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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) October 1, 2002
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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.
Terex Corporation announced by press release dated October 1, 2002 that its
Board of Directors has added Helge H. Wehmeier as a member of the Terex Board.
Mr. Wehmeier recently retired from Bayer AG, a diversified, international
chemicals and health care group. Mr. Wehmeier had spent more than 35 years with
Bayer AG in various positions of increasing responsibility, including senior
management positions in both Europe and the United States. Mr. Wehmeier's most
recent position was President and Chief Executive Officer, Bayer Corporation, a
position he held since 1991. Mr. Wehmeier is an alumnus of the International
Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland and Institut European
d'Administration des Affaires, Fontainebleau, France. Mr. Wehmeier is also a
director of PNC Financial Services Group, a diversified banking and financial
services company.
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: October 1, 2002
TEREX CORPORATION
By: /s/ Eric I Cohen
Eric I Cohen
Senior Vice President