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STATES</B></FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

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DC 20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>FORM
8-K</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT Pursuant</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date of report
(date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2012</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>LIFE PARTNERS
HOLDINGS, INC.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">(</FONT>Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter<FONT STYLE="color: black">)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Texas</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State of
incorporation)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; vertical-align: baseline; text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">0-7900<BR>
    (Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">74-2962475</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S.
        Employer ID no.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">204
        Woodhew</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Waco,
        Texas</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address
        of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">76712</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip
        Code)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Issuer&rsquo;s
telephone number, including area code: 254-751-7797</FONT></P>

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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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                                                                                                             communications pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 425 under
                                                                                                             the Securities Act
                                                                                                             (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                                                                                             material pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 14a-12 under
                                                                                                             the Exchange Act
                                                                                                             (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                                                                                             communications pursuant
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                                                                                                             Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Item 8.01. Other Events</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">On
May 23, 2012 , Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (&ldquo;<I>we</I>&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing the declaration of a
dividend of $0.10 cents per share payable on or about June&nbsp;15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of June&nbsp;4, 2012. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">The
press release is furnished as an exhibit and is posted on our website (<I><U>www.lphi.com</U></I>).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d) Exhibits.</FONT></P>

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    <BR> Number</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release dated May 23, 2012, announcing a dividend.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;24,
2012</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Life Partners Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: baseline">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: /s/ David M. Martin</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David M. Martin</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: baseline">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Principal Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release dated May 23, 2012, announcing a dividend</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; text-autospace: none; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; text-autospace: none; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4</FONT></TD></TR>
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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): May 23, 2012
LIFE PARTNERS
HOLDINGS, INC.
(
Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
)
Texas
(State of
incorporation)
0-7900
(Commission File Number)
74-2962475
(I.R.S.
        Employer ID no.)
204
        Woodhew
Waco,
        Texas
(Address
        of Principal Executive Offices)
76712
(Zip
        Code)
Issuer's
telephone number, including area code: 254-751-7797
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written
                                                                                                             communications pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 425 under
                                                                                                             the Securities Act
                                                                                                             (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
                                                                                                             material pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 14a-12 under
                                                                                                             the Exchange Act
                                                                                                             (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
                                                                                                             communications pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 14d-2(b)
                                                                                                             under the Exchange
                                                                                                             Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
                                                                                                             communications pursuant
                                                                                                             to Rule 13e-4(c)
                                                                                                             under the Exchange
                                                                                                             Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01. Other Events
On
May 23, 2012 , Life Partners Holdings, Inc. ("
we
") issued a press release announcing the declaration of a
dividend of $0.10 cents per share payable on or about June 15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of June 4, 2012.
The
press release is furnished as an exhibit and is posted on our website (
www.lphi.com
).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press release dated May 23, 2012, announcing a dividend.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
May 24,
2012
Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
By: /s/ David M. Martin
David M. Martin
Principal Financial Officer
2
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Number
Description
Page
99.1
Press release dated May 23, 2012, announcing a dividend
4
3