UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2003
CIT GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-31369 65-1051192
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
1 CIT Drive
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
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(Address of registrant's principal executive office)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 740-5000
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Historical quarterly financial information issued by CIT Group Inc. on its
website, www.cit.com.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes an exhibit, attached as Exhibit 99.1,
disclosing certain historical quarterly financial information issued by CIT
Group Inc. on its website, www.cit.com. This supplemental data has not been
examined under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") by independent
accountants and includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation
of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included as a
separate table at the end of Exhibit 99.1.
The historical quarterly financial information provided herein excludes the
results of Tyco Capital Holding, Inc. ("TCH"), which was merged into CIT Group
Inc. (Nevada) prior to CIT's initial public offering ("IPO") on July 8, 2002.
TCH had nominal activities prior to Tyco's acquisition of CIT on June 1, 2001
and does not impact the Company's financial results for the period(s) subsequent
to the IPO date. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform
to the current period presentation.
Please refer to the Company's SEC filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q for
consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CIT GROUP INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ William J. Taylor
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William J. Taylor
Executive Vice President and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Dated: October 24, 2003
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