SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Hanford Timothy (Last) (First) (Middle) 8875 AERO DRIVE, #200 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92123 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC [ ECPG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2008	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/02/2008		A		3,107(1)	D	$0	10,007(2)	D
Common Stock								5,737,032(3)	I	By Limited Partnership

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Form 4 filed by Mr. Hanford on January 4, 2008, had previously disclosed that Encore issued 5,931 deferred issuance restricted stock units ("RSUs") to JCF FPK I LP on January 2, 2008, under the Encore 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, in connection with the service of Timothy J. Hanford and John J. Oros as members of Encore's board of directors. Mr. Hanford has been advised by Encore that, in lieu of issuing those 5,931 RSUs to JCF FPK I LP, Encore issued 3,107 of those RSUs directly to Mr. Hanford and the remaining 2,824 of those RSUs directly to Mr. Oros. This Form 4/A is being filed to amend the prior disclosure.

2. These shares are in the form of RSUs held by Mr. Hanford as a nominee for Fox-Pitt, Kelton Limited. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Encore common stock upon settlement. 3,450 of these RSUs will vest on September 23, 2008. Another 3,450 of these RSUs will vest on August 23, 2009. The remaining 3,107 of these RSUs are fully vested. Mr. Hanford disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares in excess of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Reflects shares of Encore Capital Group, Inc.'s common stock held by JCF FPK I LP. By way of his position as investment co-head of FPK Capital and his interest in Fox-Pitt Kelton Limited, a limited partner of JCF FPK I LP, Mr. Hanford may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares through his pecuniary interest in JCF FPK I LP. Mr. Hanford disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares in excess of his pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ J. Brandon Black, Attorney-in-Fact for Timothy Hanford	07/03/2008
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