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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2004


<div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<div align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></div>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>CNH Global N.V.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kingdom of the Netherlands
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Not Applicable</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">World Trade Center<BR>
Tower B, 10th Floor<BR>
Amsterdam Airport<BR>
The Netherlands<BR>
(011-31-20) 446-0429<BR>
(Address and phone number of principal executive offices, including zip code)


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CNH Global N.V. Outside Directors&#146; Compensation Plan<BR>
CNH U.S. Retirement Savings Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Roberto Miotto<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
CNH Global N.V.<BR>
Global Management Offices<BR>
100 South Saunders Road<BR>
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045<BR>
(847)&nbsp;735-9200<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered<sup>1</sup></B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per Share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common
Shares, <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>2.25</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">4,800,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">19.755</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">94,824,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,014.20</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">par value per share<sup>2</sup></DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">This amount includes 800,000 common shares par value <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>2.25 per share (the
&#147;Common Shares&#148;) of CNH Global N.V. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) available for issuance
under the Registrant&#146;s outside Directors&#146; Compensation Plan and 4,000,000
Common Shares available for issuance under the CNH U.S. Retirement Savings
Plan. In addition, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the plans being registered
pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><sup>2</sup></TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and 457 (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) the Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share
and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price for the 4,800,000 Common
Shares available for purchase under the Plans are estimated solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, and are based on the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange
consolidated reporting system on April&nbsp;21, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Part&nbsp;I


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section
10(a)prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the &#147;Note&#148; to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the
Registrant are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this
Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 20-F and Form 20-F/A (Commission File
No., 1-14528) for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003<sup>3</sup>;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Report of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K dated April&nbsp;8, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Shares under the heading
&#147;Description of Common Shares&#148; contained in Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the
Registrants&#146; Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;333-84954) as originally filed by the Registrant with
the Commission under the Securities Act, on June&nbsp;3, 2002.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the effective date of this Registration
Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement, except as so modified or superseded.



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><sup>3</sup></TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">After reasonable efforts, the Registrant has not been able to obtain the
written consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation by reference of its
reports for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2001 into this Registration Statement.
The Registrant has dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent
of Arthur Andersen LLP in reliance on Rule&nbsp;437 a promulgated under the
Securities Act. Because the Registrant has not been able to obtain the written
consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, participants in the Plan will not be able to
recover against Arthur Andersen LLP under Section&nbsp;11 of the Securities Act for
any untrue statements of material fact contained in the financial statements
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP incorporated by reference herein or any
omissions to state a material fact required to be stated therein.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;15 of the Articles of Association of Registrant
provides that:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;The company shall indemnify any and all of its directors or officers
or former directors or officers or any person who may have served at its
request as a director or officer of another company in which it owns shares or
of which it is a creditor against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by
them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which
they, or any of them, are made parties, or a party, by reason of being or
having been directors or officers or a former director or officer of the
company, or of such other company, except in relation to matters as to which
any such director or officer or former director or officer or person shall be
adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of duty. Such indemnification shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled
otherwise.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance, which, subject to policy terms and limitations, includes coverage to
reimburse the Registrant for amounts that it may be required or permitted by
law to pay its directors or officers. In addition, the Registrant has entered
into indemnification agreements with each of its outside directors and
executive officers as approved by the Registrants&#146; shareholders at a general
shareholders&#146; meeting in June&nbsp;2000.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits filed herewith as the last page of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8. The Registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or
has submitted the CNH U.S. Retirement Savings Plan and any amendment thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner, and it has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:20%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:20%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


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arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:20%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)
and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
In this Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act(and each filing of the Registrants&#146; annual report for the CNH U.S.
Retirement Savings Plan pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Lake Forest, Illinois, on this 23rd day of April, 2004.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" align="left" valign="top">CNH Global N.V.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL LECOMTE</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael Lecomte</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER of ATTORNEY


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Roberto Miotto and Richard R.
Dykhouse and each of them, individually, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, including post-effective amendments and supplements, and
to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in
connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby grants unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority
to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Name and Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JEAN-PIERRE ROSSO<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jean-Pierre Rosso</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ PAOLO MONFERINO<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paolo Monferino</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer(Principal<BR>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL LECOMTE<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael Lecomte</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer and<BR>
President, Financial Services<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ WILLIAM J. McGRANE<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William J. McGrane</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Name and Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ALFREDO DIANA<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Alfredo Diana</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Edward A. Hiler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ KATHERINE M. HUDSON<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Katherine M. Hudson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ KENNETH LIPPER<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Kenneth Lipper</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Giuseppe Morchio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL E. MURPHY<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael E. Murphy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES L.C. PROVAN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James L.C. Provan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below on April&nbsp;23, 2004 by the undersigned as the
duly authorized representative of CNH Global N.V. in the United States.

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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ RICHARD R. DYKHOUSE</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Richard R. Dykhouse</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Assistant Secretary</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">EXHIBIT INDEX

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Document</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Association of CNH Global N.V., (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;6-K on April&nbsp;4, 2003
(Commission File No.1-14528), as originally filed by the
Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Regulations of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. dated
December&nbsp;8, 1999, previously filed as an exhibit to the annual
report on Form&nbsp;20-F of the Registrant for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 1999,incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Resolution of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;2 to Form&nbsp;6-K on April&nbsp;4, 2003 and incorporated herein
by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of the Nauta Dutilh as to the legality of the shares
being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Nauta Dutilh (included in exhibit 5)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this
Registration Statement)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CNH Global N.V.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
World Trade Center
Tower B, 10th Floor
Amsterdam Airport
The Netherlands
(011-31-20) 446-0429
(Address and phone number of principal executive offices, including zip code)
CNH Global N.V. Outside Directors' Compensation Plan
CNH U.S. Retirement Savings Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Roberto Miotto
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
CNH Global N.V.
Global Management Offices
100 South Saunders Road
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
(847) 735-9200
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering price
Aggregate
Registration
To be Registered
Registered
1
per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common
Shares,
€
2.25
4,800,000
$
19.755
$
94,824,000
12,014.20
par value per share
2
1
This amount includes 800,000 common shares par value
€
2.25 per share (the
"Common Shares") of CNH Global N.V. (the
"Registrant") available for issuance
under the Registrant's outside Directors' Compensation Plan and 4,000,000
Common Shares available for issuance under the CNH U.S. Retirement Savings
Plan. In addition, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the plans being registered
pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
2
Pursuant to Rules 457 (c) and 457 (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") the Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share
and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price for the 4,800,000 Common
Shares available for purchase under the Plans are estimated solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, and are based on the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange
consolidated reporting system on April 21, 2004.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the Section
10(a)prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the "Note" to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the
Registrant are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this
Registration Statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 20-F and Form 20-F/A (Commission File
No., 1-14528) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003
3
;
(b)
Report of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K dated April 8, 2004;
(c)
The description of the Common Shares under the heading
"Description of Common Shares" contained in Amendment No. 3 to the
Registrants' Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration
Statement No. 333-84954) as originally filed by the Registrant with
the Commission under the Securities Act, on June 3, 2002.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the effective date of this Registration
Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
3
After reasonable efforts, the Registrant has not been able to obtain the
written consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation by reference of its
reports for the year ending December 31, 2001 into this Registration Statement.
The Registrant has dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent
of Arthur Andersen LLP in reliance on Rule 437 a promulgated under the
Securities Act. Because the Registrant has not been able to obtain the written
consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, participants in the Plan will not be able to
recover against Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for
any untrue statements of material fact contained in the financial statements
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP incorporated by reference herein or any
omissions to state a material fact required to be stated therein.
2
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article 15 of the Articles of Association of Registrant
provides that:
"The company shall indemnify any and all of its directors or officers
or former directors or officers or any person who may have served at its
request as a director or officer of another company in which it owns shares or
of which it is a creditor against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by
them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which
they, or any of them, are made parties, or a party, by reason of being or
having been directors or officers or a former director or officer of the
company, or of such other company, except in relation to matters as to which
any such director or officer or former director or officer or person shall be
adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of duty. Such indemnification shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled
otherwise."
The Registrant has obtained directors' and officers' liability
insurance, which, subject to policy terms and limitations, includes coverage to
reimburse the Registrant for amounts that it may be required or permitted by
law to pay its directors or officers. In addition, the Registrant has entered
into indemnification agreements with each of its outside directors and
executive officers as approved by the Registrants' shareholders at a general
shareholders' meeting in June 2000.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits filed herewith as the last page of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8. The Registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or
has submitted the CNH U.S. Retirement Savings Plan and any amendment thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner, and it has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
3
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)
and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
In this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act(and each filing of the Registrants' annual report for the CNH U.S.
Retirement Savings Plan pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Lake Forest, Illinois, on this 23rd day of April, 2004.
CNH Global N.V.
By:
/s/ MICHAEL LECOMTE
Michael Lecomte
Chief Financial Officer
POWER of ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Roberto Miotto and Richard R.
Dykhouse and each of them, individually, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, including post-effective amendments and supplements, and
to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in
connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby grants unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority
to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ JEAN-PIERRE ROSSO
Jean-Pierre Rosso
Director and Chairman
April 23, 2004
/s/ PAOLO MONFERINO
Paolo Monferino
Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer(Principal
Executive Officer)
April 23, 2004
/s/ MICHAEL LECOMTE
Michael Lecomte
Chief Financial Officer and
President, Financial Services
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 23, 2004
/s/ WILLIAM J. McGRANE
William J. McGrane
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 23, 2004
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Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ALFREDO DIANA
Alfredo Diana
Director
April 23, 2004
Edward A. Hiler
Director
April    , 2004
/s/ KATHERINE M. HUDSON
Katherine M. Hudson
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ KENNETH LIPPER
Kenneth Lipper
Director
April 23, 2004
Giuseppe Morchio
Director
April    , 2004
/s/ MICHAEL E. MURPHY
Michael E. Murphy
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ JAMES L.C. PROVAN
James L.C. Provan
Director
April 15, 2004
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below on April 23, 2004 by the undersigned as the
duly authorized representative of CNH Global N.V. in the United States.
By:
/s/ RICHARD R. DYKHOUSE
Richard R. Dykhouse
Assistant Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1.
Articles of Association of CNH Global N.V., (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1 to Form 6-K on April 4, 2003
(Commission File No.1-14528), as originally filed by the
Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act).
4.2
Regulations of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. dated
December 8, 1999, previously filed as an exhibit to the annual
report on Form 20-F of the Registrant for the year ended
December 31, 1999,incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Resolution of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. filed
as Exhibit 2 to Form 6-K on April 4, 2003 and incorporated herein
by reference.
5
Opinion of the Nauta Dutilh as to the legality of the shares
being registered
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Nauta Dutilh (included in exhibit 5)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this
Registration Statement)
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