PRE PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC
SC 13G/A, 1999-06-10
INSURANCE CARRIERS, NEC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                                (Final Amendment)


             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         Pre Paid Legal Services, Inc.
                         -----------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                                  ------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                    740065107
                                    ---------
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                  May 31, 1999
                                 --------------
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

     |X| Rule 13d-1(b)
     |_| Rule 13d-1(c)
     |_| Rule 13d-1(d)


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 740065107                                            Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1)       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
         13-3174112


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2)       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP     (a)     [ ]

                                                              (b)     [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)       SEC USE ONLY


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         New York

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               5)     SOLE VOTING POWER
                                      None
         NUMBER                -------------------------------------------------
         OF                    6)     SHARED VOTING POWER
         SHARES                       None
         BENEFICIALLY          -------------------------------------------------
         OWNED BY              7)     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
         EACH                         None
         REPORTING             -------------------------------------------------
         PERSON                8)     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
         WITH                         171,000

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9)       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON

         171,000
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
         .7%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
         BD
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                  Schedule 13G
                                  ------------

Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:

Pre Paid Legal Services Inc.


Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

321 East Main Street
Ada, OK  74821


Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC

Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

1775 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY  10019

Item 2(c). Citizenship:

New York

Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:

740065107

Item 3.    If this  statement  is filed  pursuant to  ss.ss.240.13D-1(B),  or
           240.13D-2(B) or (C), check whether the person filing is a:

           (a) |X| Broker or Dealer  Registered  Under Section 15 of the Act (15
                   U.S.C. 78o)

           (b) |_| Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

           (c) |_| Insurance  Company as defined in section  3(a)(19) of the Act
                   (15 U.S.C. 78c)

           (d) |_| Investment   Company   registered  under  section  8  of  the
                   Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

           (e) |_| Investment       Adviser       in       accordance       with
                   ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)



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           (f) |_| Employee  benefit plan or endowment  fund in accordance  with
                   ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

           (g) |_| Parent Holding  Company or control person in accordance  with
                   ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

           (h) |_| Savings  Association  as defined  in  ss.3(b) of the  Federal
                   Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

           (i) |_| Church  plan  that is  excluded  from  the  definition  of an
                   investment   company  under  ss.3(c)(15)  of  the  Investment
                   Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

           (j) |_| Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(J)

Item 4.    Ownership.

           (a)  Amount beneficially owned: 171,000

           (b)  Percent of class:   .7%

           (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

                  (i)  Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  None

                  (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None

                  (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
                        None

                  (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
                       171,000

The shares  reported  include 1,000 shares held in customer  accounts over which
members and/or employees of the Reporting Person have discretionary authority to
dispose of or direct the  disposition  of the shares and 170,000  shares held in
accounts owned by the members of the Reporting  Person and their families.

Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

This  statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the
reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent
of the class of securities.


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Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

None.

Item 7.    Identification  and  Classification  of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
           the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable.

Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable.

Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

Item 10.   Certification.

           By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or  influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
such purposes or effect.


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                                    SIGNATURE
                                    ---------


           After reasonable  inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in this
Statement is true, complete and correct.


                                 June 10, 1999
                            -----------------------------------
                                      Date


                               /s/ Walter Weadock
                            -----------------------------------
                                      Signature


                             Walter Weadock, Member
                            -----------------------------------
                                      Name/Title



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