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     Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (“PRA”) was formed on March 20, 1996. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (“PRA Inc”) was formed in August 2002. On November 8, 2002, PRA Inc completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock. As a result, all of the membership units and warrants of PRA were exchanged on a one to one basis for warrants and shares of a single class of common stock of PRA Inc. PRA Inc owns all outstanding membership units of PRA, PRA Receivables Management, LLC (d/b/a Anchor Receivables Management) (“Anchor”), PRA Location Services, LLC (d/b/a IGS Nevada) (“IGS”), and PRA Government Services, LLC (d/b/a Alatax and RDS) (“RDS”) and. One of PRA Inc’s fully owned subsidiaries, Thomas West Associates, LLC (“TWA”)., was dissolved as an entity on May 8, 2006. PRA Inc, a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are full-service providers of outsourced receivables management and related services. The Company is engaged in the business of purchasing, managing and collecting portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables as well as offering a broad range of accounts receivable management services. The majority of the Company’s business activities involve the purchase, management and collection of defaulted consumer receivables. These are purchased from sellers of finance receivables and collected by a highly skilled staff whose purpose is to locate and contact customers and arrange payment or resolution of their debts. The Company, through its subsidiary TWA and its Legal Recovery Department, collectcollects accounts judicially, either by using its own attorneys, or by contracting with independent attorneys throughout the country through whom the Company takes legal action to satisfy consumer debts. The Company also services receivables on behalf of clients on either a commission or transaction-fee basis. Clients include entities in the financial services, auto, retail, utility, health care and government sectors. Services provided to these clients include standard collection services on delinquent accounts, obtaining location information for clients in support of their collection activities (known as skip tracing), and the management of both delinquent and non-delinquent tax receivables for government entities.

     The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of PRA Inc, PRA, PRA Holding I, Anchor, TWA, IGS and RDS.

     The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company, however, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s balance sheet as of March 31,June 30, 2006, its income statements for the three and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, its statements of changes in stockholders’ equity for the threesix month period ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and its statements of cash flows for the threesix month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The income statements of the Company for the three and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005 may not be indicative of future results. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed for the year ended December 31, 2005.

     The Company’s principal business consists of the acquisition and collection of accounts that have experienced deterioration of credit quality between origination and the Company’s acquisition of the accounts. The amount paid for an account reflects the Company’s determination that it is probable the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the account’s contractual terms. At acquisition, the Company reviews each account to determine whether there is evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination and if it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the account’s contractual terms. If both conditions exist, the Company determines whether each such account is to be accounted for individually or whether such accounts will be assembled into pools based on common risk characteristics. The Company considers expected prepayments and estimates the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal, interest and other cash flows for each acquired portfolio and subsequently aggregated pools of accounts. The Company determines the excess of the pool’s scheduled contractual principal and contractual interest payments over all cash flows expected at

the pool’s scheduled contractual principal and contractual interest payments over all cash flows expected at acquisition as an amount that should not be accreted (nonaccretable difference) based on the Company’s proprietary acquisition models. The remaining amount, representing the excess of the account’s cash flows expected to be collected over the amount paid, is accreted into income recognized on finance receivables over the remaining life of the account or pool (accretable yield).

     Prior to January 1, 2005, the Company accounted for its investment in finance receivables using the interest method under the guidance of Practice Bulletin 6, “Amortization of Discounts on Certain Acquired Loans.” Effective January 1, 2005, the Company adopted and began to account for its investment in finance receivables using the interest method under the guidance of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position (“SOP”) 03-3, “Accounting for Loans or Certain Securities Acquired in a Transfer.” For loans acquired in fiscal years beginning prior to December 15, 2004, Practice Bulletin 6 is still effective; however, Practice Bulletin 6 was amended by SOP 03-3 as described further in this note. For loans acquired in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2004, SOP 03-3 is effective. Under the guidance of SOP 03-3 (and the amended Practice Bulletin 6), static pools of accounts are established. These pools are aggregated based on certain common risk criteria. Each static pool is recorded at cost, which includes certain direct costs of acquisition paid to third parties, and is accounted for as a single unit for the recognition of income, principal payments and loss provision. Once a static pool is established for a quarter, individual receivable accounts are not added to the pool (unless replaced by the seller) or removed from the pool (unless sold or returned to the seller). SOP 03-3 (and the amended Practice Bulletin 6) requires that the excess of the contractual cash flows over expected cash flows not be recognized as an adjustment of revenue or expense or on the balance sheet. The SOP initially freezes the internal rate of return, referred to as IRR, estimated when the accounts receivable are purchased as the basis for subsequent impairment testing. Significant increases in actual, or expected future cash flows may be recognized prospectively through an upward adjustment of the IRR over a portfolio’s remaining life. Any increase to the IRR then becomes the new benchmark for impairment testing. Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2004 under SOP 03-3 and the amended Practice Bulletin 6, rather than lowering the estimated IRR if the collection estimates are not received or projected to be received, the carrying value of a pool would be written down to maintain the then current IRR.IRR and is shown as a reduction in revenue in the consolidated income statements with a corresponding valuation allowance offsetting the finance receivables, net, on the balance sheet. Income on finance receivables is accrued quarterly based on each static pool’s effective IRR. Quarterly cash flows greater than the interest accrual will reduce the carrying value of the static pool. Likewise, cash flows that are less than the accrual will accrete the carrying balance. The IRR is estimated and periodically recalculated based on the timing and amount of anticipated cash flows using the Company’s proprietary collection models. A pool can become            fully amortized (zero carrying balance on the balance sheet) while still generating cash collections. In this case, all cash collections are recognized as revenue when received. Additionally, the Company uses the cost recovery method when collections on a particular pool of accounts cannot be reasonably predicted. These pools are not aggregated with other portfolios. Under the cost recovery method, no revenue is recognized until the Company has fully collected the cost of the portfolio, or until such time that the Company considers the collections to be probable and estimable and begins to recognize income based on the interest method as described above. At March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company had unamortized purchased principal (purchase price) in pools accounted for under the cost recovery method of $3,093,322$2,547,355 and $2,563,884,$2,038,168, respectively.

     The Company establishes valuation allowances for all acquired accounts subject to SOP 03-3 to reflect only those losses incurred after acquisition (that is, the present value of cash flows initially expected at acquisition that are no longer expected to be collected). Valuation allowances are established only subsequent to acquisition of the accounts. At March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company had an allowance against its finance receivables of $375,000$575,000 and $0, respectively. Prior to January 1, 2005, in the event that estimated future cash collections would be inadequate to amortize the carrying balance, an impairment charge would be taken with a corresponding write-off of the receivable balance.

     The Company capitalizes certain fees paid to third parties related to the direct acquisition of a portfolio of accounts. These fees are added to the acquisition cost of the portfolio and accordingly are amortized over the life of the portfolio using the interest method. The balance of the unamortized capitalized fees at March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005 was $979,426 and $1,017,052, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 the Company capitalized $98,043 and $85,536, respectively, of these direct acquisition fees. During the three months ended

March 31,was $1,208,011 and $908,234, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 the Company capitalized $365,414 and $463,457, respectively, of these direct acquisition fees. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 the Company capitalized $40,044 and $125,580, respectively, of these direct acquisition fees. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 the Company amortized $136,830 and $283,516, respectively, of these direct acquisition fees. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 the Company amortized $146,686$148,862 and $167,000,$315,861, respectively, of these direct acquisition fees.

     The agreements to purchase the aforementioned receivables include general representations and warranties from the sellers covering account holder death or bankruptcy and accounts settled or disputed prior to sale. The representation and warranty period permitting the return of these accounts from the Company to the seller is typically 90 to 180 days. Any funds received from the seller of finance receivables as a return of purchase price are referred to as buybacks. Buyback funds are simply applied against the finance receivable balance received and are not included in the Company’s cash collections from operations. In some cases, the seller will replace the returned accounts with new accounts in lieu of returning the purchase price. In that case, the old account is removed from the pool and the new account is added.

     As of March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company had $189,847,379$197,437,703 and $107,344,401,$114,837,794, respectively, remaining of finance receivables. Changes in finance receivables at March 31,for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:

     Accretable yield represents the amount of incomeIncome Recognized on Finance Receivables the Company can expect to generate over the remaining life of its existing portfolios based on estimated future cash flows as of March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005. Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference to accretable yield primarily result from the Company’s increase in its estimate of future cash flows. Changes in accretable yield at March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:

     The Company maintained a $25.0 million revolving line of credit pursuant to an agreement, which was entered into with RBC Centura Bank on November 28, 2003 and amended on November 22, 2004. This facility was terminated on November 28, 2005. The credit facility bore interest at a spread of 2.50% over LIBOR and extended through November 28, 2006. The agreement called for:

     This facility had no amounts outstanding during 2005 through the time of its termination.

     On November 29, 2005, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement for a revolving line of credit jointly offered by Bank of America, N. A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association. This agreement was amended on May 9, 2006, to include RBC Centura Bank as an additional lender. The agreement is a revolving line of credit in an amount equal to the lesser of $75,000,000 or twenty percent of the Company’s estimated remaining collections of all its eligible asset pools. Borrowings under the new revolving credit facility will bear interest at a floating rate equal to the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 1.75% and expires on November 29, 2008. The loan is collateralized by substantially all the tangible and intangible assets of the Company. The agreement provides for:

     This facility had no amounts outstanding at March 31,June 30, 2006. As of March 31,June 30, 2006, the Company is in compliance with all of the covenants of this agreement.

     In July 2000, the Company purchased a building in Hutchinson, Kansas. The building was financed with a commercial loan for $550,000 with a variable interest rate based on LIBOR. This commercial loan iswas collateralized by the real estate in Kansas. Monthly principal payments on the loan arewere $4,583 for an amortized term of 10 years. A balloon payment of $275,000 was made on July 21, 2005 to pay this loan in full.

     On February 9, 2001, the Company purchased a generator for its Norfolk location. The generator was financed with a commercial loan for $107,000 with a fixed rate of 7.9%. This commercial loan iswas collateralized by the generator. Monthly payments on the loan arewere $2,170 and the loan matured on February 1, 2006. The loan was paid in full at its maturity date of February 1, 2006.

     On February 20, 2002, the Company completed the construction of a satellite parking lot at its Norfolk location. The parking lot was financed with a commercial loan for $500,000 with a fixed rate of 6.47%. The loan is collateralized by the parking lot. The loan required only interest payments during the first six months. Beginning October 1, 2002, monthly payments on the loan are $9,797 and the loan matures on September 1, 2007.

     On May 1, 2003, the Company secured financing for its computer equipment purchases related to the Hampton, Virginia office opening. The computer equipment was financed with a commercial loan for $975,000

with a fixed rate of 4.25%. This loan is collateralized by computer equipment. Monthly payments are $18,096 and the loan matures on May 1, 2008.

     The Company has a stock option and nonvested share plan. The Amended and Restated Portfolio Recovery Associates 2002 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Restricted Stock Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 12, 2004, enabling the Company to issue to its employees and directors nonvested shares of stock, as well as stock options. Also, in connection with the IPO, all existing PRA warrants that were owned by certain individuals and entities were exchanged for an equal number of PRA Inc warrants. Prior to 2002, the Company accounted for stock compensation issued under the recognition and measurement provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 (“APB 25”), “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related Interpretations.

     Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123 (“SFAS 123”), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” prospectively to all employee awards granted, modified, or settled after January 1, 2002. All stock-based compensation measured under the provisions of APB 25 became fully vested during 2002. All stock-based compensation expense recognized thereafter was derived from stock-based compensation based on the fair value method prescribed in SFAS 123. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted FASB Statement No. 123R (“SFAS 123R”), “Share-Based Payment” using the modified prospective approach. The adoption of this statement increased cash flows from financing activities and decreased cash flows from operating activities by $1,365,461$1,599,812 relating to income tax benefits from share based compensation and increased equity by $426,752 for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006. The adoption of SFAS 123R had no material impact on the Company’s Income Statement. The adoption of SFAS 123R had no impact on previously reported interim periods. As of March 31,June 30, 2006, total future compensation costs related to nonvested awards of stock options and nonvested shares are $5,393,319$7,620,104 with a weighted average remaining life of 3.73.5 years for stock options and 3.94.2 years for nonvested shares. Based upon historical data, the Company used an annual forfeiture rate of 3.38% for stock options and 2.90% for nonvested shares for most of the employee grants. Grants made to key employee hires and directors of the Company were assumed to have no forfeiture rates associated with them due to the low turnover among this group. In addition, commensurate with the adoption of this statement, all previous references to “restricted” stock are now referred to as “nonvested” shares.

     Total equity-based compensation expense was $431,817$538,153 and $229,853$969,972 for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, respectively. Total equity-based compensation expense was $245,619 and $475,472 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively.

     Prior to the IPO, the PRA management committee was authorized to issue warrants to partners, employees or vendors to purchase membership units. Generally, warrants granted had a term between 5 and 7 years and vested within 3 years. Warrants had been issued at or above the fair market value on the date of grant. Warrants vest and expire according to terms established at the grant date. All warrants became fully vested at the Company’s IPO in 2002. During the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005, no warrants were issued.

     The following summarizes all warrant related transactions from December 31, 2002 through March 31,June 30, 2006:

     As of March 31,June 30, 2006, all warrants have been exercised and/or cancelled and there are no warrants outstanding.

     The Company created the 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) on November 7, 2002. The Plan was amended in 2004 (the “Amended Plan”) to enable the Company to issue nonvested shares of stock to its employees and directors. The Amended Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at its Annual Meeting on May 12, 2004. Up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock may be issued under the Amended Plan. The Amended Plan expires November 7, 2012. All options and nonvested shares issued under the Amended Plan vest ratably over five years. Granted options expire seven years from grant date. Expiration dates range between November 7, 2009 and January 16, 2011. Options granted to a single person cannot exceed 200,000 in a single year. As of March 31,June 30, 2006, 895,000 options have been granted under the Amended Plan, of which 94,155106,755 have been cancelled.

     Prior to January 1, 2006, options were expensed under SFAS 123 and are included in operating expenses as a component of compensation. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted and began expensing options under SFAS 123R. The expense is included in operating expenses as a component of compensation. The Company issued no options during the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005. All of the stock options which have been issued under the Amended Plan were issued to employees of the Company except for 40,000 which were issued to non-employee directors.

     The following summarizes all option related transactions from December 31, 2002 through March 31,June 30, 2006:

     The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the value of the stock options when granted. This model was developed to estimate the fair value of traded options, which have different characteristics than employee stock options. In addition, changes to the subjective input assumptions can result in materially different fair market value estimates. Therefore, the Black-Scholes model may not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of employee stock options.

     Utilizing these assumptions, each non-employee director stock option granted in 2004 was valued between $2.62 and $2.92. There were no options granted during 2005 or during the three months ending March 31, 2006.

     Prior to the approval of the Amended Plan, nonvested shares were permitted to be issued as an incentive to attract new employees and, effective commensurate with the adoption of the Amended Plan at the meeting of shareholders held on May 12, 2004, are permitted to be issued to directors and existing employees. The terms of the nonvested share awards are similar to those of the stock option awards, wherein the shares are issued at or above market values and vest ratably over five years. Nonvested share grants are expensed over their vesting period.

     Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by weighted average common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS are computed using the same components as basic EPS with the denominator adjusted for the dilutive effect of stock warrants, stock options and nonvested stock awards. The following tables provide a reconciliation between the computation of basic EPS and diluted EPS for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005:

     The Company has employment agreements with all of its executive officers and with several members of its senior management group, the terms of which expire on December 31, 2008.2008, or, in the case of the senior managers of IGS, on December 31, 2007. Such agreements provide for base salary payments as well as bonus entitlement, based on the attainment of specific personal and Company goals. Estimated future compensation under these agreements is approximately $12,166,938$10,692,338 and is expected to be paid through December 31, 2008. The agreements also contain confidentiality and non-compete provisions.

     The Company is party to various operating and capital leases with respect to its facilities and equipment. Please refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for discussion of these leases.

     The Company is from time to time subject to routine litigation incidental to its business. The Company believes that the results of any pending legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

     On December 16, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB statement No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R revises FASB statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”) and requires companies to expense the fair value of employee stock options and other forms of stock-based compensation. In addition to revising SFAS 123, SFAS 123R supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and amends FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.” SFAS 123R applies to all stock-based compensation transactions in which a company acquires services by (1) issuing its stock or other equity instruments, except through arrangements resulting from employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs) or (2) incurring liabilities that are based on the company’s stock price. SFAS 123R is effective for annual periods that begin after June 15, 2005; however, early adoption is encouraged. The Company has determined that all of its existing stock-based awards are equity instruments. The Company previously adopted SFAS 123 on January 1, 2002 and has been expensing equity based compensation since that time. The Company adopted SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006. The adoption of SFAS 123R had no material impact on its financial statements.

     This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding overall trends, gross margin trends, operating cost trends, liquidity and capital needs and other statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. The risks, uncertainties and assumptions referred to above may include the following:

     You should assume that the information appearing in this quarterly report is accurate only as of the date it was issued. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

     For a discussion of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our future events, developments or results, you should carefully review the following “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as the discussion of “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3336 and described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 3, 2006.

     Our forward-looking statements could be wrong in light of these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The future events, developments or results described in this report could turn out to be materially different. We have no obligation to publicly update or revise our forward-looking statements after the date of this annual report and you should not expect us to do so.

     Investors should also be aware that while we do, from time to time, communicate with securities analysts and others, we do not, by policy, selectively disclose to them any material nonpublic information or other confidential commercial information. Accordingly, stockholders should not assume that we agree with any statement or report issued by any analyst regardless of the content of the statement or report. We do not, by policy, confirm forecasts or projections issued by others. Thus, to the extent that reports issued by securities analysts contain any projections, forecasts or opinions, such reports are not our responsibility.

     The following table sets forth certain operating data as a percentage of total revenue for the periods indicated:

     Income recognized on finance receivables was $79.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, an increase of $13.7 million or 20.7% compared to income recognized on finance receivables of $66.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The majority of the increase was due to an increase in our cash collections on our owned defaulted consumer receivables to $117.9 million from $96.6 million, an increase of 22.0%. Our amortization rate on our owned portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was 32.4% while for the six months ended June 30, 2005 it was 31.6%. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, we acquired defaulted consumer receivables portfolios with an aggregate face value amount of $5.53 billion at a cost of $44.0 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we acquired defaulted consumer receivable portfolios with an aggregate face value of $2.02 billion at a cost of $40.9 million. In any period, we acquire defaulted consumer receivables that can vary dramatically in their age, type and ultimate collectibility. We may pay significantly different purchase rates for purchased receivables within any period as a result of this quality fluctuation. In addition, market forces can drive pricing rates up or down in any period, irrespective of other quality fluctuations. As a result, the average purchase rate paid for any given period can fluctuate dramatically based on our particular buying activity in that period. However, regardless of the average purchase price, we intend to target a similar internal rate of return in pricing our portfolio acquisitions; therefore, the absolute rate paid is not necessarily relevant to estimated profitability of a period’s buying.

     Income recognized on finance receivables is shown net of valuation allowances recognized under SOP 03-3, which requires that a valuation allowance be taken for decreases in expected cash flows.flows or change in timing of cash flows which would otherwise require a reduction in the stated yield on a pool of accounts. For the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 and 2005 we recorded an allowance chargecharges of $175,000. No allowance charge was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2005.$375,000 and $0, respectively.

     Commissions were $6.0$11.8 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, an increase of $2.5$6.2 million or 71.4%110.7% compared to commissions of $3.5$5.6 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Commissions increased as a result of the addition of our RDS government processing and collection business, as well as an increaseincreases in revenue generated by our Anchor contingent fee business and IGS fee-for-service business as compared to the prior year period.

     Total operating expenses were $27.7$56.0 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, an increase of $6.5$13.4 million or 30.7%31.5% compared to total operating expenses of $21.2$42.6 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Total operating expenses, including compensation and employee services expenses, were 42.9%43.2% of cash receipts excluding sales for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 compared to 41.4%with 41.6% for the same period in 2005.

     Compensation and employee services expenses were $14.1$28.4 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, an increase of $3.2$7.1 million or 29.4%33.3% compared to compensation and employee services expenses of $10.9$21.3 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Compensation and employee services expenses increased as total employees grew to 1,1581,211 at March 31,June 30, 2006 from 978999 at March 31,June 30, 2005. Compensation and employee services expenses as a percentage of cash receipts excluding sales increased to 21.9% for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 from 21.2%20.8% of cash receipts excluding sales for the same period in 2005 as a result of increased collector headcount and a shiftas well as increases in portfolio mix.salaries related to the hiring of non-collection personnel including several key new employees in our Information Technology department.

     Outside legal and other fees and services expenses were $9.1$18.8 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, an increase of $1.9$4.1 million or 26.4%27.9% compared to outside legal and other fees and services expenses of $7.2$14.7 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Of the $1.9$4.1 million increase, $0.4$1.1 million was attributable to increases in other fees and services.services and $0.2 million was attributable to agency fees mainly incurred by our IGS subsidiary. The remaining $1.5$2.8 million of the increase was attributable to the increased cash collections resulting from the

increased number of accounts referred to independent contingent fee attorneys. This increase is consistent with the growth we experienced in our portfolio of defaulted consumer receivables, and a portfolio management strategy shift implemented in mid-2002. This strategy resulted in us referring to the legal suit process more previously unsuccessfully liquidated accounts that have an identified means of repayment but that are nearing their legal statute of limitations, than had been referred historically.limitations. Legal cash collections represented 27.3%28.3% of total cash receipts for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006, compared to 27.4%29.8% for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Total legal expenses for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006 were 36.2%36.6% of legal cash collections compared to 34.4%34.7% for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005. Legal fees and costs increased from $4.8$10.6 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2005 to $6.4$13.4 million, or an increase of 33.3%26.4%, for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2006.

     The following table shows our portfolio buying activity by year, setting forth, among other things, the purchase price, unamortized purchase price (finance receivables, net), actual cash collections and estimated remaining cash collections as of March 31,June 30, 2006.