CNH GLOBAL N.V. TO RELEASE FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END 2004 EARNINGS AND HOLD CONFERENCE CALL ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2005

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Lake Forest, Illinois (January 21, 2005) CNH Global N.V. (NYSE:CNH) will release fourth quarter and year-end 2004 financial results by approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, February 3, 2005.  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 3rd, 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.  Anyone unable to listen to the live webcast can access the replay at either site for two weeks following the event.

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