ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2014

Mar 12, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG)
CIK: 0001084961
Period of Report: 2014-03-07

Reporting Person: Syran James A. (EVP, New Bus. Integration)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-03-07	Common Stock	A	4886	—	Acquired	67866	Direct
2014-03-09	Common Stock	F	5794	$48.69	Disposed	62072	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant to the reporting person on March 7, 2014 of restricted stock awards ("RSAs") under the Encore Capital Group, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan. The RSAs are subject to vesting and vest in annual installments over a three-year period, with one-third vesting on March 9, 2015, one-third vesting on March 9, 2016, and the remaining one-third vesting on March 9, 2017.

F2: On August 19, 2013, the reporting person contributed 5,000 shares of Encore Capital Group, Inc. ("Encore") common stock to a charitable lead trust of which the reporting person is a trustee and a beneficiary. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the Encore common stock held by the trust but disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.