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) July 14, 2008 (July 10, 2008)

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)

     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):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Press Release

Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On July 11, 2008, Commercial Metals Company issued a press release stating that the Board of Directors has elected Murray R. McClean Chairman of the Board in addition to his responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer effective upon Stanley A. Rabin’s previously announced retirement August 31, 2008. Mr. McClean has served as a director since July 2006 and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2006.

     A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits
	The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K.

99.1 Press Release, dated July 11, 2008.

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: July 14, 2008	By:	/s/ William B. Larson
		Name:	William B. Larson
		Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
	99.1	Press Release dated July 11, 2008.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

McClean Named Chairman of Commercial Metals Company Effective at Rabin’s Retirement

     Irving, TX — July 11, 2008 — Stanley A. Rabin, Chairman of the Board of Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) announced today that the Board of Directors has elected Murray R. McClean Chairman of the Board in addition to his responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer effective upon Mr. Rabin’s previously announced retirement August 31, 2008. McClean has served as a director since July 2006 and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2006

     Rabin said, “This action acknowledges Murray’s leadership role and reflects the Board’s confidence in his continued success.” He added, “I am proud of Murray as well as our entire management team and will retire confident that CMC is poised to achieve record heights.”

     Anthony A. Massaro, Lead Director, said, “Murray McClean has played a vital role in the company’s success. His demonstrated leadership abilities will help take CMC into the future as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board and the steel industry will miss Stan Rabin but the Board has every confidence in Murray.”

     McClean joined Commercial Metals Company in 1985 as managing director of its marketing and distribution office in Sydney, Australia. In 1993, he was appointed President of the International Division of the Marketing and Distribution segment. Following his appointment as President of CMC’s Marketing and Distribution segment in 1999, McClean relocated to the Company’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2004, President in January 2006 and CEO in September 2006.

     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 international markets.

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Contact: Debbie Okle
Director, Public Relations
214.689.4354

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