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Lake Forest, Illinois (January 20, 2004) CNH Global N.V. (NYSE:CNH) will release 2003 fourth quarter and full year financial results at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, February 5, 2004. The full text of the release, along with the financial statements, will be available both from PR Newswire and on www.cnh.com. 

Also on February 5th, at approximately 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, CNH will provide a live, listen only, audio webcast of the company's quarterly conference call with security analysts and institutional investors.  The webcast can be accessed either through www.cnh.com or CCBN's individual investor center at  www.fulldisclosure.com.