First Supplemental Indenture, dated October 29, 2020, to the Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2017, by and among Encore Capital Group, Inc., Midland Credit Management, Inc., as guarantor, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee

    FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of October 29, 2020, among Encore Capital Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), Midland Credit Management, Inc., a Kansas corporation, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

    WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee have executed and delivered that certain indenture (the “Existing Indenture”), dated as of March 3, 2017, relating to the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”); and

    WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture is authorized by Section 10.01(h) of the Existing Indenture.

    NOW, THEREFORE, each party to this Supplemental Indenture agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

    Capitalized terms used in this Supplemental Indenture without definition have the respective meanings given to them in the Existing Indenture.

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.02(a) of the Existing Indenture, with respect to each conversion of any Note with a Conversion Date that is on or after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, (A) Combination Settlement will apply to such conversion; and (B) the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such conversion will be determined in accordance with Section 13.02(a) of the Existing Indenture, provided that in no event will the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to any such conversion be (and in no event will the Company elect a Specified Dollar Amount applicable to any such conversion that is) an amount that is less than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.

    The provisions of Sections 16.01, and 16.03 to 16.15, inclusive, of the Existing Indenture will apply to this Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if such Sections were reproduced in this Supplemental Indenture, mutatis mutandis.

    The recitals set forth in this Supplemental Indenture are set forth exclusively by the Company and the Guarantor, and the Trustee will not have any liability or responsibility with respect to such recitals.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

By:    /s/ Jonathan Clark    

Name:    Jonathan Clark

Title:    EVP, CFO and Treasurer

MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC.

By:    /s/ Jonathan Clark    

Name:    Jonathan Clark

Title:    EVP, CFO and Treasurer

By:    /s/ Melonee Young    

Name:    Melonee Young

Title:    Vice President