PRA GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES INC (PRAA)
CIK: 0001185348
Period of Report: 2011-12-31

Reporting Person: Petit Michael J (President -Bankruptcy Services)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-31	Common Stock	A	2605	$0.00	Acquired	27970	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares were awarded pursuant to the Company's 2010 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan ("LTI Plan") in which the reporting person was granted both performance based and time vested restricted shares. The shares reported on this form represent the shares earned under the Earnings Per Share performance category as outlined in the Proxy Statement filed by Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. on April 27, 2011.