UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 25, 2005 (October 19, 2005)

Commercial Metals Company

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-4304		75-0725338
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas		75039
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(214) 689-4300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     Approval of Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses and Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan Payouts for Certain Named Executive Officers

     On October 19, 2005 the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) approved annual cash incentive bonuses attributable to fiscal year ended August 31, 2005 for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers including those listed below who were either named in the executive compensation disclosures in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting held January 27, 2005, or anticipated to be named in such disclosure in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders to be held January 26, 2006. In addition, based on the Company’s financial results over the three year performance period ended August 31, 2005, each of the individuals named below will receive a cash payment under the Company’s Key Employee Long-Term Performance Cash Incentive Plan which represents the maximum payout of 150% of the target amount established for each individual at the beginning of fiscal year 2003.

Recipient		Annual Cash Bonus				Long-Term Cash Payout
Stanley A. Rabin Chairman, President And Chief Executive Officer		$	2,000,000			$	630,000
Murray R. McClean Executive Vice President And Chief Operating Officer		$	1,000,000			$	192,000
Clyde P. Selig Vice President — CMC Steel Group President and Chief Executive Officer		$	900,000			$	315,000
Russell B. Rinn Vice President — CMC Steel Group Chief Operating Officer		$	700,000			$	172,800
Hanns Zoellner Vice President — CMC Marketing and Distribution Segment President		$	750,000			$	166,740

Mr. Zoellner, who resides in and works from the offices of a subsidiary of the Company headquartered in Switzerland, is paid in Swiss Francs and his earnings as reported reflect approximate currency exchange values which will fluctuate.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.

     On October 25, 2005, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its financial results for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Press Release is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02, and the foregoing description of the Press Release is qualified in its entirety by reference to this exhibit.

     The Press Release contains “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In the Press Release, the Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

     The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)		Exhibits
		The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K.
		99.1       Press Release dated October 25, 2005.

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.

				COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
Date: October 25, 2005		By:		/S/ William B. Larson
		Name: Title:		William B. Larson Vice President and Chief Financial Officer