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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): September 27, 2005

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Tennessee

0-14714

62-0873631

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

1725 Shepherd Road

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

(423) 899-5898

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 2.01. COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

On September 27, 2005, Trencor, Inc. ("Seller"), a Texas corporation and a subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc., closed on its previously announced disposition of a 51.373 acre parcel of real property (the "Property") located at 1400 East Highway 26 in the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas. Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. purchased the Property for $13.2 million in cash, pursuant to a Commercial Contract of Sale entered into with Seller on June 7, 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.

 

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

Date: September 30, 2005

By: /s/ J. Don Brock

J. Don Brock
Chairman of the Board and President
(Principal Executive Officer)