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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Otting Joseph M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CIT GROUP INC [CIT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Co-President (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CIT GROUP INC. - GENERAL COUNSEL, 1 CIT DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/03/2015 (Street) LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 08/03/2015   A(1)   106,202.209 A (2) 106,202.209 D   Common Stock 08/03/2015   A(3)   159,303.314 A (2) 265,505.523 D   Common Stock 08/03/2015   A(4)   193,087 (5) A $ 44.33 (5) (6) 458,592.523 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Otting Joseph M C/O CIT GROUP INC. - GENERAL COUNSEL 1 CIT DRIVE LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039			Co-President

Signatures

/s/ James P. Shanahan, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Otting		08/05/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	RSUs are scheduled to vest 100% on the third anniversary of the date of grant and shall settle 100% in shares of CIT Common Stock.
(2)	Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") has the economic equivalent of one share of CIT common stock.
(3)	RSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal installments on December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and are payable in shares on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.
(4)	Effective as of August 3, 2015, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 21, 2014, by and among CIT Group Inc. ("CIT"), IMB Holdco LLC ("IMB"), Carbon Merger Sub LLC, a wholly wholly-owned subsidiary of CIT ("Merger Sub") and JCF III HoldCo I L.P., in its capacity as the holders' representative (the "Merger Agreement"), as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated July 21, 2015, IMB merged with and into Merger Sub with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIT (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, CIT paid merger consideration consisting of cash and CIT common stock to holders of IMB common interests.
(5)	Represents CIT common stock acquired in the Merger.
(6)	Based on the fixed CIT stock price of $44.33 specified in the Merger Agreement.

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