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Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) Harsco Corporation (the "Company") announced that on December 15, 2008, the appointment of Stuart E. Graham to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") was completed, effective February 1, 2009. Mr. Graham will be deemed an independent director on the Board. Mr. Graham's appointment to the Board will bring its current membership to 12, of whom ten are independent directors. Mr. Graham will be appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board, effective February 1, 2009.

Mr. Graham recently retired as CEO of Sweden-based Skanska AB and is Chairman of Skanska USA. Mr. Graham's career includes more than four decades of worldwide experience in the infrastructure and construction industry, including executive management responsibilities for Skanska's business units in the U.S., the U.K., Hong Kong and Latin America. Mr. Graham has also served as Chairman of the Engineering and Construction Governors Council of the World Economic Forum and founded the Engineering and Construction Risk Institute.

Consistent with the fee schedule established by the Compensation Committee of the Board for non-employee Directors, beginning February 1, 2009, Mr. Graham will receive an annual cash retainer of $35,000, $1,500 for each Board meeting attended, $750 for any telephonic meetings and $1,500 for each Board committee meeting attended. Mr. Graham will also receive a fee of $1,500 per day for other meetings and duties he is asked to perform in addition to standard Board meetings or duties.

Mr. Graham will participate in the Harsco 1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan, as amended, and each year during which he serves as a Director, effective the first business day of May 2009, Mr. Graham will receive a grant of restricted stock units (currently 2,000 shares), which shall vest in April of the following calendar year. In addition, Mr. Graham will be eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, which permits Harsco's non-employee directors to defer all or a portion of their Board retainer and Board meeting fees until a future date selected by the Director. Mr. Graham will also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to a standard director Indemnity Agreement with Harsco.

There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Graham and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Graham was selected to serve as a director of Harsco. There are no family relationships between Mr. Graham and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by Harsco to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions between Mr. Graham or any immediate family member and Harsco or any of its subsidiaries.

The full text of the press release relating to Mr. Graham's Board appointment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.