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Title: THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/7/2009
Industry: Consumer Financial Services     Sector: Financial

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, Parties: jp morgan chase bank  n.a , cit group inc. , the bank of new york mellon
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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

           Third Supplemental Indenture ( this “Supplemental Indenture” ) , dated as of October 1, 2009, among CIT Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the entities listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of January 20, 2006 (as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of January 31, 2007 and the second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 24, 2008) (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of certain of the Issuer’s outstanding notes with maturities on or prior to December 15, 2017;

          WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer may execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, which does not require the consent of the Holders, the Guarantors desire to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Guarantors shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and all the notes with maturities on or prior to December 15, 2017 that were issued prior to September 30, 2009 and are outstanding as of such date (the “Guaranteed Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (and not any other series of notes);

          WHEREAS, the Guarantors’ obligations under the guarantees of the Guaranteed Notes will be subordinated to their respective senior indebtedness; and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.3 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 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) “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,

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goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

          (b) “Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Guaranteed Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

          (c) “Guarantor Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Guaranteed Notes or any Note Guarantee, all Indebtedness of the Guarantor outstanding at any time, except (a) the Guaranteed Notes, (b) Indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Guaranteed Notes, or ranks pari passu with the Guaranteed Notes that are subordinated to the Guaranteed Notes, (c) Indebtedness of the Guarantor to an Affiliate of the Guarantor, (d) interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding relating to the Guarantor referred to in Section 5.1(6) and (7) unless such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the Guarantor in a proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy laws, (e) trade accounts payable, (f) any Indebtedness issued in violation of the instrument creating the same and (g) any guarantee of any Indebtedness. The term “Indebtedness,” when used in the definition of the term “Guarantor 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 Seventeen as follows:

ARTICLE SEVENTEEN

NOTE GUARANTEES

          Section 17.01. Guarantee

          (a) Subject to this Article Seventeen, each of the 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:

 

(1)

 

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)

 

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 in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the maximum aggregate liability of each 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 Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

          Each 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 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 Guarantor. Each 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 17.04 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 Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the 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 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 Guarantor further agrees (to the fullest extent permitted by law) that, as between the 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 Five 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 Five of this Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to

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seek contribution from the Issuer or any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.

          Section 17.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability

          Each 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 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 Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such 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 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 Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article Seventeen, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. Each 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 17.01(b), are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

          Section 17.03. Delivery of Note Guarantee

          Neither the Issuer nor any 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.

          Section 17.04. Releases

          The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:

 

(1)

 

in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that 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;

 

 

(2)

 

in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries; and

 

 

(3)

 

upon defeasance of the Guaranteed Notes in accordance with Article Four of this Indenture or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with its terms, each 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 17.04, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.

          Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 17.04 will remain liable for the principal, if any, of and interest and premium on the Guaranteed Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor up to the Guaranteed Amount under this Indenture as provided in this Article Seventeen.

          3. Subordination. The Indenture as it relates to the Guaranteed Notes only is hereby amended to add Article Eighteen as follows:

ARTICLE EIGHTEEN

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

          Section 18.01 Agreement to Subordinate.

          Each 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 Eighteen; 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 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 Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

          Section 18.02 Default on Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.

          In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Guarantor in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other amount due on any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, or in the event that the maturity of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by any Guarantor with respect to the Note Guarantee on the Guaranteed Notes until such Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guarantor 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 18.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the Holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture or agreement pursuant to which any of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to

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the extent that the Holders of such Guarantor 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 Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the Holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.

          Section 18.03 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

          Upon any payment by any Guarantor or distribution of assets of any Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of any Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Guarantor 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 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


 
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