---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001084961-26-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECPG"
cik: "0001084961"
company_name: "ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:27:00.302929+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Wendy Hannam not seeking re-election; Board approves amended bylaws

## Summary
- Wendy Hannam not standing for re-election as director at 2026 Annual Meeting; continues serving until then.
- Decision not due to any disagreement with the company (no conflict).
- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws effective March 18, 2026, enhancing stockholder nomination disclosure requirements.
- Amendments align proxy rules with SEC Rule 14a-19 and allow Board to disregard non-compliant nominations.
- Bylaws include technical updates on stockholder lists, remote meetings, quorums, and board vacancies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001084961-26-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECPG
- cik: 0001084961
- company_name: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000023/0001084961-26-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000023/ecpg-20260318.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-26-000023.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: aa88f8a9600872f6c9b5f1ee54c9b55b49f2d4d0
  claim: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC: Amended and restated bylaws to enhance disclosure requirements for stockholder nominations, remote attendance, and other technical changes, effective March 18, 2026 (effective 2026-03-18).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 18, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Company, acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, approved and adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000023/0001084961-26-000023-index.htm

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