CNH ANNOUNCES $350 MILLION SENIOR NOTES PRIVATE OFFERING

  

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LAKE FOREST, Ill., (February 21, 2006) /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Case New Holland Inc., plans to offer $350 million of senior notes due in 2014. CNH intends to use the net proceeds to refinance term debt maturing in 2006. The company expects to complete the transaction in the next few weeks.

The senior notes will only be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The senior notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Unless the senior notes are so registered, the notes may be offered and sold only in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the senior notes.