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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 27, 2010


 
Harsco Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
DE
  
1-3970
  
23-1483991
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
350 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill PA 17011
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   717-763-7064
 
 
________________________________________________________________________________
(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:
 
 
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 27, 2010, Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  As of the record date there were 80,505,994 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on each matter presented for vote at the Annual Meeting.  At the Annual Meeting 69,759,832, or 86.65% 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 2010 to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2011.  All nominees were elected.  The results were as follows:

Name
Votes
For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
G. D. H. Butler
58,261,187
4,216,464
7,282,179
K. G. Eddy
61,197,723
1,279,928
7,282,179
S. D. Fazzolari
57,477,505
5,000,146
7,282,179
S. E. Graham
59,140,892
3,336,759
7,282,179
T. D. Growcock
61,261,105
1,216,546
7,282,179
H. W. Knueppel
61,171,710
1,305,941
7,282,179
D. H. Pierce
61,178,958
1,298,693
7,282,179
J. I. Scheiner
58,230,029
4,247,622
7,282,179
A. J. Sordoni, III
58,170,973
4,306,678
7,282,179
R. C. Wilburn
58,159,381
4,318,270
7,282,179


2.           Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors to audit the accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010:

Votes
For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
65,759,154
3,873,311
127,365
-0-

 
 
 
 
 
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: May 3, 2010
By:
/s/ Mark E. Kimmel  
   
Mark E. Kimmel
  
   
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary