Terex Corporation ("Terex" or the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Form 8-K") to update the historical financial information included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the "2011 Form 10-K") to reflect (i) that the Terex port equipment business, formerly part of the Company's Cranes segment, is now consolidated within the Company's Material Handling & Port Solutions segment effective July 1, 2012, (ii) the Company's adoption of guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board with respect to the presentation of comprehensive income, which guidance became effective for the Company in its interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012, (iii) measurement period adjustments the Company recorded to the acquisition balance sheet of Demag Cranes AG, which have been retrospectively reflected in the December 31, 2011 Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Company and (iv) revisions to the Company's Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements to correct the presentation of intercompany activities between the Company, its 100%-owned guarantors and the non-guarantor subsidiaries for investments, loans, capital contributions and repayments. This Form 8-K will permit the Company to incorporate these financial statements by reference, or otherwise, in future SEC filings. The information in this Form 8-K is not an amendment to the 2011 Form 10-K or a restatement of the financial statements included therein.

The following Items that were included in the 2011 Form 10-K are being adjusted retrospectively to reflect items (i) - (iv) in the prior paragraph:

• Part I. Item 1. Business

• Part I. Item 2. Properties

• Part II. Item 6. Selected Financial Data

• Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

• Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

• Part IV. Item 15(a)(1) and (2). Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

No Items in the 2011 Form 10-K other than those identified above are being updated by this filing. Information in the 2011 Form 10-K is generally stated as of December 31, 2011 and this filing does not reflect any subsequent information or events other than items (i) - (iv) in the first paragraph of this Item 8.01. Without limiting the foregoing, this filing does not purport to update the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the 2011 Form 10-K for any information, uncertainties, transactions, risks, events or trends occurring, or known to management, other than the events described above. More current information is contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012 (the "Form 10-Q") and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Current Report on Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with the 2011 Form 10-K, the Form 10-Q and any other documents the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to February 29, 2012 (the "Other Documents"). The Form 10-Q and the Other Documents contain information regarding events, developments and updates to certain expectations of the Company that have occurred since the filing of the 2011 Form 10-K.

(d) Exhibits

23.1        Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm -
            PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Stamford, CT
99.1        Updates to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
            ended December 31, 2011
            Part I. Item 1. Business
            Part I. Item 2. Properties
              Part II. Item 6. Selected Financial Data
              Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
            Condition and Results of Operations
            Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
            Part IV. Item 15(a)(1) and (2). Financial Statements and Financial
            Statement Schedules

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