form8k_17411.htm
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):    October 29, 2012
 
 
 
 
HARSCO CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Delaware
  
001-03970
  
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)
 
 
 
 
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 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 29, 2012, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to ten and elected Company President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick K. Decker as a director to fill the resulting vacancy.  Mr. Decker’s initial term as a director will expire at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, where it is expected that he will stand for re-election.

As an employee of the Company, Mr. Decker will receive no additional compensation for his service as director.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  
     
       
       
Date:      November 2, 2012
 By:   
/s/ A. Verona Dorch
  
   
Name:  A. Verona Dorch
  
   
Title:    Vice President and General Counsel