CIT Group: Bankruptcy Plan has Wide Support

Posted by Matthew Maillet

CIT Group Inc on Thursday said it has won overwhelming support from bondholders for its reorganization plan, as the big finance company tries to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year.

The New York-based company said it was won "substantially in excess" of the minimum support needed under U.S. bankruptcy law to restructure from all classes of bondholders eligible to vote on its "prepackaged" Chapter 11 plan.

CIT on Nov. 1 filed one of the five largest bankruptcies in U.S. history, hoping to reduce debt by $10 billion.

Hundreds of thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses depend on CIT for financing, and company lawyers have said CIT has a "need for speed" in getting through bankruptcy on concern that many customers could defect if the process drags on.

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