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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) June 27, 2005

                                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


                                 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.

     (a) Effective  June 27, 2005,  Terex  Corporation  ("Terex") has obtained a
waiver from its senior bank lending group  extending the due date through August
15, 2005 to provide such lenders with Terex's financial information for the year
ended  December  31, 2004 and the  quarter  ended  March 31,  2005.  This waiver
supplements the previous waiver that Terex obtained from its senior bank lending
group that had  extended  the due date to June 30,  2005 to provide  its lenders
with its  financial  information  for the year ended  December  31, 2004 and the
quarter ended March 31, 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:  June 29, 2005

                                             TEREX CORPORATION


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





















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