SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2009
Commission File No. 333-05752
CNH GLOBAL N.V.
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CNH GLOBAL N.V.
Form 6-K for the month of August 2009
List of Exhibits:
New Release entitled, “CNH Announces Closing of $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering”
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CNH Global N.V. | ||
| By: | /s/Michael P. Going | |
| Michael P. Going | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
August 17, 2009
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | ||||||||
| For more information contact: | ||||||||
| Albert Trefts, Jr. | Investor Relations | (630) 887-2385 | ||||||
| Ralph Traviati | News and Information | (630) 887-2345 | ||||||
CNH Announces Closing of $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering
BURR RIDGE, ILL.,—(August 17, 2009)—CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Case New Holland Inc., has completed its previously announced private offering of $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2013 at an issue price of 97.062%.
The net proceeds of this offering were approximately $955 million after payment of offering and other related expenses. Case New Holland Inc. will use the net proceeds from the offering primarily for the repayment of debt, including repayment of debt owed to Fiat, and for general corporate purposes. Pending application of the net proceeds, Case New Holland Inc. will hold some or all of the proceeds in the form of cash, cash equivalents or deposits under cash management pools with Fiat affiliates. The notes, which are senior unsecured obligations of Case New Holland Inc., will pay interest semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on March 1, 2010, and are guaranteed by CNH Global N.V. and certain other direct and indirect equipment subsidiaries of CNH Global N.V. The notes will mature on September 1, 2013.
The notes were sold only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in offshore transactions to non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes being offered have not been and will not be 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.
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