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Encore Capital Group, Inc. Announces Proposed Senior Secured Notes Offering

May 17, 2021

SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG) (the “Company”) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, £250.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2028 (the “notes”) in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act).