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Issuer:     ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG)
CIK:        0001084961
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001084961-26-000023
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000023/0001084961-26-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000023/ecpg-20260318.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-26-000023

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