Form 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2011

 

 

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

    

000-26489

    

48-1090909

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

    

(Commission File

Number)

    

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

8875 Aero Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, California    92123
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    (Zip Code)
(877) 445-4581
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of an investor slide presentation to be given by Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer of Encore Capital Group, Inc., at an investor presentation on May 11, 2011, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 7.01.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 7.01, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by a specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)        Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
99.1   Investor slide presentation of Encore Capital Group, Inc. dated May 11, 2011.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
Date: May 11, 2011    

/s/ Paul Grinberg

    Paul Grinberg
   

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer and Treasurer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
  Number  
       Description
 99.1      Investor slide presentation of Encore Capital Group, Inc. dated May 11, 2011.