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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): April 26, 2011
 
Harsco Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
  
1-3970
  
23-1483991
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
350 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
17011
(Address of principal executive offices) 
(Zip Code) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   717-763-7064
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 26, 2011, Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved the election of all nine returning members of the Board of Directors to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Auditors for the year ending December 31, 2011.  The stockholders also overwhelmingly endorsed the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation and overwhelmingly approved the Board of Directors’ recommendation for an every one year frequency for future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.

 As of the record date, there were 80,639,370 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on each matter presented for vote at the Annual Meeting.  At the Annual Meeting, 70,894,865 or 87.92% of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote were represented in person or by proxy.  Those shares were voted as follows (vote totals may not agree due to rounding of fractional shares):

1.           The following individuals were nominated in 2011 to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2012.  All nominees were elected.  The results were as follows:

Name
Votes
For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
K. G. Eddy
62,616,511
1,944,632
6,333,722
D.C. Everitt
62,669,097
1,892,046
6,333,722
S. D. Fazzolari
59,169,137
5,392,006
6,333,722
S. E. Graham
61,253,891
3,307,252
6,333,722
T. D. Growcock
60,782,653
3,778,490
6,333,722
H. W. Knueppel
61,745,717
2,815,426
6,333,722
J.M. Loree
62,667,653
1,893,490
6,333,722
A. J. Sordoni, III
59,763,155
4,797,988
6,333,722
R. C. Wilburn
58,657,761
5,903,382
6,333,722


2.           The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors to audit the accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 was ratified. The results were as follows:

Votes
For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
66,894,785
3,786,816
213,263

 
 
 3.           The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation. The results were as follows:


Votes
For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
44,696,720
19,353,192
511,231
6,333,722

 
4.           The Company’s stockholders recommended, on an advisory basis, the holding of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year.  The results were as follows:

One Year Frequency
Two Year Frequency
Three Year Frequency
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes 
55,371,584
554,106
8,085,009
550,443
6,333,722
 
In accordance with the results of this vote, the Board of Directors determined to implement an annual advisory vote on named executive officer compensation until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
HARSCO CORPORATION
  
 
(Registrant)
  
     
       
Date: April 29, 2011
By:
/s/ Mark E. Kimmel
  
   
Mark E. Kimmel
  
   
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary