Filed under Rule 433
File
No. 333-131159
CIT Group Inc.
$750,000,000 5.65% Senior Notes due February 13, 2017
Final Term Sheet
| Issuer: | CIT Group Inc. | |
| Principal Amount: | $750,000,000 | |
| Type: | SEC Registered – Registration Statement No. 333-131159 | |
| Issue Price: | 99.660% | |
| Underwriters’ Commission: | 0.45% | |
| Proceeds to Issuer: | $744,075,000 | |
| Pricing Date: | February 6, 2007 | |
| Settlement Date: | February 13, 2007 | |
| Maturity Date: | February 13, 2017 | |
| Interest Rate: | 5.65% | |
| Spread to Treasury: | +93 basis points (0.93%) | |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 4 5/8 % due November 15, 2016 | |
| Benchmark Yield: | 4.765% | |
| Specified Currency: | U.S. Dollars ($) | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Interest will be paid on the Maturity Date and semiannually on February 13 | |
| and August 13 of each year, provided that if any such day is not a Business | ||
| Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on | ||
| the date this payment was due, and no additional interest will accrue as a result | ||
| of this delayed payment. | ||
| First Payment Date: | August 13, 2007. | |
| Accrual of Interest: | Interest payments will include the amount of interest accrued from and | |
| including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been | ||
| paid (or from and including the Original Issue Date) to, but excluding, the | ||
| applicable Interest Payment Date. | ||
| Minimum Denomination: | Minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. | |
| Exchange Listing: | None. | |
| Other Provisions: | “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither | |
| a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or | ||
| required by law or regulation (including any executive order) to close in The | ||
| City of New York. | ||
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