UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

CUSIP NUMBER

ATTENTION:

Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

WORK LOCATION

Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc.

75-3078675

000-50058

1 (d)

ADDRESS OF ISSUER

STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

Riverside Commerce Center

120 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 100

Norfolk

VA

23502

AREA
CODE

NUMBER

757

519-9300

2 (a)

NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

(b)

RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

(c)

ADDRESS STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

Criag A. Grube

Officer

Riverside Commerce Ctr

120 Corporate Blvd. ste. 100

Norfolk VA

23502

3 (a)

Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold

(b)

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))

(d)

Aggregate
Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))

(e)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))

(f)

Approximate Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)

(g)

Name of Each Securities Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))

Broker-Dealer
File Number

Common

Barclays Wealth
200 Park Ave., 4^th Floor
New York, NY 10166

11,000

$506,000

15,397,000

08/04/09

NASDAQ

1.

(a)

Name of issuer

3.

(a)

Title of the class of securities to be sold

(b)

Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number

(b)

Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

(c)

Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any

(c)

Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

(d)

Issuer’s address, including zip code

(d)

Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

(e)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

(e)

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

(f)

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

2.

(a)

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

(g)

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

(b)

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(c)

Such person’s address, including zip code

Title of
the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common

11/8/2002

Exchange of membership units for common stock at initial public offering.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.

158,854

11/7/2002

Exchanged interest of predecessor company for shares





 

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If each person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.