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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) February 6, 2003
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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 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Terex  Corporation  (the  "Company")  issued a press release on February 6,
2003, announcing a conference call to be held on Thursday,  February 20, 2003 at
8:30  a.m.,  Eastern  time,  to review the  Company's  year-end  2002  financial
results.  The  teleconference  and  a  replay  of  the  teleconference  will  be
accessible to the public.

     The Company  also  announced  that it will be releasing  its year-end  2002
financial  results to the wire services on Wednesday,  February 19, 2003,  after
market close. This press release will also be available on the Company's website
at www.terex.com.

      A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.


Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

        (c) Exhibits

         99.1 Press release of Terex Corporation issued on February 6, 2003.


                                   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 7, 2003

                                        TEREX CORPORATION


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