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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 8-K

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                               CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): MAY 9, 2005

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                                   EXX INC
           (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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         NEVADA                         1-5654                  88-0325271
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION    (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)     (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      OF ORGANIZATION)                                    IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)


  1350 EAST FLAMINGO ROAD, SUITE 300
         LAS VEGAS, NEVADA                                  89119-5263
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                    (ZIP CODE)

     REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (702) 598-3223

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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):


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    (17 CFR 230.425)
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    (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))




Item 8.01         Other Events

                  (c)      Exhibits

                           99.1 Press Release, dated May 9, 2005

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits

                  On May 9, 2005, EXX INC (the "Registrant") issued a press
release announcing that DaimlerChrysler awards significant new powertrain
business to a subsidiary of Newcor. A copy of the press release is attached
hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 99.1.




                                 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.




                                          EXX INC




Date: May 9, 2005                    By:  /s/ David A. Segal
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                                          Chairman of the Board
                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                          Chief Financial Officer





                                EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.         Description
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99.1                Press Release, dated May 9, 2005