Finning Enters into New Operating Credit Facility

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2011) - Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) announced today that, along with certain of its subsidiaries, it has entered into a new unsecured operating credit facility of up to $1.0 billion with a syndicate of banks. This new facility replaces the previous $800 million global credit facility, which was set to mature in December 2011. Apart from an increased facility size and updated pricing which reflects current market conditions, the remaining terms and conditions of the new facility are comparable to those of the previous one. The new committed facility matures in September 2015 and contains annual options to extend the maturity date on terms reflecting market conditions at the time of the extension.

Finning International Inc. is the world's largest Caterpillar equipment dealer delivering unrivalled service to customers since 1933. Finning sells, rents and services equipment and engines to help customers maximize productivity. Headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., the Company operates in Western Canada, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, as well as in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Forward-looking statements made in this report are based on a number of assumptions that we believed were reasonable on the day we made the forward-looking statements. Refer in particular to the Outlook section of the MD&A. Some of the assumptions, risks, and other factors which could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in this report are discussed in the Company's current Annual Information Form (AIF) in Section 4.

We caution readers that the risks described in the AIF are not the only ones that could impact us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Except as otherwise indicated by us, forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any non-recurring or other unusual items or of any dispositions, mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations or other transactions that may be announced or that may occur after the date hereof. The financial impact of these transactions and non-recurring and other unusual items can be complex and depends on the facts particular to each of them. We therefore cannot describe the expected impact in a meaningful way or in the same way we present known risks affecting our business.