2,454,734 Shares Encore Capital Group, Inc. Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT dated March 1, 2011 JMP SECURITIES LLCUnderwriting Agreement • March 1st, 2011 • Encore Capital Group Inc • Short-term business credit institutions • New York
Certain shareholders of Encore Capital Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), named in Schedule I hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”) severally propose to sell to JMP Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”), an aggregate of 2,454,734 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Firm Shares”), each Selling Shareholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule I hereto.
