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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950137-04-011451.txt : 20041227
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950137-04-011451
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041222
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000836157
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				470554096
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13419
		FILM NUMBER:		041226508

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2707 NORTH 108TH STREET STE 102
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68644
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4024282131

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2707 NORTH 108TH STREET STE 102
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68644
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<DESCRIPTION>CURRENT REPORT
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<PAGE>
                                  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):
                                December 22, 2004


                            LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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<S>                          <C>                          <C>
        Delaware                      1-13419                      47-0554096
- ------------------------      ------------------------    ----------------------------
(State of Incorporation)      (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer Identification
                                                                     Number)
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               2707 North 108th Street
                         Suite 102
                  Omaha, Nebraska                                68164
         ----------------------------------------               ---------
         (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                                 (402) 428-2131
              ---------------------------------------------------
              (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:

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

[ ]      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
         CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
         Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
         Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


<PAGE>


ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

         On December 22, 2004, Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (the "Company") entered
into a Second Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Employment Agreement (the
"Agreement") between the Company and Richard W. Parod, President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. This Amendment extended the term of the
Agreement for two additional years so that the term shall continue in effect
until April 5, 2007. A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10(a) hereto.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      Exhibits

         Exhibit
         Number   Description

         10(a)    Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated December 22,
                  2004, between the Company and Richard W. Parod




<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  December 27, 2004              LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.


                                       By: /s/ David Downing
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           David Downing, Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer





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<DESCRIPTION>SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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<PAGE>



                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(a)


                    SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


         This is the Second Amendment to the Employment Agreement ("Agreement")
between Lindsay Manufacturing Co., a Delaware corporation ("LINDSAY"), and
Richard W. Parod ("PAROD"), which was entered into on March 8, 2000, and under
which PAROD commenced employment on April 5, 2000, and was previously amended on
May 2, 2003.

                                       I.

         Paragraph 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to extend the Term of
the Agreement for two additional years, so that, unless terminated at an earlier
date in accordance with Paragraph 4 of the Agreement, the Term shall continue in
effect until April 5, 2007.

                                       II.

         All other terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and
confirmed. All defined terms which are used herein shall have the same meaning
as in the Agreement, except as modified herein.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Second Amendment to
the Agreement to be effective on the later date set forth below when the
Agreement has been executed by both parties.




RICHARD W. PAROD                            LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.


/s/ Richard W. Parod                        /s/ Michael N. Christodolou
- ------------------------                    -----------------------------------
Richard W. Parod                            Michael N. Christodolou
                                            Chairman of the Board
Date:  December 22, 2004                    Date:  November 30, 2004

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