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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 22, 2005
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                                TEREX CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Delaware                   1-10702               34-1531521
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(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)           File Number)         Identification No.)



 500 Post Road East, Suite 320, Westport, Connecticut              06880
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       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 222-7170
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

     Terex  Corporation  ("Terex") issued a press release on September 22, 2005,
updating the status of the  completion of its financial  statements for the year
ended  December  31,  2004 and prior  periods.  A copy of this press  release is
included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

     In  addition,  Terex is posting in the  Investors  section of its  website,
www.TEREX.com, a list of questions and answers with respect to the status of its
restatement process.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits

     99.1 Press release of Terex Corporation issued on September 22, 2005.

                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  September 22, 2005

                                         TEREX CORPORATION


                                         By:  /s/ Phillip C. Widman
                                             Phillip C. Widman
                                             Senior Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer