CLOSING OF GARFUNKELUX HOLDCO

GFKL Lowell Group (“GFKL Lowell”), a European leader in credit receivables management, announced today that Garfunkelux Holdco 3 S.A. (the “Issuer”) has closed the offering (the “Offering”) of €230.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) as part of the financing for the previously announced proposed acquisition of Tesch Inkasso Group (the “Acquisition”).

The Issuer will pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to three-month EURIBOR (0% floor) plus 5.50% per annum. The gross proceeds of the Offering were €228.85 million.

Cautionary Statement
This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute a prospectus or any offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security in the United States of America or in any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes will be offered in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and will accordingly be offered only to (i) qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (ii) certain persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and (iii) Qualified Purchasers (as defined in Section 2(a)(51)(A) of the Investment Company Act).  No indebtedness incurred in connection with any other financing transactions will be registered under the Securities Act.

This announcement does not constitute and shall not, in any circumstances, constitute a public offering nor an invitation to the public in connection with any offer within the meaning of the Directive 2010/73/EU of the Parliament and Council of November 4, 2003 as implemented by the Member States of the European Economic Area (the “Prospectus Directive”). The offer and sale of the Notes will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area, from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release may include “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, including the terms ‘‘believes,’’ ‘‘estimates,’’ ‘‘anticipates,’’ ‘‘expects,’’ ‘‘intends,’’ ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘will’’ or ‘‘should’’ or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts and include statements regarding GFKL Lowell or its affiliates’ intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, the Offering, the Acquisition, GFKL Lowell or its affiliates’ results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which it operates. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Readers are cautioned that forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that GFKL Lowell or its affiliates’ actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which they operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward looking statements contained in this press release. In addition, even if GFKL Lowell or its affiliates’ results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which GFKL Lowell operate are consistent with the forward looking statements contained in this press release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

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Jon Trott
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Email: investors@garfunkelux.com