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        <footnote id="F2">Ownership includes shares received as a dividend.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
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X0508
4
2024-02-23
0
0000097216
TEREX CORP
TEX
0001795629
GEORGE AMY
C/O TEREX CORPORATION
45 GLOVER AVENUE
NORWALK
CT
06850
0
1
0
0
Senior V.P. Human Resources
0
Common Stock, $.01 par value
2024-02-23
4
A
0
4822
0
A
99522
D
Common Stock, $.01 par value
14
I
401(k) plan
Performance shares awarded pursuant to the terms of performance based awards granted in 2021, 2022 and 2023 resulting from the Company's exceeding performance targets set out in such grant for the period ended December 31, 2023.
Ownership includes shares received as a dividend.
/s/Scott J. Posner, by power of attorney
2024-02-26