UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 144/A


                      NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
              PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


ATTENTION:  TRANSMIT FOR FILING 3 COPIES OF THIS FORM  CONCURRENTLY  WITH EITHER
PLACING AN ORDER WITH A BROKER TO EXECUTE SALE OR EXECUTING A SALE DIRECTLY WITH
A MARKET MAKER.



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1(a)     NAME OF ISSUER (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)
         Profit Recovery Group International, Inc.

(b)      IRS IDENT. NO.
         58-2213805

(c)      S.E.C. FILE NO.
         000-8000

1(d)     ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET   CITY     STATE    ZIP CODE
         2300 Windy Ridge Parkway   Atlanta  GA       30339

e)       TELEPHONE NO.
         AREA CODE NUMBER
         770       989-8615

2(a)     NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
         Michael Melton

(b)      IRS IDENT. NO.
         493-548-099

(c)      RELATIONSHIP (TO ISSUER Director/ Officer
         Employee

(d)      ADDRESS                     STREET  CITY         STATE    ZIP CODE
         920 Magnolia Blossom Ct.,           Alpharetta,  GA       30005


INSTRUCTION:  THE PERSON FILING THIS NOTICE SHOULD  CONTACT THE ISSUER TO OBTAIN
THE I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THE S.E.C. FILE NUMBER.


3(a)     TITLE OF THE CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

(b)      NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER

SEC USE ONLY      BROKER-DEALER FILE NUMBER

(c)      NUMBER OF SHARES OR OTHER UNITS TO BE SOLD (SEE INSTR. 3(C))

(d)      AGGREGATE MARKET VALUE (SEE INSTR. 3(d))

(e)      NUMBER OF SHARES OR OTHER UNITS OUTSTANDING (SEE INSTR. 3(e))

(f)      APPROXIMATE DATE OF SALE (SEE INSTR. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)

(g)      NAME OF EACH SECURITIES EXCHANGE (SEE INSTR. 3(g))


INSTRUCTIONS:

1.   (a) Name of Issuer

     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number

     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any

     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code

     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code

2.   (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

     (b) Such person's I.R. identification number, if such person is an entity

     (c) Such person's relationship to be issuer (e.g., officer,  director,  10%
     stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

     (g) Name of each securities  exchange,  if any, on which the securities are
     intended to be sold

3.   (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold

     (b) Name and  address  of each  broker  through  whom  the  securities  are
     intended to be sold

     (c) Number of shares or other  units to be sold (if debt  securities,  give
     the aggregate face amount)

     (d) Aggregate  market value of the  securities to be sold as of a specified
     date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

     (e) Number of shares or other  units of the class  outstanding,  or if debt
     securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
     report or statement published by the issuer





                   POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE
                     COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
                      THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
                      UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
                            VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.


                         TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

FURNISH  THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION  WITH  RESPECT  TO THE  ACQUISITION  OF THE
SECURITIES  TO BE SOLD AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE
PURCHASE PRICE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION THEREFOR:


Title of the Class

Date you Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired (IF GIFT, ALSO GIVE DATE DONOR ACQUIRED)

Amount of Securities Acquired

Date of Payment

Nature of Payment


INSTRUCTIONS:

1. If the securities  were  purchased and full payment  therefor was not made in
cash at the time of  purchase,  explain  in the table or in a note  thereto  the
nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or
other  obligation,   or  if  payment  was  made  in  installments  describe  the
arrangement  and state when the note or other  obligation was discharged in full
or the last installment paid.

2. If within two years after the  acquisition  of the  securities the person for
whose account they are to be sold had any short  positions,  put or other option
to dispose of securities  referred to in paragraph  (d)(3) of Rule 144,  furnish
full information with respect thereto.


              TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

                      FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS
                            TO ALL SECURITIES OF THE
                           ISSUER SOLD DURING THE PAST
                           3 MONTHS BY THE PERSON FOR
                          WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES
                                 ARE TO BE SOLD.


Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds


REMARKS:
         ** THIS NOTICE  SUPERCEDES  AND AMENDS THE FORM 144 FILED ON AUGUST 24,
1999 BY MICHAEL MELTON.  THIS NOTICE IS INTENDED TO WITHDRAW SUCH FORM 144 FILED
ON AUGUST 24, 1999. NO SHARES AS DISCLOSED ON THE PREVIOUSLY FILED FORM 144 HAVE
BEEN SOLD OR WILL BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144.


INSTRUCTIONS:
See the  definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose  account the  securities  are to be
sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition,
information  shall be given as to sales by all persons  whose sales are required
by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated  with sales for the account of the
person filing this notice.


ATTENTION:
THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE  SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS NOTICE RELATES ARE TO
BE SOLD  HEREBY  REPRESENTS  BY SIGNING  THIS  NOTICE  THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW ANY
MATERIAL ADVERSE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE OPERATIONS
OF THE  ISSUER  OF THE  SECURITIES  TO BE  SOLD  WHICH  HAS  NOT  BEEN  PUBLICLY
DISCLOSED.



October 2, 1999                    /s/ Michael Melton
DATE OF NOTICE                             (SIGNATURE)


                  THE NOTICE SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PERSON FOR
                     WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
                      SOLD. AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THE NOTICE
                            SHALL BE MANUALLY SIGNED.

     ANY COPIES NOT MANUALLY SIGNED SHALL BEAR TYPED OR PRINTED SIGNATURES.

     ATTENTION: INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACTS CONTITUTE
                FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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