0001084961-20-000089.txt : 20200626 0001084961-20-000089.hdr.sgml : 20200626 20200626165150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001084961-20-000089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200624 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200626 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hilzinger Jeffrey Albert CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001676079 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26489 FILM NUMBER: 20994722 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE CITY: CHESTER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07930 ISSUER: 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 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 CAMINO DE LA REINA STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92108 BUSINESS PHONE: 877-445-4581 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 CAMINO DE LA REINA STREET 2: SUITE 100 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 4 1 wf-form4_159320469164521.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2020-06-24 0 0001084961 ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC ECPG 0001676079 Hilzinger Jeffrey Albert 350 CAMINO DE LA REINA SUITE 100 SAN DIEGO CA 92108 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2020-06-24 4 A 0 3814 34.08 A 8188 D Grant to the reporting person, for service on the Board of Directors of Encore Capital Group, Inc. ("Encore"), of deferred stock units under the terms of a non-employee director deferred compensation plan established under the 2017 Incentive Award Plan. Deferred stock units will be converted into shares of Encore common stock on a one-for-one basis upon distribution. The distribution of shares of common stock will occur within 10 business days following the date the reporting person is no longer a member of the Board of Directors. /s/ Michael Chin, Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey A. Hilzinger 2020-06-26 EX-24 2 section16-powerofattorneyx.htm POA - HILZINGER

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Gregory L. Call, Michael Chin, Kyle Smith and Erin Funderburk, and each of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the "Company"), any and all reports and forms required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder, including but not limited to all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto);

       (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such report or form and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar trading market, including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC;

       (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

       (4) take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports or forms pursuant to Section 16 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of August 15, 2019.

Signed and Acknowledged
By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Hilzinger
Print Name:  Jeffrey A. Hilzinger