Edgar Filing: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

Date: March 10, 2014

/s/ Greg Call

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

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): March 4, 2014

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.)

3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300, San Diego, California		92108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(877) 445-4581

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 4, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase in the annual base salary of Kenneth A. Vecchione, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, from $825,000 to $860,000.

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.