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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) May 24, 2004



                                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)










Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Terex  Corporation  ("Terex")  issued a press  release  dated May 24, 2004,
announcing that it will  participate in the Credit Suisse First Boston Small Cap
Conference  in New  York,  New  York  on May  26,  2004.  This  will  include  a
presentation  by Ronald DeFeo,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of Terex,
Phillip Widman,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terex, and
Tom Gelston, Terex's Director of Investor Relations.  Terex's slide presentation
from this conference will be available on Terex's website, www.terex.com,  under
the Investors section, beginning May 26, 2004.

                                   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 24, 2004


                                     TEREX CORPORATION


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