Document:

Exhibit 4.2  

	
  

 
	

 

 

5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2018

CIT GROUP INC.,

as Issuer,

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Authenticating Agent

	
  

 
	

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

	
  

 
	

 

 

Dated as of March 15, 2012

	
  

 
	

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
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 ARTICLE 1

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 DEFINITIONS

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 1.1

 	
 Relation to
 Base Indenture

 	
  

 	
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 Section 1.2

 	
 Definition
 of Terms

 	
  

 	
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 ARTICLE 2

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 2.1

 	
 Designation
 and Principal Amount

 	
  

 	
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 Section 2.2

 	
 Maturity

 	
  

 	
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 Section 2.3

 	
 Form,
 Payment and Appointment

 	
  

 	
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 Section 2.4

 	
 Global Notes

 	
  

 	
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 Section 2.5

 	
 Interest

 	
  

 	
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 ARTICLE 3

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF THE NOTES

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 3.1

 	
 No Sinking
 Fund or Repayment at Option of the Holder

 	
  

 	
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 Section 3.2

 	
 Optional
 Redemption

 	
  

 	
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 Section 3.3

 	
 Offer to
 Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

 	
  

 	
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 Section 3.4

 	
 Effect of
 Redemption

 	
  

 	
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 Section 3.5

 	
 Redemption
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 Section 3.6

 	
 No Other
 Redemption

 	
  

 	
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 FORM OF NOTE

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 4.1

 	
 Form of Note

 	
  

 	
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 ARTICLE 5

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 COVENANTS

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 5.1

 	
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 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 6.1

 	
 Additional
 Events of Default

 	
  

 	
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 Section 6.2

 	
 Additional
 Covenant Defeasance

 	
  

 	
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 Section 6.3

 	
 Additional
 Amendments and Waivers

 	
  

 	
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 MISCELLANEOUS

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Section 7.1

 	
 Ratification
 of Indenture

 	
  

 	
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 Section 7.2

 	
 No Personal
 Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 	
  

 	
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 Section 7.3

 	
 Trustee Not
 Responsible for Recitals

 	
  

 	
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 Section 7.4

 	
 New York Law
 To Govern

 	
  

 	
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 Section 7.5

 	
 Separability

 	
  

 	
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 Section 7.6

 	
 Counterparts

 	
  

 	
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          THIS
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 15, 2012 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among CIT Group
Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Company”),
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as paying agent, security registrar and authenticating agent (the “Agent”), amending and supplementing the
Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2012 among the Company, the Trustee and the
Agent, governing the issuance of debt securities (the “Base Indenture”). The Base Indenture, as
amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, shall be referred to
herein as the “Indenture.” 

RECITALS

          WHEREAS,
the Company has executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee and
the Agent to provide for the future issuance of the Company’s debt securities
or other evidence of Indebtedness, to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as might be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture; 

          WHEREAS,
Section 9.3(8) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee
to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the
forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.1 and
Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture; 

          WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company wishes to provide
for the issuance of a new series of Securities to be known as its 5.25% Senior
Unsecured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
and the form, terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as
provided in this Supplemental Indenture; and 

          WHEREAS,
the Company has requested that the Trustee and the Agent execute and deliver
this Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in
accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and the Agent, and the payment by the purchaser thereof of
the agreed upon consideration therefor, the valid, binding and
enforceable Obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized
in all respects. 

          NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

          Section
1.1 Relation to Base Indenture. 

          This
Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture, and
supplements and amends the Base Indenture solely with respect to the Notes. 

          Section
1.2 Definition of Terms. 

          For
all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture: 

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 a term not defined herein that is defined in the Base Indenture has the same
 meaning when used in this Supplemental Indenture; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b)
 the definition of any term in this Supplemental Indenture that is also
 defined in the Base Indenture shall supersede the definition of such term in
 the Base Indenture; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 a term defined anywhere in this Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning
 throughout; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 the singular includes the plural and vice versa and use of any gender
 includes each other gender; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;
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           (f)
 the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.2: 

 

          “Additional Notes” means additional Notes
(other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Section 3.12 of the Base Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial
Notes. 

          “Alternate Offer” has the meaning assigned
to that term set forth in Section 3.3. 

          “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that
term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be
deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has
the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of
time. The terms “Beneficially Owns”
and “Beneficially Owned” have a
corresponding meaning. 

          “Change of Control” means the occurrence of
any of the following: 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (1)
 any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
 of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the
 total outstanding Voting Stock (measured by voting power rather than the
 number of shares) of the Company, other than in any such transaction where: 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
           (A)
 the Voting Stock (as defined herein) of the Company outstanding immediately
 prior to such transaction is changed into or exchanged for Voting Stock of
 another Person (the “Permitted Parent”)
 constituting a majority of the outstanding Voting
 Stock (measured by voting power rather than the number of 

 

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 shares) of
 the Permitted Parent (immediately after giving effect to such issuance); and

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
           (B)
 immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are
 used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is the Beneficial Owner
 of more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock (measured by voting
 power rather than the number of shares) of the Permitted Parent; or

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (2)
 the Company sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes
 of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, other than any such
 transaction where:

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
           (A)
 the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such
 transaction is changed into or exchanged for Voting Stock of the transferee
 Person (the “Transferee”)
 constituting a majority of the outstanding shares
 of the outstanding Voting Stock (measured by voting power rather than the
 number of shares) of the Transferee (immediately after giving effect to such
 issuance); and

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
           (B)
 immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are
 used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is the Beneficial
 Owner of more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock (measured by
 voting power rather than the number of shares) of the Transferee.

 

Following any
transaction described in clause (1)(A), the Permitted Parent shall be
substituted for the Company in this definition and the definition of “Trigger
Period,” and following any transaction described in clause (2)(A), the Transferee
shall be substituted for the Company in this definition and the definition of
“Trigger Period.” 

          “Change of Control Offer” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 3.3 hereof. 

          “Change of Control Payment” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 3.3 hereof. 

          “Change of Control Payment Date” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.3 hereof. 

          “Change of Control Triggering Event” means
the occurrence of both (i) a Change of Control and (ii) a Ratings Downgrade
Event. 

          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United
States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as
having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes; provided,
however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the
maturity date for such Notes, yields for the two published maturities most
closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be
determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from
those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month. 

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          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with
respect to any redemption date, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Independent
Investment Banker obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
the average of all such quotations. 

          “Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(a) hereof. 

          “Custodian” means, with respect to any
Global Note, the Security Registrar, as custodian for DTC with respect to such
Global Note. 

          “DTC” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(d) hereof. 

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. 

          “Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4 hereof. 

          “Guarantee” means, with respect to any
Person, any Obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other Obligation
of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any Obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, that is (1) an
Obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide
assurance to an obligee that the Obligation of the obligor thereof shall be
paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto shall be complied with,
or the holders thereof shall be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in
respect thereof; or (2) a liability of such Person for an Obligation of another
through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or
otherwise acquire such Obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds
for the payment or discharge of such Obligation (whether in the form of loans,
advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to
maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial
condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under
subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (2), the primary purpose or intent thereof
is as described in clause (1) above. The verb “Guarantee” shall have a
correlative meaning. 

          “Independent Investment Banker” means Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC (and its respective successors) or, if any such firm is
not willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an
independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by
the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

          “Initial Notes” means $1,500,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Issue Date. 

          “Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5(a) hereof. 

          “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating
from Moody’s of Baa3 or higher (or its equivalent under any successor rating
category of Moody’s) and a rating from S&P of BBB- or higher (or its
equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), in each case with a
stable outlook, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any
replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company under the
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select a
replacement agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in
each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.” 

          “Issue Date” means the date of this
Supplemental Indenture. 

          “Maturity Date” means March 15, 2018. 

          “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. 

          “Notes” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto. 

          “Obligations” means any principal, interest
(including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to an obligor, would have accrued on any obligation, whether or not a
claim is allowed against such obligor for such interest in the related
proceeding), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness. 

          “Parent” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(c) hereof. 

          “Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s and
S&P; provided, that if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes
or fails to make a rating of the Notes available, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to appoint another “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the
Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency and following such
appointment such replacement rating agency shall be substituted in this
definition for the rating agency that ceased to rate the Notes or failed to
make a rating of the Notes available; provided that the Company shall
give notice of such appointment to the Trustee. 

          “Ratings Downgrade Event” means, on any date
during the Trigger Period (as defined herein), the Notes being downgraded by at
least one modifier (a modifier being plus, neutral or minus for S&P, 1, 2
or 3 for Moody’s and similar modifier by any other Rating Agency) by one of the
Rating Agencies from the rating on the Notes by such Rating Agency on the date
prior to the first day of the Trigger Period; provided that no Ratings
Downgrade Event shall be deemed to occur if either (i) the rating on the Notes
by each Rating Agency that downgraded its rating is an Investment Grade Rating
after such downgrade or (ii) in respect of a particular Change of Control, if
the Rating Agency or Agencies (as applicable) that downgraded the Notes announce
or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing that the reduction was not the
result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or
arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control. 

          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations”
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date
for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker,
of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes to be
redeemed (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day
preceding such redemption date. 

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          “Reference Treasury Dealers” means Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley
& Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC and, in each case, its successors; provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing shall resign as a Reference
Treasury Dealer or cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer, the
Company will substitute therefor another primary U.S. government securities
dealer. 

          “Regular Record Date” means, with respect to
a March 15 Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding March 1, and with
respect to a September 15 Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding
September 1. 

          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Corporation. 

          “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any
redemption date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average
for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published
statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which
is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,”
for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; or (b) if the
release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding
the calculation date or does not contain these yields, the rate per annum equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third
business day immediately preceding such redemption date) of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date. 

          “Trigger Period” means the period commencing
1 day prior to the first public announcement by the Company of an arrangement
that could result in a Change of Control and ending 60 days following
consummation of the Change of Control (which period will be extended following
consummation of a Change of Control for so long as the rating of the Notes is
under announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating
Agencies as the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance
comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change
of Control). 

          “U.S.” means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the
District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject
to its jurisdiction. 

          “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of
any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to
vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. 

          The
terms “Company,” “Trustee,” “Indenture” and “Base
Indenture” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
paragraph preceding the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture. 

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ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

          Section
2.1 Designation and Principal Amount. 

          There
is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the “5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2018”
initially offered in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000, which
amount shall be as set forth in a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of Notes pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture. 

          Section
2.2 Maturity. 

          Unless
earlier redeemed pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, the date upon which the Notes
shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and
unpaid interest, is the Maturity Date. 

          Section
2.3 Form, Payment and Appointment. 

          (a)
Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the
transfer of such Notes shall be registrable, and such Notes shall be
exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical
terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall
initially be the office of the Security Registrar; provided, however,
that (i) if a Holder (including a Depository) has given wire transfer instructions
to the Company on or before the Regular Record Date, then payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on that Holder’s Notes shall be paid in
accordance with those instructions and (ii) if no such instructions have been
given, then, at the option of the Company, payments of principal, premium, if
any, and interest may be made by check mailed to the Holder at such address as
shall appear in the Security Register. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
shall be payable in Dollars. 

          (b)
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
the Notes, but the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith. 

          (c)
The Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes
shall initially be Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. 

          (d)
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depository with respect to
the Global Notes. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas shall act as Custodian
with respect to the Global Notes. 

          (e)
The Notes shall be issuable in the denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

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          Section
2.4 Global Notes. 

          The
Notes initially shall be issued in permanent global form as one or more Global
Notes (collectively, the “Global Notes”).
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture or this Section 2.4, Notes
represented by the Global Notes shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not
otherwise be issuable as, Notes in certificated form. Unless and until such
Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, Global Notes may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be
made, only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor
Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary. 

          Section
2.5 Interest. 

          (a)
The unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at the rate of
5.25% per year (the “Coupon Rate”)
from and including the Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the
Maturity Date. Interest will be payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and
September 15, commencing on September 15, 2012. Each such date on which
interest is payable is an “Interest Payment
Date.” 

          (b)
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a
day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such
delay). 

          (c)
Interest shall be calculated by the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will provide
to the Company the calculation of interest payable on an Interest Payment Date
at least 5 Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date. 

          (d)
The Company shall deposit the funds for any payment of interest with the
Trustee or Paying Agent one Business Day prior to any Interest Payment Date. 

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF THE NOTES

          Section
3.1 No Sinking Fund or Repayment at Option of the Holder. 

          The
Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and are not subject
to redemption at the option of the Holders. Articles 12 and 13 of the Base
Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. 

          Section
3.2 Optional Redemption. 

          (a)
At any time and from time to time, the Company may redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to each holder of
Notes, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: 

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           (2)
 the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
 principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after
 the related redemption date but for such redemption (exclusive of interest
 accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a
 semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
 at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points; 

 

plus, in
either case, accrued and unpaid interest, to the date of redemption, subject to
the rights of Holders of such Notes on a relevant record date to receive
interest due on a relevant Interest Payment Date. 

          (b)
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Notes shall
be redeemed on a pro rata basis
in accordance with Section 11.3 of the Base Indenture. 

          (c)
Any redemption of Notes pursuant to this Section 3.2 that is in part processed
through DTC shall be treated in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC
as a “Pro Rata Pass-Through Distribution of Principal” (as defined under such rules
and procedures). Except to the extent modified by this Supplemental Indenture,
the provisions of Article 11 of the Base Indenture shall apply to redemptions
of Notes pursuant to this Section 3.2. 

          (d)
In addition to the Company’s right to redeem Notes as set forth above in this
Section 3.2, the Company may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes
in open market transactions, tender offers or otherwise. 

          Section
3.3 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event. 

          (a)
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will
be obligated to make an offer to purchase (a “Change
of Control Offer”) and each Holder of Notes will have the right to
require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 in principal
amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s
Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture. In the Change of Control Offer,
the Company will offer a Change of Control payment in cash equal to 101% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest
on the Notes purchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of
Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant Interest Payment Date (the “Change
of Control Payment”). 

          Within
30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after
the public announcement of the pending Change of Control and conditional upon a
Change of Control Triggering Event occurring, the Company will mail, by first
class mail, a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee,
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the Change of Control payment date
specified in the notice (the “Change of
Control Payment Date”), which date will be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as
required by law, pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and
described in such notice. The notice, if mailed prior to the date of
consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the 

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Change of
Control Offer is conditioned on the consummation of the Change of Control on or
prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

          (b)
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not
 withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control
 Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and
 not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; and 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
 together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount
 of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company. 

 

          (c)
The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer the Change of Control Payment for such
Notes, and the Authenticating Agent shall promptly authenticate and mail, or
cause to be transferred by book entry, to each such Holder a new Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided
that the new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the
results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as reasonably practicable
after the Change of Control Payment Date. 

          (d)
The Change of Control provisions described in this Section 3.3 shall be
applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are
applicable, except in any case in which the provisions of Section 4.2 of the
Base Indenture are applicable. The Company shall comply with the requirements
of Section 14e-1 of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or
regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to the
purchase of Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
the Change of Control provisions of this Section 3.3, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Section 3.3 by virtue of such
compliance. 

          (e)
The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control Triggering Event if (1) a third party makes the Change of
Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control
Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly and properly tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) the Company has
given notice to redeem all Notes in accordance with the redemption provisions
of Section 3.2 hereof unless and until there is a default in payment of the
applicable Redemption Price or (3) in connection with or in contemplation of
any Change of Control for which a definitive agreement is in place, the Company
or a third party has made an offer to purchase (an “Alternate Offer”) any and all Notes validly and properly
tendered at a cash price equal to or higher than the Change of Control Payment
and has purchased all Notes validly and properly tendered and not withdrawn in
accordance with the terms of such Alternate Offer. 

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          Section
3.4 Effect of Redemption. 

          Unless
the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the
Redemption Date, (a) interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes immediately
prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date, (b) the Notes shall
become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (c) the Notes shall be void
and all rights of the Holders in respect of the Notes shall terminate and lapse
(other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such
Notes but without interest on such Redemption Price). Following the notice of a
redemption, neither the Company nor the Security Registrar shall be required to
register the transfer of or exchange the Notes to be redeemed. The redemption
provisions of Sections 11.5 and 11.6 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to
the Notes. 

          Section
3.5 Redemption Procedures. 

          One
Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the
Redemption Date, the aggregate Redemption Price for Notes being redeemed. If
the Company gives an irrevocable notice of redemption with respect to the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof in connection with an optional redemption, and
the Company has paid to the Paying Agent the Redemption Price of the Notes to be
redeemed, then, on the Redemption Date, the Paying Agent shall irrevocably
deposit such funds with the Depository. The Company shall also give the
Depository irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price
in immediately available funds to the Holders of beneficial interests in the
Global Notes. If any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then the Redemption
Price shall be payable on the next Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay). Interest to be paid on or before
the Redemption Date for any Notes called for redemption shall be payable to the
Holders on the Regular Record Date for the related Interest Payment Dates. If
any Notes called for redemption are not so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the Redemption Price shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the Coupon Rate. In exchange for the unredeemed portion of
such surrendered Notes, new Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of such surrendered Notes shall be issued. 

          Section
3.6 No Other Redemption. 

          Except
as set forth in this Article 3, the Notes shall not be redeemable by the
Company prior to the Maturity Date. 

ARTICLE 4

FORM OF NOTE

          Section
4.1 Form of Note. 

          The
Notes and the Authenticating Agent’s Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A
hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the
Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be
conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. 

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ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS

          In
addition to the covenants set forth in Article 10 of the Base Indenture, the
following covenants shall apply to any Outstanding Notes: 

          Section
5.1 Reports. 

          (a)
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission and in
lieu of Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture, so long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders or cause the Trustee to
furnish to the Holders, within 30 days after the Company is required to file
the same with the Commission: 

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 all quarterly and annual reports that the Company is required to file, or
 would be required to file with the Commission, on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the
 Company were required to file such reports; and 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 all current reports that the Company is required to file, or would be
 required to file with the Commission, on Form 8-K if the Company were
 required to file such reports; 

 

provided that any such above information or
reports filed with the EDGAR system of the Commission (or any successor system)
and available publicly on the Internet shall be deemed to be furnished to the
Holders of Notes. 

          (b)
All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with
all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report
on Form 10-K shall include a report on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. In
addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company shall file a
copy of all of the reports referred to in Section 5.1(a)(i) and (ii) with the
Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and regulations applicable to such reports for the status of
the filer that the Company would otherwise be if it were required to file
reports with the Commission, subject to extension as set forth in Rule
12b-25(b)(ii) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision) (unless the
Commission shall not accept such a filing) and make such information available
to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Company
agrees that it shall not take any action that would cause the Commission not to
accept such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not
accept such filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports specified
in Section 5.1(a) hereof on its publicly accessible website within the time
periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports
with the Commission. 

          (c)
If, and so long as, all of the Capital Stock of the Company is beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person (the “Parent”) (i) whose corporate family and corporate credit
ratings are Investment Grade Ratings and (ii) that files reports with the
Commission under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the requirements
in Section 5.1(a) shall be deemed satisfied by the filing by such Parent of the
reports specified in Section 5.1(a) hereof within the time periods specified
therein. 

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ARTICLE 6

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

          Section
6.1 Additional Events of Default. 

          In
addition to the Events of Default set forth in Article 5 of the Base Indenture,
each of the following shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 5.1 of
the Base Indenture in respect of any Outstanding Notes: 

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 failure for 3 business days by the Company to comply with Section 3.3 hereof;
 and 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b)
 failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice to the Company by the
 Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of aggregate principal amount of the
 Notes then Outstanding to comply with Section 5.1 hereof. 

 

          Section
6.2 Additional Covenant Defeasance.  

          Article
4 of the Base Indenture shall apply in respect of any Outstanding Notes, provided
that subject to the conditions set forth under Section 4.2(3) of the Base
Indenture, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the
Obligations of the Company released with respect to Sections 3.3 and 5.1 hereof
in connection with the Covenant Defeasance as provided under Section 4.2(2) of
the Base Indenture. In the event such Covenant Defeasance occurs, the events
set forth under Section 6.1 hereof shall no longer constitute an Event of
Default with respect to the Notes. 

          Section
6.3 Additional Amendments and Waivers. 

          (a)
Article 9 of the Base Indenture shall apply in respect of any Outstanding
Notes, provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base
Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, any amendment or waiver of Section
3.3 hereof shall not be deemed an amendment or waiver of the redemption
provisions applicable to the Notes.  

ARTICLE 7

MISCELLANEOUS

          Section
7.1 Ratification of Indenture. 

          The
Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all
respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be
deemed part of this Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided. 

          Section
7.2 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

          No
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as
such, will have any liability for any Obligation of the Company under the Notes
or this Indenture or for any 

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claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each
Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The
waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws. 

          Section
7.3 Trustee and Agent Not Responsible for Recitals. 

          The
recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee or
Agent, and the Trustee and Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Trustee and Agent make no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. 

          Section
7.4 New York Law To Govern. 

          THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS MADE UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE. 

          Section
7.5 Separability. 

          In
case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture
or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this
Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 

          Section
7.6 Counterparts. 

          This
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Supplemental Indenture by telefacsimile or by any electronic imaging,
electronic mail or other similar means shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture. 

[Signature pages follow]

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          IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be duly executed, as of the day and year first written above. 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 WILMINGTON
 TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 
	
  

 	
 as Trustee

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
 /s/ Boris
 Treyger

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Boris
 Treyger

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title: Vice
 President

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 DEUTSCHE
 BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 
	
  

 	
 as Paying
 Agent, Security Registrar and Authenticating Agent

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
 Deutsche
 Bank National Trust Company

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
 /s/
 Jacqueline Bartnick

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name:
 Jacqueline Bartnick

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:
 Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
 /s/ Rodney
 Gaughan

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Rodney
 Gaughan

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title: Vice
 President

 

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 CIT GROUP INC.

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
 Usama F.
 Ashraf

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Usama
 F. Ashraf

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:
 Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]

EXHIBIT A 

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[Global Securities Legend]

          UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”),
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN. 

          TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF. 

[Definitive Securities Legend]

          IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR
AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER
AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 

Exhibit A-1

CUSIP No. 125581 GL6 

ISIN No. US 125581GL68

	
  

 	
  

 
	
 No. ______

 	
 $________ 

 

5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)

          CIT
GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
$[                    
] Dollars on March 15, 2018. 

          Interest
Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15. 

          Record
Dates: March 1 and September 1. 

Exhibit A-2

          Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Dated:

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 CIT GROUP
 INC.

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name:

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Attest:

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	

 

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 Name:

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 Title:

 	
  

 

Exhibit A-3

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 CERTIFICATE
 OF AUTHENTICATION

 
	
  

 
	
 DEUTSCHE
 BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 
	
 as
 Authenticating Agent

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 By:

 	
 Deutsche
 Bank National Trust Company

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 by

 	
  

 
	
  

 	

 

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 Authorized Signatory

 	
  

 

Exhibit A-4

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]

1. Interest

          CIT
GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and
assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company
shall pay interest semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year,
commencing September 15, 2012. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from March 15, 2012. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months. 

2. Method
of Payment

          The
Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the
Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the
March 1 and September 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes
are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date.
Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.
The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company. The Company shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note
(including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by mailing a check to the
registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on
a certificated Note shall be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account
maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects
payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Paying Agent to such
effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas (the “Agent”) may
accept in its discretion).  

3. Paving
Agent and Security Registrar

          Initially,
the Agent shall act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar without
notice. The Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or co-registrar. 

4. Indenture

          The
Company issued the Notes under an Indenture (the “Base Indenture”) dated as of March 15, 2012 and a First
Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental
Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) dated as of March 15, 2012,
among the Company, the Trustee and the Agent. The terms of the Notes include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on
the date of the Indenture (the “Act”).
Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes 

Exhibit A-5

are subject to
all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a
statement of those terms. 

          The
Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company shall be entitled
to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Base Indenture.
The Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. 

5. Optional
Redemption

          At
any time and from time to time, the Company may redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to each holder of
Notes, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
          (1)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, and 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
          (2)
the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after
the related redemption date but for such redemption (exclusive of interest
accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points; 

plus, in
either case, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to
the rights of Holders of such Notes on a relevant record date to receive
interest due on a relevant Interest Payment Date. 

          In
addition to the Company’s right to redeem Notes as set forth in Section 3.2 of
the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may at any time and from time to time
purchase Notes in open market transactions, tender offers or otherwise. 

6. Notice
of Redemption 

          If
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Notes shall be
redeemed on a pro rata basis in
accordance with Section 11.3 of the Base Indenture. 

          Any
redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Supplemental Indenture that is
in part processed through DTC shall be treated in accordance with the rules and
procedures of DTC as a “Pro Rata Pass-Through Distribution of Principal” (as
defined under such rules and procedures). Except to the extent modified by the
Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of Article 11 of the Base Indenture
shall apply to redemptions of Notes pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Supplemental
Indenture. 

7. Change
of Control 

          Upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will be
obligated to make an offer to purchase and each Holder of Notes will have the
right to require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 in
principal amount or an integral multiple 

Exhibit A-6

of $1,000 in
principal amount in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set
forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer a Change
of Control Payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes purchased to the
date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 

8. Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange 

          The
Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000
principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder
may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Security
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case
of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed)
or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed
or 15 days before an interest payment date. 

9. Persons
Deemed Owners 

          The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes. 

10. Discharge
and Defeasance

          Subject
to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Paying Agent Cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government
Obligations, or a combination of Cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable
Government Obligations, in amounts as shall be sufficient, without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation
for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or
redemption. 

11. Defaults
and Remedies 

          The
Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 5.1 of the Base
Indenture and Section 6.1 of the Supplemental Indenture. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holders
shall be as set forth in the Indenture. 

12. No
Recourse Against Others 

          No
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as
such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. 

Exhibit A-7

13. Authentication

          This
Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Authenticating
Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of
this Note. 

14. Abbreviations

          Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN
COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint
tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

15. CUSIP
Numbers 

          The
Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

16. Governing
Law 

          THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE. 

Exhibit A-8

ASSIGNMENT FORM

	
 

	
 

	
To assign
this Note, fill in the form below:

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
I or we
assign and transfer this Note to

	
 

	

	
 

	
                  (Print
or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

	
 

	

	
(Insert assignee’s sec. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and
irrevocably appoint ____________________________________ agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him. 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Date:

	
 

	
 

	
Your
Signature:

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
Sign exactly
as your name appears

on the other side of this Security.

Exhibit A-9

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL
NOTE

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note
have been made: 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Date
of

Exchange

	
 

	
Amount
of decrease

in Principal amount

of this Global

Security

	
 

	
Amount
of increase

in Principal amount

of this Global

Security

	
 

	
Principal
amount of

this Global Note

following such

decrease or

increase

	
 

	
Signature
of

authorized officer of

Trustee or Securities

Custodian

	

	
 

	

	
 

	

	
 

	

	
 

	

Exhibit A-10

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

          If
you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.3 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box: o

          If
you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount in
principal amount: $________ 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Date:

	
 

	
 

	
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Sign exactly
as your name appears

on the other side of this Security.

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Signature
Guarantee:

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
                                (Signature
must be guaranteed)

          Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

Exhibit A-11Ex 4.1

ZYGO CORPORATION

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

          1.
Purpose. The purpose of the Zygo Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
Plan is to provide Eligible Employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries with
a means to acquire shares of Common Stock through payroll deductions. The Plan
is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423
of the Code and shall be interpreted and construed accordingly.

          2.
Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms have the
following meanings:

                    “Account” shall mean the bookkeeping
account established in the name of each Participant to reflect the payroll
deductions made on behalf of the Participant.

                    “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors
of the Company.

                    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.

                    “Committee” shall mean the committee
appointed to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4 or, if no such
committee is duly constituted or appointed, the Board.

                    “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s
common stock, par value, $0.10.

                    “Company” shall mean Zygo Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

                    “Compensation” shall mean the base
compensation paid by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Participant which is
required to be reported as wages on the Participant’s Form W-2, including such
additional amounts which are not includible in gross income by reason of
Sections 125, 402(e)(3) or 402(h)(1)(B) of the Code, and excluding any bonuses,
overtime pay, severance, sick leave, expense and relocation allowances, gains
from the exercise of stock options and other irregular payments (except commissions).

                    “Employee” shall mean any person on the
active employment payroll of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any person
classified by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time services are
provided as an independent contractor or consultant shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan during the period which he or she is so classified even
if later retroactively reclassified as an Employee during all or any part of
such period pursuant to applicable law or otherwise.

                    “Eligible Employee” shall mean, with
respect to an Offering Period, any Employee on the Enrollment Date who
satisfies each of the following criteria:

                    the
Employee does not immediately after the grant, directly or indirectly, own

stock (as defined by the Code) and/or hold outstanding
options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total
combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or a
“parent corporation” or Subsidiary of the Company;

                    the
Employee’s customary employment is for twenty (20) hours or more per week or
such lesser number of hours established by the Committee on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis; and

                    the
Employee customarily works a minimum of five (5) months per year, or such
lesser number of months established by the Committee on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis.

If the Committee permits any Eligible Employee of a
Subsidiary to participate in the Plan during an Offering Period, then all
Eligible Employees of that Subsidiary shall also be permitted to participate in
the Plan during such Offering Period.

                    “Enrollment Date” shall mean the first day
of an Offering Period.

                    “Exercise Date” shall mean the last day of
an Offering Period.

                    “Fair Market Value” for purposes of the
Plan, unless otherwise required by the Code, shall mean, as of any date, the
closing sale price per share of Common Stock as published by the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded on such date
or, if there is no sale of Common Stock on such date, the average of the bid
and asked prices on such exchange at the close of trading on such date, or if
shares of the Common Stock are not listed on a national securities exchange on
such date, the last reported trading price or, if none, the average of the bid
and asked prices in the over-the-counter market at the close of trading on such
date. If there is no such reported price for the Common Stock for the date in
question due to the applicable stock market not being open for trading, then
such price on the last preceding date for which such price exists shall be
determinative of Fair Market Value.

                    “Offering Period” shall mean each period
designated as such by the Committee, subject to compliance with Section 423 of
the Code; provided, however, that the duration of each Offering Period will be
no less than one month and no more than 27 months. The number of Offering
Periods in any calendar year may not exceed twelve.

                    “Participant” shall mean any Eligible
Employee for whom an Account is maintained under the Plan.

                    “Purchase Price” shall mean, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 10 hereof, ninety percent (90%) of the lesser of the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on (i) the Enrollment Date or (ii) the Exercise Date.

                    “Plan” shall mean this Zygo Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended from time to time.

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                    “Subsidiary” shall mean any “subsidiary
corporation” of the Company (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code)
that is designated by the Committee as an eligible Subsidiary under the Plan
from time to time.

          3.
Available Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10, the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be sold under the Plan shall
not exceed 1,000,000 shares. Such shares may be either authorized and unissued
or held by the Company in its treasury. The Committee may cause the Company to
purchase previously issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in order to
enable the Company to satisfy its obligations hereunder. Subject to the annual limitation described in Section
5 and to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 or as otherwise determined by
the Committee prior to the commencement of any Offering Period, the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock a Participant may purchase during any Offering
Period shall not exceed 2,000 shares.

          4.
Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Company’s
Compensation Committee or such other committee appointed by the Board from time
to time. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, acting in its
sole and absolute discretion, shall have full power and authority to interpret
the provisions of the Plan, to change the time covered by an Offering Period,
to supervise the administration of the Plan, and to take such other action as
may be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the provisions of the Plan.
A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The
Committee may act by the vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting
at which there is a quorum or by written consent. The decision of the
Committee, including questions of construction, interpretation and
administration, shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. The
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and any
employee or director of the Company or of a Subsidiary who provides assistance
or performs services in connection with the administration or interpretation of
the Plan against any loss, cost, liability (including any sum paid in
settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board), damage and expense
(including legal and other expenses incident thereto) arising out of or
incurred in connection with the Plan, unless and except to the extent
attributable to such person’s fraud or willful misconduct.

          5.
Eligibility and Enrollment. An Eligible Employee shall become a
Participant on the first Enrollment Date occurring on or after his or her
satisfaction of the Plan’s eligibility requirements and completion of a Plan
enrollment form authorizing payroll deductions. Such enrollment form must be
filed with the Company prior to the applicable Offering Period and during the
enrollment period established by the Company. Payroll deductions for a
Participant shall commence with the first payroll and shall end with the last
payroll in the Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable,
unless sooner terminated by the Participant in accordance with the provisions
hereof. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, to the
extent required by applicable law, no Participant may be granted the right to
purchase Common Stock under the Plan if and to the extent that the
Participant’s right to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans
(within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or a Subsidiary
would accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 in Fair Market Value (determined
at the time of grant) in accordance with the Code for each calendar year in
which such right is outstanding.

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          6.
Payroll Deduction. At the time a Participant enrolls in the Plan, he or
she must elect the amount to be deducted from each paycheck during the Offering
Period(s) covered by the election, provided that (i) unless otherwise
determined by the Committee with respect to future Offering Periods, no more
than ten percent (10%) of a Participant’s Compensation may be withheld under
the Plan on any pay date, and (ii) the Committee, acting in its discretion and
in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, may establish a minimum required amount
or percentage of Compensation which must be withheld during an Offering Period.
All payroll deductions made for a Participant shall be credited to the
Participant’s Account. Interest shall not accrue on any amounts credited to a
Participant’s Account. The rate of a Participant’s contribution, once
established, shall remain in effect for all subsequent Offering Periods unless
changed by the Participant in writing at such time and in such manner as the
Committee may prescribe.

          7.
Purchase of Shares. On each Exercise Date, the amount credited to a
Participant’s Account shall be used to purchase a whole number of shares of
Common Stock, the number of which will be determined by dividing the amount
credited to the Participant’s Account by the Purchase Price per share. Any
amount remaining in the Participant’s Account shall be credited to the
Participant’s Account as of the beginning of the next Offering Period. If the
total number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased as of an Exercise Date,
when aggregated with shares of Common Stock previously purchased under the
Plan, exceeds the number of shares then authorized under the Plan, a pro-rata
allocation of the available shares shall be made among the Participants based
upon the amounts in their respective Accounts as of the Exercise Date.

          8.
Discontinuance or Withdrawal; Withholding Changes.

                    8.1
Discontinuance or Withdrawal. At any time during an Offering Period, a
Participant may notify the Company that he or she wishes to discontinue
contributions under the Plan. This notice shall be in writing and shall become
effective as soon as practicable following its receipt by the Company. A
Participant may elect to withdraw all, but not less than all, of the amount of
his or her Account at any time during an Offering Period, except on the
Exercise Date with respect to that Offering Period. If a withdrawal is made
during an Offering Period, no further contributions shall be permitted during
that Offering Period by the withdrawing Participant.

                    8.2
Withholding Changes. At any time during an Offering Period, a
Participant may increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions
by completing and filing with the Company a new enrollment form authorizing a
change in payroll deduction rate. The Committee may, in its discretion, limit
the number of payroll deduction rate changes during any Offering Period. The
change in rate shall be effective as soon as practicable following the
Company’s receipt of the new enrollment form.

                    8.3
Termination of Employment. Any Participant whose employment with the
Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason before an Exercise
Date shall thereupon cease being a Participant. The total amount credited to
the Participant’s Account during the Offering Period shall be returned to the
Participant or, in the case of a deceased Participant, to the Participant’s
beneficiary, as soon as practicable after the Participant’s

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termination of employment.

          9.
Rights as a Stockholder. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued under
the Plan until full payment therefor has been made. A Participant shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares until the date a stock
certificate (or its equivalent) for such shares are issued to him or her.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no adjustments shall be made
for dividends or distributions of other rights for which the record date is
prior to the date such stock certificate (or its equivalent) is issued.

          10.
Capital Changes; Reorganization; Sale.

                    10.1
Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization. The aggregate number and
class of shares of Common Stock which may be sold under the Plan and purchased
by a Participant, as well as the number and class of shares of Common Stock and
the price per share covered by each right outstanding under the Plan which has
not yet been exercised, shall be adjusted proportionately or as otherwise
appropriate to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares
of Common Stock resulting from a split-up or consolidation of shares or any
like capital adjustment, or the payment of a stock dividend, and/or to reflect
a change in the character or class of shares covered by the Plan arising from a
readjustment or recapitalization.

                    10.2
Cash, Stock or Other Property for Stock. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section, in the event of an Exchange Transaction (as defined below), each
Participant shall be permitted to purchase Common Stock with the balance of his
or her Account immediately prior to such Exchange Transaction, and any amount
credited to a Participant’s Account which is not used to purchase Common Stock
before the Exchange Transaction shall be distributed to the Participant.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i) if, as part of the Exchange
Transaction, the stockholders of the Company receive capital stock of another
corporation (“Exchange Stock”) in exchange for their shares of Common Stock
(whether or not such Exchange Stock is the sole consideration), and if the
Board, in its sole discretion, so directs, then the rights of all Participants
to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be converted into rights to purchase
shares of Exchange Stock on an economically equivalent basis; and (ii) the
Board, acting in its discretion, may suspend operation of the Plan as of any
date that occurs after a contract is made which, if consummated, would result
in an Exchange Transaction and before the Exchange Transaction is consummated.

                    10.3
Definition of Exchange Transaction. For purposes hereof, the term
“Exchange Transaction” shall mean a merger (other than a merger of the Company
in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have the
same proportionate ownership of Common Stock in the surviving corporation
immediately after the merger), consolidation, acquisition of property or stock,
separation, reorganization (other than a mere reincorporation or the creation
of a holding company), liquidation of the Company or any other similar
transaction or event so designated by the Board in its sole discretion, as a
result of which the stockholders of the Company receive cash, stock or other
property in exchange for or in connection with their shares of Common Stock.

                    10.4
Determination of Committee to be Final. All adjustments under this

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Section 10 shall be made by the Committee, and its
determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof,
shall be final, binding and conclusive.

          11.
Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at
any time; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 10
hereof, any amendment which increases the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock which may be issued under the Plan, modifies the corporations or class of
corporations whose employees are offered options under the Plan or otherwise
requires stockholder approval under applicable law shall be subject to the
approval of the Company’s stockholders.

          12.
Transferability. The rights of a Participant to purchase Common Stock
under the Plan are not assignable or transferable and may only be exercised
during the Participant’s lifetime by the Participant. A Participant may file a
written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive the amount credited to
the Participant’s Account in the event of the Participant’s death during an
Offering Period. A Participant’s beneficiary designation may be changed by the
Participant at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a
Participant and in the absence of a validly designated beneficiary who is
living at the time of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s estate shall
be deemed to be his or her designated beneficiary.

          13.
No Rights Conferred. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed to
give any individual any right to be retained in the employ of the Company and
its Subsidiaries or to interfere with the right of the Company and its
Subsidiaries to discharge him or her at any time.

          14.
Use of Funds. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company
under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the
Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

          15.
Legal Requirements. The Committee may impose such other conditions with
respect to the purchase of Common Stock hereunder, including, without
limitation, any conditions relating to the application of federal or state
securities laws and/or any exchange or listing requirements as it may deem
necessary or advisable.

          16.
Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to its principles of conflicts of law.

          17.
Decisions and Determinations. Any decision or determination made by the
Board pursuant to the provisions hereof and, except to the extent rights or
powers under the Plan are reserved specifically to the discretion of the Board,
all decisions and determinations of the Committee are final, binding and
conclusive.

          18.
Effective Date. The Plan shall become effective as of the date of its
adoption by the Board, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders within
twelve (12) months thereafter.

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