Encore Capital Group to Present at the William Blair 4th Annual Emerging Growth Stock Conference

SAN DIEGO, Sept 30, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG), a leading consumer debt buying and recovery company, today announced that J. Brandon Black, CEO and Paul Grinberg, CFO, will be making a presentation to the investment community at the William Blair 4th Annual Emerging Growth Stock Conference to be held in New York, NY on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. During the course of this presentation, the Company may disclose material developments affecting its business and financial performance.

Webcast

The Company will present at 6:30 A.M. Pacific time / 9:30 A.M. Eastern time. Members of the public are invited to listen to the live audio webcast via the Internet.

To hear the presentation, log on at the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at www.encorecapitalgroup.com.For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the presentation will be available shortly after the event at the same location and will remain available for 30 days.

About Encore Capital Group, Inc.

Encore Capital Group is a leader in consumer debt buying and recovery. We purchase portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables from banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, commercial retailers, auto finance companies and telecommunication companies and manage them by partnering with individuals as they repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery.

Headquartered in San Diego, we are a publicly traded NASDAQ Global Select company (ticker symbol: ECPG) and a component stock in the Russell 2000 and the Wilshire 4500. Our performance derives from our sophisticated and widespread use of analytics, our investments in data and consumer intelligence, our cost leadership position (based on our enterprise-wide, account-level cost database as well as our India facility), and our commitment to see principled intent drive every consumer interaction. More information on the Company can be found at www.encorecapitalgroup.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts, including, most importantly, those statements preceded by, or that include, the words "may," "believe," "projects," "expects," "anticipates" or the negation thereof, or similar expressions, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"). These statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future operating results and growth. For all "forward-looking statements," the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and its subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Encore Capital Group, Inc.