================================================================================ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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.) 500 Post Road East, Suite 320, 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) 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