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) May 15, 2008

 

TEREX CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

1-10702

34-1531521

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

200 Nyala Farm Road, Westport, Connecticut

06880

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

                                          

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 222-7170

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On May 15, 2008, Thomas J. Hansen and David C. Wang were elected to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Terex Corporation (“Terex”).

 

Mr. Hansen, 59, is vice chairman of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (“ITW”), a manufacturer of fasteners and components, consumable systems and a variety of specialty products and equipment. He is responsible for ITW’s worldwide Automotive Components and Fastener, Fluids and Polymers, Industrial Metal and Plastic and Construction businesses.

 

Mr. Wang, 64, is President of Boeing China Inc. and Vice President of International Relations of The Boeing Company, a manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft. Mr. Wang is also a director of KLA-Tencor Corporation.

 

A copy of the Terex press release, dated May 15, 2008, announcing the elections of Mr. Hansen and Mr. Wang to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Press release of Terex Corporation issued on May 15, 2008.

 

 

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: May 15, 2008

TEREX CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Eric I Cohen

Eric I Cohen

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

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