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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Act of 1934
NCO Group, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, no par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
628858102
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(CUSIP Number)
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 628858102 13G Page 2 of 4 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ABOVE PERSON
Joshua Gindin
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
Not Applicable
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
144,213 (See Item 4)
NUMBER OF ----------------------------------------------------
SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 200,710 (See Item 4)
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REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON
WITH 144,213 (See Item 4)
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
200,710 (See Item 4)
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
344,923 (See Item 4)
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
5.1% (See Item 4)
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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* SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
NCO Group, Inc. (the "Corporation")
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
1740 Walton Road
Blue Bell, PA 19422-0987
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
Joshua Gindin
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
Kessler & Gindin
230 S. Broad Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
United States
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common stock, no par value
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 628858102
Item 3 Not Applicable
Item 4 Ownership:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 344,923(1)
(b) Percent of Class: 5.1%
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(1)Includes: (i) 140,518 shares held in trust for the benefit of Michael J.
Barrist's child for which Mr. Gindin is a co-trustee; (ii) 60,192 shares
held in trust for the benefit of Annette Barrist's family for which Mr.
Gindin is a co-trustee (the trusts referred to in (i) and (ii)
collectively, the "Barrist Trusts"); (iii) 140,518 shares held in trust
for the benefit of Charles C. Piola's children for which Mr. Gindin is
trustee; and (iv) 3,695 shares issuable upon the exercise of options which
are exercisable within 60 days of February 14, 1997.
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(c) Number of shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote/direct the vote: 144,213(2)
(ii) shared power to vote/direct the vote: 200,710(3)
(iii) sole Power to dispose/direct the disposition
of: 144,213(2)
(iv) shared power to dispose/direct the disposition
of: 200,710(3)
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:
Not Applicable.
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
Company:
Not Applicable.
Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
Not Applicable.
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 purposes 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.
Date: 1/28/97 /s/ Joshua Gindin
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Joshua Gindin
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(2)Includes all the shares shown as beneficially owned in Item 4(a) except
the shares held under the Barrist Trusts.
(3)Includes only the shares held under the Barrist Trusts.
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