0000315066-14-002089.txt : 20140214 0000315066-14-002089.hdr.sgml : 20140214 20140214065010 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-14-002089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001084961 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SHORT-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6153] IRS NUMBER: 481090909 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-58347 FILM NUMBER: 14609741 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH STREET 2: SUITE 1300 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92108 BUSINESS PHONE: 877-445-4581 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH STREET 2: SUITE 1300 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92108 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MCM CAPITAL GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990430 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MIDLAND CORP OF KANSAS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990423 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 061209781 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717 SC 13G 1 filing.txt SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 0 ENCORE CAP GROUP INC Common Stock Cusip #292554102 Cusip #292554102 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 1,978,412 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 1,984,846 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 1,984,846 Item 11: 7.808% Item 12: HC Cusip #292554102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 1,984,846 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 1,984,846 Item 11: 7.808% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: ENCORE CAP GROUP INC Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH SUITE 1300 SAN DIEGO, CA 92108 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR LLC Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 292554102 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,984,846 (b) Percent of Class: 7.808% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,978,412 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,984,846 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 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. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock of ENCORE CAP GROUP INC. No one person's interest in the Common Stock of ENCORE CAP GROUP INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding Common Stock. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A. 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 purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. February 13, 2014 Date /s/ Scott C. Goebel Signature Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, a wholly- owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 6,434 shares or 0.025% of the Common Stock outstanding of ENCORE CAP GROUP INC ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 6,434 shares owned by the Funds. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC, has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 939,291 shares or 3.695% of the outstanding Common Stock of ENCORE CAP GROUP INC as a result of its serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning such shares. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over 939,291 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 939,291 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as reported above. Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company ("PGATC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 1,039,121 shares or 4.088% of the outstanding Common Stock of the ENCORE CAP GROUP INC as a result of its serving as investment manager of institutional accounts owning such shares. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 1,039,121 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 1,039,121 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts managed by PGATC as reported above. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2014, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of ENCORE CAP GROUP INC at December 31, 2013. FMR LLC By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Senior V.P. and General Counsel