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Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 18, 2013

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-26489

48-1090909

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300, San Diego, California		92108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(877) 445-4581

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 24, 2013, Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the “Company”) sold $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Firm Notes”) in a private placement. The Firm Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated June 24, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Midland Credit Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as guarantor, and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. On July 18, 2013, the initial purchasers exercised, in full, their option to purchase an additional $22.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Additional Notes” and together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes may be subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of customary events of default.

The Additional Notes have the same terms as the Firm Notes. More information on the terms may be found in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2013 in connection with the closing of the offering of the Firm Notes.

A copy of the Indenture (including the form of the Note) is attached as an exhibit to that report and is incorporated herein by reference (and this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such document).

In connection with the initial purchasers’ exercise of their option to purchase the Additional Notes, the Company entered into additional privately negotiated capped call transactions (the “Additional Capped Call Transactions”) with one or more of the initial purchasers (or their affiliates) and one or more other financial institutions (the “Option Counterparties”). The Additional Capped Call Transactions cover, collectively, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Additional Notes, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the Notes. The cost of the Additional Capped Call Transactions was approximately $2.4 million.

The Additional Capped Call Transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset the cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the Additional Notes in the event that the market price of the Company’s common stock is greater than the strike price of the Additional Capped Call Transactions (which initially corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Additional Notes and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Additional Capped Call Transactions), with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap based on the cap price of the Additional Capped Call Transactions. The cap price of the Additional Capped Call Transactions will initially be $61.5475 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 75% over the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on June 18, 2013, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Additional Capped Call Transactions.

The Additional Capped Call Transactions are separate transactions, in each case, entered into by the Company with the Option Counterparties, and are not part of the terms of the Notes and will not affect any holder’s rights under the Notes. Holders of the Notes will not have any rights with respect to the Additional Capped Call Transactions.

The foregoing description of the Additional Capped Call Transactions is qualified in its entirety by the copies of the confirmations for the Additional Capped Call Transactions, which are attached as exhibits to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

The net proceeds from the sale of the Additional Notes were approximately $21.8 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the estimated fees and expenses payable by the Company. The Company used approximately $2.4 million of the net proceeds to pay the cost of the Additional Capped Call Transactions and intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company offered and sold the Additional Notes to the initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and for resale by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company relied on these exemptions from registration based in part on representations made by the initial purchasers in the purchase agreement relating to the Notes.

To the extent that any shares of common stock are issued upon conversion of the Additional Notes, they will be issued in transactions anticipated to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) thereof, because no commission or other remuneration is expected to be paid in connection with conversion of the Additional Notes and any resulting issuance of shares of common stock.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 23, 2013, the Company announced the closing of the sale of the Additional Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


10.1		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Barclays Capital Inc., as Agent for Barclays Bank PLC, and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.2		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Credit Suisse International and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.3		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.4		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as agent for Royal Bank of Canada, and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

99.1		Press release, dated July 23, 2013

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


				ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

Date: July 23, 2013				/s/ Paul Grinberg
				Paul Grinberg
				Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Description

10.1		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Barclays Capital Inc., as Agent for Barclays Bank PLC, and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.2		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Credit Suisse International and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.3		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

10.4		Letter Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, between RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as agent for Royal Bank of Canada, and Encore Capital Group, Inc., regarding the Additional Capped Call Transaction

99.1		Press release, dated July 23, 2013

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1


	July 18, 2013

To:	Encore Capital Group, Inc.
	3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
	San Diego, California 92108
	Attn:	Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
	Telephone:	858-309-6904
	Facsimile:	858-309-6977

From:	Barclays Bank PLC
	5 The North Colonnade
	Canary Wharf, London E14 4BB
	Facsimile: +44(20)77736461
	Telephone: +44 (20) 777 36810

	c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
	as Agent for Barclays Bank PLC
	745 Seventh Ave
	New York, NY 10019
	Telephone: +1 212 412 4000


Re:		Additional Capped Call Transaction
		(Transaction Reference Number: )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The purpose of this communication (this “Confirmation”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”) between Barclays Bank PLC (“Dealer”), through its agent Barclays Capital Inc. (the “Agent”) and Encore Capital Group, Inc. (“Counterparty”). This communication constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. Dealer is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). Dealer is authorized by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the 2006 ISDA Definitions (the “2006 Definitions”) and the definitions and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”, and together with the 2006 Definitions, the “Definitions”), in each case as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”). In the event of any inconsistency between the 2006 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern. Certain defined terms used herein are based on terms that are defined in the Offering Memorandum dated June 18, 2013, (the “Offering Memorandum”) relating to the 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (as originally issued by Counterparty, the “Convertible Securities” and each USD1,000 principal amount of Convertible Securities, a “Convertible Security”) issued by Counterparty in an aggregate initial principal amount of USD 150,000,000 (as increased by up to an aggregate principal amount of USD 22,500,000 if and to the extent that the Initial Purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Convertible Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein)) pursuant to an Indenture dated June 24, 2013 between Counterparty, Midland Credit Management, Inc. as guarantor and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the Offering Memorandum, the Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. The parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is entered into on the date hereof with the understanding that (i) definitions set forth in the Indenture which are also defined herein by reference to the Indenture and (ii) sections of the Indenture that are referred to herein will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum. If any such definitions in the Indenture or any such sections of the Indenture differ from the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum, the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum will govern for purposes of this Confirmation. The parties further acknowledge that the Indenture section numbers used herein are based on the Indenture as executed. Subject to the foregoing, references to the Indenture herein are references to the Indenture as in effect on the date of its execution, and if the Indenture is amended following such date, any such amendment will be disregarded for purposes of this Confirmation unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.

This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be subject to an agreement (the “Agreement”) in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule except for (i) the elections set forth in this Confirmation and (ii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer and to Counterparty as if (x) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement and (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Dealer as of the Trade Date and with respect to Counterparty were USD10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:


General Terms:

Trade Date:		July 18, 2013

Effective Date:		The closing date of the Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof.

Option Type:		Call

Seller:		Dealer

Buyer:		Counterparty

Shares:		The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ECPG”).

Number of Options:		22,500

Number of Shares:		As of any date, the product of (i) the Number of Options, (ii) the Conversion Rate and (iii) the Applicable Percentage.

Conversion Rate:		As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture.

Strike Price:		The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture).

Cap Price:		USD61.5475

Applicable Percentage:		15%

Premium:		As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation.

Premium Payment Date:		The Effective Date

Exchange:		The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange:		All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise:

Exercise Dates:		Each Conversion Date.


Conversion Date:		Each “Conversion Date”, as defined in the Indenture, occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture but are not “Relevant Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the confirmation between the parties hereto regarding the Base Capped Call Transaction dated June 18, 2013) (the “Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation”) (such Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, the “Relevant Convertible Securities” for such Conversion Date). For the purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Relevant Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted pursuant to the Indenture shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.

Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:		On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to (i) the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount minus (ii) the sum of (A) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, and (B) the number of Applicable Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, in each case corresponding to such Conversion Date shall be automatically exercised.

Excluded Convertible Securities:		Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to the Free Convertibility Period that are not Make-Whole Convertible Securities (as defined below) and are not “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation. For purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Excluded Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted prior to such date shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated. The provisions of Section 8(a) below will apply to the exercise of any Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities.

Expiration Date:		The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture), subject to the provisions set forth opposite the caption “Notice of Exercise” below.

Automatic Exercise:		As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.

Exercise Notice Deadline:		In respect of any exercise of Options hereunder on any Conversion Date, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) relating to the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (or, in the event there is no “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) relating to such Convertible Securities,


		the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following such Conversion Date); provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after January 1, 2020 (the “Free Convertibility Date”), the Exercise Notice Deadline shall be the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).

Notice of Exercise:		Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, Dealer shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies Dealer in writing prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of such exercise of (i) the number of Convertible Securities being converted on the relevant Conversion Date (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Convertible Securities are Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture (the “Make-Whole Convertible Securities”)), (ii) the scheduled settlement date under the Indenture for the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date, (iii) whether such Relevant Convertible Securities will be settled by Counterparty by delivery of cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares and, if such a combination, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) and (iv) the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture); if any, provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after the Free Convertibility Date, the contents of such notice shall be as set forth in clause (i) above; provided, further, that any “Notice of Exercise” delivered to Dealer pursuant to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Notice of Exercise pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Notice of Exercise shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, Dealer’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Options relating to Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, such notice (and the related exercise or termination, as the case may be, of Options hereunder) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs (including, but not limited to, hedging mismatches and market losses) and expenses incurred by Dealer in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position) as a result of Dealer not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.


Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method:		Unless Counterparty shall have notified Dealer in writing (i) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, in the related Notice of Exercise, within the applicable time period therefor set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities or (ii) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on and including the Free Convertibility Date and ending on and including the second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) (the “Free Convertibility Period”), before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately preceding the Free Convertibility Date of the irrevocable election by the Counterparty, in accordance with Section 13.02(a)(i) of the Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, in either case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified Dealer of a “Combination Settlement” (as defined in the Indenture) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined below) and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any election of a settlement method with respect to the Convertible Securities.

Dealer’s Telephone Number and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:		To be provided by Dealer.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Date:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.

Delivery Obligation:		In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage and (ii) the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of


		the Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 13.02(j) of the Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “Convertible Obligation”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; and (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that the Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); provided, further that if Counterparty or its board of directors is permitted or required to exercise discretion under the terms of the Indenture with respect to any determination, calculation or adjustment (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 13.05 of the Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustments or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets) (any such determination, calculation or adjustment, a “Counterparty Determination”), Counterparty shall consult with Dealer with respect thereto and, if the Calculation Agent disagrees in good faith with such Counterparty Determination, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Calculation Agent shall make the relevant determination, calculation or adjustment for purposes of this Transaction (and for the avoidance of doubt, such determination, calculation or adjustment shall be made (A) in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Indenture, except as set forth in this paragraph, and (B) using, where relevant, variables determined by the Calculation Agent).

Capped Convertible Obligation:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below) were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Applicable Limit:		Notwithstanding the provisions under “Delivery Obligation” above but subject to Section 8(a) below, in all events the Delivery Obligation for any Option shall be capped so that (i) an amount of cash in USD equal to the sum of (x) the number of Shares


		comprising such Delivery Obligation multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option and (y) the amount of cash in USD comprising such Delivery Obligation does not exceed (ii) an amount of cash in USD equal to the Applicable Percentage multiplied by the excess of (x) the aggregate of (A) the amount of cash, if any, payable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security and (B) the number of Shares, if any, deliverable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option over (y) USD1,000.

Applicable Limit Price:		On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ECPG <equity> (or any successor thereto).

Convertible Security Settlement Method:		For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified Dealer in the related Notice of Exercise (or in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method, as the case may be) that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 13.02(a) of the Indenture (a “Cash Election”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty had made a Cash Election with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture consisted of 100 “Trading Days” (as defined in the Indenture) commencing on (x) the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) after the Conversion Date for conversions occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Period or (y) the 102^nd “Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) for conversions occurring during the Free Convertibility Period.

Notice of Delivery Obligation:		No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above), Counterparty shall give Dealer notice of the final number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligation; provided that, with respect to any Exercise Date occurring during the Free Convertibility Period, Counterparty may provide Dealer with a single notice of an aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Exercise Dates occurring in such period on (i) if “Physical Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) if “Cash Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Trading Day” immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement


		of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to any Notice of Exercise or any Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or Dealer’s obligations with respect to any Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).

Other Applicable Provisions:		To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.

Share Adjustments:

Method of Adjustment:		Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make (A) an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (other than the Cap Price) and (B) a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (A) above; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion but without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to clause (i) above, make any further adjustment consistent with the Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions (as modified pursuant to this Confirmation) to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) to preserve the fair value of the Options to Dealer, after taking into account such Potential Adjustment Event; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price.

		Reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of any such event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such event or condition; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such event or condition have been determined, Counterparty shall reasonably promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments.

Extraordinary Events:

Merger Events:		Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in the definition of “Merger Event” under Section 13.07(a) of the Indenture.

Consequences of Merger Events /Tender Offers:		Notwithstanding Sections 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an


		adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, make any further adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) consistent with the Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 12.2(e) or 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions, as applicable; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price; provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply.

Notice of Merger Consideration:		Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the relevant merger date) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.

Tender Offer:		Applicable

Announcement Event:		If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “Announcement Event”), then on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated and (ii) the Expiration Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of each Option (the “Announcement Event Adjustment Date”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account such factors as the Calculation Agent may determine, including, without limitation, changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or the Transaction during the period from the Announcement Event to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder (but any such modification or amendment may be taken into account in determining the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the


		Announcement Event) and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such cumulative economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation Agent may make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of such Option) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the exercise, termination or cancellation of such Option, as the case may be.

Announcement Date:		The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof, (ii) replacing the word “leads to the” with the words “, if completed, would lead to a” in the third and the fifth lines thereof, (iii) replacing the words “voting shares” with the word “Shares” in the fifth line thereof, and (iv) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof.

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:		Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

(a) Change in Law:		Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions” in clause (X) thereof, (iii) inserting the parenthetical “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” at the end of clause (A) thereof, (iv) immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date” and (v) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “provided that such party has used good faith efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to such party, as long as (i) such party would not incur a materially increased cost (including, without limitation, due to any increase in tax liability, decrease in tax benefit or other adverse effect on its tax position, or any increase in margin or capital requirements), as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (ii) such party


		would not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or policy of such party, as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (iii) such party would not suffer a material penalty, injunction, non-financial burden, reputational harm or other material adverse consequence in doing so, (iv) such party would not incur any material operational or administrative burden in doing so and (v) such party would not, in doing so, be required to take any action that is contrary to the intent of the law or regulation that is subject to the Change in Law”.

(b) Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:		Applicable

(d) Hedging Disruption:		Applicable; provided that:

		(i) Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

		“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

		(ii) Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:		Not Applicable

Hedging Party:		For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Determining Party:		For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Non-Reliance:		Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities:		Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:		Applicable

3. Calculation Agent: Dealer, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a request by Company, the Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in any event within three Scheduled Trading Days) provide to Company by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Company in such request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination or calculation (including any assumptions used in making such determination or calculation), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such determination or calculation.

4. Account Details:


Dealer Payment Instructions:		Bank: Barclays Bank plc NY
		ABA# 026 00 2574
		BIC: BARCUS33
		Acct: 50038524
		Beneficiary: BARCGB33
		Ref: Barclays Bank plc London Equity Derivatives

Counterparty Payment Instructions:		To be provided by Counterparty.

5. Offices:

The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: Not applicable

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty for purposes of this Confirmation:


To:		Encore Capital Group, Inc.
		3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
		San Diego, CA 92108
Attn:		Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:		858-309-6904
Facsimile:		858-309-6977

With a copy to:

Attn:		Greg Call, General Counsel
Telephone:		858-569-3978
Facsimile:		858-309-6998

Address for notices or communications to Dealer for purposes of this Confirmation:


To:		Barclays Bank PLC
		c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
		745 Seventh Ave.
		New York, NY 10019
Attn:		Paul Robinson
Telephone:		(+1) 212-526-0111
Facsimile:		(+1) 917-522-0458

7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of June 18, 2013, between Counterparty and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. as representatives of the initial purchasers party thereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein. In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained elsewhere herein, Counterparty represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with, Dealer as follows:

(i) On the Trade Date (A) Counterparty is not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and (B) all reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and (iii) in the event an Early Termination Date is designated due to an Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or 8(a)(iv), during a period starting on or about such Early Termination Date as reasonably determined by Dealer and notified to Counterparty (an “Early Termination Period”), in each case, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a “restricted period,” as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”) and (B), without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding clause (A), the Counterparty shall not engage in any “distribution,” as such term is defined in Regulation M, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth in sections 101(b) and 102(b) of Regulation M, until the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Trade Date.

(iii) On the Trade Date, and on each day during the “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and any Early Termination Period, neither Counterparty nor any “affiliated purchaser” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”)) shall directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of any cash-settled or other derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares.

(iv) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of the Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC Topic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (or any successor issue statements) or under FASB’s Liabilities & Equity Project.

(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) On or prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(vii) Counterparty is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

(viii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(ix) On each of the Trade Date and the Premium Payment Date, Counterparty is not, or will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”)) and Counterparty would be able to purchase the Shares hereunder in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

(x) To Counterparty’s knowledge, based on due inquiry, no state or local (including non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of Dealer or its affiliates owning or holding (however defined) Shares.

(xi) Counterparty understands no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.

(xii) Counterparty (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing, and (C) has total assets of at least $50 million.

(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

(c) Each of Dealer and Counterparty acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) it is entering into the Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted under this Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

(d) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that Dealer is a “financial institution,” “swap participant” and “financial participant” within the meaning of Sections 101(22), 101(53C) and 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that it is the intent of the parties that (A) this Confirmation is (i) a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “settlement payment,” within the meaning of Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) a “swap agreement,” as such term is defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “payment or other transfer of property” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (B) that Dealer is entitled to the protections afforded by, among other sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 362(o), 546(e), 546(g), 548(d)(2), 555, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Effective Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Section 3(a) of the Agreement; provided that, such opinion of counsel may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, excepts and qualifications relating to indemnification provisions.

8. Other Provisions:

(a) Additional Termination Events.

(i) The occurrence of an “Event of Default” with respect to Counterparty under the terms of the Convertible Securities as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Indenture that results in an acceleration of the Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be an Additional Termination Event with respect to which the Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty is the sole Affected Party, and Dealer shall be the party entitled to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the receipt by Dealer from Counterparty, within the applicable time period set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of any Notice of Exercise in respect of the exercise of any Options that, according to such Notice of Exercise, relate to Relevant Convertible Securities that are Make-Whole Convertible Securities shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph and shall not result in the exercise of any Options. Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, Dealer shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event as an Early Termination Date (and Dealer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Relevant Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonable practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the Relevant Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Relevant Conversion Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Relevant Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD1,000, minus (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined in the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Relevant Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Capped Call Transaction

Confirmation will be among the Relevant Conversion Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Relevant Convertible Securities shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date Dealer designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Conversion Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the provisions opposite the caption “Applicable Limit” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture); provided that, the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the Applicable Percentage multiplied by (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (z) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities relating to such Conversion Unwind Payment, over (II) USD1,000.

(iii) Within five Scheduled Trading Days promptly following any Repayment Event (as defined below), Counterparty shall notify Dealer of such Repayment Event and the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Securities subject to such Repayment Event (any such notice, a “Repayment Notice”); provided that such Repayment Notice shall contain an acknowledgement by Counterparty of its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and 10(b) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and shall remake the representations set forth in Section 7(a)(i)(A), in each case in respect of such repurchase and delivery of such Repayment Notice; provided, further that, any “Repayment Notice” delivered to Dealer pursuant to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall deemed to be a Repayment Notice pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Repayment Notice shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Confirmation. The receipt by Dealer from Counterparty of any Repayment Notice shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph. Upon receipt of any such Repayment Notice, Dealer shall designate an Exchange Business Day following receipt of such Repayment Notice as an Early Termination Date with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Repayment Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Securities specified in such Repayment Notice, divided by USD1,000, minus (y) the number of Repayment Options (as defined in the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Repayment Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Convertible Securities specified in such Repayment Notice shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date Dealer designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Repayment Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Repayment Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Repayment Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction. “Repayment Event” means that (i) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in connection with or as a result of a fundamental change, howsoever defined, or for any other reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Convertible Securities are delivered to Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of such party (howsoever described), (iii) any principal of any of the Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible Securities (for any reason other than as a result of an acceleration of the Convertible Securities that results in an Additional Termination Event pursuant to the preceding Section 8(a)(i)), or (iv) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its

subsidiaries (or any other property, or any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a Repayment Event.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the receipt by Dealer from Counterparty, within the applicable time period set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of any Notice of Exercise in respect of the exercise of any Options that, according to such Notice of Exercise, relate to Relevant Convertible Securities that are Excluded Convertible Securities shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph and shall not result in the exercise of any Options. Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, Dealer shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event as an Early Termination Date (and Dealer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Applicable Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonable practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the Excluded Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Applicable Conversion Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Excluded Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD1,000, minus (y) the number of Applicable Conversion Options (as defined in the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Excluded Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Applicable Conversion Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Excluded Convertible Securities shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date Dealer designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Applicable Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Early Conversion Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(iv), the provisions opposite the caption “Applicable Limit” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Applicable Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture); provided that, the Early Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the Applicable Percentage multiplied by (y) the number of Applicable Conversion Options multiplied by (z) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture without taking into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture in respect of the Excluded Convertible Securities relating to such Early Conversion Unwind Payment, over (II) USD1,000.

(b) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If Dealer shall owe Counterparty any amount pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above or Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, including, without limitation, any Conversion Unwind Payment, any Early Conversion Unwind Payment and any Repayment Unwind Payment (a “Payment Obligation”), Dealer shall satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) unless either (i) Counterparty shall have elected for Dealer to satisfy such Payment Obligation in cash in USD by (x) giving irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable and (y) remaking the representation set forth in Section 7(a)(i)(A) of this Confirmation on the date of such notice, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day or (ii) in the event of (x) an Insolvency, a Nationalization or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash or (y) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, which Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control (other than any Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or Section 8(a)(iii)), in either of which cases under the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the provisions of “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender

Offers” above, Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply in lieu of the provisions of this Section 8(b) in respect of such Payment Obligation. In the case of any such settlement by the Share Termination Alternative, the following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable:


Share Termination Alternative:		Applicable and means that Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Property:		A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

Share Termination Unit Price:		The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Dealer at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Unit:		In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

Other applicable provisions:		If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to Counterparty reasonably acceptable to Dealer, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates and closing documents customary in form for registered offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size and (E) afford Dealer a reasonable opportunity to conduct a “due diligence” investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size; provided, however, that if Dealer, in its reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, including customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares from Dealer), opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private placements agreements for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate Dealer for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from Dealer at the VWAP Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by Dealer. “VWAP Price” means, on any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “ECPG <equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Exchange Business Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted method).

(d) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on or prior to any day on which Counterparty effects any repurchase of Shares, give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) if, following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on the date of such Repurchase Notice is (i) greater than 9.0% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice, greater than the Notice Percentage as of the date hereof). The “Notice Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Number of Shares and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day. In the event that Counterparty fails to provide Dealer with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this Section 8(d) then Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dealer, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons (Dealer and each such person being an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Counterparty shall contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after notice to Counterparty) in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action, suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. This indemnity shall survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any permitted assignee of Dealer.

(e) Transfer and Assignment.

obligations under Section 8(d) of this Confirmation, (v) such assignment only being to a third party that is a United States person (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), (vi) Dealer not being, as a result of such assignment, required to pay the transferee on any payment date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement greater than an amount Dealer would have been required to pay to Counterparty in the absence of such assignment, (vii) there not being an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event as a result of such assignment, (viii) without limiting the generality of clause (v), Counterparty causing the transferee to make such Payee Tax Representations and to provide such tax documentation as may be reasonably requested by Dealer to permit Dealer to determine that the results described in clauses (vi) and (vii) will not occur upon or after such assignment and (ix) Counterparty being responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Dealer in connection with such assignment. In addition, Dealer may transfer or assign without any consent of the Counterparty its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Agreement (1) in whole or in part to any affiliate of Dealer of credit quality at least equivalent to that of Dealer as of the Trade Date, (2) in whole or in part to any other affiliate of Dealer with respect to which Counterparty shall have received a full guaranty of such affiliate’s obligations from Dealer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Counterparty or (3) if at the time of such transfer or assignment an Excess Ownership Position exists, in part to any other third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness equal to or better than the lesser of (I) the credit rating of Dealer at the time of the transfer and (II) A- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, Inc. or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent or better rating by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and Dealer, in the case of this clause (3), to the extent that an Excess Ownership Position no longer exists after giving effect to such partial transfer or assignment, in each case of the immediately preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3), only if an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer or assignment.

(ii) At any time at which any Excess Ownership Position exists, if Dealer, in its discretion, is unable to effect a transfer or assignment to a third party in accordance with the requirements set forth above after using its commercially reasonable efforts on pricing terms and within a time period reasonably acceptable to Dealer such that an Excess Ownership Position no longer exists, Dealer may designate any Scheduled Trading Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion (the “Terminated Portion”) of the Transaction, such that such Excess Ownership Position no longer exists. In the event that Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and Section 8(b) of this Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the Transaction, (ii) Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (iii) such portion of the Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. “Excess Ownership Position” means any of the following: (i) the Equity Percentage exceeds 9.0%, (ii) Dealer or any “affiliate” or “associate” of Dealer would own in excess of 14.0% of the outstanding Shares for purposes of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group (as defined below) or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Laws”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filings of Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination. The “Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with Dealer, for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or of any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part (Dealer and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “Dealer Group”), beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day (including, solely for such purpose, Shares that would be deemed outstanding pursuant to the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) if such sentence were applicable to the calculation of clause (B) of the definition of Equity Percentage).

(f) Staggered Settlement. If upon advice of counsel with respect to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including any requirements relating to Dealer’s hedging activities hereunder, Dealer reasonably determines that it would not be advisable to deliver, or to acquire Shares to deliver, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by Dealer on the relevant Settlement Date, Dealer may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “Nominal Settlement Date”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “Staggered Settlement Date”) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as follows:

(i) in such notice, Dealer will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not prior to the beginning of the related “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above)) and/or delivery times (during any single Staggered Settlement Date) and how it will allocate the Shares it is required to deliver under “Delivery Obligation” (above) among the Staggered Settlement Dates and/or delivery times; and

(ii) the aggregate number of Shares that Dealer will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates (including on one or more delivery times on any single Staggered Settlement Date) will equal the number of Shares that Dealer would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date.

(g) Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone any Exercise Date or Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery by Dealer, with respect to some or all of the relevant Options (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Delivery Obligation), if Dealer determines in its good faith and reasonable discretion, based on advice of counsel in the case of the immediately following clause (ii), that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to (i) preserve Dealer’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions in the cash market, the stock loan market or any other relevant market or (ii) to enable Dealer to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if Dealer were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to Dealer; provided that, no such Exercise Date, Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery by Dealer may be postponed or extended more than 50 “Trading Days” (as defined in the Indenture) after the original Exercise Date, Settlement Date or other date of valuation or delivery by Dealer, as the case may be.

(h) Adjustments. For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation or the Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on the Hedging Party.

(i) Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(j) Designation by Dealer. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty solely to the extent of any such performance.

(k) No Netting and Set-off. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement (including without limitation Section 6(f) thereof, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction) and this Confirmation or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, neither party shall net or set off its obligations under the Transaction against its rights against the other party under any other transaction or instrument.

(l) Equity Rights. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty’s bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Counterparty’s bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a breach by Counterparty of any of its obligations under this Confirmation or the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is not secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Counterparty herein under or pursuant to any other agreement.

(m) Early Unwind. In the event the sale by Counterparty of the “Additional Securities” is not consummated with the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any reason by the close of business in New York on the Premium Payment Date (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties, which in no event shall be later than August 1, 2013) (the Premium Payment Date or such later date being the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of Dealer and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated. Following such termination and cancellation, each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of either party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, unless such Early Unwind Date occurred as a result of a breach of the Purchase Agreement by the Initial Purchasers, Counterparty shall purchase from Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one or more of its affiliates in connection with the Transaction at the then prevailing market price. Dealer and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this Section 8(m), upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(n) Payment by Counterparty. In the event that, following payment of the Premium, (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement) and, as a result, Counterparty owes to Dealer an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Counterparty owes to Dealer, pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, an amount calculated under Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

(o) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, rights arising from Change in Law, an Excess Ownership Position or Illegality (as defined in the Agreement)).

(p) Role of Agent. Each of Dealer and Counterparty acknowledges to and agrees with the other party hereto and to and with the Agent that (i) the Agent is acting as agent for Dealer under the Transaction pursuant to instructions from Dealer, (ii) the Agent is not a principal or party to the Transaction, and may transfer its rights and obligations with respect to the Transaction, (iii) the Agent shall have no responsibility, obligation or liability, by way of issuance, guaranty, endorsement or otherwise in any manner with respect to the performance of either party under the Transaction, (iv) Dealer and the Agent have not given, and Counterparty is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon, any statements, opinions or representations (whether written or oral) of Dealer or the Agent, other than the representations expressly set forth in this Confirmation or the Agreement, and (v) each party agrees to proceed solely against the other party, and not the Agent, to collect or recover any money or securities owed to it in connection with the Transaction. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Agent is an intended third party beneficiary hereunder. Counterparty acknowledges that the Agent is an affiliate of Dealer. Dealer will be acting for its own account in respect of this Confirmation and the Transaction contemplated hereunder.

(q) Regulatory Provisions. The time of dealing for the Transaction will be confirmed by Dealer upon written request by Counterparty. The Agent will furnish to Counterparty upon written request a statement as to the source and amount of any remuneration received or to be received by the Agent in connection with a Transaction.

(r) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

(s) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.

(t) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”.

(ii) Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (x) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “an” and (y) deleting the phrase “(provided that no adjustments will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than in the case of a Share split, reverse Share split or equivalent transaction, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”

(iii) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “that may have a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “that is the result of a corporate event involving Issuer or its securities that may have a material”.

(iv) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) at Dealer’s option, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between Dealer and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Dealer.


Yours faithfully,

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., acting solely as Agent in connection with this Transaction

By:	/s/ Cory Terzis
	Name:	Cory Terzis
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

Confirmed and Acknowledged as of the date first above written:


ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

By:	/s/ Paul Grinberg
	Name:	Paul Grinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Annex A


Premium:		USD354,375 (Premium per Option USD15.75)

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2


	July 18, 2013

To:	Encore Capital Group, Inc.
	3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
	San Diego, California 92108
	Attn:	Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
	Telephone:	858-309-6904
	Facsimile:	858-309-6977

From:	Credit Suisse International
	One Cabot Square
	London E14 4QJ
	England

Re:	Additional Capped Call Transaction
	(Transaction Reference Number: )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The purpose of this communication (this “Confirmation”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”) between Credit Suisse International (“Dealer”), through its agent Credit Suisse AG, New York branch (the “Agent”) and Encore Capital Group, Inc. (“Counterparty”). This communication constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.

This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be subject to an agreement (the “Agreement”) in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule except for (i) the elections set forth in this Confirmation and (ii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer and to Counterparty as if (x) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement and (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Credit Suisse Group AG as of the Trade Date and with respect to Counterparty were USD10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:


General Terms:

Trade Date:		July 18, 2013

Effective Date:		The closing date of the Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof.

Option Type:		Call

Seller:		Dealer

Buyer:		Counterparty

Shares:		The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ECPG”).

Number of Options:		22,500

Number of Shares:		As of any date, the product of (i) the Number of Options, (ii) the Conversion Rate and (iii) the Applicable Percentage.

Conversion Rate:		As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture.

Strike Price:		The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture).

Cap Price:		USD61.5475

Applicable Percentage:		32.5%

Premium:		As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation.

Premium Payment Date:		The Effective Date

Exchange:		The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange:		All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise:

Exercise Dates:		Each Conversion Date.

Conversion Date:		Each “Conversion Date”, as defined in the Indenture, occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture but are not “Relevant Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the confirmation between the


		parties hereto regarding the Base Capped Call Transaction dated June 18, 2013) (the “Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation”) (such Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, the “Relevant Convertible Securities” for such Conversion Date). For the purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Relevant Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted pursuant to the Indenture shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.

Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:		On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to (i) the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount minus (ii) the sum of (A) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, and (B) the number of Applicable Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, in each case corresponding to such Conversion Date shall be automatically exercised.

Excluded Convertible Securities:		Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to the Free Convertibility Period that are not Make-Whole Convertible Securities (as defined below) and are not “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation. For purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Excluded Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted prior to such date shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated. The provisions of Section 8(a) below will apply to the exercise of any Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities.

Expiration Date:		The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture), subject to the provisions set forth opposite the caption “Notice of Exercise” below.

Automatic Exercise:		As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.

Exercise Notice Deadline:		In respect of any exercise of Options hereunder on any Conversion Date, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) relating to the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (or, in the event there is no “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) relating to such Convertible Securities, the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following such Conversion Date); provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after January 1, 2020 (the “Free Convertibility Date”), the Exercise Notice Deadline shall be the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).


Notice of Exercise:		Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, Dealer shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies Dealer in writing prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of such exercise of (i) the number of Convertible Securities being converted on the relevant Conversion Date (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Convertible Securities are Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture (the “Make-Whole Convertible Securities”)), (ii) the scheduled settlement date under the Indenture for the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date, (iii) whether such Relevant Convertible Securities will be settled by Counterparty by delivery of cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares and, if such a combination, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) and (iv) the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture); if any, provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after the Free Convertibility Date, the contents of such notice shall be as set forth in clause (i) above; provided, further, that any “Notice of Exercise” delivered to Dealer pursuant to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Notice of Exercise pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Notice of Exercise shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, Dealer’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Options relating to Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, such notice (and the related exercise or termination, as the case may be, of Options hereunder) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs (including, but not limited to, hedging mismatches and market losses) and expenses incurred by Dealer in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position) as a result of Dealer not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.

Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method:		Unless Counterparty shall have notified Dealer in writing (i) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, in the related Notice of Exercise, within the applicable time period therefor set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the


		Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities or (ii) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on and including the Free Convertibility Date and ending on and including the second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) (the “Free Convertibility Period”), before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately preceding the Free Convertibility Date of the irrevocable election by the Counterparty, in accordance with Section 13.02(a)(i) of the Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, in either case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified Dealer of a “Combination Settlement” (as defined in the Indenture) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined below) and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any election of a settlement method with respect to the Convertible Securities.

Dealer’s Telephone Number and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:		To be provided by Dealer.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Date:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.

Delivery Obligation:		In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage and (ii) the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 13.02(j) of the Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole


		number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “Convertible Obligation”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; and (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that the Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); provided, further that if Counterparty or its board of directors is permitted or required to exercise discretion under the terms of the Indenture with respect to any determination, calculation or adjustment (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 13.05 of the Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustments or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets) (any such determination, calculation or adjustment, a “Counterparty Determination”), Counterparty shall consult with Dealer with respect thereto and, if the Calculation Agent disagrees in good faith with such Counterparty Determination, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Calculation Agent shall make the relevant determination, calculation or adjustment for purposes of this Transaction (and for the avoidance of doubt, such determination, calculation or adjustment shall be made (A) in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Indenture, except as set forth in this paragraph, and (B) using, where relevant, variables determined by the Calculation Agent).

Capped Convertible Obligation:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below) were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Applicable Limit:		Notwithstanding the provisions under “Delivery Obligation” above but subject to Section 8(a) below, in all events the Delivery Obligation for any Option shall be capped so that (i) an amount of cash in USD equal to the sum of (x) the number of Shares comprising such Delivery Obligation multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option and (y) the amount of cash in USD comprising such Delivery Obligation does not exceed (ii) an amount of cash in USD equal to the Applicable Percentage multiplied by the excess of (x) the aggregate of (A) the amount of cash, if any, payable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security and (B) the number of Shares, if


		any, deliverable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option over (y) USD1,000.

Applicable Limit Price:		On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ECPG <equity> (or any successor thereto).

Convertible Security Settlement Method:		For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified Dealer in the related Notice of Exercise (or in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method, as the case may be) that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 13.02(a) of the Indenture (a “Cash Election”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty had made a Cash Election with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture consisted of 100 “Trading Days” (as defined in the Indenture) commencing on (x) the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) after the Conversion Date for conversions occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Period or (y) the 102^nd“Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) for conversions occurring during the Free Convertibility Period.

Notice of Delivery Obligation:		No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above), Counterparty shall give Dealer notice of the final number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligation; provided that, with respect to any Exercise Date occurring during the Free Convertibility Period, Counterparty may provide Dealer with a single notice of an aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Exercise Dates occurring in such period on (i) if “Physical Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) if “Cash Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Trading Day” immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to any Notice of Exercise or any Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or Dealer’s obligations with respect to any Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).

Other Applicable Provisions:		To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the


		Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.

Share Adjustments:

Method of Adjustment:		Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make (A) an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (other than the Cap Price) and (B) a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (A) above; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion but without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to clause (i) above, make any further adjustment consistent with the Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions (as modified pursuant to this Confirmation) to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) to preserve the fair value of the Options to Dealer, after taking into account such Potential Adjustment Event; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price. Reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of any such event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such event or condition; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such event or condition have been determined, Counterparty shall reasonably promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments.

Extraordinary Events:

Merger Events:		Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in the definition of “Merger Event” under Section 13.07(a) of the Indenture.

Consequences of Merger Events /Tender Offers:		Notwithstanding Sections 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, make any further adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the


		exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) consistent with the Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 12.2(e) or 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions, as applicable; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price; provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply.

Notice of Merger Consideration:		Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the relevant merger date) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.

Tender Offer:		Applicable

Announcement Event:		If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “Announcement Event”), then on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated and (ii) the Expiration Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of each Option (the “Announcement Event Adjustment Date”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account such factors as the Calculation Agent may determine, including, without limitation, changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or the Transaction during the period from the Announcement Event to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder (but any such modification or amendment may be taken into account in determining the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event) and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such cumulative economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation


		Agent may make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of such Option) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the exercise, termination or cancellation of such Option, as the case may be.

Announcement Date:		The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof, (ii) replacing the word “leads to the” with the words “, if completed, would lead to a” in the third and the fifth lines thereof, (iii) replacing the words “voting shares” with the word “Shares” in the fifth line thereof, and (iv) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof.

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:		Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

(a) Change in Law:		Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions” in clause (X) thereof, (iii) inserting the parenthetical “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” at the end of clause (A) thereof, (iv) immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date” and (v) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “provided that such party has used good faith efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to such party, as long as (i) such party would not incur a materially increased cost (including, without limitation, due to any increase in tax liability, decrease in tax benefit or other adverse effect on its tax position, or any increase in margin or capital requirements), as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (ii) such party would not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or policy of such party, as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (iii) such party would not suffer a material penalty, injunction, non-financial burden, reputational harm or other material adverse consequence in doing so, (iv) such party would not incur any material operational or administrative burden in doing so and (v) such party would not, in doing so, be required to take any action that is contrary to the intent of the law or regulation that is subject to the Change in Law”.


(b) Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:		Applicable

(d) Hedging Disruption:		Applicable; provided that:

		(i) Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

		“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

		(ii) Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:		Not Applicable

Hedging Party:		For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Determining Party:		For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Non-Reliance:		Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments
Regarding Hedging Activities:		Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:		Applicable

4. Account Details:


Dealer Payment Instructions:	Bank:	The Bank of New York, NY
	SWIFT:	IRVTUS3N
	Bank Routing:	021 000 018
	Acct Name:	Credit Suisse International
	Acct No.:	890-0360-968

Counterparty Payment Instructions:	To be provided by Counterparty.

5. Offices:

The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty for purposes of this Confirmation:


To:		Encore Capital Group, Inc.
		3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
		San Diego, CA 92108
Attn:		Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:		858-309-6904
Facsimile:		858-309-6977

With a copy to:

Attn:		Greg Call, General Counsel
Telephone:		858-569-3978
Facsimile:		858-309-6998

Address for notices or communications to Dealer for purposes of this Confirmation:


Address:		Credit Suisse AG, New York branch
		Eleven Madison Avenue
		New York, NY 10010-3629

For payments and deliveries:
		Facsimile No.: (212) 325-8175
		Telephone No.: (212) 325-8678 / (212) 325-3213

For all other communications:
		Facsimile No.: (212) 325-8173
		Telephone No.: (212) 325-8676 / (212) 538-5306 / (212) 538-1193 / (212) 538-6886

7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:

Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”) and (B), without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding clause (A), the Counterparty shall not engage in any “distribution,” as such term is defined in Regulation M, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth in sections 101(b) and 102(b) of Regulation M, until the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Trade Date.

(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) On or prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

8. Other Provisions:

(a) Additional Termination Events.

Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Conversion Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the provisions opposite the caption “Applicable Limit” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture); provided that, the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the Applicable Percentage multiplied by (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (z) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities relating to such Conversion Unwind Payment, over (II) USD1,000.


Share Termination Alternative:		Applicable and means that Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery
Property:		A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

Share Termination Unit Price:		The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Dealer at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Unit:		In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

Other applicable provisions:		If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size; provided, however, that if Dealer, in its reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, including customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares from Dealer), opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private placements agreements for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate Dealer for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from Dealer at the VWAP Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by Dealer. “VWAP Price” means, on any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “ECPG <equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Exchange Business Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted method).

(e) Transfer and Assignment.

the absence of such assignment, (vii) there not being an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event as a result of such assignment, (viii) without limiting the generality of clause (v), Counterparty causing the transferee to make such Payee Tax Representations and to provide such tax documentation as may be reasonably requested by Dealer to permit Dealer to determine that the results described in clauses (vi) and (vii) will not occur upon or after such assignment and (ix) Counterparty being responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Dealer in connection with such assignment. In addition, Dealer may transfer or assign without any consent of the Counterparty its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Agreement (1) in whole or in part to any affiliate of Dealer of credit quality at least equivalent to that of Dealer as of the Trade Date, (2) in whole or in part to any other affiliate of Dealer with respect to which Counterparty shall have received a full guaranty of such affiliate’s obligations from Dealer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Counterparty or (3) if at the time of such transfer or assignment an Excess Ownership Position exists, in part to any other third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness equal to or better than the lesser of (I) the credit rating of Dealer at the time of the transfer and (II) A- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, Inc. or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent or better rating by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and Dealer, in the case of this clause (3), to the extent that an Excess Ownership Position no longer exists after giving effect to such partial transfer or assignment, in each case of the immediately preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3), only if an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer or assignment.

on the relevant Settlement Date, Dealer may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “Nominal Settlement Date”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “Staggered Settlement Date”) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as follows:

later than August 1, 2013) (the Premium Payment Date or such later date being the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of Dealer and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated. Following such termination and cancellation, each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of either party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, unless such Early Unwind Date occurred as a result of a breach of the Purchase Agreement by the Initial Purchasers, Counterparty shall purchase from Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one or more of its affiliates in connection with the Transaction at the then prevailing market price. Dealer and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this Section 8(m), upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(p) Role of Agent. Credit Suisse AG, New York branch, in its capacity as Agent will be responsible for (A) effecting the Transaction, (B) issuing all required confirmations and statements to Dealer and Counterparty, (C) maintaining books and records relating to the Transaction in accordance with its standard practices and procedures and in accordance with applicable law and (D) unless otherwise requested by Counterparty, receiving, delivering, and safeguarding Counterparty’s funds and any securities in connection with the Transaction, in accordance with its standard practices and procedures and in accordance with applicable law.

(i)

Agent is acting in connection with the Transaction solely in its capacity as Agent for Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to instructions from Dealer and Counterparty. Agent shall have no responsibility or personal liability to Dealer or Counterparty arising from any failure by Dealer or Counterparty to pay or perform any obligations hereunder, or to monitor or enforce compliance by Dealer or Counterparty with any obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, any obligations to maintain collateral. Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees to proceed solely against the other to collect or recover any securities or monies owing to it in connection with or as a result of the Transaction. Agent shall otherwise have no liability in respect of the Transaction, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct in performing its duties as Agent.

(ii)

The date and time of the Transaction evidenced hereby will be furnished by Agent to Dealer and Counterparty upon written request.

(iii)

Agent will furnish to Counterparty upon written request a statement as to the source and amount of any remuneration received or to be received by Agent in connection with the Transaction evidenced hereby.

(iv)

Dealer and Counterparty each represents and agrees (A) that the Transaction is not unsuitable for it in the light of such party’s financial situation, investment objectives and needs and (B) that it is entering into the Transaction in reliance upon such tax, accounting, regulatory, legal and financial advice as it deems necessary and not upon any view expressed by the other party or Agent.

(v)

Dealer is regulated by The Securities and Futures Authority and has entered into the Transaction as principal. The time at which the Transaction was executed will be notified to Counterparty (through Agent) on request.

(q) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

(r) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.

(s) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”.


	Yours faithfully,

	CREDIT SUISSE INTERNATIONAL

By:	/s/ Shui Wong
	Name:	Shui Wong
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

By:	/s/ Emilie Blay
	Name:	Emilie Blay
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

	CREDIT SUISSE AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS AGENT FOR CREDIT SUISSE INTERNATIONAL

By:	/s/ Emilie Blay
	Name:	Emilie Blay
	Title:	Vice President

By:	/s/ Louis J. Impellizeri
	Name:	Louis J. Impellizeri
	Title:	Director

Confirmed and Acknowledged as of the date first above written:


ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

By:	/s/ Paul Grinberg
	Name:	Paul Grinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Annex A

Premium: USD767,812.50 (Premium per Option USD 34.125)

EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3


	July 18, 2013

To:	Encore Capital Group, Inc.
	3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
	San Diego, California 92108
	Attn:	Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
	Telephone:	858-309-6904
	Facsimile:	858-309-6977

From:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
	c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
	1585 Broadway, 5^thFloor
	New York, NY 10036

Re:	Additional Capped Call Transaction
	(Transaction Reference Number: )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The purpose of this communication (this “Confirmation”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”) between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (“Dealer”) and Encore Capital Group, Inc. (“Counterparty”). This communication constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.

This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be subject to an agreement (the “Agreement”) in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule except for (i) the elections set forth in this Confirmation and (ii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer and to Counterparty as if (x) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement and (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Morgan Stanley as of the Trade Date and with respect to Counterparty were USD10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:


General Terms:

Trade Date:		July 18, 2013

Effective Date:		The closing date of the Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof.

Option Type:		Call

Seller:		Dealer

Buyer:		Counterparty

Shares:		The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ECPG”).

Number of Options:		22,500

Number of Shares:		As of any date, the product of (i) the Number of Options, (ii) the Conversion Rate and (iii) the Applicable Percentage.

Conversion Rate:		As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture.

Strike Price:		The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture).

Cap Price:		USD61.5475

Applicable Percentage:		30%

Premium:		As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation.

Premium Payment Date:		The Effective Date

Exchange:		The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange:		All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise:

Exercise Dates:		Each Conversion Date.

Conversion Date:		Each “Conversion Date”, as defined in the Indenture, occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture but are not “Relevant Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the confirmation between the parties hereto regarding the Base Capped Call Transaction dated June 18, 2013) (the “Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation”) (such Convertible Securities, each in


		denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, the “Relevant Convertible Securities” for such Conversion Date). For the purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Relevant Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted pursuant to the Indenture shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.

Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:		On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to (i) the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount minus (ii) the sum of (A) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, and (B) the number of Applicable Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, in each case corresponding to such Conversion Date shall be automatically exercised.

Excluded Convertible Securities:		Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to the Free Convertibility Period that are not Make-Whole Convertible Securities (as defined below) and are not “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation. For purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Excluded Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted prior to such date shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated. The provisions of Section 8(a) below will apply to the exercise of any Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities.

Expiration Date:		The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture), subject to the provisions set forth opposite the caption “Notice of Exercise” below.

Automatic Exercise:		As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.

Exercise Notice Deadline:		In respect of any exercise of Options hereunder on any Conversion Date, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) relating to the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (or, in the event there is no “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) relating to such Convertible Securities, the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following such Conversion Date); provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after January 1, 2020 (the “Free Convertibility Date”), the Exercise Notice Deadline shall be the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).



Notice of Exercise:		Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, Dealer shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies Dealer in writing prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of such exercise of (i) the number of Convertible Securities being converted on the relevant Conversion Date (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Convertible Securities are Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture (the “Make-Whole Convertible Securities”)), (ii) the scheduled settlement date under the Indenture for the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date, (iii) whether such Relevant Convertible Securities will be settled by Counterparty by delivery of cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares and, if such a combination, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) and (iv) the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture); if any, provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after the Free Convertibility Date, the contents of such notice shall be as set forth in clause (i) above; provided, further, that any “Notice of Exercise” delivered to Dealer pursuant to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Notice of Exercise pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Notice of Exercise shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, Dealer’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Options relating to Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, such notice (and the related exercise or termination, as the case may be, of Options hereunder) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs (including, but not limited to, hedging mismatches and market losses) and expenses incurred by Dealer in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position) as a result of Dealer not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.

Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method:		Unless Counterparty shall have notified Dealer in writing (i) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, in the related Notice of Exercise, within the applicable time period therefor set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities or (ii) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a


		Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on and including the Free Convertibility Date and ending on and including the second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) (the “Free Convertibility Period”), before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately preceding the Free Convertibility Date of the irrevocable election by the Counterparty, in accordance with Section 13.02(a)(i) of the Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, in either case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified Dealer of a “Combination Settlement” (as defined in the Indenture) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined below) and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any election of a settlement method with respect to the Convertible Securities.

Dealer’s Telephone Number and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:		To be provided by Dealer.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Date:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.

Delivery Obligation:		In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage and (ii) the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 13.02(j) of the Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its


		conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “Convertible Obligation”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; and (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that the Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); provided, further that if Counterparty or its board of directors is permitted or required to exercise discretion under the terms of the Indenture with respect to any determination, calculation or adjustment (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 13.05 of the Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustments or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets) (any such determination, calculation or adjustment, a “Counterparty Determination”), Counterparty shall consult with Dealer with respect thereto and, if the Calculation Agent disagrees in good faith with such Counterparty Determination, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Calculation Agent shall make the relevant determination, calculation or adjustment for purposes of this Transaction (and for the avoidance of doubt, such determination, calculation or adjustment shall be made (A) in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Indenture, except as set forth in this paragraph, and (B) using, where relevant, variables determined by the Calculation Agent).

Capped Convertible Obligation:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below) were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Applicable Limit:		Notwithstanding the provisions under “Delivery Obligation” above but subject to Section 8(a) below, in all events the Delivery Obligation for any Option shall be capped so that (i) an amount of cash in USD equal to the sum of (x) the number of Shares comprising such Delivery Obligation multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option and (y) the amount of cash in USD comprising such Delivery Obligation does not exceed (ii) an amount of cash in USD equal to the Applicable Percentage multiplied by the excess of (x) the aggregate of (A) the amount of cash, if any, payable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security and (B) the number of Shares, if any, deliverable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option over (y) USD1,000.


Applicable Limit Price:		On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ECPG <equity> (or any successor thereto).

Convertible Security Settlement Method:		For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified Dealer in the related Notice of Exercise (or in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method, as the case may be) that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 13.02(a) of the Indenture (a “Cash Election”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty had made a Cash Election with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture consisted of 100 “Trading Days” (as defined in the Indenture) commencing on (x) the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) after the Conversion Date for conversions occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Period or (y) the 102^nd “Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) for conversions occurring during the Free Convertibility Period.

Notice of Delivery Obligation:		No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above), Counterparty shall give Dealer notice of the final number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligation; provided that, with respect to any Exercise Date occurring during the Free Convertibility Period, Counterparty may provide Dealer with a single notice of an aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Exercise Dates occurring in such period on (i) if “Physical Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) if “Cash Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Trading Day” immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to any Notice of Exercise or any Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or Dealer’s obligations with respect to any Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).

Other Applicable Provisions:		To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any


		representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.

Share Adjustments:

Method of Adjustment:		Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make (A) an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (other than the Cap Price) and (B) a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (A) above; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion but without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to clause (i) above, make any further adjustment consistent with the Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions (as modified pursuant to this Confirmation) to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) to preserve the fair value of the Options to Dealer, after taking into account such Potential Adjustment Event; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price.

		Reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of any such event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such event or condition; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such event or condition have been determined, Counterparty shall reasonably promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments.

Extraordinary Events:

Merger Events:		Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in the definition of “Merger Event” under Section 13.07(a) of the Indenture.

Consequences of Merger Events
/Tender Offers:		Notwithstanding Sections 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, make any further adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) consistent with the Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 12.2(e)


		or 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions, as applicable; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price; provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply.

Notice of Merger Consideration:		Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the relevant merger date) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.

Tender Offer:		Applicable

Announcement Event:		If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “Announcement Event”), then on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated and (ii) the Expiration Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of each Option (the “Announcement Event Adjustment Date”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account such factors as the Calculation Agent may determine, including, without limitation, changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or the Transaction during the period from the Announcement Event to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder (but any such modification or amendment may be taken into account in determining the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event) and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such cumulative economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation Agent may make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement


		or payment of such Option) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the exercise, termination or cancellation of such Option, as the case may be.

Announcement Date:		The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof, (ii) replacing the word “leads to the” with the words “, if completed, would lead to a” in the third and the fifth lines thereof, (iii) replacing the words “voting shares” with the word “Shares” in the fifth line thereof, and (iv) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof.

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:		Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

(a) Change in Law:		Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions” in clause (X) thereof, (iii) inserting the parenthetical “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” at the end of clause (A) thereof, (iv) immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date” and (v) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “provided that such party has used good faith efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to such party, as long as (i) such party would not incur a materially increased cost (including, without limitation, due to any increase in tax liability, decrease in tax benefit or other adverse effect on its tax position, or any increase in margin or capital requirements), as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (ii) such party would not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or policy of such party, as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (iii) such party would not suffer a material penalty, injunction, non-financial burden, reputational harm or other material adverse consequence in doing so, (iv) such party would not incur any material operational or administrative burden in doing so and (v) such party would not, in doing so, be required to take any action that is contrary to the intent of the law or regulation that is subject to the Change in Law”.



(b) Failure to Deliver:	Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:	Applicable

(d) Hedging Disruption:	Applicable; provided that:

	(i)	Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section: “For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

	(ii)	Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:	Not Applicable

Hedging Party:	For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Determining Party:	For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Non-Reliance:	Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities:	Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:	Applicable

4. Account Details:


Dealer Payment Instructions:		Bank: Citibank, N.A.
		SWIFT: CITIUS33
		Bank Routing: 021-000-089
		Acct Name: Morgan Stanley and Co.
		Acct. No.: 30632076

Counterparty Payment Instructions:		To be provided by Counterparty.

5. Offices:

The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway, 5^thFloor

New York, NY 10036

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:


Address for notices or communications to Counterparty for purposes of this Confirmation:

To:		Encore Capital Group, Inc.
		3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
		San Diego, CA 92108
Attn:		Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:		858-309-6904
Facsimile:		858-309-6977

With a copy to:

Attn:		Greg Call, General Counsel
Telephone:		858-569-3978
Facsimile:		858-309-6998

Address for notices or communications to Dealer for purposes of this Confirmation:

To:		Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
		c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
		1585 Broadway, 5^thFloor
		New York, NY 10036
Attn:		Steve Soldo
Telephone:		(212) 761-8848
Facsimile:		(212) 507-6958
Email:		Steven.Soldo@morganstanley.com

With a copy to:		Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
		c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
		1221 Avenue of the Americas, 34^thFloor
		New York, NY 10020
Attn:		Anthony Cicia
Telephone:		(212) 762-4828
Facsimile:		(212) 507-4338
Email:		Anthony.Cicia@morganstanley.com

7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:

amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) (A) (i) On the Trade Date, (ii) during the “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and (iii) in the event an Early Termination Date is designated due to an Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or 8(a)(iv), during a period starting on or about such Early Termination Date as reasonably determined by Dealer and notified to Counterparty (an “Early Termination Period”), in each case, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a “restricted period,” as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”) and (B), without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding clause (A), the Counterparty shall not engage in any “distribution,” as such term is defined in Regulation M, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth in sections 101(b) and 102(b) of Regulation M, until the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Trade Date.

(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) On or prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

8. Other Provisions:

(a) Additional Termination Events.

designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Relevant Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonable practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the Relevant Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Relevant Conversion Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Relevant Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD1,000, minus (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined in the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Relevant Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Relevant Conversion Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Relevant Convertible Securities shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date Dealer designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Conversion Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the provisions opposite the caption “Applicable Limit” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture); provided that, the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the Applicable Percentage multiplied by (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (z) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities relating to such Conversion Unwind Payment, over (II) USD1,000.

Transaction. “Repayment Event” means that (i) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in connection with or as a result of a fundamental change, howsoever defined, or for any other reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Convertible Securities are delivered to Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of such party (howsoever described), (iii) any principal of any of the Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible Securities (for any reason other than as a result of an acceleration of the Convertible Securities that results in an Additional Termination Event pursuant to the preceding Section 8(a)(i)), or (iv) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (or any other property, or any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a Repayment Event.

Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable and (y) remaking the representation set forth in Section 7(a)(i)(A) of this Confirmation on the date of such notice, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day or (ii) in the event of (x) an Insolvency, a Nationalization or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash or (y) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, which Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control (other than any Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or Section 8(a)(iii)), in either of which cases under the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the provisions of “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply in lieu of the provisions of this Section 8(b) in respect of such Payment Obligation. In the case of any such settlement by the Share Termination Alternative, the following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable:


Share Termination Alternative:		Applicable and means that Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Property:		A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

Share Termination Unit Price:		The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Dealer at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Unit:		In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

Other applicable provisions:		If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

(c) Disposition of Hedge Shares. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of Dealer, based on advice of counsel, any Shares acquired by Dealer for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction, other than any such Shares that were, at the time of acquisition by Dealer, “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (any such Shares, the “Hedge Shares”), cannot be sold in the public market by Dealer without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election: (i) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to Dealer an effective registration statement under the Securities Act to cover the resale of such Hedge Shares and (A) enter into an agreement substantially similar to underwriting agreements for registered secondary offerings of a substantially similar size, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, (B) provide accountant’s “comfort” letters in customary form for registered offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to Counterparty reasonably acceptable to Dealer, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates and closing documents customary in form for registered offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size and (E) afford Dealer a reasonable opportunity to conduct a “due diligence” investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities of a substantially similar size; provided, however, that if Dealer, in its reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, including customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares from Dealer), opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private placements agreements for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate Dealer for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from Dealer at the VWAP Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by Dealer. “VWAP Price” means, on any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “ECPG <equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Exchange Business Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted method).

(e) Transfer and Assignment.

(i) Either party may transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Transaction with the prior written consent of the non-transferring party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the avoidance of doubt, Dealer may condition its consent on any of the following, without limitation: (i) the receipt by Dealer of opinions and documents reasonably satisfactory to Dealer in connection with such assignment, (ii) such assignment being effected on terms reasonably satisfactory to Dealer with respect to any legal and regulatory requirements relevant to Dealer, (iii) Counterparty continuing to be obligated to provide notices hereunder relating to the Convertible Securities and continuing to be obligated with respect to “Disposition of Hedge Shares” and “Repurchase Notices” above, (iv) Counterparty not being released from its indemnification obligations under Section 8(d) of this Confirmation, (v) such assignment only being to a third party that is a United States person (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), (vi) Dealer not being, as a result of such assignment, required to pay the transferee on any payment date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement greater than an amount Dealer would have been required to pay to Counterparty in the absence of such assignment, (vii) there not being an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event as a result of such assignment, (viii) without limiting the generality of clause (v), Counterparty causing the transferee to make such Payee Tax Representations and to provide such tax documentation as may be reasonably requested by Dealer to permit Dealer to determine that the results described in clauses (vi) and (vii) will not occur upon or after such assignment and (ix) Counterparty being responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Dealer in connection with such assignment. In addition, Dealer may transfer or assign without any consent of the Counterparty its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Agreement (1) in whole or in part to any affiliate of Dealer of credit quality at least equivalent to that of Dealer as of the Trade Date, (2) in whole or in part to any other affiliate of Dealer with respect to which Counterparty shall have received a full guaranty of such affiliate’s obligations from Dealer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Counterparty or (3) if at the time of such transfer or assignment an Excess Ownership Position exists, in part to any other third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness equal to or better than the lesser of (I) the credit rating of Dealer at the time of the transfer and (II) A- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, Inc. or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent or better rating by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and Dealer, in the case of this clause (3), to the extent that an Excess Ownership Position no longer exists after giving effect to such partial transfer or assignment, in each case of the immediately preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3), only if an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer or assignment.

fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with Dealer, for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or of any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part (Dealer and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “Dealer Group”), beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day (including, solely for such purpose, Shares that would be deemed outstanding pursuant to the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) if such sentence were applicable to the calculation of clause (B) of the definition of Equity Percentage).

(p) Role of Agent. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&CO”) is acting as agent for both parties but does not guarantee the performance of either party. (i) Neither Dealer nor Counterparty shall contact the other with respect to any matter relating to the Transaction without the direct involvement of MS&CO; (ii) MS&CO, Dealer and Counterparty each hereby acknowledges that any transactions by Dealer or MS&CO with respect to Shares will be undertaken by Dealer as principal for its own account; (iii) all of the actions to be taken by Dealer and MS&CO in Connection with the Transaction shall be taken by Dealer or MS&CO independently and without any advance or subsequent consultation with Counterparty; and (iv) MS&CO is hereby authorized to act as agent for Counterparty only to the extent required to satisfy the requirements of Rule 15a-6 under the Exchange Act in respect of the Transaction.

(s) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”.


Yours faithfully,

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL PLC

By:	/s/ Stefan Ploetscher
	Name:	Stefan Ploetscher
	Title:	Executive Director

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

By:	/s/ Serkan Savasoglu
	Name:	Serkan Savasoglu
	Title:	Managing Director

Confirmed and Acknowledged as of the date first above written:


ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

By:	/s/ Paul Grinberg
	Name:	Paul Grinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President,
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Annex A

Premium: USD708,750 (Premium per Option USD31.5)

EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4


	July 18, 2013

To:	Encore Capital Group, Inc.
	3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
	San Diego, California 92108
	Attn:	Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
	Telephone:	858-309-6904
	Facsimile:	858-309-6977

From:	RBC Capital Market, LLC
	As agent for Royal Bank of Canada
	3 World Financial Center
	200 Vesey Street
	New York, NY 10281-8089
	Telephone	212-858-7000
	Facsimile	212-428-3053

Re:	Additional Capped Call Transaction
	(Transaction Reference Number: )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Counterparty as if (x) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement and (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Royal Bank of Canada as of the Trade Date and with respect to Counterparty were USD10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:


General Terms:

Trade Date:		July 18, 2013

Effective Date:		The closing date of the Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof.

Option Type:		Call

Seller:		Dealer

Buyer:		Counterparty

Shares:		The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ECPG”).

Number of Options:		22,500

Number of Shares:		As of any date, the product of (i) the Number of Options, (ii) the Conversion Rate and (iii) the Applicable Percentage.

Conversion Rate:		As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture.

Strike Price:		The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture).

Cap Price:		USD61.5475

Applicable Percentage:		22.5%

Premium:		As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation.

Premium Payment Date:		The Effective Date

Exchange:		The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange:		All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise:

Exercise Dates:		Each Conversion Date.

Conversion Date:		Each “Conversion Date”, as defined in the Indenture, occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the


		terms of the Indenture but are not “Relevant Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the confirmation between the parties hereto regarding the Base Capped Call Transaction dated June 18, 2013) (the “Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation”) (such Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, the “Relevant Convertible Securities” for such Conversion Date). For the purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Relevant Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted pursuant to the Indenture shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.

Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:		On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to (i) the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount minus (ii) the sum of (A) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, and (B) the number of Applicable Conversion Options (as defined below), if any, in each case corresponding to such Conversion Date shall be automatically exercised.

Excluded Convertible Securities:		Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to the Free Convertibility Period that are not Make-Whole Convertible Securities (as defined below) and are not “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation. For purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Excluded Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted prior to such date shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated. The provisions of Section 8(a) below will apply to the exercise of any Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities.

Expiration Date:		The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture), subject to the provisions set forth opposite the caption “Notice of Exercise” below.

Automatic Exercise:		As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.

Exercise Notice Deadline:		In respect of any exercise of Options hereunder on any Conversion Date, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) relating to the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (or, in the event there is no “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) relating to such Convertible Securities, the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following such Conversion Date); provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after January 1, 2020 (the “Free


		Convertibility Date”), the Exercise Notice Deadline shall be the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).

Notice of Exercise:		Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, Dealer shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies Dealer in writing prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of such exercise of (i) the number of Convertible Securities being converted on the relevant Conversion Date (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Convertible Securities are Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture (the “Make-Whole Convertible Securities”)), (ii) the scheduled settlement date under the Indenture for the Convertible Securities converted on the Conversion Date, (iii) whether such Relevant Convertible Securities will be settled by Counterparty by delivery of cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares and, if such a combination, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) and (iv) the first “Scheduled Trading Day” of the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture); if any, provided that in the case of any exercise of Options hereunder in connection with the conversion of any Relevant Convertible Securities on any Conversion Date occurring on or after the Free Convertibility Date, the contents of such notice shall be as set forth in clause (i) above; provided, further, that any “Notice of Exercise” delivered to Dealer pursuant to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Notice of Exercise pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Notice of Exercise shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, Dealer’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Options relating to Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, such notice (and the related exercise or termination, as the case may be, of Options hereunder) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs (including, but not limited to, hedging mismatches and market losses) and expenses incurred by Dealer in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position) as a result of Dealer not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.

Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method:		Unless Counterparty shall have notified Dealer in writing (i) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Date, in the related Notice of Exercise, within the applicable time period therefor set


		forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities or (ii) in the case of Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on and including the Free Convertibility Date and ending on and including the second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) (the “Free Convertibility Period”), before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately preceding the Free Convertibility Date of the irrevocable election by the Counterparty, in accordance with Section 13.02(a)(i) of the Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, in either case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified Dealer of a “Combination Settlement” (as defined in the Indenture) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 applicable to such Relevant Convertible Securities, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined below) and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any election of a settlement method with respect to the Convertible Securities.

Dealer’s Telephone Number and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:		To be provided by Dealer.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Date:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.

Delivery Obligation:		In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage and (ii) the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without


		taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 13.02(j) of the Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “Convertible Obligation”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; and (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that the Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); provided, further that if Counterparty or its board of directors is permitted or required to exercise discretion under the terms of the Indenture with respect to any determination, calculation or adjustment (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 13.05 of the Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustments or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets) (any such determination, calculation or adjustment, a “Counterparty Determination”), Counterparty shall consult with Dealer with respect thereto and, if the Calculation Agent disagrees in good faith with such Counterparty Determination, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Calculation Agent shall make the relevant determination, calculation or adjustment for purposes of this Transaction (and for the avoidance of doubt, such determination, calculation or adjustment shall be made (A) in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Indenture, except as set forth in this paragraph, and (B) using, where relevant, variables determined by the Calculation Agent).

Capped Convertible Obligation:		In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below) were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Applicable Limit:		Notwithstanding the provisions under “Delivery Obligation” above but subject to Section 8(a) below, in all events the Delivery Obligation for any Option shall be capped so that (i) an amount of cash in USD equal to the sum of (x) the number of Shares comprising such Delivery Obligation multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option and (y) the amount of cash in USD comprising such Delivery Obligation does not exceed (ii) an amount of cash in USD equal to the Applicable Percentage multiplied by the excess of (x) the aggregate of (A) the


		amount of cash, if any, payable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security and (B) the number of Shares, if any, deliverable to the holder of the related Relevant Convertible Security multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the Settlement Date for such Option over (y) USD1,000.

Applicable Limit Price:		On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ECPG <equity> (or any successor thereto).

Convertible Security Settlement Method:		For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified Dealer in the related Notice of Exercise (or in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method, as the case may be) that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 13.02(a) of the Indenture (a “Cash Election”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty had made a Cash Election with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture consisted of 100 “Trading Days” (as defined in the Indenture) commencing on (x) the second “Scheduled Trading Day” (as defined in the Indenture) after the Conversion Date for conversions occurring prior to the Free Convertibility Period or (y) the 102^nd “Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) for conversions occurring during the Free Convertibility Period.

Notice of Delivery Obligation:		No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture, subject to the provision set forth opposite the caption “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above), Counterparty shall give Dealer notice of the final number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligation; provided that, with respect to any Exercise Date occurring during the Free Convertibility Period, Counterparty may provide Dealer with a single notice of an aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Exercise Dates occurring in such period on (i) if “Physical Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) if “Cash Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” applies to the related Relevant Convertible Securities, the “Trading Day” immediately following the last day of the relevant “Observation Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to any Notice of Exercise or any Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or Dealer’s obligations with respect to any Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).


Other Applicable Provisions:		To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.

Share Adjustments:

Method of Adjustment:		Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make (A) an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (other than the Cap Price) and (B) a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (A) above; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion but without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to clause (i) above, make any further adjustment consistent with the Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions (as modified pursuant to this Confirmation) to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) to preserve the fair value of the Options to Dealer, after taking into account such Potential Adjustment Event; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price.

		Reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of any such event or condition set forth in Sections 13.04(a)-(e) or 13.05 of the Indenture, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such event or condition; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such event or condition have been determined, Counterparty shall reasonably promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments.

Extraordinary Events:

Merger Events:		Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in the definition of “Merger Event” under Section 13.07(a) of the Indenture.

Consequences of Merger Events
/Tender Offers:		Notwithstanding Sections 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, (i) the Calculation Agent shall make an analogous adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture; and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially


		reasonable discretion, make any further adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of any Option) consistent with the Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment set forth in Section 12.2(e) or 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions, as applicable; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price; provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply.

Notice of Merger Consideration:		Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the relevant merger date) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.

Tender Offer:		Applicable

Announcement Event:		If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “Announcement Event”), then on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated and (ii) the Expiration Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of each Option (the “Announcement Event Adjustment Date”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account such factors as the Calculation Agent may determine, including, without limitation, changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or the Transaction during the period from the Announcement Event to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder (but any such modification or amendment may be taken into account in determining the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event) and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such


		cumulative economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation Agent may make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to no other term relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of such Option) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the exercise, termination or cancellation of such Option, as the case may be.

Announcement Date:		The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof, (ii) replacing the word “leads to the” with the words “, if completed, would lead to a” in the third and the fifth lines thereof, (iii) replacing the words “voting shares” with the word “Shares” in the fifth line thereof, and (iv) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof.

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:		Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

(a) Change in Law:		Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions” in clause (X) thereof, (iii) inserting the parenthetical “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” at the end of clause (A) thereof, (iv) immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date” and (v) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “provided that such party has used good faith efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to such party, as long as (i) such party would not incur a materially increased cost (including, without limitation, due to any increase in tax liability, decrease in tax benefit or other adverse effect on its tax position, or any increase in margin or capital requirements), as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (ii) such party would not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or policy of such party, as reasonably determined by such party, in doing so, (iii) such party would not suffer a material penalty, injunction, non-financial burden, reputational harm or other material adverse consequence in doing so, (iv) such party would not incur any material operational or administrative burden in doing so and (v)


	such party would not, in doing so, be required to take any action that is contrary to the intent of the law or regulation that is subject to the Change in Law”.

(b) Failure to Deliver:	Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:	Applicable

(d) Hedging Disruption:	Applicable; provided that:

	(i)	Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

		“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

	(ii)	Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:	Not Applicable

Hedging Party:	For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Determining Party:	For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer

Non-Reliance:	Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities:	Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:	Applicable

4. Account Details:


Dealer Payment Instructions:		ABA: 021000021
		JP Morgan Chase NY (CHASUS33)
		A/C Royal Bank of Canada, NY Branch (ROYCUS3X)
		A/C# 920-1-033363
		FFC A/C Name: RBC US Transit
		FFC A/C #: 012692041499

Counterparty Payment Instructions:		To be provided by Counterparty.

5. Offices:


The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York

RBC Capital Market, LLC
As agent for Royal Bank of Canada
3 World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10281-8089
Telephone		212-858-7000
Facsimile:		858-309-6977

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:


Address for notices or communications to Counterparty for purposes of this Confirmation:

To:		Encore Capital Group, Inc.
		3111 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 1300
		San Diego, CA 92108
Attn:		Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:		858-309-6904
Facsimile:		858-309-6977

With a copy to:

Attn:		Greg Call, General Counsel
Telephone:		858-569-3978
Facsimile:		858-309-6998

Address for notices or communications to Dealer for purposes of this Confirmation:

Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given to Dealer (for matters other than operational matters) with respect to this Confirmation shall be delivered in person or given by facsimile transmission to Dealer at the following address:

To:		Royal Bank of Canada
		c/o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
		3 World Financial Center
		200 Vesey Street
		New York, New York 10281
Attn:		Structured Derivatives Documentation
Telephone:		(212) 858-7000
Facsimile:		(212) 428-3053
Email:		SEDDOC@rbccm.com

Any notice or other communication concerning operational matters should be sent by facsimile to RBC Capital Markets, LLC at the above address; Attention: Back Office; Phone: (212) 858-7000; Facsimile: (212) 858-7033; Email: geda@rbccm.com

7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:

(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) On or prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

8. Other Provisions:

(a) Additional Termination Events.

Exercise in respect of the exercise of any Options that, according to such Notice of Exercise, relate to Relevant Convertible Securities that are Make-Whole Convertible Securities shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph and shall not result in the exercise of any Options. Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, Dealer shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event as an Early Termination Date (and Dealer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Relevant Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonable practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the Relevant Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Relevant Conversion Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Relevant Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD1,000, minus (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined in the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Relevant Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Relevant Conversion Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Relevant Convertible Securities shall be allocated first to the Base Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date Dealer designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Conversion Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the provisions opposite the caption “Applicable Limit” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 or 13.04(g) of the Indenture); provided that, the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the Applicable Percentage multiplied by (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (z) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the settlement date for the cash and/or Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities relating to such Conversion Unwind Payment, over (II) USD1,000.

number of Repayment Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Repayment Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Repayment Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction. “Repayment Event” means that (i) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in connection with or as a result of a fundamental change, howsoever defined, or for any other reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Convertible Securities are delivered to Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of such party (howsoever described), (iii) any principal of any of the Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible Securities (for any reason other than as a result of an acceleration of the Convertible Securities that results in an Additional Termination Event pursuant to the preceding Section 8(a)(i)), or (iv) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (or any other property, or any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a Repayment Event.

limitation, any Conversion Unwind Payment, any Early Conversion Unwind Payment and any Repayment Unwind Payment (a “Payment Obligation”), Dealer shall satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) unless either (i) Counterparty shall have elected for Dealer to satisfy such Payment Obligation in cash in USD by (x) giving irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable and (y) remaking the representation set forth in Section 7(a)(i)(A) of this Confirmation on the date of such notice, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day or (ii) in the event of (x) an Insolvency, a Nationalization or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash or (y) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, which Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control (other than any Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or Section 8(a)(iii)), in either of which cases under the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the provisions of “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply in lieu of the provisions of this Section 8(b) in respect of such Payment Obligation. In the case of any such settlement by the Share Termination Alternative, the following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable:


Share Termination Alternative:		Applicable and means that Dealer shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events/Tender Offers” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Property:		A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

Share Termination Unit Price:		The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Dealer at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.

Share Termination Delivery Unit:		In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

Failure to Deliver:		Applicable

Other applicable provisions:		If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

(e) Transfer and Assignment.

Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination. The “Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with Dealer, for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or of any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part (Dealer and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “Dealer Group”), beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day (including, solely for such purpose, Shares that would be deemed outstanding pursuant to the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) if such sentence were applicable to the calculation of clause (B) of the definition of Equity Percentage).

(p) Disclosure of Agency Relationship. Dealer has appointed as its agent, its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBCCM”), for purposes of conducting on the Dealer’s behalf, a business in privately negotiated transactions in options and other derivatives. You hereby are advised that Dealer, the principal and stated counterparty in such transactions, duly has authorized RBCCM to market, structure, negotiate, document, price, execute and hedge transactions in over-the-counter derivative products. RBCCM has full, complete and unconditional authority to undertake such activities on behalf of Dealer. RBCCM acts solely as agent and has no obligation, by way of issuance, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise with respect to the performance of either party under this Transaction. This Transaction is not insured or guaranteed by RBCCM.

(s) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”.


Yours faithfully,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as agent for Royal Bank of Canada

By:	/s/ Dawn T. Laabs
	Name:	Dawn T. Laabs
	Title:	Director

Confirmed and Acknowledged as of the date first above written:


ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

By:	/s/ Paul Grinberg
	Name:	Paul Grinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Annex A

Premium: USD531,562.50 (Premium per Option USD23.625)

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Encore Capital Group, Inc.

LOGO

For Immediate Release

Encore Capital Group, Inc. Announces Private Placement of $22.5 Million Additional Convertible Senior Notes

SAN DIEGO — July 23, 2013/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — On June 24, 2013, Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG) (the “Company”) sold $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Firm Notes”) in a private placement transaction. The Firm Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated June 24, 2013, among the Company, Midland Credit Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as guarantor, and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. On July 18, 2013, the initial purchasers exercised, in full, their option to purchase an additional $22.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Additional Notes” and together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”). The Company today announced the closing of the sale of the Additional Notes.

The Additional Notes, the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon conversion of the Additional Notes, if any, and the Additional Capped Call Transactions have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offer of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.

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 the anticipated use of proceeds from the offering. 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.

Contact:

Encore Capital Group, Inc.

Paul Grinberg (858) 309-6904

paul.grinberg@encorecapital.com

Adam Sragovicz (858) 309-9509

adam.sragovicz@encorecapital.com

Information found on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference.