UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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 28, 2005

                           Lexmark International, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

    Delaware                      1-14050                  06-1308215
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(State or other Jurisdiction    (Commission               (IRS Employer
    of Incorporation)              File No.)            Identification No.)


One Lexmark Centre Drive, 740 West New Circle Road, Lexington, Kentucky    40550
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (859) 232-2000
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ITEM 8.01         OTHER EVENTS

On July 28, 2005, the company issued a press release  announcing  that its Board
of Directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional  $500 million of its
Class A  Common  Stock.  This  repurchase  authorization  raises  the  aggregate
repurchase  authorization  to $2.9  billion  from  the $2.4  billion  previously
granted  by the  Board.  The  company  has  used  $2.16  billion  of  the  prior
authorization  to repurchase  approximately  47.3 million shares.  A copy of the
press  release is furnished  as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is  incorporated
herein by reference.


ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)   EXHIBITS

      Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit

      99.1          Press Release issued by Lexmark International, Inc., dated
                     July 28, 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.

                                LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                (Registrant)


                                 By:   /s/ Gary E. Morin
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                                       Name:  Gary E. Morin
                                       Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
                                               Financial Officer
Date: July 28, 2005






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.  Description of Exhibit

99.1         Press Release issued by Lexmark International, Inc., dated
              July 28, 2005.