ENGELHARD CORP
11-K, 1999-06-28
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 11-K



  X              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
 ---                     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998



 ---           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

                 For the transition period from _____ to _____

                                _______________




             SALARY DEFERRAL SAVINGS PLAN OF ENGELHARD CORPORATION
             -----------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)


                             ENGELHARD CORPORATION
                   (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

101 WOOD AVENUE, ISELIN, NEW JERSEY                              08830
- -----------------------------------                            ---------
(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip code)


          DELAWARE                                            22-1586002
- -------------------------------                        ----------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                             (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)                         Identification Number)










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                          Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                            of Engelhard Corporation
                               Table of Contents





                      Description                                    Page
                      -----------                                    ----

Report of Independent Accountants                                     3

Statements of Financial Condition                                    4-9
  at December 31, 1998 and 1997

Statements of Income and Changes in Plan Equity                     10-18
 for each of the three years in the period
 ended December 31, 1998

Notes to Financial Statements                                       19-28

Supplemental Schedule
  Schedule of Investments at December 31, 1998 and 1997             29-30

Consent of Independent Public Accountants                            31




















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                       Report of Independent Accountants
                       ---------------------------------



To the Pension and Employee Benefits Plans Committee of Engelhard Corporation:

In our opinion, the financial statements of the Salary Deferral Savings Plan of
Engelhard Corporation listed in the table of contents on page 2 of this Form
11-K present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the
Plan at December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the income and changes in plan equity
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Plan's management; our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our
audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule listed in the
table of contents on page 2 of this Form 11-K is presented for the purpose of
additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements
but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the
Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.




                                          /s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS L.L.P.



New York, New York
June 18, 1999








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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 1 of 3)





<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>

                                       Company        Fixed        Windsor II     Windsor                      Equity
                                        Stock         Income         Growth        Growth       Balanced       Index
                                        Fund           Fund           Fund          Fund          Fund          Fund

                                     -----------   -----------   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of $142,886,268)     $45,391,121   $27,603,965     $4,907,253   $26,638,674   $14,624,519   $18,577,286


Contributions Receivable:
   Participants                          148,215       115,885         50,738       152,035        84,517       117,023
   Engelhard Corporation                 264,995             -              -             -             -             -


Promissory notes from participants        64,354        38,946          6,966        37,640        20,666        26,265
                                     -----------   -----------    -----------   -----------    ----------    ----------


Total assets                         $45,868,685   $27,758,796     $4,964,957   $26,828,349   $14,729,702   $18,720,574
                                     ===========   ===========    ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========


Plan equity:

Plan equity                          $45,868,685   $27,758,796     $4,964,957   $26,828,349   $14,729,702   $18,720,574
                                     ===========   ===========    ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========



                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 2 of 3)

<S>                                <C>               <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>

                                                                                                    Life           Life
                                   International       Small        Short-Term       Prime        Strategy       Strategy
                                       Growth           Cap            Bond           Cap          Growth         Income
                                        Fund            Fund           Fund          Fund           Fund           Fund
                                   -------------     ----------     ----------     ---------      ---------     ----------

Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of $142,886,268)      $3,521,901     $2,894,830     $2,047,021     $2,589,252    $2,060,528     $483,341



Contributions receivable:
   Participants                           28,877         24,964         14,792        29,990         35,867        3,172
   Engelhard Corporation                       -              -              -             -              -            -



Promissory notes from participants         4,989          4,102          2,897         3,680          2,945          684
                                      ----------     ----------     ----------    ----------     ----------     --------


Total assets                          $3,555,767     $2,923,896     $2,064,710    $2,622,922     $2,099,340     $487,197
                                      ==========     ==========     ==========    ==========     ==========     ========

Plan equity:

Plan equity                           $3,555,767     $2,923,896     $2,064,710    $2,622,922     $2,099,340     $487,197
                                      ==========     ==========     ==========    ==========     ==========     ========



                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>








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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 3 of 3)

<S>                                        <C>                <C>            <C>              <C>           <C>

                                           Life Strategy       Vanguard      Life Strategy
                                            Conservative         U.S.           Moderate
                                               Growth           Growth           Growth          Loan
                                                Fund             Fund             Fund           Fund         Combined
                                           -------------      ----------     -------------    ----------    ------------

Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of 142,886,268)               $891,549        $6,325,365       $1,649,482     $        -    $160,206,087



Contributions receivable:
   Participants                                 10,265            66,474           23,419              -         906,233
   Engelhard Corporation                             -                 -                -              -         264,995



Promissory notes from participants               1,267             8,980            2,350      7,493,128       7,719,859
                                              --------        ----------       ----------     ----------    ------------


Total assets                                  $903,081        $6,400,819       $1,675,251     $7,493,128    $169,097,174
                                              ========        ==========       ==========     ==========    ============

Plan equity:

Plan equity                                   $903,081        $6,400,819       $1,675,251     $7,493,128    $169,097,174
                                              ========        ==========       ==========     ==========    ============



                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 1 of 3)





<S>                                          <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>             <C>

                                              Company           Fixed                                          Equity
                                               Stock            Income          Growth        Balanced         Index
                                               Fund              Fund            Fund           Fund            Fund

                                            -----------      -----------    ------------    -----------     -----------
Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of $118,907,680)             $42,108,870     $24,554,164     $30,309,787    $10,364,961     $12,647,879


Contributions Receivable:
   Participants                                  164,965         119,868         164,487         68,990          90,669
   Engelhard Corporation                         218,522               -               -              -               -


Promissory notes from participants                77,085          57,939          51,091         16,574          24,558
                                             -----------     -----------     -----------     ----------      ----------


Total assets                                 $42,569,442     $24,731,971     $30,525,365    $10,450,525     $12,763,106
                                             ===========     ===========     ===========    ===========     ===========


Plan equity:

Plan equity                                  $42,569,442     $24,731,971     $30,525,365    $10,450,525     $12,763,106
                                             ===========     ===========     ===========    ===========     ===========



                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 2 of 3)

<S>                                        <C>                 <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>

                                                                                                Life           Life
                                           International         Small        Short-Term      Strategy       Strategy
                                               Growth             Cap            Bond          Growth         Income
                                                Fund              Fund           Fund           Fund           Fund
                                           -------------       ----------     ----------      ---------     ----------

Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of $118,907,680)              $3,007,483       $2,737,142       $820,740       $733,444       $270,823



Contributions receivable:
   Participants                                   31,145           26,599         10,918         20,854          2,580
   Engelhard Corporation                               -                -              -              -              -



Promissory notes from participants                 3,919            2,386          1,941          2,162              -
                                              ----------        ---------       --------       --------       --------


Total assets                                  $3,042,547       $2,766,127       $833,599       $756,460       $273,403
                                              ==========       ==========       ========       ========       ========

Plan equity:

Plan equity                                   $3,042,547       $2,766,127       $833,599       $756,460       $273,403
                                              ==========       ==========       ========       ========       ========




                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>







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<TABLE>
                                                    Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                                       at December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 3 of 3)

<S>                                        <C>                <C>            <C>              <C>           <C>

                                           Life Strategy       Vanguard      Life Strategy
                                            Conservative         U.S.           Moderate
                                               Growth           Growth           Growth          Loan
                                                Fund             Fund             Fund           Fund         Combined
                                           -------------      ----------     -------------    ---------     ------------

Assets:

Investments, at fair value
 (combined cost of 118,907,680)               $219,418        $1,833,349        $754,984      $       -     $130,363,044



Contributions receivable:
   Participants                                  3,388            36,408          12,270               -         753,141
   Engelhard Corporation                             -                 -               -               -         218,522



Promissory notes from participants                 350             3,110             997       7,024,068       7,266,180
                                              --------        ----------        --------      ----------    ------------


Total assets                                  $223,156        $1,872,867        $768,251      $7,024,068    $138,600,887
                                              ========        ==========        ========      ==========    ============

Plan equity:

Plan equity                                   $223,156        $1,872,867        $768,251      $7,024,068    $138,600,887
                                              ========        ==========        ========      ==========    ============




                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

</TABLE>



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<TABLE>
                                                  Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 1 of 3)

<S>                                      <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>

                                            Company       Fixed       Windsor II     Windsor                       Equity
                                             Stock        Income        Growth       Growth        Balanced        Index
                                             Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund           Fund           Fund
                                         -----------    ----------   -----------   -----------   ------------   ------------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                              $   867,717    $        -    $  480,958   $ 2,348,860   $ 1,061,504    $   893,993
  Interest                                         -     1,554,014             -             -             -              -
                                         -----------    ----------    ----------   -----------   ------------   ------------

                                             867,717     1,554,014       480,958     2,348,860     1,061,504        893,993

Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                             1,985,958     2,192,249     1,104,066     2,722,046     1,579,287      2,414,546
  Engelhard Corporation                    2,737,289             -             -             -             -              -
                                         -----------    ----------    ----------   -----------   ------------   ------------

                                           4,723,247     2,192,249     1,104,066     2,722,046     1,579,287      2,414,546

Net realized gain on disposition of
  investments                              1,296,766             -        36,947       688,133       369,087        442,270

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  of investments                           4,043,066             -       (95,848)   (2,683,638)    1,338,686      1,930,598

Distributions                             (2,137,372)   (2,127,811)     (145,165)   (1,236,865)     (619,478)      (611,951)


Transfers                                 (5,494,181)    1,408,373     3,583,999    (5,535,552)      550,091        888,012
                                         ------------  ------------   ----------   -----------   ------------   ------------

Change in net assets                       3,299,243     3,026,825     4,964,957    (3,697,016)    4,279,177      5,957,468


Plan equity, beginning of year            42,569,442    24,731,971             -    30,525,365    10,450,525     12,763,106
                                         ============  ===========    ==========   ===========   ============   ============

Plan equity, end of year                 $45,868,685   $27,758,796    $4,964,957   $26,828,349   $14,729,702    $18,720,574
                                         ============  ===========    ==========   ===========   ============   ============


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 2 of 3)

<S>                               <C>              <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>

                                                                                                  Life         Life
                                  International      Small       Short-Term       Prime         Strategy     Strategy
                                      Growth          Cap            Bond          Cap           Growth       Income
                                       Fund           Fund           Fund          Fund           Fund         Fund
                                  -------------    ----------    ----------    -----------      --------     --------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                         $   68,741     $  225,951    $   85,641    $   89,906     $   66,175     $ 25,396
  Interest                                   -              -             -             -              -            -
                                    ----------     ----------    ----------    ----------     ----------     --------

                                        68,741        225,951        85,641        89,906         66,175       25,396


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                         616,111        577,338       396,887       593,467      1,015,800      141,292
  Engelhard Corporation                      -              -             -             -              -            -
                                    ----------     ----------    ----------    ----------     ----------     --------

                                       616,111        577,338       396,887       593,467      1,015,800      141,292


Net realized gain on disposition
  of investments                        96,006         66,958         2,267         5,255         28,451        5,382

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments        336,936       (335,259)        1,825       259,756        163,107        6,386


Distributions                         (294,106)      (129,823)      (43,909)       (1,705)       (44,657)        (845)

Transfers                             (310,468)      (247,396)      788,400     1,676,243        114,004       36,183
                                    ----------     ----------    ----------    ----------     ----------     --------

Change in net assets                   513,220        157,769     1,231,111     2,622,922      1,342,880      213,794


Plan equity, beginning of year       3,042,547      2,766,127       833,599             -        756,460      273,403
                                    ----------     ----------    ----------    ----------     ----------     --------

Plan equity, end of year            $3,555,767     $2,923,896    $2,064,710    $2,622,922     $2,099,340     $487,197
                                    ==========     ==========    ==========    ==========     ==========     ========


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
                                                          (Page 3 of 3)

<S>                                           <C>             <C>              <C>          <C>            <C>

                                                  Life                           Life
                                                Strategy       Vanguard        Strategy
                                              Conservative       U.S.          Moderate
                                                 Growth         Growth          Growth         Loan
                                                  Fund           Fund            Fund          Fund          Combined
                                              ------------    ----------     -----------    ----------     ------------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                    $ 35,267       $  378,919       $ 65,440     $        -     $  6,694,468
  Interest                                            -                -              -        510,419        2,064,433
                                               --------       ----------     ----------     ----------     ------------

                                                 35,267          378,919         65,440        510,419        8,758,901


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                  271,268        1,162,658        693,404        351,398       17,817,775
  Engelhard Corporation                               -                -              -              -        2,737,289
                                               --------       ----------     ----------     ----------     ------------

                                                271,268        1,162,658        693,404        351,398       20,555,064


Net realized gain on disposition of
  investments                                       783           79,276         20,847              -        3,138,428

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments                  39,509          750,006        109,325              -        5,864,455


Distributions                                   (22,359)         (56,102)      (118,744)      (229,669)      (7,820,561)

Transfers                                       355,457        2,213,195        136,728       (163,088)               -
                                               --------        ---------     ----------     ----------     ------------

Change in net assets                            679,925        4,527,952        907,000        469,060       30,496,287

Plan equity, beginning of year                  223,156        1,872,867        768,251      7,024,068      138,600,887
                                               --------       ----------     ----------     ----------     ------------

Plan equity, end of year                       $903,081       $6,400,819     $1,675,251     $7,493,128     $169,097,174
                                               ========       ==========     ==========     ==========     ============


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
                                                  Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 1 of 3)

<S>                                          <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>

                                                Company         Fixed                                          Equity
                                                 Stock          Income         Growth         Balanced         Index
                                                 Fund            Fund           Fund            Fund            Fund
                                             -----------      ----------     -----------    ------------    ------------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                  $   819,447      $        -     $ 4,880,851    $   791,374     $ 1,558,580
  Interest                                             -       1,517,387               -              -               -
                                             -----------      ----------     -----------    ------------    ------------

                                                 819,447       1,517,387       4,880,851        791,374       1,558,580

Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                 2,312,800       2,230,370       2,880,465      1,164,206       1,385,640
  Engelhard Corporation                        2,404,098               -               -              -               -
                                             -----------      ----------     -----------    ------------    ------------

                                               4,716,898       2,230,370       2,880,465      1,164,206       1,385,640

Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                               1,299,661               -         703,758        252,369         249,513

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  of investments                              (5,192,044)              -        (436,574)     1,030,888       1,239,613

Transaction fees                                       -               -               -              -               -

Distributions                                 (2,077,923)     (2,597,410)     (1,466,096)      (611,512)       (536,238)


Transfers                                     (2,413,985)     (1,799,344)      1,233,660        657,446         753,675
                                             ------------    ------------    -----------    ------------    ------------

Change in net assets                          (2,847,946)       (648,997)      7,796,064      3,284,771       4,650,783


Plan equity, beginning of year                45,417,388      25,380,968      22,729,301      7,165,754       8,112,323
                                             ============    ===========     ===========    ============    ============

Plan equity, end of year                     $42,569,442     $24,731,971     $30,525,365    $10,450,525     $12,763,106
                                             ============    ===========     ===========    ============    ============


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 2 of 3)

<S>                                          <C>              <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>

                                                                                                Life           Life
                                             International      Small          Short-Term     Strategy       Strategy
                                                 Growth          Cap              Bond         Growth         Income
                                                  Fund           Fund             Fund          Fund           Fund
                                             -------------    ----------       ----------     --------       --------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                    $  128,390     $  157,508        $ 56,581      $ 26,828       $  8,018
  Interest                                              -              -               -             -              -
                                               ----------     ----------        --------      --------       --------

                                                  128,390        157,508          56,581        26,828          8,018


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                    563,616        473,715         209,656       259,086         22,287
  Engelhard Corporation                                 -              -               -             -              -
                                               ----------     ----------        --------      --------       --------

                                                  563,616        473,715         209,656       259,086         22,287


Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                                  102,799         70,631             436         4,505         (7,823)

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments                  (150,130)       193,843           4,357        33,100          5,394


Transaction fees                                        -        (10,442)              -             -              -

Distributions                                    (189,083)      (253,681)       (240,736)      (39,348)       (95,877)

Transfers                                         139,613        381,406          70,174       312,348        232,468
                                               ----------     ----------        --------      --------       --------

Change in net assets                              595,205      1,012,980         100,468       596,519        164,467


Plan equity, beginning of year                  2,447,342      1,753,147         733,131       159,941        108,936
                                               ----------     ----------        --------      --------       --------

Plan equity, end of year                       $3,042,547     $2,766,127        $833,599      $756,460       $273,403
                                               ==========     ==========        ========      ========       ========


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1997
                                                          (Page 3 of 3)

<S>                                           <C>             <C>              <C>          <C>            <C>

                                                  Life                            Life
                                                Strategy       Vanguard         Strategy
                                              Conservative       U.S.           Moderate
                                                 Growth         Growth           Growth        Loan
                                                  Fund           Fund             Fund         Fund          Combined
                                              ------------    ----------       ---------    ----------     ------------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                    $ 13,432       $   71,659       $ 31,473     $        -     $  8,544,141
  Interest                                            -                -              -        555,647        2,073,034
                                               --------       ----------       --------     ----------     ------------

                                                 13,432           71,659         31,473        555,647       10,617,175


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                  130,609          435,224        295,982              -       12,363,656
  Engelhard Corporation                               -                -              -              -        2,404,098
                                               --------       ----------       --------     ----------     ------------

                                                130,609          435,224        295,982              -       14,767,754


Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                                 25,888          (22,168)         6,145              -        2,685,714

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments                     415          173,795         49,959              -       (3,047,384)


Transaction fees                                      -                -              -              -          (10,442)

Distributions                                  (261,176)         (43,745)       (32,252)      (330,664)      (8,775,741)

Transfers                                       128,884          289,003        236,737       (222,085)               -
                                               --------         --------       --------     ----------     ------------

Change in net assets                             38,052          903,768        588,044          2,898       16,237,076

Plan equity, beginning of year                  185,104          969,099        180,207      7,021,170      122,363,811
                                               --------       ----------       --------     ----------     ------------

Plan equity, end of year                       $223,156       $1,872,867       $768,251     $7,024,068     $138,600,887
                                               ========       ==========       ========     ==========     ============

                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
                                                  Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1996
                                                          (Page 1 of 3)

<S>                                          <C>               <C>            <C>           <C>              <C>

                                                Company          Fixed                                          Equity
                                                 Stock           Income         Growth        Balanced          Index
                                                 Fund             Fund           Fund           Fund             Fund
                                             -----------       ---------      ----------     -----------      ----------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                  $   727,600      $        -     $ 2,162,237    $   646,837       $ 737,991
  Interest                                             -       1,544,409               -              -               -
                                             -----------      ----------     -----------     -----------     -----------

                                                 727,600       1,544,409       2,162,237        646,837         737,991

Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                 2,371,769       2,359,733       2,275,185        842,352         927,083
  Engelhard Corporation                        2,065,895               -               -              -               -
                                             -----------      ----------     -----------     -----------     -----------

                                               4,437,664       2,359,733       2,275,185        842,352         927,083

Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                               2,624,826               -         372,423        221,899         204,365

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  of investments                              (8,218,862)              -       2,186,088        130,181         519,101

Transaction fees                                       -               -               -              -               -

Distributions                                 (2,604,553)     (2,550,656)     (1,197,839)      (518,181)       (408,588)


Transfers                                      1,819,595      (2,485,972)       (824,155)      (373,416)         15,874
                                             ------------    ------------    -----------     -----------     -----------

Change in net assets                          (1,213,730)     (1,132,486)      4,973,939        949,672       1,995,826


Plan equity, beginning of year                46,631,118      26,513,454      17,755,362      6,216,082       6,116,497
                                             ============    ===========     ===========     ===========     ===========

Plan equity, end of year                     $45,417,388     $25,380,968     $22,729,301     $7,165,754      $8,112,323
                                             ============    ===========     ===========     ===========     ===========


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1996
                                                          (Page 2 of 3)

<S>                                          <C>                <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
                                                                                                Life            Life
                                             International       Small         Short-Term     Strategy        Strategy
                                                 Growth           Cap              Bond        Growth          Income
                                                  Fund            Fund             Fund         Fund            Fund
                                             -------------      --------       ----------     --------       ---------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                    $  104,764       $121,902         $34,004      $  5,154       $  3,910
  Interest                                              -              -               -             -              -
                                               ----------     ----------         -------      --------       --------

                                                  104,764        121,902          34,004         5,154          3,910


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                    410,564        296,101         157,291        34,200        109,788
  Engelhard Corporation                                 -              -               -             -              -
                                               ----------     ----------         -------      --------       --------

                                                  410,564        296,101         157,291        34,200        109,788


Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                                  105,158         42,347           1,221           (98)             -

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments                   103,464         50,118          (6,977)        4,378         (4,762)


Transaction fees                                        -         (9,650)              -             -              -

Distributions                                    (269,098)       (41,149)        (60,471)            -              -

Transfers                                          61,220        292,269         168,764       116,307              -
                                               ----------     ----------         -------      --------       --------

Change in net assets                              516,072        751,938         293,832       159,941        108,936


Plan equity, beginning of year                  1,931,270      1,001,209         439,299             -              -
                                               ----------     ----------         -------      --------       --------

Plan equity, end of year                       $2,447,342     $1,753,147        $733,131      $159,941       $108,936
                                               ==========     ==========        ========      ========       ========


                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
                                                   Salary Deferral Savings Plan
                                                     of Engelhard Corporation
                                          Statement of Income and Changes in Plan Equity
                                               for the Year Ended December 31, 1996
                                                          (Page 3 of 3)

<S>                                           <C>               <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>

                                                  Life                            Life
                                                Strategy        Vanguard        Strategy
                                              Conservative        U.S.          Moderate
                                                 Growth          Growth          Growth         Loan
                                                  Fund            Fund            Fund          Fund         Combined
                                              ------------      --------       ---------      --------     ------------

Net investment income:
  Dividends                                    $  7,478         $ 70,352       $  6,622     $        -     $  4,628,851
  Interest                                            -                -              -        539,133        2,083,542
                                               --------         --------       --------     ----------     ------------

                                                  7,478           70,352          6,622        539,133        6,712,393


Contributions and other receipts:
  Participants                                    1,305           41,866          4,956              -        9,832,193
  Engelhard Corporation                               -                -              -              -        2,065,895
                                               --------         --------       --------     ----------     ------------

                                                  1,305           41,866          4,956              -       11,898,088


Net realized gain (loss) on disposition
  of investments                                      -           28,588              -              -        3,600,729

Unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation) of investments                   1,466          (47,934)         3,383              -       (5,280,356)


Transaction fees                                      -                -              -              -           (9,650)

Distributions                                         -                -              -       (291,002)      (7,941,537)

Transfers                                       174,855          876,227        165,246         (6,814)               -
                                               --------         --------       --------     ----------     ------------

Change in net assets                            185,104          969,099        180,207        241,317        8,979,667

Plan equity, beginning of year                        -                -              -      6,779,853      113,384,144
                                               --------         --------       --------     ----------     ------------

Plan equity, end of year                       $185,104         $969,099       $180,207     $7,021,170     $122,363,811
                                               ========         ========       ========     ==========     ============

                                          See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
</TABLE>


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Notes to Financial Statements

Note 1 - Description of the Plan

     The Salary Deferral Savings Plan of Engelhard Corporation (the Plan), as
amended and restated as of June 5, 1997 is designed to provide eligible
employees of Engelhard Corporation (the Company) an opportunity to save part of
their income by having the Company reduce their compensation and contribute the
amount of the reduction to the Plan on a tax deferred and/or post-tax basis.

     The following plan description is provided for general information
purposes. Participants of the Plan should refer to the plan document for more
detailed and complete information.

Eligibility
- -----------
Except as specifically included or excluded by the Board of Directors of the
Company (the Board), United States salaried employees of the Company and its
wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) domestic subsidiaries and all non-
collectively bargained hourly employees are eligible to participate in the Plan.

Contributions
- -------------
The Plan permits eligible employees participating in the Plan the opportunity
to defer up to 15 percent of their compensation, as defined, subject to certain
restrictions and limitations, and to have that amount contributed to the Plan
and the related taxes deferred. Effective January 1, 1995 employees may
contribute, subject to certain restrictions and limitations, up to 10 percent of
compensation to the Plan on a post-tax basis.

Matching Contributions
- ----------------------
The Company will contribute, on a monthly basis, subject to certain limitations
and exclusions, either cash or common stock of the Company in an amount equal to
50 percent of the first 6 percent contributed by the Participants.  Participants
must have completed one year of service to be eligible for a matching
contribution.

Investments
- -----------
All contributions to the Plan are held and invested by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company (the Trustee). The Trustee maintains 15 separate investment funds
within the Plan:

              a)  The Company Stock Fund consists of assets invested or held
                  for investment in the common stock of the Company.  In the
                  event the assets cannot be immediately invested in Company
                  common stock, the funds are invested in short-term securities
                  pending investment in Company common stock.

              b)  The Fixed Income Fund consists of assets invested in shares
                  of the Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust.  In the event the
                  assets cannot be immediately invested in such shares or
                  deposited as specified above, the assets are invested in
                  direct obligations of the United States Government or agencies
                  thereof or in obligations guaranteed as to the payment of
                  principal and interest by the United States Government.

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<PAGE>

              c)  The Windsor II Fund consists of assets invested in the
                  Vanguard Windsor II fund, which invests primarily in stocks
                  which seeks long-term growth and income from dividends.

              d)  The Growth Fund consists of assets invested in the
                  Vanguard Windsor Fund, which invests primarily in common
                  stocks for the purpose of realizing long-term growth of
                  capital and income.

              e)  The Balanced Fund consists of assets invested in the
                  Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund, which invests in stocks,
                  bonds and cash reserves for the purpose of maximizing long-
                  term total return with less volatility than a portfolio of
                  common stock.

              f)  The Equity Index Fund consists of assets invested in
                  the Vanguard Growth and Income Portfolio, which invests
                  primarily in common stocks for the purpose of realizing a
                  total return greater than the Standard & Poor's 500 Index
                  while maintaining fundamental investment characteristics
                  similar to such Index.

              g)  The International Growth Fund consists of assets
                  invested in shares of the Vanguard International Growth
                  Portfolio or such other mutual fund or funds which invest
                  primarily in common stocks of companies based outside the
                  United States that have above-average growth potential for
                  the purpose of realizing long-term capital growth.

              h)  The Small Cap Fund consists of assets invested in
                  shares of the Vanguard Index Trust - Small Cap Stock Portfolio
                  or such other mutual fund or funds which invest primarily in
                  common stocks of small-sized companies for the purpose of
                  providing a comparatively low-cost method of passively
                  capturing the investment returns of small-sized companies and
                  attempting to provide investment results that parallel the
                  performance of the unmanaged Russell 2000 Small Stock Index.

              i)  The Short-Term Bond Fund consists of assets invested
                  in shares of the Vanguard Fixed Income Fund or Short-Term
                  Corporate Portfolio of the Vanguard Fixed Income Securities
                  Fund or such other mutual fund or funds which invest primarily
                  in relatively short maturity investment-grade bonds for the
                  purpose of providing a level of current income consistent with
                  a two to three year average maturity while helping to preserve
                  capital.

              j)  The Prime Cap funds consists of assets invested in the
                  Vanguard Prime Cap fund and seeks long-term growth of capital.

              k)  The Life Strategy Growth Fund consists of assets invested in
                  the Vanguard Life Strategy Growth Portfolio.  This fund
                  invests in other Vanguard mutual funds representing a
                  combination of stocks, bonds and reserves in order to provide
                  growth of capital.

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<PAGE>

              l)  The Life Strategy Income Fund consists of assets invested in
                  the Vanguard Life Strategy Income Portfolio.  This fund
                  invests in other Vanguard mutual funds representing a
                  combination of stocks, bonds and reserves in order to provide
                  current income.

              m)  The Life Strategy Conservative Growth Fund consists of assets
                  invested in the Vanguard Life Strategy Conservative Growth
                  portfolio.  This fund invests in other Vanguard mutual funds
                  representing a combination of stocks, bonds, and reserves in
                  order to provide current income and a low to moderate growth
                  of capital.

              n)  The Vanguard U.S. Growth portfolio seeks to provide long-term
                  capital appreciation by investing in common stocks of
                  companies with above-average growth potential for the purpose
                  of seeking long-term capital growth.

              o)  The Life Strategy Moderate Growth Fund consists of assets
                  invested in the Vanguard Life Strategy Moderate Growth Fund.
                  This fund invests in other Vanguard mutual funds representing
                  a combination of stocks, bonds and reserves in order to
                  provide growth of capital and a reasonable level of current
                  income.

     Participants have the right to elect, subject to restrictions, the
investment fund or funds in which their contributions are invested. All matching
contributions are initially invested in the Company Stock Fund and participants
are restricted from transferring these contributions to other funds for one
year. Participants at their discretion may elect to transfer to another fund
their unrestricted balance. Their unrestricted balance is determined as the sum
of all prior year's unrestricted balances plus 25 percent of the prior year's
restricted balance after the addition of the prior year's restricted matching
contributions.

         The number of Participants in each fund was as follows at December 31:

     Participants                                     1998          1997
     ------------                                    -----         -----
     Company Stock Fund                              2,598         2,281
     Fixed Income Fund                               1,070         1,091
     Growth Fund (Windsor II)                          398             -
     Growth Fund (Windor)                            1,412         1,414
     Balanced Fund                                     928           805
     Equity Index Fund                               1,137           896
     International Growth Fund                         507           475
     Small Cap Fund                                    410           344
     Short-Term Bond Fund                              211           170
     Prime Cap Fund                                    270             -
     Life Strategy Growth Fund                         295           170
     Life Strategy Income Fund                          52            28
     Life Strategy Conservative Growth Fund             92            43
     Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund                         578           335
     Life Strategy Moderate Growth Fund                208           109



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<PAGE>

     The total number of Participants in the Plan was less than the sum of the
number of Participants shown above because many were participating in more than
one fund.

     The number of units representing Participant interests in each fund and the
related net asset value per unit were as follows at December 31:

<TABLE>

Participant Interests

<S>                  <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>        <C>
                       Company        Fixed      Windsor II    Windsor                   Equity     Int'l       Small
                        Stock        Income        Growth       Growth     Balanced      Index      Growth       Cap
                        Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund         Fund       Fund        Fund
                     ---------     ----------    ----------   ---------   ---------    ---------   --------   --------
1998:
  Units              1,396,307     27,758,796      166,330    1,723,080     604,172      608,601    189,439    137,920
  Value per unit        $32.85          $1.00       $29.85       $15.57      $24.38       $30.76     $18.77     $21.20

1997:
  Units              1,449,913     24,731,971            -    1,797,725     496,462      487,327    185,634    116,469
  Value per unit        $29.36          $1.00            -       $16.98      $21.05       $26.19     $16.39     $23.75


                                                                              Life                    Life
                                                     Life         Life      Strategy     Vanguard   Strategy
                     Short-Term       Prime        Strategy     Strategy  Conservative     U.S.     Moderate
                        Bond           Cap          Growth       Income      Growth       Growth    Growth
                        Fund           Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund         Fund       Fund
                     ----------     ---------     ---------     --------  ------------   --------  ---------
1998:
  Units                190,471         55,034      111,726       36,853      61,392      170,734     99,362
  Value per unit        $10.84         $47.66       $18.79       $13.22      $14.71       $37.49     $16.86

1997:
  Units                 77,114              -       47,161       21,995      16,653       65,257     51,874
  Value per unit        $10.81              -       $16.04       $12.43      $13.40       $28.70     $14.81

</TABLE>

Vesting
- -------
Participants at all times have a fully vested and non-forfeitable interest in
their contributions and in the matching contributions allocated to their
account.

Loan Provision
- --------------
The Plan allows Participants who have participated in the Plan for at least one
year to borrow funds from their accounts, subject to certain terms and
conditions, at a reasonable interest rate as determined by the Company in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.




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<PAGE>

Termination
- -----------
The Company, although it expects and intends to continue the Plan indefinitely,
has reserved the right of the Board to terminate or amend the Plan.

Distributions and Withdrawals
- -----------------------------
All distributions and withdrawals from the Plan are made to Participants in a
lump sum cash payment except those amounts distributed from the Company Stock
Fund which may, at the Participant's election, be paid in full shares of the
Company's Common Stock with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares.

Note 2 -      Accounting Policies

     The accounts of the Plan are maintained on an accrual basis. Purchases and
sales of investments are reflected on a trade date basis. Assets of the Plan are
valued at fair value. Gains and losses on distributions to participants and
sales of investments are based on average cost.

     The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported. Actual results may differ from
those estimates.

     The Plan provides for various investment options in any combination of
stocks or mutual funds. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such
as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with
certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in
the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that
changes in risks in the near term would materially affect participants' account
balances and the amounts reported in the statement of financial condition and
the statement of income and changes in plan equity.

     Certain 1997 amounts have been reclassified to conform to 1998
classifications.

Note 3 -      Income Tax Status

     The Plan and the Trust created thereunder are intended to qualify under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code) and the Plan includes a cash or deferred arrangement intended to meet the
requirements of Section 401(k) of the Code. The Internal Revenue Service has
issued a favorable determination letter as to the Plan's qualified status under
the Code. Amounts contributed to and earned by the Plan are not taxed to the
employee until a distribution from the Plan is made. In addition, the unrealized
appreciation on any shares of common stock of the Company distributed to an
employee is not taxed until the time of disposition of such shares. The Plan has
been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the plan
administrator believes the Plan is designed and is currently operating in
compliance with the Internal Revenue Code.

Note 4 -      Administrative Expenses

     All expenses of the Plan, with the exception of loan application and loan
administration fees, are paid for by the Company. Investment advisory fees for
portfolio management of the Vanguard funds are paid directly from fund earnings.

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<PAGE>

Advisory fees are included in the fund expense ratio and will not reduce the
assets of the Plan. Brokerage commissions paid to purchase Engelhard Corporation
common stock are being charged against each participant's fund unit value.

Note 5 -      Concentrations of Credit Risk

     Financial instruments which potentially subject the Plan to concentrations
of credit risk consist principally of investment contracts with insurance and
other financial institutions. The Plan places its investment contracts with
high-credit quality institutions and, by policy, limits the amount of credit
exposure to any one financial institution.

Note 6 -      Investments

     Investments in the Common Stock of the Company are valued at the
readily-available, quoted market price as of the valuation date and investments
in Vanguard Funds are valued based on the quoted net asset value (redemption
value) of the respective investment fund as of the valuation date.

<TABLE>
The net realized gain (loss) on disposition of investments was computed as follows:

Net realized gain (loss)
<S>                            <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
                                  Company      Fixed       Windsor II      Windsor                  Equity         Int'l
                                   Stock       Income        Growth        Growth      Balanced      Index         Growth
                                   Fund         Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund          Fund
                               -----------  -----------   -----------   -----------  ----------   -----------   ----------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Amount realized              $20,045,192  $10,796,138    $1,764,356   $10,014,411  $2,503,355    $4,417,345   $4,716,648
  Cost-average                  18,748,426   10,796,138     1,727,409     9,326,278   2,134,268     3,975,075    4,620,642
  Net realized gain (loss)       1,296,766            -        36,947       688,133     369,087       442,270       96,006

                                                                                                    Life
                                                                          Life         Life       Strategy      Vanguard
                                   Small    Short-term       Prime      Strategy     Strategy   Conservative      U.S.
                                    Cap        Bond           Cap        Growth       Income       Growth        Growth
                                    Fund       Fund          Fund         Fund         Fund         Fund          Fund
                                ----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Amount realized               $1,534,209   $2,644,925  $1,309,019      $357,992   $5,862,331    $373,171    $1,750,108
  Cost-average                   1,467,251    2,642,658   1,303,764       329,541    5,856,949     372,388     1,670,832
  Net realized gain (loss)          66,958        2,267       5,255        28,451        5,382         783        79,276


                                   Life
                                 Strategy
                                 Moderate
                                  Growth
                                   Fund      Combined
                               -----------  -----------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Amount realized                 $359,160  $68,448,360
  Cost-average                     338,313   65,309,932
  Net realized gain (loss)          20,847    3,138,428

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>             <C>

                                  Company       Fixed                               Equity          Int'l         Small
                                   Stock        Income      Growth     Balanced      Index         Growth          Cap
                                   Fund         Fund         Fund        Fund        Fund           Fund           Fund
                                ------------ -----------  -----------  ---------   ------------  -----------    -----------
Year ended December 31, 1997 -
  Amount realized               $39,601,904   $9,844,450  $18,957,239  $5,191,173   $10,324,840   $7,200,253     $3,786,809
  Cost-average                   38,302,243    9,844,450   18,253,481   4,938,804    10,075,327    7,097,454      3,716,178
  Net realized gain (loss)        1,299,661            -      703,758     252,369       249,513      102,799         70,631

                                                                           Life                       Life
                                                 Life         Life       Strategy      Vanguard     Strategy
                                Short-term     Strategy     Strategy   Conservative      U.S.       Moderate
                                    Bond        Growth       Income       Growth        Growth       Growth
                                    Fund         Fund         Fund         Fund          Fund         Fund        Combined
                                -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------  -----------   ------------
Year ended December 31, 1997 -
  Amount realized               $14,604,327   $1,241,894   $4,522,250  $1,189,027    $6,117,191     $837,015    $123,418,372
  Cost-average                   14,603,891    1,237,389    4,530,073   1,163,139     6,139,359      830,870     120,732,658
  Net realized gain (loss)              436        4,505       (7,823)     25,888       (22,168)       6,145       2,685,714


                                   Company       Fixed                                  Equity        Int'l       Small
                                    Stock       Income        Growth     Balanced       Index        Growth        Cap
                                    Fund         Fund          Fund        Fund          Fund         Fund         Fund
                                -----------  -----------   -----------  ----------   -----------   -----------  ----------
Year ended December 31, 1996 -
  Amount realized               $35,173,927   $9,360,463   $11,516,097  $7,588,654   $6,740,413    $2,201,845   $1,519,491
  Cost-average                   32,549,101    9,360,463    11,143,674   7,366,755    6,536,048     2,096,687    1,477,144
  Net realized gain (loss)        2,624,826            -       372,423     221,899      204,365       105,158       42,347

                                               Vanguard        Life
                                 Short-term      U.S.        Strategy
                                    Bond        Growth        Growth
                                    Fund         Fund          Fund       Combined
                                -----------  -----------   -----------   -----------
Year ended December 31, 1996 -
  Amount realized               $4,514,073   $5,022,468     $170,693     $83,808,124
  Cost-average                   4,512,852    4,993,880      170,791      80,207,395
  Net realized gain (loss)           1,221       28,588          (98)      3,600,729

</TABLE>













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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

The net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments held was computed as follows:

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

<S>                            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
                                 Company     Windsor II     Windsor                     Equity      Int'l        Small
                                  Stock        Growth       Growth       Balanced        Index      Growth        Cap
                                  Fund          Fund         Fund          Fund          Fund        Fund         Fund
                               -----------   ----------   -----------   -----------  -----------  ----------   ----------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Balance, beginning of year    $3,311,669    $      -    $ 2,664,689    $2,077,311   $2,715,759    $112,832    $ 349,219
  Net change                     4,043,066     (95,848)    (2,683,638)    1,338,686    1,930,598     336,936     (335,259)
  Balance, end of year           7,354,735     (95,848)       (18,949)    3,415,997    4,646,357     449,768       13,960

                                                                                         Life                      Life
                                                              Life         Life        Strategy      Vanguard    Strategy
                               Short-term       Prime       Strategy     Strategy    Conservative      U.S.      Moderate
                                  Bond           Cap         Growth       Income        Growth        Growth      Growth
                                  Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund          Fund          Fund        Fund
                               -----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   ------------  -----------  ----------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Balance, beginning of year     $4,691       $      -     $ 37,478       $  632       $ 1,881       $125,861    $ 53,342
  Net change                      1,825        259,756      163,107        6,386        39,509        750,006     109,325
  Balance, end of year            6,516        259,756      200,585        7,018        41,390        875,867     162,667


                                 Combined
                               ------------
Year ended December 31, 1998 -
  Balance, beginning of year    $11,455,364
  Net change                      5,864,455
  Balance, end of year           17,319,819

                                 Company      Windsor                      Equity      Int'l          Small     Short-term
                                  Stock       Growth       Balanced        Index       Growth         Cap         Bond
                                  Fund         Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund          Fund        Fund
                               -----------  ----------    ----------    -----------   --------     ----------   ----------
Year ended December 31, 1997 -
  Balance, beginning of year   $ 8,503,713  $3,101,263    $1,046,423    $1,476,146    $262,962     $155,376      $  334
  Net change                    (5,192,044)   (436,574)    1,030,888     1,239,613    (150,130)     193,843       4,357
  Balance, end of year           3,311,669   2,664,689     2,077,311     2,715,759     112,832      349,219       4,691

                                                              Life                      Life
                                   Life        Life         Strategy      Vanguard    Strategy
                                 Strategy    Strategy     Conservative      U.S.      Moderate
                                  Growth      Income         Growth        Growth      Growth
                                   Fund        Fund           Fund          Fund        Fund        Combined
                               -----------  ----------    ------------  -----------   --------    ------------
Year ended December 31, 1997 -
  Balance, beginning of year      $ 4,378     $(4,762)      $1,466       $(47,934)    $ 3,383     $14,502,748
  Net change                       33,100       5,394          415        173,795      49,959      (3,047,384)
  Balance, end of year             37,478         632        1,881        125,861      53,342      11,455,364


</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>           <C>       <C>        <C>
                                  Company      Windsor                  Equity      Int'l      Small    Short-term
                                   Stock       Growth     Balanced       Index      Growth      Cap        Bond
                                   Fund         Fund        Fund         Fund        Fund       Fund        Fund
                                -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------   --------  ---------  -----------
Year ended December 31, 1996 -
  Balance, beginning of year    $16,722,575  $  915,175  $  916,242  $  957,045    $159,498  $105,258     $ 7,311
  Net change                     (8,218,862)  2,186,088     130,181     519,101     103,464    50,118      (6,977)
  Balance, end of year            8,503,713   3,101,263   1,046,423   1,476,146     262,962   155,376         334

                                                             Life                      Life
                                    Life        Life       Strategy      Vanguard    Strategy
                                  Strategy    Strategy   Conservative      U.S.      Moderate
                                   Growth      Income       Growth        Growth      Growth
                                    Fund        Fund         Fund          Fund        Fund                Combined
                                -----------  ----------  ------------  -----------   --------            ------------
Year ended December 31, 1996 -
  Balance, beginning of year      $    -      $     -      $    -       $      -     $    -              $19,783,104
  Net change                       4,378       (4,762)      1,466        (47,934)     3,383               (5,280,356)
  Balance, end of year             4,378       (4,762)      1,466        (47,934)     3,383               14,502,748

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Note 7 -      Related Party Transactions

     For the 1998 plan year, the Company transferred 141,420 treasury stock
shares (representing a contribution dollar amount of $2,737,289) to Vanguard to
fund the employer match. The number of shares transferred each month represented
the employer matching contribution divided by the closing market price on the
day the contribution was remitted.

















































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              Salary Deferral Savings Plan of Engelhard Corporation
                            Schedule of Investments
                              at December 31, 1998


                                                                  Approximate
                                                       Cost       Market Value
                                                   ------------  --------------
Common Stock of Engelhard Corporation              $38,036,386   $ 45,391,121
 (2,327,750 shares)

Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust                   27,603,965     27,603,965

Vanguard Windsor II Fund                             5,003,101      4,907,253

Vanguard Windsor Fund                               26,657,623     26,638,674

Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund                      11,208,522     14,624,519

Vanguard Growth and Income Portfolio                13,930,929     18,577,286

Vanguard International Growth Portfolio              3,072,133      3,521,901

Vanguard Index Trust                                 2,880,870      2,894,830

Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Fund                2,040,505      2,047,021

Vanguard Life Strategy Growth Portfolio              1,859,943      2,060,528

Vanguard Prime Cap Fund                              2,329,496      2,589,252

Vanguard Life Strategy Income Portfolio                476,323        483,341

Vanguard Life Strategy Conservative Growth Portfolio   850,159        891,549

Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund                            5,449,498      6,325,365

Vanguard Life Strategy Moderate Growth Portfolio     1,486,815      1,649,482
                                                  ------------   ------------
    Total                                         $142,886,268   $160,206,087
















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              Salary Deferral Savings Plan of Engelhard Corporation
                            Schedule of Investments
                              at December 31, 1997



                                                                   Approximate
                                                       Cost        Market Value
                                                    -----------    ------------
Common Stock of Engelhard Corporation               $38,797,201    $ 42,108,870
 (2,423,532 shares)

Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust                    24,554,164      24,554,164

Vanguard Windsor Fund                                27,645,098      30,309,787

Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund                        8,287,650      10,364,961

Vanguard Growth and Income Portfolio                  9,932,120      12,647,879

Vanguard International Growth Portfolio               2,894,651       3,007,483

Vanguard Index Trust                                  2,387,923       2,737,142

Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Fund                   816,049         820,740

Vanguard Life Strategy Growth Portfolio                 695,966         733,444

Vanguard Life Strategy Income Portfolio                 270,191         270,823

Vanguard Life Strategy Conservative Growth Portfolio    217,537         219,418

Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund                             1,707,488       1,833,349

Vanguard Life Strategy Moderate Growth Portfolio        701,642         754,984
                                                   ------------    ------------
    Total                                          $118,907,680    $130,363,044


















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                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                   -----------------------------------------


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements of
Engelhard Corporation and Subsidiaries on Form S-8 (File Nos. 2-89747, 33-28540)
of our report dated June 18, 1999, on our audits of the financial statements and
financial statement schedules of Salary Deferral Savings Plan of Engelhard
Corporation as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, which appears in this Form 11-K.




                                 /s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS L.L.P.






New York, New York
June 21, 1999
































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                                   Signature
                                   ---------

                                   Form 11-K

             Salary Deferral Savings Plan of Engelhard Corporation



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the Pension and Employee Benefit Plans Committee of Engelhard Corporation has
duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Iselin, New Jersey on this 28th day of June,
1999.









                                        /s/ John C. Hess
                                            -------------
                                        By: John C. Hess
                                            Secretary to the Committee and
                                            Vice President of Human Resources


























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