PRE PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC
10-K/A, 2000-06-28
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K/A
                                 Amendment No. 1
(Mark one)
(X)  ANNUAL  REPORT  PURSUANT  TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999

(  )TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________ to ____________

Commission File Number: 1-9293
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                          PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Oklahoma                                                73-1016728
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

       321 East Main
       Ada, Oklahoma                                               74820
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (580) 436-1234

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
                                                        Name of each exchange on
 Title of each class                                           which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value                            New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered under Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act: None

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K ( ).

     State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates
of the registrant.  The aggregate market value shall be computed by reference to
the price at which the stock was sold,  or the average  bid and asked  prices of
such stock,  as of a specified date within the past 60 days prior to the date of
the filing: As of March 15, 2000 - $497,803,736.

     Indicate  the  number of  shares  outstanding  of each of the  registrant's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of March 15, 2000
there  were  22,554,143  shares  of Common  Stock,  par  value  $.01 per  share,
outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.
     Portions of the Company's  definitive  proxy  statement for its 2000 annual
meeting  of  shareholders  are  incorporated  into Part III of this Form 10-K by
reference.
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The  undersigned   registrant  hereby  amends  the  following  items,  financial
statements,  exhibits  or other  portions  of its  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K
pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal
year ended  December  31,  1999,  as set forth  below and in the pages  attached
hereto.

     Part IV,  Item 14 -  "Exhibits  and  Reports on Form 8-K" is amended (I) to
include as Exhibit  99.1 the  attached  financial  information  relating  to The
Employee Stock Ownership and Thrift Plan and Trust ("Plan"), as required by Form
11-K, for the fiscal year of the Plan ended December 31, 1999, which is filed as
an exhibit  pursuant to Rule 15d-21 under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
and (ii) to  include  as  Exhibit  23.2 the  Consent  of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP
relating to the use of their report which is included as part of Exhibit 99.1.

     The full text of Item 14 and the Exhibit  Index,  as  amended,  referred to
therein are as set forth below.

ITEM 14.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a) Exhibits: For a list of the documents filed as exhibits to this report,
see the Exhibit Index following the signatures to this report.

     (b)  Reports on Form 8-K:  None.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  amendment  to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                            PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.



                                            /s/  Randy Harp
                                            Randy Harp, Chief Operating Officer

Date:  June 27, 2000



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


  Exhibit No.
                                   Description
3.1             Amended  and  Restated   Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  the
                Company, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of
                the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated January 10, 1997)

3.2             Amended  and  Restated  Bylaws  of the  Company (Incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's  Report on  Form  10-Q
                for the period ended September 30, 1996)

*10.1           Employment  Agreement  effective  January  1, 1993  between  the
                Company and Harland C. Stonecipher (Incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit 10.1 of the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
                the year ended December 31, 1992)

*10.2           Agreements between Shirley Stonecipher,  New York Life Insurance
                Company and the Company regarding life insurance policy covering
                Harland C.  Stonecipher  (Incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit
                10.21 of the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                ended December 31, 1985)

*10.3           Amendment  dated  January  1,  1993 to  Split  Dollar  Agreement
                between  Shirley  Stonecipher  and the  Company  regarding  life
                insurance policy covering  Harland C. Stonecipher  (Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the  Company's  Annual Report on
                Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1992)

*10.4           Form of New Business  Generation  Agreement  Between the Company
                and Harland C. Stonecipher (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                10.22  of  the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                ended December 31, 1986)

*10.5           Amendment to  New  Business  Generation  Agreement  between  the
                Company  and  Harland  C.  Stonecipher  effective  January, 1990
                (Incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.12 of the Company's
                Annual  Report  on Form 10-KSB  for the  year ended December 31,
                1992)

*10.6           Stock Option Plan,  as amended and restated  effective  December
                12,  1995  (Incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.6 of the
                Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-KSB  for the  year  ended
                December 31, 1995)

*10.7           Demand Note of Wilburn L. Smith and Carol  Smith dated  December
                11, 1992 in favor of the Company  (Incorporated  by reference to
                Exhibit 10.15 of the Company's Form SB-2 filed February 8, 1994)

*10.8           Demand Note of Wilburn L. Smith and Carol  Smith dated  December
                31, 1996 in favor of the Company  (Incorporated  by reference to
                Exhibit  10.8 of the  Company's  Form  10-K  filed  for the year
                ending December 31, 1997)

*10.9           Security  Agreement  between the  Company,  Wilburn L. Smith and
                Carol Smith dated December 11, 1992  (Incorporated  by reference
                to Exhibit  10.16 of the Company's  Form SB-2 filed  February 8,
                1994)

*10.10          Letter  Agreements  dated July 8, 1993 and March 7, 1994 between
                the Company and Wilburn L. Smith  (Incorporated  by reference to
                Exhibit  10.17 of the  Company's  Form 10-KSB filed for the year
                ending December 31, 1993)

*10.11          Agreement and Plan of  Reorganization  dated as of September 23,
                1998  between  the  Company  and  TPN,  Inc.   (Incorporated  by
                reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form
                8-K dated October 2, 1998)

*10.12          Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 5, 1998 between the
                Company and Pioneer Financial  Services,  Inc.  (Incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form
                8-K dated December 30, 1998)

*10.13          Demand Note of Wilburn L. Smith  dated  October 8, 1998 in favor
                of the Company  (Incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  10.13 of
                the  Company's  Form 10-K filed for the year ended  December 31,
                1998)

*10.14          Stock option  agreement  with David A. Savula dated  February 6,
                1998   (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.14  of  the
                Company's Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1998)

*10.15          Stock option  agreement  with David A. Savula dated July 2, 1998
                (Incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit  10.15 of the  Company's
                Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1998)

*10.16          Stock option  agreement  with David A. Savula dated July 2, 1998
                (Incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit  10.16 of the  Company's
                Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1998)

+21.1           List of Subsidiaries of the Company

+23.1           Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

+23.2           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

+23.3           Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

++23.4          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP  relating  to report concerning
                plan financial information included as part of Exhibit 99.1

+27.1           Financial Data Schedule

++99.1          Financial  Information  relating to the Pre-Paid Legal Services,
                Inc. Employee Stock Ownership and Thrift Plan Trust, as required
                by Form 11-K for the fiscal year of the plan ended  December 31,
                1999.

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* Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required
to be filed as an exhibit to this report.

+      Previously filed.

++    Filed herewith.



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