Any person who has a concern about CIT's governance, corporate conduct, business ethics or financial practices (including CIT's accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters) (a "Concern") may communicate that Concern to the company's lead director, non-management directors as a group, or the Audit Committee. In addition, CIT's stockholders may communicate with the Board regarding any topic of current relevance to CIT's business.
The foregoing communications may be anonymous, and may be:
- e-mailed to directors@cit.com
- submitted in writing to:
CIT Group Inc. Board of Directors
1 CIT Drive
Livingston, NJ 07039
Attn: General Counsel and Secretary
- or reported by phone by calling the CIT Hotline in the U.S. or Canada at 1-877-530-5287 (or to place calls from other countries in which CIT has operations, by calling 703-259-2284 collect).
Concerns and issues communicated to the Board will be addressed through CIT's regular procedures. Depending on the nature of the Concern or issue, it may be referred to CIT's Internal Audit Department, Law Department, Chief Compliance Officer, Human Resources Department or other appropriate department. At its regular meetings (or more frequently if deemed appropriate by management), the Board, or the appropriate committee of the Board, will be provided with a summary and/or copies of the communications described above.