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<PERIOD>20131029
<FILING-DATE>20131031
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20131031
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>ENCORE WIRE CORP
<CIK>0000850460
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3350
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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1329 MILLWOOD RD
<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
<PHONE>972-562-9473
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1329 MILLWOOD RD
<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>ENCORE WIRE CORP /DE/
<DATE-CHANGED>19940420
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>BILBAN FRANK J
<CIK>0001250812
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-20278
<FILM-NUMBER>131184085
</FILING-VALUES>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1410 MILLWOOD RD
<STREET2>C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP
<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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                    <value>D</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1251</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan</value>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $49.32 to $50.28, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to Encore Wire Corporation (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), any security holder of the Issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (1) through (6) to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.31 to $50.55, inclusive.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $49.26 to $50.25, inclusive.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.26 to $50.41, inclusive.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $49.11 to $50.10, inclusive.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.11 to $50.69, inclusive.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">This amount reflects the removal of 194 shares from the reporting person's account by the Issuer's 401(k) plan administrator to correct the Issuer's prior inadvertent over-matching of the reporting person's contributed funds.  The reporting person's ownership information is based on a 401(k) plan statement dated as of September 30, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Frank J. Bilban</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-10-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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