FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
First Supplemental
Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated
as of October 1, 2009, among CIT Group Funding Company of
Delaware LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Issuer”), CIT Group Inc. as guarantor, the entities
listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York
Mellon (successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as
trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the
“Trustee”).
WHEREAS,
the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
indenture, dated as of May 31, 2005 (the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 4.65%
Senior Notes due July 1, 2010 and 5.20% Senior Notes due
June 1, 2015 (collectively, the
“Notes”);
WHEREAS,
the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer
may execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Indenture, which does not
require the consent of the Holders, the Subsidiary Guarantors
desire to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which
the Subsidiary Guarantors shall fully and unconditionally guarantee
all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and the
Notes (the “Guaranteed Notes”) on the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the guarantees
of the Guaranteed Notes will be subordinated to their respective
senior indebtedness; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 12.3 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Guaranteed Notes as
follows:
1. Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, except as set forth
below:
(a) “Subsidiaries
Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without
limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of
credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or
any part of any indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to
purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or
to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise).
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(b) “Note
Guarantee” means the Subsidiaries Guarantee by each
Subsidiary Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this
Supplemental Indenture and the Guaranteed Notes, executed pursuant
to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.
(c) “Senior
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Guaranteed Notes or
any Note Guarantee, all Subsidiary Indebtedness of the Subsidiary
Guarantor outstanding at any time, except (a) the Guaranteed
Notes, (b) Subsidiary Indebtedness as to which, by the terms
of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided
that such Subsidiary Indebtedness is subordinated to the Guaranteed
Notes, or ranks pari passu with the Guaranteed Notes that are
subordinated to the Guaranteed Notes, (c) Subsidiary
Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor to an Affiliate of the
Subsidiary Guarantor, (d) interest accruing after the filing
of a petition initiating any proceeding relating to the Subsidiary
Guarantor referred to in Sections 5.1(6) and 5.1(7) unless
such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the
Subsidiary Guarantor in a proceeding under federal or state
bankruptcy laws, (e) trade accounts payable, (f) any
Subsidiary Indebtedness issued in violation of the instrument
creating the same and (g) any guarantee of any Subsidiary
Indebtedness. The term “Subsidiary Indebtedness,” when
used in the definition of the term “Senior
Indebtedness,” means all obligations which, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, should be classified
as liabilities on a balance sheet.
2. Guarantee.
The Indenture as it relates to the Guaranteed Notes only is hereby
amended to add Article 15 as follows:
SUBSIDIARY NOTE
GUARANTEES
Section 15.1.
Subsidiary Guarantee
(a)
Subject to this Article 15, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors
hereby, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and
severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of
the Guaranteed Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Guaranteed Notes
or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder,
that:
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(1)
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the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Guaranteed
Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Maturity,
by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Guaranteed Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other monetary
obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder
whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Guaranteed
Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, or thereunder will
be punctually paid in full, all in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof; and
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(2)
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in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Guaranteed Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will
be punctually paid
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in
full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the maximum aggregate
liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Note Guarantee
shall not exceed fifty thousand United States dollars (U.S.
$50,000) (the “Guaranteed Amount”).
Failing
payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever reason,
the Subsidiary Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated
to pay the same immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that
this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of
collection.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to its Note Guarantee, also hereby
agrees to pay any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the
Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under its Note
Guarantee.
(b)
The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree that (to the fullest extent
permitted by law) their obligations hereunder are unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Guaranteed Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the
Guaranteed Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof,
the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives (to
the fullest extent permitted by law) diligence, presentment, demand
of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all
demands whatsoever and covenants (except as otherwise provided in
Section 15.4 hereof) that the Note Guarantee will not be
discharged except by complete performance of the monetary
obligations contained in the Guaranteed Notes and this
Indenture.
(c)
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any
custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors, any
amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated
in full force and effect.
(d)
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to
any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of
any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further
agrees (to the fullest extent permitted by law) that, as between
the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in
Article 5 of this Indenture for the purposes of the Note
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in
Article 5 of this Indenture, such obligations (whether or not
due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the
Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The
Subsidiary Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from
the Issuer or any non-paying
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Subsidiary
Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 15.2.
Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Guaranteed Notes,
each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
parties that the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance for
purposes of United States Bankruptcy Code as then in effect, the
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to
any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the
Trustee, the Holders and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby
irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving
effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor that are relevant under
such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights
to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of
any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 15, result
in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent
conveyance under applicable law. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the arrangements contemplated by the Supplemental Indenture and
that its Note Guarantee, and the waiver set forth in
Section 15.2(b), are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
Section 15.3.
Delivery of Note Guarantee
Neither
the Issuer nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to make a
notation on the Guaranteed Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or
any such release, termination or discharge thereof.
The
Note Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will be
released:
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(1)
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in
connection with any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of that Subsidiary Guarantor
(including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is
not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(2)
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in
connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the capital
stock of that Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or
any of its Subsidiaries; and
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(3)
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upon defeasance of the Guaranteed
Notes in accordance with Article 8 of this Indenture or
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in
accordance
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with its terms,
each Subsidiary Guarantor will be released and relieved of any
obligations under its Note Guarantee.
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Upon
any such occurrence specified in this Section 15.4, the
Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to
evidence the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its
obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any
Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 15.4 will remain
liable for the principal, if any, of and interest and premium on
the Guaranteed Notes and for the other obligations of any
Subsidiary Guarantor up to the Guaranteed Amount under this
Indenture as provided in this Article 15.
3. Subordination.
The Indenture as it relates to the Guaranteed Notes only is hereby
amended to add Article 16 as follows:
SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
Section 16.1
Agreement to Subordinate.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor, for itself, its successors and assigns,
covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Guaranteed Notes issued
under this Indenture and any indenture supplemental thereto by such
Holder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees,
that all Guaranteed Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture shall
be subject to the provisions of this Article 16; and each
Holder of a Guaranteed Note, whether upon original issue or upon
transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by
such provisions.
The
payment by each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Note Guarantees on all
Guaranteed Notes issued under this Indenture shall, to the extent
and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinate in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Senior
Indebtedness with respect to such series, whether outstanding at
the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
Section 16.2
Default on Senior Indebtedness.
In
the event and during the continuation of any default by the
Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of principal, premium, interest
or any other amount due on any Senior Indebtedness, or in the event
that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated
because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be
made by any Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Note Guarantee
on the Guaranteed Notes until such Subsidiary Guarantor’s
obligations with respect to the Senior Indebtedness are paid in
full.
In
the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraph of this Section 16.2, such payment shall
be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered to, the
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Holders of such
Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture or agreement pursuant to
which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as
their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that
the Holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or
representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within
120 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on
such Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such
notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the Holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
Section 16.3
Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon
any payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor or distribution of assets
of any Subsidiary Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon
all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, payment
thereof shall have been provided for in money in accordance with
its terms or the Guaranteed Amount shall have been delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to the following paragraph, before any payment is
made by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of any Note Guarantee
on the Guaranteed Notes; and upon any such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization, or in any such bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceeding,
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