncertainties incident to our business
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described in the
reports and statements filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including (among others) those listed in our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K,
and include the risks that our membership persistency or renewal rates may
decline, that we may not be able to continue to grow our memberships and
earnings, that we are dependent on the continued active participation of our
principal executive officer, that future litigation may have a material adverse
effect on us if resolved unfavorably to us, that we could be adversely affected
by regulatory developments, that competition could adversely affect us, that we
are substantially dependent on our marketing force, that our stock price may be
affected by short sellers, that we have been unable to significantly increase
our employee group membership sales and that our active premium in force is not
indicative of future revenue as a result of changes in active memberships from
cancellations and additional membership sales. Please refer to pages 14 and 15
of our 2006 Form 10-K and pages 7 and 8 of our June 30, 2007 Form 10-Q for a
more complete description of these risks. We undertake no duty to update any of
the forward-looking statements in this release.
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