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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    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) February 26, 2004
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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 5.  Other Events and Required FD Disclosure.

     Terex  Corporation  ("Terex" or the  "Company")  is hosting a meeting  with
analysts on February  26, 2004 in New York,  New York.  A copy of Terex's  slide
presentation from this meeting is being made available on the Company's website,
www.terex.com,  in the "Presentations" portion of the "Investors" section of the
website.

                                   SIGNATURES
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     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:  February 26, 2004


                                                TEREX CORPORATION


                                                    By:  /s/ Eric I Cohen
                                                    Eric I Cohen
                                                    Senior Vice President








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