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Meeting Type:	ANNUAL	Meeting Location:	CIT Group Inc.
Meeting Date:	5/6/08		One CIT Drive
Meeting Time:	11:00 A.M. EDT		Livingston, NJ 07039
For holders as of: 3/10/08

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Voting items

1.	To elect 11 directors to serve for one year or until the next annual meeting of stockholders;

The II directors are:
Nominees:
01) Gary C. Butler
02) William M. Freeman
03) Susan M. Lyne
04) James S. McDonald
05) Marianne Miller Parrs
06) Jeffrey M. Peek
07) Timothy M. Ring
08) Vice Admiral John R. Ryan
09) Seymour Sternberg
10) Peter J. Tobin
11) Lois M. Van Deusen

2.	To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as CIT's independent auditors for 2008; and
3.	To approve amending the Long-Term Incentive Plan, including an increase in the number of shares available thereunder.

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Voting Instructions

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