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Harsco Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/24/17, at 1:13pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  45876-17-6   ·   File #:  1-03970

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/24/17  Harsco Corp                       10-K       12/31/16  115:22M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.68M 
 2: EX-10.HH    Material Contract                                   HTML    157K 
 3: EX-10.II    Material Contract                                   HTML    145K 
 4: EX-10.JJ    Material Contract                                   HTML    135K 
 5: EX-10.L(II)  Material Contract                                  HTML     33K 
 7: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     81K 
 8: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     28K 
 6: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     51K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
11: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
18: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     56K 
19: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    149K 
20: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     33K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    142K 
22: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     58K 
                (Loss)                                                           
23: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     39K 
                (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                           
24: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    164K 
25: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     86K 
26: R9          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
27: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     93K 
28: R11         Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting     HTML     53K 
                Standards                                                        
29: R12         Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     33K 
30: R13         Accounts Receivable and Inventories                 HTML     88K 
31: R14         Equity Method Investments (Notes)                   HTML     90K 
32: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     52K 
33: R16         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     98K 
34: R17         Debt and Credit Agreements                          HTML     84K 
35: R18         Operating Leases                                    HTML     40K 
36: R19         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    465K 
37: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    236K 
38: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     59K 
39: R22         Capital Stock                                       HTML    111K 
40: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    295K 
41: R24         Financial Instruments                               HTML    230K 
42: R25         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML    202K 
43: R26         Other Expenses                                      HTML    127K 
44: R27         Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss  HTML    169K 
45: R28         Restructuring Programs                              HTML     48K 
46: R29         Schedule Ii. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts      HTML     72K 
47: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    146K 
                (Policies)                                                       
48: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R32         Accounts Receivable and Inventories (Tables)        HTML     87K 
50: R33         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML     78K 
51: R34         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     50K 
52: R35         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     95K 
53: R36         Debt and Credit Agreements (Tables)                 HTML     73K 
54: R37         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     36K 
55: R38         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    468K 
56: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    226K 
57: R40         Capital Stock (Tables)                              HTML    107K 
58: R41         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    290K 
59: R42         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    213K 
60: R43         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML    200K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R44         Other Expenses (Tables)                             HTML    119K 
62: R45         Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss  HTML    170K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R46         Restructuring Programs (Tables)                     HTML     46K 
64: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     52K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
66: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     32K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
67: R50         Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting     HTML     35K 
                Standards Details (Details)                                      
68: R51         Accounts Receivable and Inventories (Details)       HTML     87K 
69: R52         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     73K 
70: R53         Equity Method Investments (Details 2)               HTML     84K 
71: R54         Equity Method Investments (Details 3)               HTML     37K 
72: R55         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     62K 
73: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     44K 
74: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML     68K 
75: R58         Debt and Credit Agreements (Details)                HTML     40K 
76: R59         Debt and Credit Agreements (Details 2)              HTML    139K 
77: R60         Debt and Credit Agreements (Details 3)              HTML     73K 
78: R61         Operating Leases (Details)                          HTML     51K 
79: R62         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     80K 
80: R63         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2)                  HTML    181K 
81: R64         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 3)                  HTML    306K 
82: R65         Employee Benefit Plans (Details 4)                  HTML     31K 
83: R66         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     67K 
84: R67         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML    105K 
85: R68         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     71K 
86: R69         Income Taxes (Details 4)                            HTML     98K 
87: R70         Income Taxes (Details 5)                            HTML     73K 
88: R71         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     76K 
89: R72         Capital Stock (Details)                             HTML     66K 
90: R73         Capital Stock (Details 2)                           HTML     81K 
91: R74         Capital Stock (Details 3)                           HTML     42K 
92: R75         Stock-Based Compensation (Restricted Stock)         HTML    130K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R76         Stock-Based Compensation (Stock Appreciation        HTML    251K 
                Rights) (Details)                                                
94: R77         Stock-Based Compensation (Performance Stock Units)  HTML    115K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R78         Stock-Based Compensation (Stock Options) (Details)  HTML     69K 
96: R79         Stock-Based Compensation (Stock Options - Range of  HTML     51K 
                Exercise Prices) (Details)                                       
97: R80         Stock-Based Compensation (Other Stock Grants)       HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R81         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     52K 
99: R82         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     58K 
100: R83         Financial Instruments (Details 3)                   HTML     51K  
101: R84         Financial Instruments (Details 4)                   HTML     57K  
102: R85         Financial Instruments (Details 5)                   HTML     37K  
103: R86         Financial Instruments (Details 6)                   HTML     53K  
104: R87         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML     38K  
                (Details)                                                        
105: R88         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML     46K  
                (Details 2)                                                      
106: R89         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML     73K  
                (Details 3)                                                      
107: R90         Information by Segment and Geographic Area          HTML     42K  
                (Details 4)                                                      
108: R91         Other Expenses (Details)                            HTML     74K  
109: R92         Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss  HTML     79K  
                (Details)                                                        
110: R93         Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss  HTML     91K  
                (Details 2)                                                      
111: R94         Restructuring Programs (Details)                    HTML     50K  
112: R95         Schedule Ii. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts      HTML     56K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    193K  
113: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    172K  
12: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- hsc-20161231                        XML   7.40M 
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hsc-20161231_cal                XML    404K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hsc-20161231_def                 XML   1.51M 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hsc-20161231_lab                      XML   3.40M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hsc-20161231_pre               XML   2.02M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hsc-20161231                          XSD    289K 
115: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000045876-17-000006-xbrl      Zip    556K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — hsc-20161231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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