CNH Announces $ 1 Billion Senior Notes Offering

BURR RIDGE, IL--(Marketwire - August 10, 2009) - CNH Global N.V. CNH today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Case New Holland Inc., plans to offer approximately $ 1 billion of senior notes due in 2013. The notes will be guaranteed by CNH Global N.V. and certain other direct and indirect equipment subsidiaries of CNH Global N.V. The company expects to complete the transaction in the next few days.

The notes will only be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes being offered will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Forward-looking statements. We can give no assurance that the contemplated offering will be completed.