SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G/A
INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Mortons Restaurant Group Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
(Amendment No. 1)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
619429-10-3
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(CUSIP Number)
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No. 619429-10-3
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1) NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_|
(b) |_|
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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5) SOLE VOTING POWER
376,700
NUMBER -----------------------------------------------------
OF 6) SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES None
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OWNED BY 7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH 380,200
REPORTING -----------------------------------------------------
PERSON 8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH None
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9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
380,200
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10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.71%
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12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IA
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Schedule 13G
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Mortons Restaurant Group, Inc.
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
3333 New Hyde Park Road, Suite 210
New Hyde, NY
11042
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
New York Limited Liability Company
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 619429-10-3
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b),
check whether the person filing is a:
|_| (a) Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the Act
|X| (e) Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940
Item 4. Ownership.
(a) Amount beneficially owned: 380,200
percent of class: 5.71%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 376,700
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 380,200
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of : None
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
Clients of the Reporting Person have the right to receive dividends and
proceeds of sale of the securities reported on this Schedule. To the knowledge
of the Reporting Person, no such person has an interest relating to more than
five percent of the class of such securities.
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.
Date: February 16, 1999
/s/Donald E. Klein
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Donald E. Klein
Vice President
