8-K

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):   January 26, 2006

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 7.01      Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On January 26, 2006, Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that that it’s Board of Directors intends to increase the quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock from six cents to ten cents a share per quarter. The increase would be effective with the cash dividend anticipated to be paid in April, 2006.

     A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.

(d)	Exhibits
	The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K.
	99.1 Press Release, dated January 26, 2006.

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: January 26, 2006
	By:	/s/ William B. Larson
	Name:	William B. Larson
	Title:	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press Release dated January 26, 2006.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Commercial Metals Company Increases Cash Dividend 66%

     Irving, TX — January 26, 2006 — Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC) today announced its intent to institute a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share effective with its next cash dividend anticipated to be paid in April, 2006. The new cash dividend rate represents a 66% increase from the former rate of 6 cents per share. In making the announcement CMC Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Stanley A. Rabin said, “This action reflects CMC’s confidence in our near-term as well as long-term business prospects. We are focused on increasing stockholder value. Rewarding and sustainable increases in our cash dividend rate, as evidenced by this significant increase, are an important element of that continuing effort.”

     It is anticipated that the CMC Board of Directors will declare the April dividend during the month of March, 2006. CMC has paid 165 consecutive quarterly cash dividends.

     Commercial Metals Company and subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products, related materials and services through a network including steel minimills, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, a copper tube mill, metal recycling facilities and marketing and distribution offices in the United States and in strategic overseas markets.

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Contact:	Debbie Okle
	Director, Public Relations
	214.689.4354