8-K

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 11, 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 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote “FOR” proposal three (the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, or the “Say-on-Pay Proposal”) at the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In further support of this recommendation, the Company has prepared a presentation entitled “Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation” filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Presentation”), which Presentation is expected to be utilized by certain Company employees between the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the date of the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently scheduled to be held on April 24, 2012, in communications with and the solicitation of votes from certain stockholders of the Company regarding the Say-on-Pay Proposal.  The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number Description

99.1 Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

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:  April 12, 2012	By:	/s/ Mark E. Kimmel
		Mark E. Kimmel
		Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number Description

99.1 Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1