EX-24 2 doc1.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POWER OF ATTORNEY 2019 Power of Attorney Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of JAMES R. HUBBARD, JAMES P. SHANAHAN and DOUGLAS WITTE signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney- in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of CIT Group Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of a Form ID Application for EDGAR Access; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14 day of May, 2019. /s/Alan L. Frank Signature Printed Name: Alan Frank State of New Jersey County of Essex On this 9th day of May, 2017 before me came Alan Frank, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and that he willingly signed his name thereto. /s/ Laurie A. Nickerson-Babb Notary Public [stamp] LAURIE A. NICKERSON-BABB NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY My Commission Expires 2/11/2021