UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person COOK, JOHN M 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway Suite 100, North Atlanta, GA 30339-8426 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PRG-SCHULTZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. PRGX 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 09/04/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |9-3-02|S (1| |59,500 |D |$13.9195 | | | | | |) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |9-4-02|S (2| |8,900 |D |$13.90 |2,655,392 |D | | | |) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |880,073 |I |By Spouse | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |29,153 |I |By Trust | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |54,035 |I |By Trust | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |81,053 |I |By Trust | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |400,002 |I |General Partner | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) This sale was made pursuant to Mr. Cook's Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan established with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on August 29, 2002. The execution date and the deemed execution date of this sale were both September 3, 2002. (2) This sale was made pursuant to Mr. Cook's Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan established with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on August 29, 2002. The execution date and the deemed execution date of this sale were both September 4, 2002. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ John M. Cook by Clinton McKellar, Jr., Gen. Counsel DATE September 5, 2002