Edgar Filing: EnerSys

ENS - 10K 3.30.2014

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K



ý	Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 or



¨	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-32253

ENERSYS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		23-3058564
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2366 Bernville Road

Reading, Pennsylvania 19605

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-208-1991

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ý YES ¨ NO

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ YES ý NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ý YES ¨ NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES ý NO ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ¨ YES ý NO

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates at September 29, 2013: $2,854,540,499 (1) (based upon its closing transaction price on the New York Stock Exchange on September 27, 2013).


(1)	For this purpose only, “non-affiliates” excludes directors and executive officers.

Common stock outstanding at May 23, 2014: 46,920,004 Shares of Common Stock

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 31, 2014 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of EnerSys. EnerSys and its representatives may, from time to time, make written or verbal forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its reports to stockholders. Generally, the inclusion of the words “anticipates,” “believe,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “will,” “plans,” or the negative of such terms and similar expressions identify statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that are intended to come within the safe harbor protection provided by those sections. All statements addressing operating performance, events, or developments that EnerSys expects or anticipates will occur in the future, including statements relating to sales growth, earnings or earnings per share growth, and market share, as well as statements expressing optimism or pessimism about future operating results, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act. The forward-looking statements are and will be based on management’s then-current beliefs and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance and on information currently available to management, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements.

Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to a number of uncertainties and risks, including the risks described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and other unforeseen risks. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, even if subsequently made available by us on our website or otherwise, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of reasons, including the following factors:


•	general cyclical patterns of the industries in which our customers operate;


•	the extent to which we cannot control our fixed and variable costs;


•	the raw materials in our products may experience significant fluctuations in market price and availability;


•	certain raw materials constitute hazardous materials that may give rise to costly environmental and safety claims;


•	legislation regarding the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in our products;


•	risks involved in our operations such as disruption of markets, changes in import and export laws, environmental regulations, currency restrictions and currency exchange rate fluctuations;


•	our ability to raise our selling prices to our customers when our product costs increase;


•	the extent to which we are able to efficiently utilize our global manufacturing facilities and optimize our capacity;


•	general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate;


•	competitiveness of the battery markets throughout the world;


•	our timely development of competitive new products and product enhancements in a changing environment and the acceptance of such products and product enhancements by customers;


•	our ability to adequately protect our proprietary intellectual property, technology and brand names;


•	litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we might be subject;


•	changes in our market share in the geographic business segments where we operate;


•	our ability to implement our cost reduction initiatives successfully and improve our profitability;


•	quality problems associated with our products;


•	our ability to implement business strategies, including our acquisition strategy, manufacturing expansion and restructuring plans;


•	our acquisition strategy may not be successful in locating advantageous targets;


•	our ability to successfully integrate any assets, liabilities, customers, systems and management personnel we acquire into our operations and our ability to realize related revenue synergies and cost savings within expected time frames;


•	our debt and debt service requirements which may restrict our operational and financial flexibility, as well as imposing unfavorable interest and financing costs;


•	our ability to maintain our existing credit facilities or obtain satisfactory new credit facilities;


•	adverse changes in our short- and long-term debt levels under our credit facilities;


•	our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates on our variable-rate debt;


•	our ability to attract and retain qualified management and personnel;


•	our ability to maintain good relations with labor unions;


•	credit risk associated with our customers, including risk of insolvency and bankruptcy;


•	our ability to successfully recover in the event of a disaster affecting our infrastructure;


•	terrorist acts or acts of war, could cause damage or disruption to our operations, our suppliers, channels to market or customers, or could cause costs to increase, or create political or economic instability; and


•	the operation, capacity and security of our information systems and infrastructure.

This list of factors that may affect future performance is illustrative, but by no means exhaustive. Accordingly, all forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty.

EnerSys

Annual Report on Form 10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2014

Index



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PART I

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		3

Item 1.	Business	6

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	10

Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	16

Item 2.	Properties	16

Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	17

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	17

PART II

Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	18

Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	21

Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22

Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	41

Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	44

Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	90

Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	90

Item 9B.	Other Information	90

PART III

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	91

Item 11.	Executive Compensation	91

Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Related Stockholder Matters	91

Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	91

Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	92

PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	93

	Signatures	96

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PART I



ITEM 1.	BUSINESS

Overview

EnerSys (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) is the world’s largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries. We also manufacture, market and distribute related products such as chargers, power equipment, outdoor cabinet enclosures and battery accessories, and we provide related after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries. We market and sell our products globally to over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries through a network of distributors, independent representatives and our internal sales force.

We operate and manage our business in three geographic regions of the world—Americas, EMEA and Asia, as described below. Our business is highly decentralized with manufacturing locations throughout the world. More than half of our manufacturing capacity is located outside of the United States, and approximately 60% of our net sales were generated outside of the United States. The Company has three reportable segments based on geographic regions, defined as follows:


•	Americas, which includes North and South America, with our segment headquarters in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA;


•	EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with our segment headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland; and


•	Asia, which includes Asia, Australia and Oceania, with our segment headquarters in Singapore.

We have two primary product lines: reserve power and motive power products. Net sales classifications by product line are as follows:

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Reserve power products are used for backup power for the continuous operation of critical applications in telecommunications systems, uninterruptible power systems, or “UPS” applications for computer and computer-controlled systems, and other specialty power applications, including security systems, premium starting, lighting and ignition applications, in switchgear, electrical control systems used in electric utilities, large-scale energy storage, energy pipelines, in commercial aircraft, satellites, military aircraft, submarines, ships and tactical vehicles. Reserve power products also include thermally managed cabinets and enclosures for electronic equipment and batteries.


•	Motive power products are used to provide power for electric industrial forklifts used in manufacturing, warehousing and other material handling applications as well as mining equipment, diesel locomotive starting and other rail equipment.

Additionally, see Note 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information on segment reporting.

Fiscal Year Reporting

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, when we refer to our fiscal years, we state “fiscal” and the year, as in “fiscal 2014”, which refers to our fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The Company reports interim financial information for 13-week periods, except for the first quarter, which always begins on April 1, and the fourth quarter, which always ends on March 31. The four quarters in fiscal 2014 ended on June 30, 2013, September 29, 2013, December 29, 2013, and March 31, 2014, respectively. The four quarters in fiscal 2013 ended on July 1, 2012, September 30, 2012, December 30, 2012, and March 31, 2013, respectively.

History

EnerSys and its predecessor companies have been manufacturers of industrial batteries for over 125 years. Morgan Stanley Capital Partners teamed with the management of Yuasa, Inc. in late 2000 to acquire from Yuasa Corporation (Japan) its reserve power and motive power battery businesses in North and South America. We were incorporated in October 2000 for the purpose of completing the Yuasa, Inc. acquisition. On January 1, 2001, we changed our name from Yuasa, Inc. to EnerSys to reflect our focus on the energy systems nature of our businesses.

In 2004, EnerSys completed its initial public offering (the “IPO”). The Company’s registration statement (SEC File No. 333-115553) for its IPO was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Company’s common stock commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange, under the trading symbol “ENS”.

Key Developments

There have been several key stages in the development of our business, which explain to a significant degree our results of operations over the past several years.

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In March 2002, we acquired the reserve power and motive power business of the Energy Storage Group of Invensys plc. (“ESG”). Our successful integration of ESG provided global scale in both the reserve and motive power markets. The ESG acquisition also provided us with a further opportunity to reduce costs and improve operating efficiency that, among other initiatives, led to closing underutilized manufacturing plants, distribution facilities, sales offices and eliminating other redundant costs, including staff.

During fiscal years 2003 through 2014, we made twenty-five acquisitions around the globe.

In fiscal 2013, we announced our plans to construct a new battery manufacturing facility in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China for the production of industrial batteries for Chinese and international markets. The new facility is scheduled to be completed during 2015 and will provide capacity to meet customer demand in these markets.

In fiscal 2014, we completed the acquisition of Purcell Systems, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermally managed electronic equipment and battery cabinet enclosures, headquartered in Spokane, Washington. With the acquisition of Purcell Systems, Inc., we will be supplementing our reserve power products with thermally managed cabinets and enclosures for electronic equipment and batteries. We also completed the acquisition of Quallion LLC, a manufacturer of lithium ion cells and batteries for high integrity applications including implantable medical devices, defense, aviation and space, headquartered in Sylmar, California. In our Asia region, we completed the acquisition of UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries, a distributor of motive and reserve power battery products and services.

Our Customers

We serve over 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, on a direct basis or through our distributors. We are not overly dependent on any particular end market. Our customer base is highly diverse and no single customer accounts for more than 5% of our revenues.

Our reserve power customers consist of regional customers as well as global customers. These customers are in diverse markets including telecom, UPS, electric utilities, security systems, emergency lighting, premium starting, lighting and ignition applications and space satellites. In addition, we sell our aerospace and defense products in numerous countries, including the governments of the U.S., Germany and the U.K. and to major defense and aviation original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”).

Our motive power products are sold to a large, diversified customer base. These customers include material handling equipment dealers, OEMs and end users of such equipment. End users include manufacturers, distributors, warehouse operators, retailers, airports, mine operators and railroads.

Distribution and Services

We distribute, sell and service reserve and motive power products throughout the world, principally through company-owned sales and service facilities, as well as through independent manufacturers’ representatives. This company-owned network allows us to offer high-quality service, including preventative maintenance programs and customer support. Our warehouses and service locations enable us to respond quickly to customers in the markets we serve. We believe that the extensive industry experience of our sales organization results in strong long-term customer relationships.

Manufacturing and Raw Materials

We manufacture and assemble our products at manufacturing facilities located in the Americas, EMEA and Asia. With a view toward projected demand, we strive to optimize and balance capacity at our battery manufacturing facilities globally, while simultaneously minimizing our product cost. By taking a global view of our manufacturing requirements and capacity, we are better able to anticipate potential capacity bottlenecks and equipment and capital funding needs.

The primary raw materials used to manufacture our products include lead, plastics, steel and copper. We purchase lead from a number of leading suppliers throughout the world. Because lead is traded on the world’s commodity markets and its price fluctuates daily, we periodically enter into hedging arrangements for a portion of our projected requirements to reduce the volatility of our costs.

Competition

The industrial battery market is highly competitive both among competitors who manufacture and sell industrial batteries and among customers who purchase industrial batteries. Our competitors range from development stage companies to large domestic and international corporations. Certain of our competitors produce energy storage products utilizing technologies that

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we do not possess at this time. We compete primarily on the basis of reputation, product quality, reliability of service, delivery and price. We believe that our products and services are competitively priced.

Americas

We believe that we have the largest market share in the Americas industrial battery market. We compete principally with Exide Technologies, East Penn Manufacturing and New Power in the reserve and motive products markets; and C&D Technologies Inc., NorthStar Battery, SAFT and EaglePicher (OM Group) in the reserve products market.

EMEA

We believe that we have the largest market share in the European industrial battery market. Our primary competitors are Exide Technologies, Hoppecke, FIAMM, SAFT as well as Chinese producers in the reserve products market; and Exide Technologies, Hoppecke and Midac in the motive products market.

Asia

We have a small share of the fragmented Asian industrial battery market. We compete principally with GS-Yuasa, Shin-Kobe and Zibo Torch in the motive products market and Coslight, Amara Raja, Narada, Leoch, Exide Industries and China Shoto in the reserve products market.

Warranties

Warranties for our products vary geographically and by product type and are competitive with other suppliers of these types of products. Generally, our reserve power product warranties range from one to twenty years and our motive power product warranties range from one to seven years. The length of our warranties is varied to reflect regional characteristics and competitive influences. In some cases, our warranty period may include a pro rata period, which is typically based around the design life of the product and the application served. Our warranties generally cover defects in workmanship and materials and are limited to specific usage parameters.

Intellectual Property

We have numerous patents and patent licenses in the United States and other jurisdictions but do not consider any one patent to be material to our business. From time to time, we apply for patents on new inventions and designs, but we believe that the growth of our business will depend primarily upon the quality of our products and our relationships with our customers, rather than the extent of our patent protection.

We believe we are leaders in thin plate pure lead technology ("TPPL"). Some aspects of this technology may be patented in the future. In any event, we believe that a significant capital investment would be required by any party desiring to produce products using TPPL technology for our markets.

We own or possess exclusive and non-exclusive licenses and other rights to use a number of trademarks in various jurisdictions. We have obtained registrations for many of these trademarks in the United States and other jurisdictions. Our various trademark registrations currently have durations of approximately 10 to 20 years, varying by mark and jurisdiction of registration and may be renewable. We endeavor to keep all of our material registrations current. We believe that many such rights and licenses are important to our business by helping to develop strong brand-name recognition in the marketplace. Some of the significant (registered and unregistered) trademarks that we use include: ArmaSafePlus, Cyclon, DataSafe, Deserthog, Douglas Battery, Douglas Legacy, EAS, Energia, EnerSystem, Energy Leader, FlexSure, FIAMM Motive Power, General Battery, Genesis, Hawker, Huada, HUP, Ironclad, LifeGuard, LifePlus, Life Speed, LifeTech, Loadhog, Odyssey, Oerlikon Battery, Oldham, Perfect Plus, PowerGuard, PowerSafe, ProSeries, Purcell Systems, Quallion, Redion, Smarthog, Superhog, Supersafe, TeleData, Waterless, Wi-IQ, Workhog and XFC.

Today, our reserve power batteries are marketed and sold principally under the ABSL, ABSL Space, ArmaSafePlus, Cyclon, DataSafe, Genesis, Hawker, Huada, Odyssey, Oerlikon Battery, PowerSafe, Quallion and SuperSafe brands. Our motive power batteries are marketed and sold principally under the Douglas Battery, Express, Fiamm Motive Power, General Battery, Hawker, Huada and Ironclad brands. We also manufacture and sell related “DC” (Direct Current) power products including chargers, electronic power equipment and a wide variety of battery accessories. Our battery products span a broad range of sizes, configurations and electrical capacities, enabling us to meet a wide variety of customer applications.

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Seasonality

Our business generally does not experience significant quarterly fluctuations in net sales as a result of weather or other trends that can be directly linked to seasonality patterns, but historically our fourth quarter is our best quarter with higher revenues and generally more working days and our second quarter is the weakest due to the summer holiday season in Western Europe and Americas.

Product and Process Development

Our product and process development efforts are focused on the creation and optimization of new battery products using existing technologies, which, in certain cases, differentiate our stored energy solutions from that of our competition. We allocate our resources to the following key areas:


•	the design and development of new products;


•	optimizing and expanding our existing product offering;


•	waste and scrap reduction;


•	production efficiency and utilization;


•	capacity expansion without additional facilities; and


•	quality attribute maximization.

Employees

At March 31, 2014, we had approximately 9,500 employees. Of these employees, approximately 34% were covered by collective bargaining agreements. Employees covered by agreements that did not exceed twelve months were approximately 13%. The average term of these agreements is two years, with the longest term being four years.

We consider our employee relations to be good. We did not experience any significant labor unrest or disruption of production during fiscal 2014.

Environmental Matters

In the manufacture of our products throughout the world, we process, store, dispose of and otherwise use large amounts of hazardous materials, especially lead and acid. As a result, we are subject to extensive and evolving environmental, health and safety laws and regulations governing, among other things: the generation, handling, storage, use, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials; emissions or discharges of hazardous materials into the ground, air or water; and the health and safety of our employees. In addition, we are required to comply with the regulation issued from the European Economic Union called Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals or “REACH,” that came into force on June 1, 2007. Under the regulation, companies which manufacture or import more than one ton of a covered chemical substance per year are required to register it in a central database administered by the European Chemicals Agency. REACH requires a registration over a period of 11 years. Compliance with these laws and regulations results in ongoing costs. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations, or to obtain or comply with required environmental permits, could result in fines, criminal charges or other sanctions by regulators. From time to time, we have had instances of alleged or actual noncompliance that have resulted in the imposition of fines, penalties and required corrective actions. Our ongoing compliance with environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permits could require us to incur significant expenses, limit our ability to modify or expand our facilities or continue production and require us to install additional pollution control equipment and make other capital improvements. In addition, private parties, including current or former employees, can bring personal injury or other claims against us due to the presence of, or their exposure to, hazardous substances used, stored, transported or disposed of by us or contained in our products.

Sumter, South Carolina

We currently are responsible for certain environmental obligations at our former battery facility in Sumter, South Carolina that predate our ownership of this facility. This battery facility was closed in 2001 and is separate from our current metal fabrication facility in Sumter. We have a reserve for this facility that totaled $2.9 million as of March 31, 2014. Based on current information, we believe this reserve is adequate to satisfy our environmental liabilities at this facility.

Environmental and safety certifications

Thirteen of our facilities in the Americas, EMEA and Asia are certified to ISO 14001 standards. ISO 14001 is a globally recognized, voluntary program that focuses on the implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of an

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environmental management system and the improvement of environmental performance. Two facilities in Europe and one in Africa are certified to OHSAS 18001 standards. OHSAS 18001 is a globally recognized occupational health and safety management systems standard.

Quality Systems

We utilize a global strategy for quality management systems, policies and procedures, the basis of which is the ISO 9001:2008 standard, which is a worldwide recognized quality standard. We believe in the principles of this standard and reinforce this by requiring mandatory compliance for all manufacturing, sales and service locations globally that are registered to the ISO 9001 standard. This strategy enables us to provide consistent quality products and services to meet our customers’ needs.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These filings are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room, located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room.

Our Internet address is http://www.enersys.com. We make available free of charge on http://www.enersys.com our annual, quarterly and current reports, and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practical after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.



ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS

The following risks and uncertainties, as well as others described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, could materially and adversely affect our business, our results of operations and financial conditions and could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. Stockholders are cautioned that these and other factors, including those beyond our control, may affect future performance and cause actual results to differ from those which may, from time to time, be anticipated. There may be additional risks that are not presently material or known. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” All forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf are qualified by the risks described below.

We operate in an extremely competitive industry and are subject to pricing pressures.

We compete with a number of major international manufacturers and distributors, as well as a large number of smaller, regional competitors. Due to excess capacity in some sectors of our industry and consolidation among industrial battery purchasers, we have been subjected to significant pricing pressures. We anticipate continued competitive pricing pressure as foreign producers are able to employ labor at significantly lower costs than producers in the U.S. and Western Europe, expand their export capacity and increase their marketing presence in our major Americas and European markets. Several of our competitors have strong technical, marketing, sales, manufacturing, distribution and other resources, as well as significant name recognition, established positions in the market and long-standing relationships with OEMs and other customers. In addition, certain of our competitors own lead smelting facilities which, during periods of lead cost increases or price volatility, may provide a competitive pricing advantage and reduce their exposure to volatile raw material costs. Our ability to maintain and improve our operating margins has depended, and continues to depend, on our ability to control and reduce our costs. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to control our operating expenses, to raise or maintain our prices or increase our unit volume, in order to maintain or improve our operating results.

The uncertainty in global economic conditions could negatively affect the Company’s operating results.

Our operating results are directly affected by the general global economic conditions of the industries in which our major customer groups operate. Our business segments are highly dependent on the economic and market conditions in each of the geographic areas in which we operate. Our products are heavily dependent on the end markets that we serve and our operating results will vary by geographic segment, depending on the economic environment in these markets. Sales of our motive power products, for example, depend significantly on demand for new electric industrial forklift trucks, which in turn depends on end-user demand for additional motive capacity in their distribution and manufacturing facilities. The uncertainty in global economic conditions varies by geographic segment, and can result in substantial volatility in global credit markets, particularly in the United States, where we service the vast majority of our debt. These conditions affect our business by reducing prices that our customers may be able or willing to pay for our products or by reducing the demand for our products, which could in turn negatively impact our sales and earnings generation and result in a material adverse effect on our business, cash flow, results of operations and financial position.

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Government reviews, inquiries, investigations, and actions could harm our business or reputation.

As we operate in various locations around the world, our operations in certain countries are subject to significant governmental scrutiny and may be adversely impacted by the results of such scrutiny. The regulatory environment with regard to our business is evolving, and officials often exercise broad discretion in deciding how to interpret and apply applicable regulations. From time to time, we receive formal and informal inquiries from various government regulatory authorities, as well as self-regulatory organizations, about our business and compliance with local laws, regulations or standards. Any determination that our operations or activities, or the activities of our employees, are not in compliance with existing laws, regulations or standards could result in the imposition of substantial fines, interruptions of business, loss of supplier, vendor or other third-party relationships, termination of necessary licenses and permits, or similar results, all of which could potentially harm our business and/or reputation. Even if an inquiry does not result in these types of determinations, regulatory authorities could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner materially adverse to our business, and it potentially could create negative publicity which could harm our business and/or reputation.

Risk of accelerated conversion or required repurchase of Convertible Notes which could adversely affect the Company’s liquidity.

Under the terms of our senior unsecured 3.375% convertible notes ("Convertible Notes"), a holder of such Convertible Notes may require the Company to repurchase some or all of the holder’s Convertible Notes for cash upon the occurrence of a fundamental change as defined in the indenture and on each of June 1, 2015, 2018, 2023, 2028 and 2033 at a price equal to 100% of the accreted principal amount of the Convertible Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in each case. Additionally, the holders are permitted to convert their Convertible Notes at their option at any time commencing March 1, 2015 or under any of the following conditions prior to that date: (1) during the five business-day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the price per $1,000 in original principal amount of the Convertible Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the “last reported sale price” (as defined in the indenture governing the Convertible Notes) of the Company’s common stock and the applicable conversion rate for the Convertible Notes for such day; (2) during any calendar quarter after the calendar quarter ending June 30, 2008 (and only during such quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter; or (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, the Company may settle conversions (a) entirely in shares of its common stock, (b) entirely in cash, or (c) in cash for the accreted principal amount of the Convertible Notes and shares of its common stock, or cash and shares of its common stock, for the excess, if any, of the conversion value above the accreted principal amount. As of April 1, 2014, the Company has $172.5 million of Convertible Notes outstanding, and the Convertible Notes have become convertible through June 30, 2014.

It is the Company’s current intent to settle the principal amount of any such conversions in cash, and any additional conversion consideration at the conversion rate then applicable in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares. To the extent that then existing domestic cash balances and cash flow from operations, together with borrowing capacity under then existing credit facilities, are insufficient to satisfy any such settlement or optional put or conversion, the Company may require additional financing from other sources. The Company’s ability to obtain such additional financing in the future will depend in part upon prevailing capital market conditions, as well as conditions in the Company’s business and its operating results; and those factors may affect its efforts to arrange additional financing on terms that are acceptable to the Company. The Convertible Notes will mature on June 1, 2038, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased by the Company.

Reliance on third party relationships and derivative agreements could adversely affect the Company’s business.

We depend on third parties, including suppliers, distributors, lead toll operators, freight forwarders, insurance brokers, commodity brokers, major financial institutions and other third party service providers, for key aspects of our business including the provision of derivative contracts to manage risks of: (a) lead cost volatility, (b) foreign currency exposures and (c) interest rate volatility. Failure of these third parties to meet their contractual, regulatory and other obligations to the Company or the development of factors that materially disrupt our relationships with these third parties could expose us to the risks of business disruption, higher lead costs, unfavorable foreign currency rates and higher expenses, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our raw materials costs are volatile and expose us to significant movements in our product costs.

Lead is our most significant raw material and is used along with significant amounts of plastics, steel, copper and other materials in our manufacturing processes. We estimate that raw material costs account for over half of our cost of goods sold. The costs of these raw materials, particularly lead, are volatile and beyond our control. Volatile raw material costs can

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significantly affect our operating results and make period-to-period comparisons extremely difficult. We cannot assure you that we will be able to hedge the costs of our raw material requirements at a reasonable level or, even with respect to our agreements that adjust pricing to a market-based index for lead, pass on to our customers the increased costs of our raw materials.

Our operations expose us to litigation, tax, environmental and other legal compliance risks.

We are subject to a variety of litigation, tax, environmental, health and safety and other legal compliance risks. These risks include, among other things, possible liability relating to product liability matters, personal injuries, intellectual property rights, contract-related claims, government contracts, taxes, health and safety liabilities, environmental matters and compliance with U.S. and foreign laws, competition laws and laws governing improper business practices. We or one of our business units could be charged with wrongdoing as a result of such matters. If convicted or found liable, we could be subject to significant fines, penalties, repayments or other damages (in certain cases, treble damages). As a global business, we are subject to complex laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which we operate. Those laws and regulations may be interpreted in different ways. They may also change from time to time, as may related interpretations and other guidance. Changes in laws or regulations could result in higher expenses and payments, and uncertainty relating to laws or regulations may also affect how we conduct our operations and structure our investments and could limit our ability to enforce our rights.

In the area of taxes, changes in tax laws and regulations, as well as changes in related interpretations and other tax guidance could materially impact our tax receivables and liabilities and our deferred tax assets and tax liabilities. Additionally, in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to examinations by various authorities, including tax authorities. In addition to ongoing investigations, there could be additional investigations launched in the future by governmental authorities in various jurisdictions and existing investigations could be expanded. The global and diverse nature of our operations means that these risks will continue to exist and additional legal proceedings and contingencies will arise from time to time. Our results may be affected by the outcome of legal proceedings and other contingencies that cannot be predicted with certainty.

In the manufacture of our products throughout the world, we process, store, dispose of and otherwise use large amounts of hazardous materials, especially lead and acid. As a result, we are subject to extensive and changing environmental, health and safety laws and regulations governing, among other things: the generation, handling, storage, use, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials; remediation of polluted ground or water; emissions or discharges of hazardous materials into the ground, air or water; and the health and safety of our employees. Compliance with these laws and regulations results in ongoing costs. Failure to comply with these laws or regulations, or to obtain or comply with required environmental permits, could result in fines, criminal charges or other sanctions by regulators. From time to time we have had instances of alleged or actual noncompliance that have resulted in the imposition of fines, penalties and required corrective actions. Our ongoing compliance with environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permits could require us to incur significant expenses, limit our ability to modify or expand our facilities or continue production and require us to install additional pollution control equipment and make other capital improvements. In addition, private parties, including current or former employees, could bring personal injury or other claims against us due to the presence of, or exposure to, hazardous substances used, stored or disposed of by us or contained in our products.

Certain environmental laws assess liability on owners or operators of real property for the cost of investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous substances at their current or former properties or at properties at which they have disposed of hazardous substances. These laws may also assess costs to repair damage to natural resources. We may be responsible for remediating damage to our properties that was caused by former owners. Soil and groundwater contamination has occurred at some of our current and former properties and may occur or be discovered at other properties in the future. We are currently investigating and monitoring soil and groundwater contamination at several of our properties, in most cases as required by regulatory permitting processes. We may be required to conduct these operations at other properties in the future. In addition, we have been and in the future may be liable to contribute to the cleanup of locations owned or operated by other persons to which we or our predecessor companies have sent wastes for disposal, pursuant to federal and other environmental laws. Under these laws, the owner or operator of contaminated properties and companies that generated, disposed of or arranged for the disposal of wastes sent to a contaminated disposal facility can be held jointly and severally liable for the investigation and cleanup of such properties, regardless of fault.

Changes in environmental and climate laws or regulations, including laws relating to greenhouse gas emissions, could lead to new or additional investment in production designs and could increase environmental compliance expenditures. Changes in climate change concerns, or in the regulation of such concerns, including greenhouse gas emissions, could subject us to additional costs and restrictions, including increased energy and raw materials costs. Additionally, we cannot assure you that we have been or at all times will be in compliance with environmental laws and regulations or that we will not be required to expend significant funds to comply with, or discharge liabilities arising under, environmental laws, regulations and permits, or that we will not be exposed to material environmental, health or safety litigation.

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Also, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws in non-U.S. jurisdictions generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. The FCPA applies to companies, individual directors, officers, employees and agents. Under the FCPA, U.S. companies may be held liable for actions taken by strategic or local partners or representatives. The FCPA also imposes accounting standards and requirements on publicly traded U.S. corporations and their foreign affiliates, which are intended to prevent the diversion of corporate funds to the payment of bribes and other improper payments. Certain of our customer relationships outside of the U.S. are with governmental entities and are therefore subject to such anti-bribery laws. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws. Despite meaningful measures that we undertake to facilitate lawful conduct, which include training and internal control policies, these measures may not always prevent reckless or criminal acts by our employees or agents. As a result, we could be subject to criminal and civil penalties, disgorgement, further changes or enhancements to our procedures, policies and controls, personnel changes or other remedial actions. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our operations, involve significant management distraction and result in a material adverse effect on our competitive position, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

There is also a regulation to improve the transparency and accountability concerning the supply of minerals coming from the conflict zones in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo. New U.S. legislation includes disclosure requirements regarding the use of conflict minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries and procedures regarding a manufacturer’s efforts to prevent the sourcing of such conflict minerals. The implementation of these requirements could affect the sourcing and availability of minerals used in the manufacture of our products. As a result, there may only be a limited pool of suppliers who provide conflict-free metals, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain products in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices. Future regulations may become more stringent or costly and our compliance costs and potential liabilities could increase, which may harm our business.

We are exposed to exchange rate risks, and our net earnings and financial condition may suffer due to currency translations.

We invoice our foreign sales and service transactions in local and foreign currencies and translate net sales using actual exchange rates during the period. We translate our non-U.S. assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates as of the balance sheet dates. Because a significant portion of our revenues and expenses are denominated in foreign currencies, changes in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies, primarily the euro, British pound, Polish zloty, Chinese renminbi, Mexican peso and Swiss franc may adversely affect our revenue, cost of goods sold and operating margins. For example, foreign currency depreciation against the U.S. dollar will reduce the value of our foreign revenues and operating earnings as well as reduce our net investment in foreign subsidiaries. Approximately 60% of net sales were generated outside of the United States for the last three fiscal years.

Most of the risk of fluctuating foreign currencies is in our EMEA segment, which comprised approximately 40% of our net sales during the last three fiscal years. The euro is the dominant currency in our EMEA operations. In the event that one or more European countries were to replace the euro with another currency, our sales into such countries, or into Europe generally, would likely be adversely affected until stable exchange rates are established.

The translation impact from currency fluctuations on net sales and operating earnings in Americas and Asia segments are not significant, as a substantial majority of these net sales and operating earnings are in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies that have been closely correlated to the U.S. dollar.

If foreign currencies depreciate against the U.S. dollar, it would make it more expensive for our non-U.S. subsidiaries to purchase certain of our raw material commodities that are priced globally in U.S. dollars, while the related revenue will decrease when translated to U.S. dollars. Significant movements in foreign exchange rates can have a material impact on our results of operations and financial condition. We periodically engage in hedging of our foreign currency exposures, but cannot assure you that we can successfully hedge all of our foreign currency exposures or do so at a reasonable cost.

We quantify and monitor our global foreign currency exposures. Our largest foreign currency exposure is from the purchase and conversion of U.S. dollar based lead costs into local currencies in Europe. Additionally, we have currency exposures from intercompany financing and trade transactions. On a selective basis, we enter into foreign currency forward contracts and option contracts to reduce the impact from the volatility of currency movements; however, we cannot be certain that foreign currency fluctuations will not impact our operations in the future.

Our international operations may be adversely affected by actions taken by foreign governments or other forces or events over which we may have no control.

We currently have significant manufacturing and/or distribution facilities outside of the United States, in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, People’s Republic of China, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and the United Kingdom. We may face political instability, economic

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uncertainty, and/or difficult labor relations in our foreign operations. We also may face barriers in the form of long-standing relationships between potential customers and their existing suppliers, national policies favoring domestic manufacturers and protective regulations including exchange controls, restrictions on foreign investment or the repatriation of profits or invested capital, changes in export or import restrictions and changes in the tax system or rate of taxation in countries where we do business. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully develop and expand our international operations and sales or that we will be able to overcome the significant obstacles and risks of our international operations.

Our failure to introduce new products and product enhancements and broad market acceptance of new technologies introduced by our competitors could adversely affect our business.

Many new energy storage technologies have been introduced over the past several years. For certain important and growing markets, such as aerospace and defense, lithium-based battery technologies have a large and growing market share. Our ability to achieve significant and sustained penetration of key developing markets, including aerospace and defense, will depend upon our success in developing or acquiring these and other technologies, either independently, through joint ventures or through acquisitions. If we fail to develop or acquire, and manufacture and sell, products that satisfy our customers’ demands, or we fail to respond effectively to new product announcements by our competitors by quickly introducing competitive products, then market acceptance of our products could be reduced and our business could be adversely affected. We cannot assure you that our lead-acid products will remain competitive with products based on new technologies.

We may not be able to adequately protect our proprietary intellectual property and technology.

We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, non-disclosure agreements and other confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to establish, protect and maintain our proprietary intellectual property and technology and other confidential information. Certain of these technologies, especially TPPL technology, are important to our business and are not protected by patents. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary intellectual property and technology and other confidential information, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our intellectual property and proprietary technologies.

Relocation of our customers’ operations could adversely affect our business.

The trend by a number of our North American and Western European customers to move manufacturing operations and expand their businesses in faster growing and low labor-cost markets may have an adverse impact on our business. As our customers in traditional manufacturing-based industries seek to move their manufacturing operations to these locations, there is a risk that these customers will source their energy storage products from competitors located in those territories and will cease or reduce the purchase of products from our manufacturing plants. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively with manufacturing operations of energy storage products in those territories, whether by establishing or expanding our manufacturing operations in those lower-cost territories or acquiring existing manufacturers.

We may fail to implement our cost reduction initiatives successfully and improve our profitability.

We must continue to implement cost reduction initiatives to achieve additional cost savings in future periods. We cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve all of the cost savings that we expect to realize from current or future initiatives. In particular, we may be unable to implement one or more of our initiatives successfully or we may experience unexpected cost increases that offset the savings that we achieve. Given the continued competitive pricing pressures experienced in our industry, our failure to realize cost savings would adversely affect our results of operations.

Quality problems with our products could harm our reputation and erode our competitive position.

The success of our business will depend upon the quality of our products and our relationships with customers. In the event that our products fail to meet our customers’ standards, our reputation could be harmed, which would adversely affect our marketing and sales efforts. We cannot assure you that our customers will not experience quality problems with our products.

We offer our products under a variety of brand names, the protection of which is important to our reputation for quality in the consumer marketplace.

We rely upon a combination of trademark, licensing and contractual covenants to establish and protect the brand names of our products. We have registered many of our trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. In many market segments, our reputation is closely related to our brand names. Monitoring unauthorized use of our brand names is difficult, and we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent their unauthorized use, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the U.S. We cannot assure you that our brand

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names will not be misappropriated or utilized without our consent or that such actions will not have a material adverse effect on our reputation and on our results of operations.

We may fail to implement our plans to make acquisitions or successfully integrate them into our operations.

As part of our business strategy, we have grown, and plan to continue growing, by acquiring other product lines, technologies or facilities that complement or expand our existing business. There is significant competition for acquisition targets in the industrial battery industry. We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates or negotiate attractive terms. In addition, we may have difficulty obtaining the financing necessary to complete transactions we pursue. In that regard, our credit facilities restrict the amount of additional indebtedness that we may incur to finance acquisitions and place other restrictions on our ability to make acquisitions. Exceeding any of these restrictions would require the consent of our lenders. We may be unable to successfully integrate any assets, liabilities, customers, systems and management personnel we acquire into our operations and we may not be able to realize related revenue synergies and cost savings within expected time frames. Our failure to execute our acquisition strategy could have a material adverse effect on our business. We cannot assure you that our acquisition strategy will be successful or that we will be able to successfully integrate acquisitions we do make.

Any acquisitions that we complete may dilute stockholder ownership interests in EnerSys, may have adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations and may cause unanticipated liabilities.

Future acquisitions may involve the issuance of our equity securities as payment, in part or in full, for the businesses or assets acquired. Any future issuances of equity securities would dilute stockholder ownership interests. In addition, future acquisitions might not increase, and may even decrease our earnings or earnings per share and the benefits derived by us from an acquisition might not outweigh or might not exceed the dilutive effect of the acquisition. We also may incur additional debt or suffer adverse tax and accounting consequences in connection with any future acquisitions.

The failure or security breach of critical computer systems could seriously affect our sales and operations.

We operate a number of critical computer systems throughout our business that can fail for a variety of reasons. If such a failure were to occur, we may not be able to sufficiently recover from the failure in time to avoid the loss of data or any adverse impact on certain of our operations that are dependent on such systems. This could result in lost sales and the inefficient operation of our facilities for the duration of such a failure.

We operate a number of critical computer systems throughout our business for the exchange of information both within the company and in communicating with third parties. Despite our efforts to protect the integrity of our systems and network as well as sensitive, confidential or personal data or information, our facilities and systems and those of our third-party service providers may be vulnerable to security breaches, theft, misplaced or lost data, programming and/or human errors that could potentially lead to the compromising of sensitive, confidential or personal data or information, improper use of our systems, software solutions or networks, unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification or destruction of information, defective products, production downtimes and operational disruptions, which in turn could adversely affect our reputation, competitiveness, and results of operations.

Our ability to maintain adequate credit facilities.

Our ability to continue our ongoing business operations and fund future growth depends on our ability to maintain adequate credit facilities and to comply with the financial and other covenants in such credit facilities or to secure alternative sources of financing. However, such credit facilities or alternate financing may not be available or, if available, may not be on terms favorable to us.

Our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

As of March 31, 2014, we had $322.3 million of total consolidated debt (including capital lease obligations and net of the discount on the Convertible Notes). This level of debt could:


•	increase our vulnerability to adverse general economic and industry conditions, including interest rate fluctuations, because a portion of our borrowings bear, and will continue to bear, interest at floating rates;


•	require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to debt service payments, which would reduce the availability of our cash to fund working capital, capital expenditures or other general corporate purposes, including acquisitions;


•	limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and industry;


•	restrict our ability to introduce new products or new technologies or exploit business opportunities;

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•	place us at a disadvantage compared with competitors that have proportionately less debt;


•	limit our ability to borrow additional funds in the future, if we need them, due to financial and restrictive covenants in our debt agreements;


•	have a material adverse effect on us if we fail to comply with the financial and restrictive covenants in our debt agreements; and


•	dilute share ownership percentage if the Company’s share price, at the time of conversion, is higher than the Convertible Notes’ conversion price of $40.26 per share and the Company does not settle the Convertible Notes, including any optional conversions, solely in cash.

There can be no assurance that we will continue to declare cash dividends at all or in any particular amounts.

During fiscal 2014, we announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of common stock for quarters ended June 30, 2013, September 29, 2013, December 29, 2013 and March 31, 2014. On May 7, 2014, we announced a fiscal 2015 first quarter cash dividend of $0.175 per share of common stock. Future payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend on our common shares will be subject to, among other things, our results of operations, cash balances and future cash requirements, financial condition, statutory requirements of Delaware law, compliance with the terms of existing and future indebtedness and credit facilities, and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. Our dividend payments may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends at all or in any particular amounts. A reduction in or elimination of our dividend payments could have a negative effect on our share price.

We depend on our senior management team and other key employees, and significant attrition within our management team or unsuccessful succession planning could adversely affect our business.

Our success depends in part on our ability to attract, retain and motivate senior management and other key employees. Achieving this objective may be difficult due to many factors, including fluctuations in global economic and industry conditions, competitors’ hiring practices, cost reduction activities, and the effectiveness of our compensation programs. Competition for qualified personnel can be very intense. We must continue to recruit, retain and motivate senior management and other key employees sufficient to maintain our current business and support our future projects. We are vulnerable to attrition among our current senior management team and other key employees. A loss of any such personnel, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel in the future, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, certain key members of our senior management team are at or nearing retirement age. If we are unsuccessful in our succession planning efforts, the continuity of our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.



ITEM 1B.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.



ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES

The Company’s worldwide headquarters is located in Reading, Pennsylvania. Geographic headquarters for our Americas, EMEA and Asia segments are located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Zurich, Switzerland and Singapore, respectively. The Company owns approximately 80% of its manufacturing facilities and distribution centers worldwide. The following sets forth the Company’s principal owned or leased facilities by business segment:

Americas: Sylmar, California; Longmont, Colorado; Hays, Kansas; Richmond, Kentucky; Warrensburg, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; Horsham, Pennsylvania; Sumter, South Carolina; Ooltewah, Tennessee and Spokane, Washington in the United States; Monterrey and Tijuana in Mexico; Buenos Aires, Argentina and Sao Paulo in Brazil.

EMEA: Targovishte, Bulgaria; Hostimice, Czech Republic; Arras, France; Hagen and Zwickau in Germany; Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Newport and Culham in the United Kingdom; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; and Tunis, Tunisia.

Asia: Jiangsu, Chongqing and Gaoyou in the People’s Republic of China and Andhra Pradesh in India.

We consider our plants and facilities, whether owned or leased, to be in satisfactory condition and adequate to meet the needs of our current businesses and projected growth. Information as to material lease commitments is included in Note 9, “Leases,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we are involved in litigation incidental to the conduct of our business. See Litigation and Other Legal Matters in Note 18 - Commitments, Contingencies and Litigation to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference.



ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

The Company’s common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ENS” since it began trading on July 30, 2004. Prior to that time, there had been no public market for our common stock. The following table sets forth, on a per share basis for the periods presented, the range of high, low and closing prices of the Company’s common stock.



Quarter Ended	High Price		Low Price		Closing Price
March 31, 2014	$	74.17	$	64.46	$	69.29
December 29, 2013	71.75		59.40		70.09
September 29, 2013	61.17		48.99		60.55
June 30, 2013	51.79		42.37		49.04
March 31, 2013	$	45.87	$	36.57	$	45.58
December 30, 2012	37.73		31.07		36.80
September 30, 2012	39.61		31.77		35.29
July 1, 2012	35.80		30.02		35.07

Holders of Record

As of May 23, 2014, there were approximately 384 record holders of common stock of the Company. Because many of these shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, the Company is unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.

Dividends

During fiscal 2014, we announced and paid our first quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of common stock for the quarters ended June 30, 2013, September 29, 2013, December 29, 2013 and March 31, 2014. On May 7, 2014, we announced our first quarter cash dividend of fiscal 2015 of $0.175 per share of common stock. The declaration of cash dividends on our common stock is at the discretion of the Board of Directors, and any decision to declare a dividend is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, earnings, prospects, financial condition, applicable covenants under our credit agreements and other contractual restrictions, Delaware law and other factors deemed relevant.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, we did not issue any unregistered securities.

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table summarizes the number of shares of common stock we purchased during our fourth quarter from participants in our equity incentive plans as well as repurchases of common stock authorized by the Board of Directors. As provided by our equity incentive plans, vested options outstanding may be exercised through surrender to the Company of option shares or vested options outstanding under the Equity Incentive Plan to satisfy the applicable aggregate exercise price (and any withholding tax) required to be paid upon such exercise.

Purchases of Equity Securities



Period	(a) Total number of shares (or units) purchased	(b) Average price paid per share (or unit)		(c) Total number of shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	(d) Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares (or units) that may be purchased under the plans or programs⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
December 30, 2013-January 26, 2014	50,610	$	69.87	50,610	$	30,594,324
January 27, 2014-February 23, 2014	90,847	69.35		84,893	24,711,937
February 24, 2014-March 31, 2014	155,740	69.87		155,740	—
Total	297,197	$	69.70	291,243


⁽¹⁾	The Company's Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to such number of shares as shall equal the dilutive effects of any equity-based award granted during such fiscal year under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and the number of shares exercised through stock option awards during such fiscal year. This repurchase program has been exhausted for fiscal year 2014.


⁽²⁾	The Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $65 million of its common stock. This authorization expired on March 31, 2014 and was replaced by a resolution to repurchase up to $70 million which expires on March 31, 2015.

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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the changes in cumulative total returns on EnerSys’ common stock with the changes in cumulative total returns of the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, a broad equity market index, and the total return on a selected peer group index. The peer group selected is based on the standard industrial classification codes (“SIC Codes”) established by the U.S. government. The index chosen was “Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Suppliers” and comprises all publicly traded companies having the same three-digit SIC Code (369) as EnerSys.

The graph was prepared assuming that $100 was invested in EnerSys’ common stock, the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index and the peer group (duly updated for changes) on March 31, 2009.

*$100 invested on 3/31/09 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.

Fiscal year ending March 31.

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ITEM 6.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA



	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Income:
Net sales	$	2,474,433		$	2,277,559		$	2,283,369		$	1,964,462		$	1,579,385
Cost of goods sold	1,844,813			1,708,203			1,770,664			1,514,618			1,218,481
Gross profit	629,620			569,356			512,705			449,844			360,904
Operating expenses	344,421			312,324			297,806			259,217			235,597
Restructuring and other exit charges	27,326			7,164			4,988			6,813			13,929
Legal proceedings charge (settlement income)	58,184			—			(900		)	—			—
Goodwill impairment charge	5,179			—			—			—			—
Bargain purchase gain	—			—			—			—			(2,919		)
Operating earnings	194,510			249,868			210,811			183,814			114,297
Interest expense	17,105			18,719			16,484			22,038			22,658
Charges related to refinancing	—			—			—			8,155			—
Other (income) expense, net	13,658			916			3,068			2,177			4,384
Earnings before income taxes	163,747			230,233			191,259			151,444			87,255
Income tax expense	16,980			65,275			47,292			38,018			24,951
Net earnings	146,767			164,958			143,967			113,426			62,304
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3,561		)	(1,550		)	(36		)	—			—
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	150,328		$	166,508		$	144,003		$	113,426		$	62,304
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders:
Basic	$	3.17		$	3.47		$	2.95		$	2.30		$	1.29
Diluted	$	3.02		$	3.42		$	2.93		$	2.27		$	1.28
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	47,473,690			48,022,005			48,748,205			49,376,132			48,122,207
Diluted	49,788,155			48,635,449			49,216,035			50,044,246			48,834,095

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Consolidated cash flow data:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	193,621		$	244,400		$	204,196		$	76,459		$	136,602
Net cash used in investing activities	(232,005		)	(55,092		)	(72,420		)	(91,661		)	(77,244		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	21,562			(95,962		)	(79,382		)	(82,677		)	(24,472		)
Other operating data:
Capital expenditures	61,995			55,286			48,943			59,940			45,111

	As of March 31,
	2014			2013			2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Consolidated balance sheet data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	240,103		$	249,348		$	160,490		$	108,869		$	201,042
Working capital	719,297			685,403			611,372			554,164			475,768
Total assets	2,321,858			1,987,867			1,924,955			1,828,387			1,652,010
Total debt, including capital leases, excluding discount on the Convertible Notes	322,300			178,489			256,101			253,400			350,486
Total EnerSys stockholders’ equity	1,246,402			1,169,401			1,032,195			974,331			779,897

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ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial condition for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, opinions, expectations, anticipations and intentions and beliefs. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Business” and “Risk Factors,” sections elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the following discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition, certain financial measures may be considered “non-GAAP financial measures” under Securities and Exchange Commission rules. These rules require supplemental explanation and reconciliation, which is provided in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

EnerSys’ management uses the non-GAAP measures, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, in its computation of compliance with loan covenants. These measures, as used by EnerSys, adjust net earnings determined in accordance with GAAP for interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and certain charges or credits as permitted by our credit agreements, that were recorded during the periods presented.

EnerSys’ management uses the non-GAAP measures, Primary Working Capital and Primary Working Capital Percentage (see definition in “Overview” below) along with capital expenditures, in its evaluation of business segment cash flow and financial position performance.

These non-GAAP disclosures have limitations as analytical tools, should not be viewed as a substitute for cash flow or operating earnings determined in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies. This supplemental presentation should not be construed as an inference that the Company’s future results will be unaffected by similar adjustments to operating earnings determined in accordance with GAAP.

Overview

EnerSys (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) is the world’s largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries. We also manufacture, market and distribute products such as battery chargers, power equipment, battery accessories, and outdoor equipment enclosure solutions. Additionally, we provide related aftermarket and customer-support services for our products. We market our products globally to over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries through a network of distributors, independent representatives and our internal sales force.

We operate and manage our business in three geographic regions of the world—Americas, EMEA and Asia, as described below. Our business is highly decentralized with manufacturing locations throughout the world. More than half of our manufacturing capacity is located outside the United States, and approximately 60% of our net sales were generated outside the United States. The Company has three reportable business segments based on geographic regions, defined as follows:


•	Americas, which includes North and South America, with our segment headquarters in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA;


•	EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with our segment headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland; and


•	Asia, which includes Asia, Australia and Oceania, with our segment headquarters in Singapore.

We evaluate business segment performance based primarily upon operating earnings exclusive of highlighted items. Highlighted items are those that the Company deems are not indicative of ongoing operating results, including those charges that the Company incurs as a result of restructuring activities and those charges and credits that are not directly related to ongoing business segment performance. All corporate and centrally incurred costs are allocated to the business segments based principally on net sales. We evaluate business segment cash flow and financial position performance based primarily upon capital expenditures and primary working capital levels (see definition of primary working capital in “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below). Although we monitor the three elements of primary working capital (receivables, inventory and payables), our primary focus is on the total amount due to the significant impact it has on our cash flow.

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Our management structure, financial reporting systems, and associated internal controls and procedures, are all consistent with our three geographic business segments. We report on a March 31 fiscal year-end. Our financial results are largely driven by the following factors:


•	global economic conditions and general cyclical patterns of the industries in which our customers operate;


•	changes in our selling prices and, in periods when our product costs increase, our ability to raise our selling prices to pass such cost increases through to our customers;


•	the extent to which we are able to efficiently utilize our global manufacturing facilities and optimize our capacity;


•	the extent to which we can control our fixed and variable costs, including those for our raw materials, manufacturing, distribution and operating activities;


•	changes in our level of debt and changes in the variable interest rates under our credit facilities; and


•	the size and number of acquisitions and our ability to achieve their intended benefits.

We have two primary product lines: reserve power products and motive power products. Net sales classifications by product line are as follows:

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•	Motive power products are used to provide power for electric industrial forklifts used in manufacturing, warehousing and other material handling applications as well as mining equipment, diesel locomotive starting and other rail equipment.

During fiscal 2014, we completed the acquisition of Purcell Systems, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermally managed electronic equipment and battery cabinet enclosures, headquartered in Spokane, Washington. We also completed the acquisition of Quallion LLC, a manufacturer of lithium ion cells and batteries for high integrity applications including implantable medical devices, defense, aviation and space, headquartered in Sylmar, California. Additionally, we completed the acquisition of UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries, a distributor of motive and reserve power battery products and services, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Current Market Conditions

Economic Climate

Recent indicators continue to suggest a mixed trend in economic activity among the different geographical regions. The Americas economic activity continues to strengthen. Our overall Asia region's economic growth is slowing but has been positively impacted by increased capital spending in telecommunications. The EMEA economy appears to have stabilized and should experience flat to moderate growth.

Volatility of Commodities and Foreign Currencies

Our most significant commodity and foreign currency exposures are related to lead and the euro. Historically, volatility of commodity costs and foreign currency exchange rates have caused large swings in our production costs. As the global economic climate changes, we anticipate that our commodity costs may continue to fluctuate as they have in the past several years. Overall, on a consolidated basis, we have experienced stable trends more recently in our revenue and order rates and commodity cost changes have not been substantial.

Customer Pricing

Our selling prices fluctuated during the last several years to offset the volatile cost of commodities. Approximately 35% of our revenue is currently subject to agreements that adjust pricing to a market-based index for lead. During fiscal 2014, our selling prices increased slightly, compared to the comparable prior year periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We believe that our financial position is strong and we have substantial liquidity with $240 million of available cash and cash equivalents and undrawn committed and uncommitted credit lines of approximately $360 million at March 31, 2014 to cover

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short-term liquidity requirements and anticipated growth in the foreseeable future. Our $350 million 2011 senior secured revolving credit facility (“2011 Credit Facility”), which we entered into in March 2011, is committed through September 2018 as long as we continue to comply with its covenants and conditions. The facility includes an early termination provision under which the Company is required to meet a liquidity test in February 2015 related to its capacity to meet certain potential funding obligations of the $172.5 million Convertible Notes in June 2015 at a conversion price of $40.26. It is our current intent to settle the principal amount of any such conversion in cash, and any additional optional conversions in cash, shares of EnerSys common stock or a combination of cash and shares.

Current market conditions related to our liquidity and capital resources are favorable. In August 2013, we amended our 2011 Credit Facility gaining additional flexibility in terms and extending maturity to September 2018. We believe current conditions remain favorable for the Company to have continued positive cash flow from operations that, along with available cash and cash equivalents and our undrawn lines of credit, will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditures, acquisitions and other investments for growth.

The Convertible Notes became convertible at the option of the holders effective January 2, 2014, as described in Note 8. If the Convertible Notes holders would exercise their conversion rights, we would pay the principal amount by drawing on our cash balances and our $350 million 2011 Credit Facility and, at our election, issue shares or pay cash for any remaining value.

Other than the 2011 Credit Facility and the Convertible Notes, we have no other significant amount of long-term debt maturing in the near future.

Our leverage has increased in fiscal 2014 mainly due to increased acquisitions activity, initiation of quarterly dividend payments and continuation of our share repurchase program. We believe that our strong capital structure and liquidity affords us access to capital for future acquisition and stock repurchase opportunities and continued dividend payments.

A substantial majority of the Company’s cash and investments are held by foreign subsidiaries and are considered to be indefinitely reinvested and expected to be utilized to fund local operating activities, capital expenditure requirements and acquisitions. The Company believes that it has sufficient sources of domestic and foreign liquidity.

Cost Savings Initiatives-Restructuring

Cost savings programs remain a continuous element of our business strategy and are directed primarily at further reductions in plant manufacturing (labor and overhead), raw material costs and our operating expenses (primarily selling, general and administrative). In order to realize cost savings benefits for a majority of these initiatives, costs are incurred either in the form of capital expenditures, funding the cash obligations of previously recorded restructuring expenses or current period expenses.

During fiscal 2011, we began further restructuring programs related to our EMEA operations, including distribution, which after completion at the end of fiscal 2013, resulted in the reduction of approximately 60 employees with annual pre-tax savings of $4.0 million.

During fiscal 2012, we announced restructuring programs related to our operations in EMEA, primarily consisting of the transfer of manufacturing of select products between certain of our manufacturing operations and restructuring of our selling, general and administrative operations. These actions, which after completion during the second quarter of fiscal 2014, resulted in the reduction of approximately 85 employees with an estimated annual savings of $6.0 million. Our fiscal 2014 operating results reflected the vast majority of the estimated $6.0 million favorable annualized pre-tax earnings impact of the fiscal 2012 programs.

During fiscal 2013, the Company announced further restructurings related to improving the efficiency of its manufacturing operations in EMEA, primarily consisting of cash expenses for employee severance-related payments and non-cash expenses associated with the write-off of certain fixed assets and inventory. The Company estimates that these actions will result in the reduction of approximately 130 employees upon completion. Our fiscal 2014 operating results reflect approximately $4.0 million of the estimated $7.0 million of favorable annualized pre-tax earnings impact of the fiscal 2013 programs. The Company expects to be committed to an additional $0.7 million of restructuring charges related to these programs during fiscal 2015, and expects to complete the program during fiscal 2015.

During fiscal 2014, the Company announced additional restructuring programs to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing, sales and engineering operations in EMEA including the restructuring of its manufacturing operations in Bulgaria. The restructuring of the Bulgaria operations was announced during the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and consists of the transfer of motive power and a portion of reserve power battery manufacturing to the Company's facilities in Western Europe. The Company estimates that the total charges for all actions announced during fiscal 2014 will amount to approximately $26.5 million, primarily from non-cash charges related to the write-off of fixed assets and inventory of approximately $12.0 million, along with cash charges for employee severance-related payments and other charges of $14.5 million. The Company estimates that these actions will result in the reduction of approximately 510 employees upon completion. Our fiscal 2014 operating results reflect approximately $1.0 million of the total estimated $20.0 million of favorable annualized pre-tax earnings impact

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of the fiscal 2014 programs. The Company expects to be committed to an additional $7.5 million of restructuring charges related to these programs during fiscal 2015, and expects to complete the program during fiscal 2015.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are described in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. In preparing our financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that, among other things, affect the reported amounts in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. These estimates and assumptions are most significant where they involve levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or matters susceptible to change, and where they can have a material impact on our financial condition and operating performance. We discuss below the more significant estimates and related assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. If actual results were to differ materially from the estimates made, the reported results could be materially affected.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when the earnings process is complete. This occurs when risk and title transfers, collectibility is reasonably assured and pricing is fixed or determinable. Shipment terms to our battery product customers are either shipping point or destination and do not differ significantly between our business segments of the world. Accordingly, revenue is recognized when risk and title is transferred to the customer. Amounts invoiced to customers for shipping and handling are classified as revenue. Taxes on revenue producing transactions are not included in net sales.

We recognize revenue from the service of reserve power and motive power products when the respective services are performed.

Management believes that the accounting estimates related to revenue recognition are critical accounting estimates because they require reasonable assurance of collection of revenue proceeds and completion of all performance obligations. Also, revenues are recorded net of provisions for sales discounts and returns, which are established at the time of sale. These estimates are based on our past experience.

Asset Impairment Determinations

We test for the impairment of our goodwill and indefinite-lived trademarks at least annually and whenever events or circumstances occur indicating that a possible impairment has been incurred. We utilize financial projections, certain cash flow measures, as well as our market capitalization in the determination of the estimated fair value of these assets.

With respect to our other long-lived assets other than goodwill and indefinite-lived trademarks, we test for impairment when indicators of impairment are present. An asset is considered impaired when the undiscounted estimated net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than its carrying amount. The impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the impaired asset.

In making future cash flow analyses of goodwill and other long-lived assets, we make assumptions relating to the following:


•	the intended use of assets and the expected future cash flows resulting directly from such use;


•	industry-specific economic conditions;


•	competitor activities and regulatory initiatives; and


•	client and customer preferences and patterns.

We believe that an accounting estimate relating to asset impairment is a critical accounting estimate because the assumptions underlying future cash flow estimates are subject to change from time to time and the recognition of an impairment could have a material impact on our financial statements.

Litigation and Claims

From time to time, the Company has been or may be a party to various legal actions and investigations including, among others, employment matters, compliance with government regulations, federal and state employment laws, including wage and hour laws, contractual disputes and other matters, including matters arising in the ordinary course of business. These claims may be brought by, among others, governments, customers, suppliers and employees. Management considers the measurement of litigation reserves as a critical accounting estimate because of the significant uncertainty in some cases relating to the outcome of potential claims or litigation and the difficulty of predicting the likelihood and range of potential liability involved, coupled with the material impact on our results of operations that could result from litigation or other claims.

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In determining legal reserves, management considers, among other issues:


•	interpretation of contractual rights and obligations;


•	the status of government regulatory initiatives, interpretations and investigations;


•	the status of settlement negotiations;


•	prior experience with similar types of claims;


•	whether there is available insurance coverage; and


•	advice of outside counsel.

Environmental Loss Contingencies

Accruals for environmental loss contingencies (i.e., environmental reserves) are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can reasonably be estimated. Management views the measurement of environmental reserves as a critical accounting estimate because of the considerable uncertainty surrounding estimation, including the need to forecast well into the future. From time to time, we may be involved in legal proceedings under federal, state and local, as well as international environmental laws in connection with our operations and companies that we have acquired. The estimation of environmental reserves is based on the evaluation of currently available information, prior experience in the remediation of contaminated sites and assumptions with respect to government regulations and enforcement activity, changes in remediation technology and practices, and financial obligations and creditworthiness of other responsible parties and insurers.

Warranty

We record a warranty reserve for possible claims against our product warranties, which generally run for a period ranging from one to twenty years for our reserve power batteries and for a period ranging from one to seven years for our motive power batteries. The assessment of the adequacy of the reserve includes a review of open claims and historical experience.

Management believes that the accounting estimate related to the warranty reserve is a critical accounting estimate because the underlying assumptions used for the reserve can change from time to time and warranty claims could potentially have a material impact on our results of operations.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We encounter risks associated with sales and the collection of the associated accounts receivable. We record a provision for accounts receivable that are considered to be uncollectible. In order to calculate the appropriate provision, management analyzes the creditworthiness of specific customers and the aging of customer balances. Management also considers general and specific industry economic conditions, industry concentration and contractual rights and obligations.

Management believes that the accounting estimate related to the allowance for doubtful accounts is a critical accounting estimate because the underlying assumptions used for the allowance can change from time to time and uncollectible accounts could potentially have a material impact on our results of operations.

Retirement Plans

We use certain assumptions in the calculation of the actuarial valuation of our defined benefit plans. These assumptions include the discount rate, expected long-term rates of return on assets and rates of increase in compensation levels. Changes in these assumptions can result in changes to the pension expense and recorded liabilities. Management reviews these assumptions at least annually. We use independent actuaries to assist us in formulating assumptions and making estimates. These assumptions are updated periodically to reflect the actual experience and expectations on a plan-specific basis, as appropriate.

For benefit plans which are funded, we establish strategic asset allocation percentage targets and appropriate benchmarks for significant asset classes with the aim of achieving a prudent balance between return and risk. We set the expected long-term rate of return based on the expected long-term average rates of return to be achieved by the underlying investment portfolios. In establishing this rate, we consider historical and expected returns for the asset classes in which the plans are invested, advice from pension consultants and investment advisors, and current economic and capital market conditions. The expected return on plan assets is incorporated into the computation of pension expense. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is deferred and will affect future net periodic pension costs through subsequent amortization.

We believe that the current assumptions used to estimate plan obligations and annual expense are appropriate in the current economic environment. However, if economic conditions change materially, we may change our assumptions, and the resulting change could have a material impact on the consolidated statements of income and on the consolidated balance sheets.

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Equity-Based Compensation

We recognize compensation cost relating to equity-based payment transactions by using a fair-value measurement method whereby all equity-based payments to employees, including grants of restricted stock units, stock options and market share units, are recognized as compensation expense based on fair value at grant date over the requisite service period of the awards. We determine the fair value of restricted stock units based on the quoted market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which uses both historical and current market data to estimate the fair value. The fair value of market share units is estimated at the date of grant using a binomial lattice model. Both models incorporate various assumptions such as the risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, expected dividend yield and expected life of the awards. When estimating the requisite service period of the awards, we consider many related factors including types of awards, employee class, and historical experience. Actual results, and future changes in estimates of the requisite service period may differ substantially from our current estimates.

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate is based on pretax income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. We account for income taxes in accordance with applicable guidance on accounting for income taxes, which requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized using enacted tax rates for the effect of temporary differences between book and tax bases on recorded assets and liabilities. Accounting guidance also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance, when it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

The recognition and measurement of a tax position is based on management’s best judgment given the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. We evaluate tax positions to determine whether the benefits of tax positions are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit based on the technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, we recognize the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement in the financial statements. For tax positions that are not more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, we do not recognize any portion of the benefit in the financial statements. If the more likely than not threshold is not met in the period for which a tax position is taken, we may subsequently recognize the benefit of that tax position if the tax matter is effectively settled, the statute of limitations expires, or if the more likely than not threshold is met in a subsequent period.

We evaluate, on a quarterly basis, our ability to realize deferred tax assets by assessing our valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of such allowance, if necessary. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization are our forecast of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets.

To the extent we prevail in matters for which reserves have been established, or are required to pay amounts in excess of our reserves, our effective tax rate in a given financial statement period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of cash and result in an increase in the effective tax rate in the year of resolution. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction in our effective tax rate in the year of resolution.

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Results of Operations—Fiscal 2014 Compared to Fiscal 2013

The following table presents summary consolidated statement of income data for fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2013:



	Fiscal 2014					Fiscal 2013					Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Net sales	$	2,474.4		100.0	%	$	2,277.6		100.0	%	$	196.8		8.6	%
Cost of goods sold	1,844.8			74.6		1,708.2			75.0		136.6			8.0
Gross profit	629.6			25.4		569.4			25.0		60.2			10.6
Operating expenses	344.4			13.9		312.3			13.7		32.1			10.3
Restructuring and other exit charges	27.4			1.1		7.2			0.3		20.2			NM
Legal proceedings charge	58.2			2.3		—			—		58.2			NM
Goodwill impairment charge	5.2			0.2		—			—		5.2			NM
Operating earnings	194.4			7.9		249.9			11.0		(55.5		)	(22.2	)
Interest expense	17.1			0.7		18.7			0.8		(1.6		)	(8.6	)
Other (income) expense, net	13.6			0.6		0.9			0.1		12.7			NM
Earnings before income taxes	163.7			6.6		230.3			10.1		(66.6		)	(28.9	)
Income tax expense	17.0			0.7		65.3			2.9		(48.3		)	(74.0	)
Net earnings	146.7			5.9		165.0			7.2		(18.3		)	(11.0	)
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3.6		)	(0.1	)	(1.5		)	(0.1	)	(2.1		)	NM
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	150.3		6.0	%	$	166.5		7.3	%	$	(16.2	)	(9.7	)%

NM = not meaningful

Overview

Our sales in fiscal 2014 were $2.5 billion, an 8.6% increase from prior year's sales primarily due to improvement in organic volume and acquisitions of approximately 5% and 3%, respectively. Gross margin percentage in fiscal 2014 increased by 40 basis points to 25.4% compared to fiscal 2013, mainly due to organic volume of 5% and improved pricing offsetting increased commodity costs. Our fourth quarter gross margin was the highest compared to other quarters in the fiscal year.

A discussion of specific fiscal 2014 versus fiscal 2013 operating results follows, including an analysis and discussion of the results of our reportable segments.

Net Sales

Net sales by reportable segment were as follows:



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		% Net Sales		In Millions		% Net Sales		In Millions		%
Americas	$	1,267.6	51.2	%	$	1,126.9	49.5	%	$	140.7	12.5	%
EMEA	966.1		39.1		926.2		40.7		39.9		4.3
Asia	240.7		9.7		224.5		9.8		16.2		7.2
Total net sales	$	2,474.4	100.0	%	$	2,277.6	100.0	%	$	196.8	8.6	%

The Americas segment’s revenue increased by $140.7 million or 12.5% in fiscal 2014, as compared to fiscal 2013, primarily due to an increase in organic volume, acquisitions and pricing of approximately 7%, 5% and 1%, respectively, partially offset by a negative currency translation impact of approximately 1%.

The EMEA segment’s revenue increased by $39.9 million or 4.3% in fiscal 2014, as compared to fiscal 2013 primarily due to an increase of 1% each in organic volume and pricing and a 2% increase due to currency translation impact.

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The Asia segment’s revenue increased by $16.2 million or 7.2% in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. Higher organic volume and acquisitions contributed approximately 10% and 2%, respectively, partially offset by a decrease in pricing and currency translation impact of approximately 2% and 3%, respectively.

Net sales by product line were as follows:



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Reserve power	$	1,234.5	49.9	%	$	1,119.1	49.1	%	$	115.4	10.3	%
Motive power	1,239.9		50.1		1,158.5		50.9		81.4		7.0
Total net sales	$	2,474.4	100.0	%	$	2,277.6	100.0	%	$	196.8	8.6	%

Sales in our reserve power product line increased in fiscal 2014 by $115.4 million or 10.3% compared to the prior year primarily due to acquisitions, higher organic volume and pricing which contributed approximately 6%, 4% and 1%, respectively, offset by negative currency translation impact of 1%.

Sales in our motive power product line increased in fiscal 2014 by $81.4 million or 7.0% compared to the prior year primarily due to higher organic volume of approximately 6%.

Gross Profit



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Gross profit	$	629.6	25.4	%	$	569.4	25.0	%	$	60.2	10.6	%

Gross profit increased $60.2 million or 10.6% in fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013. Gross profit, excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, increased $63 million or 11.1% in fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013. This increase is primarily attributed to lower manufacturing costs resulting from higher volume and prior year's restructuring activities along with improved pricing. We have made great efforts to sustain gross margin and continue to focus on a wide variety of sales initiatives, which include improving product mix to higher margin products and obtaining appropriate pricing for products relative to our costs. At the same time, we continue to focus on cost savings initiatives such as relocating production to low cost facilities and implementing more automation in our manufacturing plants.

Operating Items



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Operating expenses	$	344.4	13.9	%	$	312.3	13.7	%	$	32.1	10.3	%
Restructuring and other exit charges	27.4		1.1		7.2		0.3		20.2		NM
Legal proceedings charge	58.2		2.3		—		—		58.2		NM
Goodwill impairment charge	5.2		0.2		—		—		5.2		NM

NM = not meaningful

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased $32.1 million or 10.3% in fiscal 2014 from fiscal 2013. Operating expenses, excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, increased $33.1 million or 10.6% in fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013. As a percentage of sales, operating expenses increased from 13.7% in fiscal 2013 to 13.9% in fiscal 2014 partially as a result of higher payroll related costs, including stock compensation expense.

Restructuring and other exit charges

In fiscal 2014, we recorded $27.4 million of restructuring charges, primarily for staff reductions and write-off of fixed assets and inventory in EMEA including relocating our motive power and a portion of our reserve power manufacturing from

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Bulgaria to our facilities in Western Europe. Included in these charges are exit charges of $5.6 million related to certain operations in Europe.

In fiscal 2013, we recorded $7.2 million of restructuring charges, primarily for staff reductions and asset write-offs in Europe and Asia.

The fiscal 2013 and 2014 restructuring programs are expected to incur additional restructuring charges of approximately $8.2 million during fiscal 2015.

Legal proceedings charge

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, we recorded a $58.2 million legal proceedings charge in connection with an adverse arbitration result involving disputes between our wholly-owned subsidiary, EnerSys Delaware Inc. (“EDI”), and Altergy Systems (“Altergy”). EDI and Altergy were parties to a Supply and Distribution Agreement (the “SDA”) pursuant to which EDI was, among other things, granted the exclusive right to distribute and sell certain fuel cell products manufactured by Altergy for various applications throughout the United States. Commencing in 2011, various disputes arose and, because of the mandatory arbitration provision in the SDA, an arbitration action was filed by EDI in November 2012 seeking arbitration of claims relating to the SDA. In February 2013, EDI terminated the SDA. Following unsuccessful attempts to resolve their disputes by mediation in July 2013, the parties moved forward with arbitration in August 2013, where each party asserted various claims against the other.

After discovery, a hearing and post-hearing submissions by each party, on May 13, 2014, the arbitration panel issued an award in favor of Altergy. As a result, the arbitration panel concluded that Altergy should recover $58.2 million in net money damages from EDI. On May 13, 2014, Altergy filed a petition with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to confirm the arbitration panel award as well as post-award, prejudgment interest at the rate of 5.75% and post-judgment interest at the applicable federal statutory rate.

We are currently reviewing our options with our legal counsel to challenge this award, however there can be no assurances that a challenge, if and when made, will ultimately be successful. The full amount of the award was recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 with an after tax expense of approximately $35.7 million. Adjustments to the accrual may be made in future periods depending on the outcome of any challenge.

Goodwill impairment charge

Goodwill is tested annually for impairment during the fourth quarter or earlier upon the occurrence of certain events or substantive changes in circumstances that indicate goodwill is more likely than not impaired. During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we determined that the fair value of our subsidiary in India, which was acquired in fiscal 2012, was less than its carrying amount based on our analysis of the estimated future expected cash flows we anticipate from the operations of this subsidiary. Accordingly, we recorded a non-cash charge of $5.2 million for goodwill impairment relating to this subsidiary (see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Operating Earnings

Operating earnings by segment were as follows:



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales⁽¹⁾		In Millions		As % Net Sales⁽¹⁾		In Millions			%
Americas	$	179.1	14.1	%	$	171.7	15.3	%	$	7.4		4.2	%
EMEA	84.9		8.8		64.2		6.9		20.7			32.6
Asia	21.2		8.8		21.2		9.4		—			0.3
Subtotal	285.2		11.5		257.1		11.3		28.1			11.0
Restructuring charges-EMEA	27.1		2.8		4.5		0.5		22.6			NM
Restructuring charges-Asia	0.3		0.1		2.7		1.2		(2.4		)	NM
Legal proceedings charge-Americas	58.2		4.6		—		—		58.2			NM
Goodwill impairment charge-Asia	5.2		2.2		—		—		5.2			NM
Total	$	194.4	7.9	%	$	249.9	11.0	%	$	(55.5	)	(22.2	)%

NM = not meaningful


(1)	The percentages shown for the segments are computed as a percentage of the applicable segment’s net sales.

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Fiscal 2014 operating earnings of $194.4 million were $55.5 million lower than in fiscal 2013 and were 7.9% of sales. Fiscal 2014 operating earnings were favorably affected by organic volume, acquisitions, our continuing cost savings programs and our pricing actions catching up to commodity cost increases in early fiscal 2014. The unfavorable arbitration ruling of $58.2 million offset those other benefits. Fiscal 2014 and 2013 operating earnings included $27.4 million and $7.2 million, respectively, of restructuring charges and $1.9 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for acquisition activity related expense.

The Americas segment’s operating earnings, excluding the highlighted items discussed above, increased $7.4 million or 4.2% in fiscal 2014, with the operating margin decreasing 120 basis points to 14.1%. This decrease of operating margin in our Americas segment is primarily due to an increase in commodity costs and unfavorable product mix partially offset by improved pricing and volume.

The EMEA segment’s operating earnings, excluding the highlighted items discussed above, increased $20.7 million or 32.6% in fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013. Benefits of the restructuring programs on both production and operating expenses and better pricing and customer mix drove the improvements.

Operating earnings in Asia, excluding the highlighted items discussed above, remained flat in fiscal 2014 in comparison to fiscal 2013, with the operating margin as a percentage of sales decreasing by 60 basis points to 8.8%. The decrease in our Asia segment margins in fiscal 2014 was primarily attributable to unfavorable customer mix.

Interest Expense



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Interest expense	$	17.1	0.7	%	$	18.7	0.8	%	$	(1.6	)	(8.6	)%

Interest expense of $17.1 million in fiscal 2014 (net of interest income of $1.0 million) was $1.6 million lower than the $18.7 million in fiscal 2013 (net of interest income of $1.4 million). The decrease in interest expense in fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013 is primarily due to lower average interest rates and lower average debt outstanding, partially offset by increased accreted interest on Convertible Notes.

Our average debt outstanding (including the average amount of the Convertible Notes discount of $13.5 million) was $236.9 million in fiscal 2014, compared to our average debt outstanding (including the average amount of the Convertible Notes discount of $20.8 million) of $246.3 million in fiscal 2013. Our average cash interest rate incurred in fiscal 2014 was 3.5% compared to 4.2% in fiscal 2013.

Included in interest expense is non-cash, accreted interest on the Convertible Notes of $7.6 million in fiscal 2014 and $7.0 million in fiscal 2013. Also included in interest expense are non-cash charges related to amortization of deferred financing fees of $1.1 million in fiscal 2014 and $1.3 million in fiscal 2013.

Other (Income) Expense, Net



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Other (income) expense, net	$	13.6	0.6	%	$	0.9	0.1	%	$	12.7	NM

NM = not meaningful

Other (income) expense, net was expense of $13.6 million in fiscal 2014 compared to expense of $0.9 million in fiscal 2013. The unfavorable impact in fiscal 2014 is mainly attributable to write-offs relating to non-operating assets and other charges of $6.5 million and higher foreign currency losses of $5.8 million compared to foreign currency losses of $1.9 million in fiscal 2013. The prior year also included insurance recoveries of $1.8 million.

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Earnings Before Income Taxes



	Fiscal 2014				Fiscal 2013				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Earnings before income taxes	$	163.7	6.6	%	$	230.3	10.1	%	$	(66.6	)	(28.9	)%

As a result of the factors discussed above, fiscal 2014 earnings before income taxes were $163.7 million, a decrease of $66.6 million or 28.9% compared to fiscal 2013.

Income Tax Expense



	Fiscal 2014					Fiscal 2013					Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Income tax expense	$	17.0		0.7	%	$	65.3		2.9	%	$	(48.3	)	(74.0	)%
Effective tax rate	10.4		%			28.4		%

The Company’s income tax provisions consist of federal, state and foreign income taxes. The effective income tax rate was 10.4% in fiscal 2014 compared to the fiscal 2013 effective tax rate of 28.4%. The rate decrease in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013 is primarily due to the reversal of a previously recognized deferred tax valuation allowance related to one of our foreign subsidiaries of $24.9 million and changes in the mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions, which were significantly impacted by a legal proceedings charge recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. The valuation allowance release is the result of an operational restructuring approved during the third quarter of fiscal 2014.

Results of Operations—Fiscal 2013 Compared to Fiscal 2012

The following table presents summary consolidated statement of income data for fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2012:



	Fiscal 2013					Fiscal 2012					Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Net sales	$	2,277.6		100.0	%	$	2,283.4		100.0	%	$	(5.8	)	(0.3	)%
Cost of goods sold	1,708.2			75.0		1,770.7			77.6		(62.5		)	(3.5	)
Gross profit	569.4			25.0		512.7			22.4		56.7			11.0
Operating expenses	312.3			13.7		297.8			13.0		14.5			4.9
Restructuring charges	7.2			0.3		5.0			0.2		2.2			43.6
Legal proceedings settlement income	—			—		(0.9		)	(0.1	)	0.9			NM
Operating earnings	249.9			11.0		210.8			9.3		39.1			18.5
Interest expense	18.7			0.8		16.5			0.7		2.2			13.6
Other (income) expense, net	0.9			0.1		3.1			0.2		(2.2		)	(70.1	)
Earnings before income taxes	230.3			10.1		191.2			8.4		39.1			20.4
Income tax expense	65.3			2.9		47.3			2.1		18.0			38.0
Net earnings	165.0			7.2		143.9			6.3		21.1			14.6
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1.5		)	(0.1	)	(0.1		)	—		(1.4		)	NM
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	166.5		7.3	%	$	144.0		6.3	%	$	22.5		15.6	%

NM = not meaningful

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Overview

Our sales in fiscal 2013 were relatively flat at approximately $2.3 billion compared to prior year sales. Acquisitions and improvement in organic volume contributed approximately 2% and 1%, respectively, and were offset by a 3% decrease due to foreign currency translation impact. Despite sales being relatively flat, the gross margin percentage in fiscal 2013 was up 260 basis points at 25.0% versus 22.4% in fiscal 2012, due mainly to lower commodity costs.

A discussion of specific fiscal 2013 versus fiscal 2012 operating results follows, including an analysis and discussion of the results of our reportable segments.

Net Sales

Net sales by reportable segment were as follows:



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		% Net Sales		In Millions		% Net Sales		In Millions			%
Americas	$	1,126.9	49.5	%	$	1,082.8	47.4	%	$	44.1		4.1	%
EMEA	926.2		40.7		995.4		43.6		(69.2		)	(7.0	)
Asia	224.5		9.8		205.2		9.0		19.3			9.4
Total net sales	$	2,277.6	100.0	%	$	2,283.4	100.0	%	$	(5.8	)	(0.3	)%

The Americas segment’s revenue increased by $44.1 million or 4.1% in fiscal 2013, as compared to fiscal 2012, primarily due to an increase in organic volume and acquisitions of approximately 3% and 2%, respectively, partially offset by a negative currency translation impact of approximately 1%.

The EMEA segment’s revenue decreased by $69.2 million or 7.0% in fiscal 2013, as compared to fiscal 2012. A negative currency translation impact of approximately 6% combined with a decrease in organic volume and pricing of approximately 2% and 1%, respectively, partially offset by a 2% increase from acquisitions resulted in the decreased revenue.

The Asia segment’s revenue increased by $19.3 million or 9.4% in fiscal 2013 as compared to fiscal 2012. Higher organic volume and acquisitions contributed approximately 5% and 7%, respectively, partially offset by a decrease in both pricing and currency translation impact of approximately 1%.

Net sales by product line were as follows:



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Reserve power	$	1,119.1	49.1	%	$	1,092.7	47.9	%	$	26.4		2.4	%
Motive power	1,158.5		50.9		1,190.7		52.1		(32.2		)	(2.7	)
Total net sales	$	2,277.6	100.0	%	$	2,283.4	100.0	%	$	(5.8	)	(0.3	)%

Sales in our reserve power product line increased in fiscal 2013 by $26.4 million or 2.4% compared to the prior year primarily due to acquisitions and higher organic volume which contributed approximately 3% each, offset by negative currency translation impact and price decreases of approximately 3% and 1%, respectively.

Sales in our motive power product line decreased in fiscal 2013 by $32.2 million or 2.7% compared to the prior year primarily due to currency translation impact and decrease in organic volume of approximately 3% and 1%, respectively, partially offset by a 1% increase due to acquisitions.

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Gross Profit



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Gross profit	$	569.4	25.0	%	$	512.7	22.4	%	$	56.7	11.0	%

Gross profit increased $56.7 million or 11.0% in fiscal 2013 compared to fiscal 2012. Gross profit, excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, increased $69 million or 13.4% in fiscal 2013 compared to fiscal 2012. This increase was primarily attributed to lower commodity costs with pricing declining slightly. We made great efforts to sustain gross margin and continued to focus on a wide variety of sales initiatives, which included improving product mix to higher margin products and obtaining appropriate pricing for products relative to our costs. At the same time, we continued to focus on cost savings initiatives such as relocating production to low cost facilities and implementing more automation in our manufacturing plants.

Operating Items



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Operating expenses	$	312.3	13.7	%	$	297.8	13.0	%	$	14.5		4.9	%
Restructuring charges	7.2		0.3		5.0		0.2		2.2			43.6
Legal proceedings settlement income	—		—		0.9		0.1		(0.9		)	NM

NM = not meaningful

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased $14.5 million or 4.9% in fiscal 2013 from fiscal 2012. Operating expenses, excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, increased $25.5 million or 8.6% in fiscal 2013 compared to fiscal 2012. As a percentage of sales, operating expenses increased from 13.0% in fiscal 2012 to 13.7% in fiscal 2013 partially as a result of higher payroll related costs, including stock compensation expense.

Restructuring Charges

In fiscal 2013, we recorded $7.2 million of restructuring charges, primarily for staff reductions and asset write-offs in Europe and Asia.

In fiscal 2012, we recorded $5.0 million of restructuring charges, primarily for staff reductions in Europe.

The fiscal 2012 and 2013 restructuring programs were expected to incur additional restructuring charges of approximately $4.0 million during fiscal 2014.

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Operating Earnings

Operating earnings by segment were as follows:



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012					Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales⁽¹⁾		In Millions			As % Net Sales⁽¹⁾		In Millions			%
Americas	$	171.7	15.3	%	$	138.8		12.8	%	$	32.9		23.7	%
EMEA	64.2		6.9		63.9			6.4		0.3			0.3
Asia	21.2		9.4		12.2			5.9		9.0			74.3
Subtotal	257.1		11.3		214.9			9.4		42.2			19.6
Restructuring charges-EMEA	4.5		0.5		5.0			0.5		(0.5		)	(10.3	)
Restructuring charges-Asia	2.7		1.2		—			—		2.7			NM
Legal proceedings settlement income-EMEA	—		—		(0.9		)	(0.1	)	0.9			NM
Total	$	249.9	11.0	%	$	210.8		9.3	%	$	39.1		18.5	%

NM = not meaningful


(1)	The percentages shown for the segments are computed as a percentage of the applicable segment’s net sales.

Fiscal 2013 operating earnings of $249.9 million were $39.1 million higher than in fiscal 2012 and were 11.0% of sales. Fiscal 2013 operating earnings were favorably affected by organic volume, acquisitions, our continuing cost savings programs and lower commodity costs. Fiscal 2013 and 2012 operating earnings included $7.2 million and $5.0 million, respectively, of restructuring charges and $0.3 million and $2.8 million, respectively, for acquisition activity related expense.

The Americas segment’s operating earnings increased $32.9 million or 23.7% in fiscal 2013, with the operating margin increasing 250 basis points to 15.3%. This increase of operating margin in our Americas segment was primarily due to an increase in organic volumes and decreased commodity costs and better product mix.

The EMEA segment’s operating earnings, excluding the highlighted items discussed above, increased $0.3 million or 0.3% in fiscal 2013 compared to fiscal 2012. Benefits of the restructuring programs on both production and operating expenses and lower commodity costs kept operating earnings relatively flat compared to the prior year despite the economic downturn in the region.

Operating earnings in Asia, excluding the highlighted items discussed above, increased 74.3% in fiscal 2013 in comparison to fiscal 2012, with the operating margin as a percentage of sales increasing by 350 basis points to 9.4%. The increase in our Asia segment earnings in fiscal 2013 was primarily attributable to volume increase and better product mix.

Interest Expense



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Interest expense	$	18.7	0.8	%	$	16.5	0.7	%	$	2.2	13.6	%

Interest expense of $18.7 million in fiscal 2013 (net of interest income of $1.4 million) was $2.2 million higher than the $16.5 million in fiscal 2012 (net of interest income of $0.9 million). The increase in interest expense in fiscal 2013 compared to fiscal 2012 was attributable primarily to higher interest expense on indebtedness in Asia and South America where we made acquisitions and higher bond accretion partially offset by lower average borrowings.

Our average debt outstanding (including the average amount of the Convertible Notes discount of $20.8 million) was $246.3 million in fiscal 2013, compared to our average debt outstanding (including the average amount of the Convertible Notes discount of $27.5 million) of $270.1 million in fiscal 2012. Our average cash interest rate incurred in fiscal 2013 was 4.2% compared to 3.1% in fiscal 2012.

Included in interest expense is non-cash, accreted interest on the Convertible Notes of $7.0 million in fiscal 2013 and $6.4 million in fiscal 2012. Also included in interest expense are non-cash charges related to amortization of deferred financing fees of $1.3 million in both fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012.

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Other (Income) Expense, Net



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions			%
Other (income) expense, net	$	0.9	0.1	%	$	3.1	0.2	%	$	(2.2	)	(70.1	)%

Other (income) expense, net was expense of $0.9 million in fiscal 2013 compared to expense of $3.1 million in fiscal 2012. Fiscal 2013 included foreign currency losses of $1.9 million, miscellaneous charges of $0.8 million partially offset by insurance recoveries of $1.8 million. Fiscal 2012 included foreign currency losses of $1.5 million and other miscellaneous charges of $1.6 million.

Earnings Before Income Taxes



	Fiscal 2013				Fiscal 2012				Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Earnings before income taxes	$	230.3	10.1	%	$	191.2	8.4	%	$	39.1	20.4	%

As a result of the factors discussed above, fiscal 2013 earnings before income taxes were $230.3 million, an increase of $39.1 million or 20.4% compared to fiscal 2012.

Income Tax Expense



	Fiscal 2013					Fiscal 2012					Increase (Decrease)
	In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions			As % Net Sales		In Millions		%
Income tax expense	$	65.3		2.9	%	$	47.3		2.1	%	$	18.0	38.0	%
Effective tax rate	28.4		%			24.7		%

The effective income tax rate was 28.4% in fiscal 2013 compared to the fiscal 2012 effective tax rate of 24.7%. The rate increase in fiscal 2013 as compared to fiscal 2012 was primarily due to changes in the mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions and the increase in non-deductible expenses in certain jurisdictions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flow and Financing Activities

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, were $240.1 million, $249.3 million and $160.5 million, respectively.

Cash provided by operating activities for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, was $193.6 million, $244.4 million and $204.2 million, respectively.

During fiscal 2014 cash from operating activities was provided primarily from net earnings of $146.7 million, depreciation and amortization of $54.0 million, non-cash charges relating to write-off of goodwill and other assets of $10.2 million, restructuring charges of $11.5 million, a net source of $25.6 million from non-cash interest expense and stock compensation, $90.3 million from other accrued, including the legal proceedings charge of $58.2 million, were partially offset by cash used for the increase in Primary Working Capital of $77.0 million and deferred taxes of $49.7 million, net of currency translation changes.

During fiscal 2013, cash from operating activities was provided primarily from net earnings of $165.0 million, depreciation and amortization of $50.5 million and a net source of $26.4 million from non-cash interest expense, provision for doubtful accounts, deferred taxes, net gains and settlements on derivatives, stock compensation, asset write-offs related to restructuring and losses on disposal of fixed assets. Primary Working Capital improved by $9.9 million and was offset partially by a change in current and other assets, accrued expenses, and other liabilities of $7.4 million.

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During fiscal 2012, cash from operating activities was provided primarily from net earnings of $144.0 million, depreciation and amortization of $50.4 million and a net source of $14.5 million from non-cash interest expense, provision for doubtful accounts, deferred taxes, net gains and settlements on derivatives, stock compensation and gains on disposal of fixed assets. Change in current and other assets, accrued expenses, and other liabilities contributed a further $20.2 million, offset by a $24.9 million increase in Primary Working Capital.

As explained in the discussion of our use of “non-GAAP financial measures,” we monitor the level and percentage of Primary Working Capital to sales. Primary Working Capital for this purpose is trade accounts receivable, plus inventories, minus trade accounts payable and the resulting net amount is divided by the trailing three-month net sales (annualized) to derive a Primary Working Capital percentage. Primary Working Capital was $666.9 million (yielding a Primary Working Capital percentage of 25.1%) at March 31, 2014 and $552.7 million (yielding a Primary Working Capital percentage of 24.2%) at March 31, 2013.

Primary Working Capital and Primary Working Capital percentages at March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are computed as follows:



At March 31,	Trade Receivables		Inventory		Accounts Payable			Primary Working Capital		Quarter Revenue Annualized		Primary Working Capital (%)
			(in millions)
2014	$	564.6	$	361.8	$	(259.5	)	$	666.9	$	2,661.0	25.1	%
2013	$	448.1	$	353.9	$	(249.3	)	$	552.7	$	2,288.5	24.2	%
2012	$	466.8	$	361.8	$	(250.0	)	$	578.6	$	2,371.0	24.4	%

Cash used in investing activities for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $232.0 million, $55.1 million and $72.4 million, respectively. Capital expenditures were $62.0 million, $55.3 million and $48.9 million in fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The current year’s capital spending focused primarily on TPPL capacity expansion in EMEA and Americas, completion of our Gaoyou plant in the People’s Republic of China. Our purchases of and investments in businesses were $171.5 million with three significant acquisitions-Purcell Systems Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermally managed electronic equipment and battery cabinet enclosures, Quallion, LLC, a manufacturer of lithium ion cells and batteries for medical devices, defense, aviation and space and UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries, a distributor of motive and reserve power battery products and services. There were no acquisitions during fiscal 2013. Acquisitions were $23.6 million in fiscal 2012.

During fiscal 2014, we borrowed $251.9 million on our revolver and repaid $126.9 million. Borrowings on short-term debt were $8.5 million. During fiscal 2014, we repurchased $69.9 million of our common stock and paid cash dividends to our stockholders of $23.7 million. We also acquired the share of noncontrolling interests in one of our foreign subsidiaries for $6.0 million and paid deferred consideration of $4.8 million in connection with an acquisition made in fiscal 2012.

During fiscal 2013, we borrowed $246.0 million on our revolver and repaid $325.4 million. Borrowings on long-term debt and short-term debt were $5.6 million and $7.4 million, respectively, which were offset by repayments of long-term debt of $16.5 million in Asia. During fiscal 2013, we repurchased $22.6 million of our common stock.

During fiscal 2012, we borrowed $111.6 million on our revolver and repaid $132.2 million. Borrowings financed a portion of our repurchases of common stock of $58.4 million and acquisitions of $23.6 million.

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards, net of option proceeds and related tax benefits resulted in a net outflow of $6.3 million in fiscal 2014. The exercise of stock options and the related tax benefits contributed $11.3 million and $2.7 million, respectively, in fiscal 2013 and 2012.

As a result of the above, cash and cash equivalents decreased $9.2 million from $249.3 million at March 31, 2013 to $240.1 million at March 31, 2014.

We currently are in compliance with all covenants and conditions under our credit agreements.

In addition to cash flows from operating activities, we had available committed and uncommitted credit lines of approximately $360 million at March 31, 2014 to cover short-term liquidity requirements. Our 2011 Credit Facility is committed through September 2018, as long as we continue to comply with the covenants and conditions of the credit facility agreement. Included in our available credit lines at March 31, 2014 is $224 million under our 2011 Credit Facility.

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We believe that our cash flow from operations, available cash and cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity under our credit facilities will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, including normal levels of capital expenditures, for the foreseeable future; however, there can be no assurance that this will be the case.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements during any of the periods covered by this report.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

At March 31, 2014, we had certain cash obligations, which are due as follows:



	Total		Less than 1 year		2 to 3 years		4 to 5 years		After 5 years
	(in millions)
Debt obligations	$	287.9	$	162.9	$	—	$	125.0	$	—
Short-term debt	33.8		33.8		—		—		—
Interest on debt	15.6		7.6		4.5		3.5		—
Operating leases	69.9		21.4		28.1		13.6		6.8
Legal proceedings	58.2		58.2		—		—		—
Pension benefit payments and profit sharing	36.2		2.7		5.8		6.4		21.3
Restructuring	8.4		8.4		—		—		—
Facility construction commitments	13.0		13.0		—		—		—
Lead forward contracts	2.4		2.4		—		—		—
Purchase commitments	16.1		16.1		—		—		—
Capital lease obligations, including interest	0.6		0.4		0.2		—		—
Total	$	542.1	$	326.9	$	38.6	$	148.5	$	28.1

Due to the uncertainty of future cash outflows, uncertain tax positions have been excluded from the table above.

Under our 2011 Credit Facility and other credit arrangements, we had outstanding standby letters of credit of $1.7 million as of March 31, 2014.

Credit Facilities and Leverage

Our focus on working capital management and cash flow from operations is measured by our ability to reduce debt and reduce our leverage ratios. Shown below are the leverage ratios at March 31, 2014 and 2013, in connection with our 2011 Credit Facility.

The total net debt as defined under our 2011 Credit Facility is $224.9 million for fiscal 2014 and is 0.8 times adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) as described below.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of net earnings to EBITDA (non-GAAP) and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) as per our 2011 Credit Facility:



	Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
	(in millions, except ratios)
Net earnings as reported	$	146.7	$	165.0
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization	54.0		50.5
Interest expense	17.1		18.7
Income tax expense	17.0		65.3
EBITDA (non GAAP)⁽¹⁾	$	234.8	$	299.5
Adjustments per credit agreement definitions⁽²⁾	43.9		14.7
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) per credit agreement	$	278.7	$	314.2
Total net debt⁽³⁾	$	224.9	$	81.6
Leverage ratios:
Total net debt/adjusted EBITDA ratio⁽⁴⁾	0.8 X		0.3 X
Maximum ratio permitted	3.25 X		3.25 X
Consolidated interest coverage ratio⁽⁵⁾	31.2 X		23.2 X
Minimum ratio required	4.5 X		4.5 X

(1)

We have included EBITDA (non-GAAP) and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) because our lenders use it as a key measure of our performance. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net earnings or any other measure of performance under GAAP or to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as an indicator of cash flows or as a measure of liquidity. Our calculation of EBITDA may be different from the calculations used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited. Certain financial covenants in our 2011 Credit Facility are based on EBITDA, subject to adjustments, which are shown above. Continued availability of credit under our 2011 Credit Facility is critical to our ability to meet our business plans, we believe that an understanding of the key terms of our credit agreement is important to an investor’s understanding of our financial condition and liquidity risks. Failure to comply with our financial covenants, unless waived by our lenders, would mean we could not borrow any further amounts under our revolving credit facility and would give our lenders the right to demand immediate repayment of all outstanding revolving credit loans. We would be unable to continue our operations at current levels if we lost the liquidity provided under our credit agreements. Depreciation and amortization in this table excludes the amortization of deferred financing fees, which is included in interest expense.


(2)	The $43.9 million adjustment to EBITDA in fiscal 2014 primarily related to $16.7 million of non-cash stock compensation, $11.5 million of non-cash restructuring charges and $5.2 million of goodwill impairment charge and $5.0 million non-cash write-off of certain assets. The $14.7 million adjustment to EBITDA in fiscal 2013 primarily relates to non-cash stock compensation expense.

(3)

Debt includes capital lease obligations and letters of credit and is net of U.S. cash and cash equivalents and a portion of European cash investments, as defined in the 2011 Credit Facility. In fiscal 2014, the amounts deducted in the calculation of net debt were U.S. cash and cash equivalents and European cash investments of $9 million and $100 million, respectively, and in fiscal 2013, $26 million and $100 million, respectively.


(4)	These ratios are included to show compliance with the leverage ratios set forth in our credit facilities. We show both our current ratios and the maximum ratio permitted or minimum ratio required under our 2011 Credit Facility.

(5)

As defined in the 2011 Credit Facility, interest expense used in the consolidated interest coverage ratio excludes non-cash interest of $8.8 million and includes $0.7 million of interest rate swap contract settlements for fiscal 2014. For fiscal 2013, interest expense used in the consolidated interest coverage ratio excludes non-cash interest of $8.5 million and includes $3.3 million of interest rate swap contract settlements.

EnerSys Stockholders’ Equity

EnerSys stockholders’ equity increased $77.0 million during fiscal 2014 due to net earnings of $150.3 million; $10.5 million of increases related to stock-based compensation and the exercise of stock options; decrease due to acquisition of noncontrolling interest of $2.9 million; decrease due to repurchase of common shares of $69.9 million and payment of cash dividend of $23.7 million; decrease due to reclass of debt conversion feature of $9.6 million, redemption value adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interests of $5.0 million; increase due to currency translation adjustments of $30.6 million due primarily to the

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strengthening of European currencies; decrease due to $1.4 million unrealized loss on derivative instruments; and $2.0 million related to pension liabilities.

EnerSys stockholders’ equity increased $137.2 million during fiscal 2013 due to net earnings of $166.5 million; $26.1 million of increases related to stock-based compensation and the exercise of stock options; acquisition of noncontrolling interest of $0.6 million; decrease due to repurchase of common shares of $22.6 million; currency translation adjustments of $27.2 million due primarily to the weakening of European currencies; $2.0 million unrealized loss on derivative instruments; and $4.2 million related to pension liabilities.

RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

During fiscal 2014, no new accounting standards were adopted or are pending adoption that would have a significant impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Related Party Transactions

None.

Sequential Quarterly Information

Fiscal 2014 and 2013 quarterly operating results, and the associated quarterly trends within each of those two fiscal years, are affected by the same economic and business conditions as described in the fiscal 2013 versus fiscal 2012 analysis previously discussed.



	Fiscal 2014												Fiscal 2013
	June 30, 2013 1st Qtr.			Sep. 29, 2013 2nd Qtr.			Dec. 29, 2013 3rd Qtr.			March 31, 2014 4th Qtr.			July 1, 2012 1st Qtr.			Sep. 30, 2012 2nd Qtr.			Dec. 30, 2012 3rd Qtr.			March 31, 2013 4th Qtr.
	(in millions, except share and per share amounts)
Net sales	$	597.3		$	568.8		$	643.1		$	665.2		$	593.9		$	554.2		$	557.3		$	572.2
Cost of goods sold	457.2			424.5			475.9			487.2			445.6			415.9			413.6			433.1
Gross profit	140.1			144.3			167.2			178.0			148.3			138.3			143.7			139.1
Operating expenses	77.1			82.2			90.1			95.0			77.7			74.1			80.2			80.3
Restructuring charges	0.4			1.1			13.0			12.9			0.4			1.3			3.7			1.8
Legal proceedings charge	—			—			—			58.2			—			—			—			—
Goodwill impairment charge	—			—			5.2			—			—			—			—			—
Operating earnings	62.6			61.0			58.9			11.9			70.2			62.9			59.8			57.0
Interest expense	4.3			4.1			4.6			4.1			4.7			5.0			4.6			4.4
Other (income) expense, net	2.3			0.5			8.2			2.6			1.2			(1.8		)	1.3			0.2
Earnings before income taxes	56.0			56.4			46.1			5.2			64.3			59.7			53.9			52.4
Income tax expense (benefit)	15.6			15.2			(6.3		)	(7.5		)	18.7			16.7			15.2			14.7
Net earnings	40.4			41.2			52.4			12.7			45.6			43.0			38.7			37.7
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.4		)	(0.2		)	(2.9		)	(0.1		)	(0.2		)	(0.8		)	(0.5		)	—
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	40.8		$	41.4		$	55.3		$	12.8		$	45.8		$	43.8		$	39.2		$	37.7
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders:
Basic	$	0.85		$	0.87		$	1.17		$	0.27		$	0.96		$	0.91		$	0.81		$	0.79
Diluted	$	0.83		$	0.84		$	1.10		$	0.26		$	0.95		$	0.90		$	0.80		$	0.77
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	47,868,982			47,573,496			47,351,750			47,100,531			47,901,203			48,188,331			48,176,206			47,822,281
Diluted	49,304,944			49,405,818			50,214,782			50,227,076			48,426,991			48,719,916			48,682,346			48,712,542

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Net Sales

Quarterly net sales by segment were as follows:



	Fiscal 2014												Fiscal 2013
	1st Qtr.			2nd Qtr.			3rd Qtr.			4th Qtr.			1st Qtr.			2nd Qtr.			3rd Qtr.			4th Qtr.
	(in millions)
Net sales by segment:
Americas	$	315.6		$	287.7		$	327.0		$	337.3		$	288.9		$	276.7		$	275.8		$	285.5
EMEA	231.0			223.3			251.3			260.5			237.1			215.4			231.4			242.3
Asia	50.7			57.8			64.8			67.4			67.9			62.1			50.1			44.4
Total	$	597.3		$	568.8		$	643.1		$	665.2		$	593.9		$	554.2		$	557.3		$	572.2
Segment net sales as % of total:
Americas	52.8		%	50.6		%	50.8		%	50.7		%	48.7		%	49.9		%	49.5		%	49.9		%
EMEA	38.7			39.3			39.1			39.2			39.9			38.9			41.5			42.3
Asia	8.5			10.1			10.1			10.1			11.4			11.2			9.0			7.8
Total	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%

Quarterly net sales by product line were as follows:



	Fiscal 2014												Fiscal 2013
	1st Qtr.			2nd Qtr.			3rd Qtr.			4th Qtr.			1st Qtr.			2nd Qtr.			3rd Qtr.			4th Qtr.
	(in millions)
Net sales by product line:
Reserve power	$	292.8		$	279.5		$	328.8		$	333.4		$	289.3		$	285.3		$	265.2		$	279.3
Motive power	304.5			289.3			314.3			331.8			304.6			268.9			292.1			292.9
Total	$	597.3		$	568.8		$	643.1		$	665.2		$	593.9		$	554.2		$	557.3		$	572.2
Product line net sales as % of total:
Reserve power	49.0		%	49.1		%	51.1		%	50.1		%	48.7		%	51.5		%	47.6		%	48.8		%
Motive power	51.0			50.9			48.9			49.9			51.3			48.5			52.4			51.2
Total	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%	100.0		%



ITEM 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market Risks

Our cash flows and earnings are subject to fluctuations resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and raw material costs. We manage our exposure to these market risks through internally established policies and procedures and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. Our policy does not allow speculation in derivative instruments for profit or execution of derivative instrument contracts for which there are no underlying exposures. We do not use financial instruments for trading purposes and are not a party to any leveraged derivatives. We monitor our underlying market risk exposures on an ongoing basis and believe that we can modify or adapt our hedging strategies as needed.

Counterparty Risks

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements, lead forward purchase contracts and foreign exchange forward contracts to manage the risk associated with our exposures. The Company’s agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions. Those contracts that result in a liability position at March 31, 2014 are $3.0 million (pre-tax), therefore, there is minimal risk of nonperformance by these counterparties. Those contracts that result in an asset position at March 31, 2014 are $0.7

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million (pre-tax) and the vast majority of these will settle within one year. The impact on the Company due to nonperformance by the counterparties has been evaluated and not deemed material.

Interest Rate Risks

We are exposed to changes in variable U.S. interest rates on borrowings under our 2011 Credit Facility. On a selective basis, from time to time, we enter into interest rate swap agreements to reduce the negative impact that increases in interest rates could have on our outstanding variable rate debt. We had no interest rate swap agreements as of March 31, 2014.

At March 31, 2013, the aggregate notional amount of interest rate swap agreements was $65.0 million. These agreements expired in May 2013.

A 100 basis point increase in interest rates would have increased annual interest expense by approximately $1.6 million on the variable rate portions of our debt.

Commodity Cost Risks—Lead Contracts

We have a significant risk in our exposure to certain raw materials. Our largest single raw material cost is for lead, for which the cost remains volatile. In order to hedge against increases in our lead cost, we have entered into contracts with financial institutions to fix the price of lead. A vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year. We had the following contracts outstanding at the dates shown below:



Date	$’s Under Contract		# Pounds Purchased	Average Cost/Pound		Approximate % of Lead Requirements ⁽¹⁾
	(in millions)		(in millions)
March 31, 2014	$	86.5	89.9	$	0.96	19	%
March 31, 2013	56.6		56.3	1.00		12
March 31, 2012	56.6		60.0	0.94		12


(1)	Based on the fiscal year lead requirements for the period then ended.

We estimate that a 10% increase in our cost of lead would have increased our annual cost of goods sold by approximately $58 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risks

We manufacture and assemble our products globally in the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Approximately 60% of our sales and expenses are transacted in foreign currencies. Our sales revenue, production costs, profit margins and competitive position are affected by the strength of the currencies in countries where we manufacture or purchase goods relative to the strength of the currencies in countries where our products are sold. Additionally, as we report our financial statements in U.S. dollars, our financial results are affected by the strength of the currencies in countries where we have operations relative to the strength of the U.S. dollar. The principal foreign currencies in which we conduct business are the Euro, Swiss franc, British pound, Polish zloty, Chinese renminbi and Mexican peso.

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To hedge these exposures, we have entered into forward contracts with financial institutions to fix the value at which we will buy or sell certain currencies. The vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year. Forward contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2014 were $92.8 million. The details of contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2014 were as follows:



Transactions Hedged	$US Equivalent (in millions)		Average Rate Hedged		Approximate % of Annual Requirements ⁽¹⁾
Sell Euros for U.S. dollars	$	34.3	$/€	1.37	19	%
Sell Euros for Polish zloty	22.0		PLN/€	4.23	20
Sell Euros for British pounds	18.6		£/€	0.83	24
Sell JPY for U.S. dollars	6.6		¥/$	102.18	76
Sell U.S. dollars for Mexican pesos	4.4		MXN/$	13.24	50
Sell Australian dollars for Euros	2.1		€/AUD	1.54	12
Sell Australian dollars for U.S. dollars	1.5		$/AUD	0.89	13
Other	3.3
Total	$	92.8


(1)	Based on the fiscal year currency requirements for the year ended March 31, 2014.

Foreign exchange translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in EnerSys’ stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interests.

Based on changes in the timing and amount of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate movements and our actual exposures and hedges, actual gains and losses in the future may differ from our historical results.

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ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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EnerSys

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



	Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule)	45
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting)	46
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and 2013	47
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012	48
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012	49
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012	50
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012	51
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	52
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	52
2. Acquisitions	57
3. Inventories	58
4. Property, Plant, and Equipment	58
5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	59
6. Prepaid and Other Current Assets	60
7. Accrued Expenses	61
8. Debt	61
9. Leases	64
10. Other Liabilities	64
11. Fair Value of Financial Instruments	64
12. Derivative Financial Instruments	66
13. Income Taxes	69
14. Retirement Plans	71
15. Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests	76
16. Stock-Based Compensation	78
17. Earnings Per Share	80
18. Commitments, Contingencies and Litigation	81
19. Restructuring and Other Exit Charges	83
20. Warranty	84
21. Other (Income) Expense, Net	85
22. Business Segments	86
23. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)	87
24. Subsequent Events	88

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of EnerSys

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of EnerSys as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2014. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards 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. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of EnerSys at March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), EnerSys’ internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) and our report dated May 28, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 28, 2014

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of EnerSys

We have audited EnerSys’ internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) (the COSO criteria). EnerSys’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As indicated in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management's assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of Purcell Systems, Inc., Quallion, LLC, and UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries, all of which were acquired during fiscal 2014, which are included in the fiscal 2014 consolidated financial statements of EnerSys and constituted 9.9% of total assets as of March 31, 2014 and 2.8% of net sales for the year then ended. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of EnerSys also did not include an evaluation of internal control over financial reporting of those businesses that were acquired during fiscal 2014.

In our opinion, EnerSys maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2014, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of EnerSys as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2014 of EnerSys and our report dated May 28, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 28, 2014

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EnerSys

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)



	March 31,
	2014			2013
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	240,103		$	249,348
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts (2014–$9,446; 2013–$9,292)	564,584			448,068
Inventories, net	361,846			353,941
Deferred taxes	64,765			37,786
Prepaid and other current assets	69,402			63,819
Total current assets	1,300,700			1,152,962
Property, plant, and equipment, net	370,166			350,126
Goodwill	426,056			345,499
Other intangible assets, net	172,472			103,701
Deferred taxes	33,446			14,168
Other assets	19,018			21,411
Total assets	$	2,321,858		$	1,987,867
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt	$	33,814		$	22,702
Current portion of capital lease obligations	354			311
Accounts payable	259,484			249,359
Accrued expenses	284,902			191,664
Deferred taxes	2,849			3,523
Total current liabilities	581,403			467,559
Long-term debt	287,887			155,273
Capital lease obligations	245			203
Deferred taxes	101,149			88,036
Other liabilities	81,225			90,418
Total liabilities	1,051,909			801,489
Commitments and contingencies	—			—
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	8,047			11,095
Redeemable equity component of Convertible Notes	9,613			—
Equity:
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2014 and at March 31, 2013	—			—
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 135,000,000 shares authorized, 53,263,348 shares issued and 46,942,126 shares outstanding at March 31, 2014; 52,970,281 shares issued and 47,840,204 shares outstanding at March 31, 2013	532			529
Additional paid-in capital	500,254			501,646
Treasury stock at cost, 6,321,222 shares held as of March 31, 2014 and 5,130,077 shares held as of March 31, 2013	(170,643		)	(100,776		)
Retained earnings	848,414			727,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income	67,845			40,655
Total EnerSys stockholders’ equity	1,246,402			1,169,401
Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests	5,887			5,882
Total equity	1,252,289			1,175,283
Total liabilities and equity	$	2,321,858		$	1,987,867

See accompanying notes.

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EnerSys

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Net sales	$	2,474,433		$	2,277,559		$	2,283,369
Cost of goods sold	1,844,813			1,708,203			1,770,664
Gross profit	629,620			569,356			512,705
Operating expenses	344,421			312,324			297,806
Restructuring and other exit charges	27,326			7,164			4,988
Legal proceedings charge (settlement income)	58,184			—			(900		)
Goodwill impairment charge	5,179			—			—
Operating earnings	194,510			249,868			210,811
Interest expense	17,105			18,719			16,484
Other (income) expense, net	13,658			916			3,068
Earnings before income taxes	163,747			230,233			191,259
Income tax expense	16,980			65,275			47,292
Net earnings	146,767			164,958			143,967
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3,561		)	(1,550		)	(36		)
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	150,328		$	166,508		$	144,003
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders:
Basic	$	3.17		$	3.47		$	2.95
Diluted	$	3.02		$	3.42		$	2.93
Dividends per common share	$	0.50		$	—		$	—
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	47,473,690			48,022,005			48,748,205
Diluted	49,788,155			48,635,449			49,216,035

See accompanying notes.

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EnerSys

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In Thousands)



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Net earnings	$	146,767		$	164,958		$	143,967
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net of tax	(1,421		)	(2,007		)	(3,261		)
Pension funded status adjustment, net of tax	(2,038		)	(4,187		)	(5,470		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	29,339			(28,894		)	(32,516		)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	25,880			(35,088		)	(41,247		)
Total comprehensive income	172,647			129,870			102,720
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(4,871		)	(3,200		)	(196		)
Comprehensive income attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	177,518		$	133,070		$	102,916

See accompanying notes.

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EnerSys

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(In Thousands)



	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Total EnerSys Stockholders’ Equity			Non- redeemable Non- controlling Interests			Total Equity
Balance at March 31, 2011	$	—	$	518	$	461,597		$	(19,800	)	$	416,836		$	115,180		$	974,331		$	4,662		$	978,993
Stock-based compensation	—		—		11,585			—			—			—			11,585			—			11,585
Exercise of stock options	—		4		970			—			—			—			974			—			974
Tax benefit from stock options	—		—		1,772			—			—			—			1,772			—			1,772
Purchase of common stock	—		—		—			(58,383		)	—			—			(58,383		)	—			(58,383		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interests	—		—		(1,000		)	—			—			—			(1,000		)	—			(1,000		)
Noncontrolling interests attributable to the consolidation of fiscal 2012 acquisitions	—		—		—			—			—			—			—			4,020			4,020
Net earnings (excludes $170 of losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			144,003			—			144,003			134			144,137
Other comprehensive income:
Pension funded status adjustment (net of tax benefit of $1,841)	—		—		—			—			—			(5,470		)	(5,470		)	—			(5,470		)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax benefit of $1,909)	—		—		—			—			—			(3,261		)	(3,261		)	—			(3,261		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (excludes $36 related to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			—			(32,356		)	(32,356		)	(196		)	(32,552		)
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	—	$	522	$	474,924		$	(78,183	)	$	560,839		$	74,093		$	1,032,195		$	8,620		$	1,040,815
Stock-based compensation	—		—		14,737			—			—			—			14,737			—			14,737
Exercise of stock options	—		7		10,026			—			—			—			10,033			—			10,033
Tax benefit from stock options	—		—		1,351			—			—			—			1,351			—			1,351
Purchase of common stock	—		—		—			(22,593		)	—			—			(22,593		)	—			(22,593		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interests	—		—		608			—			—			—			608			(2,739		)	(2,131		)
Proceeds from noncontrolling interests	—		—		—			—			—			—			—			613			613
Net earnings (excluding $1,429 of losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			166,508			—			166,508			(121		)	166,387
Other comprehensive income:
Pension funded status adjustment (net of tax benefit of $1,195)	—		—		—			—			—			(4,187		)	(4,187		)	—			(4,187		)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax benefit of $1,134)	—		—		—			—			—			(2,007		)	(2,007		)	—			(2,007		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (excludes ($1,159) related to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			—			(27,244		)	(27,244		)	(491		)	(27,735		)
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	—	$	529	$	501,646		$	(100,776	)	$	727,347		$	40,655		$	1,169,401		$	5,882		$	1,175,283
Stock-based compensation	—		—		16,742			—			—			—			16,742			—			16,742
Exercise of stock options (taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards), net	—		3		(7,873		)	—			—			—			(7,870		)	—			(7,870		)
Tax benefit from stock options	—		—		1,612			—			—			—			1,612			—			1,612
Purchase of common stock	—		—		—			(69,867		)	—			—			(69,867		)	—			(69,867		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interests	—		—		(2,866		)	—			—			—			(2,866		)	—			(2,866		)
Reclassification of debt conversion feature	—		—		(9,613		)	—			—			—			(9,613		)	—			(9,613		)
Net earnings (excluding $3,536 of losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			150,328			—			150,328			(25		)	150,303
Dividends ($0.50 per common share)	—		—		606			—			(24,287		)	—			(23,681		)	—			(23,681		)
Redemption value adjustment attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	—		—		—			—			(4,974		)	—			(4,974		)	—			(4,974		)
Other comprehensive income:
Pension funded status adjustment (net of tax benefit of $26)	—		—		—			—			—			(2,038		)	(2,038		)	—			(2,038		)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax benefit of $834)	—		—		—			—			—			(1,421		)	(1,421		)	—			(1,421		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (excludes ($1,340) related to redeemable noncontrolling interests)	—		—		—			—			—			30,649			30,649			30			30,679
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	—	$	532	$	500,254		$	(170,643	)	$	848,414		$	67,845		$	1,246,402		$	5,887		$	1,252,289

See accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In Thousands)



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Cash flows from operating activities
Net earnings	$	146,767		$	164,958		$	143,967
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	53,972			50,502			50,360
Write-off of assets related to restructuring	11,497			3,689			—
Non-cash write-off of other assets	5,000			—			—
Goodwill impairment charge	5,179			—			—
Derivatives not designated in hedging relationships:
Net losses (gains)	188			(2,496		)	1,083
Cash settlements	(703		)	(851		)	(3,763		)
Provision for doubtful accounts	907			998			1,395
Deferred income taxes	(49,748		)	1,673			(3,227		)
Non-cash interest expense	8,826			8,492			7,983
Stock-based compensation	16,742			14,737			11,585
(Gain) loss on disposal of fixed assets	(100		)	170			(432		)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	(70,134		)	5,421			7,106
Inventory	8,144			(921		)	(19,655		)
Prepaid and other current assets	(7,669		)	(15,754		)	8,834
Other assets	(1,347		)	3,293			(955		)
Accounts payable	(14,979		)	5,370			(12,377		)
Accrued expenses	90,339			2,997			13,505
Other liabilities	(9,260		)	2,122			(1,213		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	193,621			244,400			204,196
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(61,995		)	(55,286		)	(48,943		)
Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired	(171,528		)	—			(23,553		)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant, and equipment	1,518			194			76
Net cash used in investing activities	(232,005		)	(55,092		)	(72,420		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt	8,458			7,435			(462		)
Proceeds from revolving credit borrowings	251,900			246,050			111,550
Repayments of revolving credit borrowings	(126,900		)	(325,450		)	(132,150		)
Proceeds from long-term debt—other	—			5,556			—
Payments of long-term debt—other	—			(16,468		)	(308		)
Deferred financing fees incurred in connection with refinancing prior credit facility	(853		)	—			—
Capital lease obligations and other	(404		)	(358		)	(1,375		)
Option proceeds (taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards), net	(7,871		)	10,033			974
Excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options and vesting of equity awards	1,612			1,351			1,772
Purchase of treasury stock	(69,867		)	(22,593		)	(58,383		)
Dividends paid to stockholders	(23,681		)	—			—
Payment of deferred purchase consideration	(4,820		)	—			—
Purchase of noncontrolling interests	(6,012		)	(2,131		)	(1,000		)
Proceeds from noncontrolling interests	—			613			—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	21,562			(95,962		)	(79,382		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	7,577			(4,488		)	(773		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(9,245		)	88,858			51,621
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	249,348			160,490			108,869
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	240,103		$	249,348		$	160,490

See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2014

(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

EnerSys (the “Company”) and its predecessor companies have been manufacturers of industrial batteries for over 125 years. EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes industrial batteries and related products such as chargers, outdoor cabinet enclosures, power equipment and battery accessories, and provides related after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and any partially owned subsidiaries that the Company has the ability to control. Control generally equates to ownership percentage, whereby investments that are more than 50% owned are generally consolidated, investments in affiliates of 50% or less but greater than 20% are generally accounted for using the equity method, and investments in affiliates of 20% or less are accounted for using the cost method. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company also consolidates certain subsidiaries in which the noncontrolling interest party has within its control the right to require the Company to redeem all or a portion of its interest in the subsidiary. The redeemable noncontrolling interests are reported at their estimated redemption value, and the amount presented in temporary equity is not less than the initial amount reported in temporary equity. Any adjustment to the redemption value impacts retained earnings but does not impact net income or comprehensive income. Noncontrolling interests which are redeemable only upon future events, the occurrence of which is not currently probable, are recorded at carrying value.

Foreign Currency Translation

Results of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using average exchange rates during the periods. The assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates as of the balance sheet dates. Gains or losses resulting from translating the foreign currency financial statements are accumulated as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in EnerSys’ stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interests.

Transaction gains and losses resulting from exchange rate changes on transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the applicable subsidiary are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income, within “Other (income) expense, net”, in the year in which the change occurs.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when the earnings process is complete. This occurs when risk and title transfers, collectibility is reasonably assured and pricing is fixed or determinable. Shipment terms are either shipping point or destination and do not differ significantly between the Company’s business segments. Accordingly, revenue is recognized when risk and title are transferred to the customer. Amounts invoiced to customers for shipping and handling are classified as revenue. Taxes on revenue producing transactions are not included in net sales.

The Company recognizes revenue from the service of its products when the respective services are performed.

Accruals are made at the time of sale for sales returns and other allowances based on the Company’s historical experience.

Freight Expense

Amounts billed to customers for outbound freight costs are classified as sales in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Costs incurred by the Company for outbound freight costs to customers, inbound and transfer freight are classified in cost of goods sold.

Warranties

The Company’s products are warranted for a period ranging from one to twenty years for reserve power batteries and for a period ranging from one to seven years for motive power batteries. The Company provides for estimated product warranty expenses when the related products are sold. The assessment of the adequacy of the reserve includes a review of open claims and historical experience.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that subject the Company to potential concentration of credit risk consist principally of short-term cash investments and trade accounts receivable. The Company invests its cash with various financial institutions and in various investment instruments limiting the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution or entity. The Company has bank deposits that exceed federally insured limits. In addition, certain cash investments may be made in U.S. and foreign government bonds, or other highly rated investments guaranteed by the U.S. or foreign governments. Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited by a large, diversified customer base and its geographic dispersion. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and requires collateral, such as letters of credit, in certain circumstances.

Accounts Receivable

The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments. The allowance is based on management’s estimate of uncollectible accounts, analysis of historical data and trends, as well as reviews of all relevant factors concerning the financial capability of its customers. Accounts receivable are considered to be past due based on how payments are received compared to the customer’s credit terms. Accounts are written off when management determines the account is uncollectible.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. The cost of inventory consists of material, labor, and associated overhead.

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment are recorded at cost and include expenditures that substantially increase the useful lives of the assets. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows: 10 to 33 years for buildings and improvements and 3 to 15 years for machinery and equipment.

Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Interest on capital projects is capitalized during the construction period.

Business Combinations

The purchase price of an acquired company is allocated between tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the acquired business based on their estimated fair values, with the residual of the purchase price recorded as goodwill. The results of operations of the acquired business are included in the Company’s operating results from the date of acquisition.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and indefinite-lived trademarks are tested for impairment at least annually and whenever events or circumstances occur indicating that a possible impairment may have been incurred. Goodwill is tested for impairment by determining the fair value of the Company’s reporting units. These estimated fair values are based on financial projections, certain cash flow measures, and market capitalization. The indefinite-lived trademarks are tested for impairment by comparing the carrying value to the fair value based on current revenue projections of the related operations, under the relief from royalty method. Any excess carrying value over the amount of fair value is recognized as impairment. Any impairment would be recognized in full in the reporting period in which it has been identified.

Finite-lived assets such as customer relationships, patents, and non-compete agreements are amortized over their estimated useful lives, generally over periods ranging from 3 to 20 years. The Company reviews the carrying values of these assets for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable based on undiscounted estimated cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. The Company continually evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews the carrying values of its long-lived assets to be held and used for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable, based on undiscounted estimated cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. The factors considered by the Company in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and other economic factors. In assessing the recoverability of the carrying value of a long-lived asset, the Company must make assumptions regarding future cash flows and other factors. If these estimates or the related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record an impairment loss for these assets.

Environmental Expenditures

The Company records a loss and establishes a reserve for environmental remediation liabilities when it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability exists and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Reasonable estimates involve judgments made by management after considering a broad range of information including: notifications, demands or settlements that have been received from a regulatory authority or private party, estimates performed by independent engineering companies and outside counsel, available facts existing and proposed technology, the identification of other potentially responsible parties, their ability to contribute and prior experience. These judgments are reviewed quarterly as more information is received and the amounts reserved are updated as necessary. However, the reserves may materially differ from ultimate actual liabilities if the loss contingency is difficult to estimate or if management’s judgments turn out to be inaccurate. If management believes no best estimate exists, the minimum probable loss is accrued.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company utilizes derivative instruments to mitigate volatility related to interest rates, lead prices and foreign currency exposures. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The Company recognizes derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and measures those instruments at fair value. Changes in the fair value of those instruments are reported in AOCI if they qualify for hedge accounting or in earnings if they do not qualify for hedge accounting. Derivatives qualify for hedge accounting if they are designated as hedge instruments and if the hedge is highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the asset or liability hedged. Effectiveness is measured on a regular basis using statistical analysis and by comparing the overall changes in the expected cash flows on the lead and foreign currency forward contracts with the changes in the expected all-in cash outflow required for the lead and foreign currency purchases. This analysis is performed on the initial purchases quarterly that cover the quantities hedged. Accordingly, gains and losses from changes in derivative fair value of effective hedges are deferred and reported in AOCI until the underlying transaction affects earnings.

The Company has commodity, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging authorization from the Board of Directors and has established a hedging and risk management program that includes the management of market and counterparty risk. Key risk control activities designed to ensure compliance with the risk management program include, but are not limited to, credit review and approval, validation of transactions and market prices, verification of risk and transaction limits, portfolio stress tests, sensitivity analyses and frequent portfolio reporting, including open positions, determinations of fair value and other risk management metrics.

Market risk is the potential loss the Company and its subsidiaries may incur as a result of price changes associated with a particular financial or commodity instrument. The Company utilizes forward contracts, and swaps as part of its risk management strategies, to minimize unanticipated fluctuations in earnings caused by changes in commodity prices, interest rates and/or foreign currency exchange rates. All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value, unless they qualify for Normal Purchase Normal Sale.

Credit risk is the potential loss the Company may incur due to the counterparty’s non-performance. The Company is exposed to credit risk from interest rate, foreign currency and commodity derivatives with financial institutions. The Company has credit policies to manage their credit risk, including the use of an established credit approval process, monitoring of the counterparty positions and the use of master netting agreements.

The Company has elected to offset net derivative positions under master netting arrangements. The Company does not have any positions involving cash collateral (payables or receivables) under a master netting arrangement as of March 31, 2014 and 2013.

The Company does not have any credit-related contingent features associated with its derivative instruments.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company uses the following valuation techniques to measure fair value for its financial assets and financial liabilities:



Level 1		Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2		Inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable and market-corroborated inputs which are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3		Inputs are derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or value drivers are unobservable.

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate carrying value due to their short maturities.

The fair value of the Company’s $350,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (“2011 Credit Facility”) and short-term debt approximate their carrying value, as they are variable rate debt and the terms are comparable to market terms as of the balance sheet dates and are classified as Level 2.

The fair value amounts of the Company’s $172,500 senior unsecured 3.375% convertible notes (“Convertible Notes”) represent the trading values of the Convertible Notes which is based upon quoted market prices and are classified as Level 2.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). The Company and its subsidiaries use, as appropriate, a market approach (generally, data from market transactions), an income approach (generally, present value techniques and option-pricing models), and/or a cost approach (generally, replacement cost) to measure the fair value of an asset or liability. These valuation approaches incorporate inputs such as observable, independent market data and/or unobservable data that management believes are predicated on the assumptions market participants would use to price an asset or liability. These inputs may incorporate, as applicable, certain risks such as nonperformance risk, which includes credit risk.

Lead contracts, foreign currency contracts and interest rate contracts generally use an income approach to measure the fair value of these contracts, utilizing readily observable inputs, such as forward interest rates (e.g., London Interbank Offered Rate—“LIBOR”) and forward foreign currency exchange rates (e.g., GBP and euro) and commodity prices (e.g., London Metals Exchange), as well as inputs that may not be observable, such as credit valuation adjustments. When observable inputs are used to measure all or most of the value of a contract, the contract is classified as Level 2. Over-the-counter (OTC) contracts are valued using quotes obtained from an exchange, binding and non-binding broker quotes. Furthermore, the Company obtains independent quotes from the market to validate the forward price curves. OTC contracts include forwards, swaps and options. To the extent possible, fair value measurements utilize various inputs that include quoted prices for similar contracts or market-corroborated inputs.

When unobservable inputs are significant to the fair value measurement, a contract is classified as Level 3. Additionally, Level 2 fair value measurements include adjustments for credit risk based on the Company’s own creditworthiness (for net liabilities) and its counterparties’ creditworthiness (for net assets). The Company assumes that observable market prices include sufficient adjustments for liquidity and modeling risks. The Company did not have any contracts that transferred between Level 2 and Level 3 as well as Level 1 and Level 2.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability approach, which requires deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized using enacted tax rates to measure the effect of temporary differences between book and tax bases on recorded assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce deferred tax assets, if it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be recognized. The need to establish valuation allowances against deferred tax assets is assessed quarterly. The primary factors used to assess the likelihood of realization are forecasts of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets.

The Company has not recorded United States income or foreign withholding taxes related to undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries because the Company currently plans to keep these amounts permanently invested overseas.

The Company recognizes tax related interest and penalties in income tax expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income.

With respect to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, the Company evaluates tax positions to determine whether the benefits of tax positions are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit based on the technical merits of the tax position.

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For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company recognizes the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. For tax positions that are not more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company does not recognize any portion of the benefit. If the more likely than not threshold is not met in the period for which a tax position is taken, the Company may subsequently recognize the benefit of that tax position if the tax matter is effectively settled, the statute of limitations expires, or if the more likely than not threshold is met in a subsequent period.

Deferred Financing Fees

Debt issuance costs that are incurred by the Company in connection with the issuance of debt are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the underlying indebtedness, adjusted to reflect any early repayments.

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for the award of an equity instrument based on the grant-date fair value of the award, with such cost recognized over the applicable vesting period.

Market Share Units

The fair value of the market share units is estimated at the date of grant using a binomial lattice model with the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate, dividend yield, time to maturity and expected volatility. These units vest and are settled in common stock on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Market share units are converted into between zero and two shares of common stock for each unit granted at the end of a three-year performance cycle. The conversion ratio is calculated by dividing the average closing share price of the Company’s common stock during the ninety calendar days immediately preceding the vesting date by the average closing share price of the Company’s common stock during the ninety calendar days immediately preceding the grant date, with the resulting quotient capped at two. This quotient is then multiplied by the number of market share units granted to yield the number of shares of common stock to be delivered on the vesting date. The Company recognizes compensation expense using the straight-line method over the life of the market share units.

Restricted Stock Units

The fair value of restricted stock units is based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. These awards generally vest, and are settled in common stock, at 25% per year, over a four-year period from the date of grant. The Company recognizes compensation expense using the straight-line method over the life of the restricted stock units.

Stock Options

The fair value of the options granted is estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model utilizing assumptions based on historical data and current market data. The assumptions include expected term of the options, risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, and dividend yield. The expected term represents the expected amount of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding, based on historical and forecasted exercise behavior. The risk-free rate is based on the rate at the grant date of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Notes with a term equal to the expected term of the option. Expected volatility is estimated using historical volatility rates based on historical weekly price changes over a term equal to the expected term of the options. The Company’s dividend yield is based on historical data. The Company recognizes compensation expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period of the options.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share (“EPS”) are computed by dividing net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. At March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company had outstanding stock options, restricted stock units, market share units and Convertible Notes, which could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future.

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Segment Reporting

A segment for reporting purposes is based on the financial performance measures that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to assess segment performance and to make decisions about a public entity’s allocation of resources. Based on this guidance, the Company reports its segment results based upon the three geographical regions of operations.


•	Americas, which includes North and South America, with segment headquarters in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA,


•	EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with segment headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, and


•	Asia, which includes Asia, Australia and Oceania, with segment headquarters in Singapore.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) finalized the disclosure requirements on how entities should present financial information about reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income in ASU No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." The standard requires that companies present either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements, the effect of significant amounts reclassified from each component of accumulated other comprehensive income based on its source and the income statement line items affected by the reclassification. If a component is not required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety, companies would instead cross-reference to the related footnote for additional information. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-02 as of April 1, 2013, and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Use of Estimates

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

2. Acquisitions

In fiscal 2014, the Company completed two acquisitions in the Americas and one in Asia, using both cash on hand and borrowings under the 2011 Credit Facility.

On October 8, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of Purcell Systems, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermally managed electronic equipment and battery cabinet enclosures, headquartered in Spokane, Washington, for $119,540, net of cash acquired. The Company acquired tangible and intangible assets, including trademarks, technology, customer relationships and goodwill. Based on preliminary valuations performed, trademarks were valued at $16,800, technology at $7,900, customer relationships at $35,700, and goodwill was recorded at $54,145. The useful life of technology and customer lists were estimated at 10 and 13 years, respectively. Trademarks were considered to be indefinite-lived assets.

On October 28, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of Quallion, LLC, a manufacturer of lithium ion cells and batteries for medical devices, defense, aviation and space, headquartered in Sylmar, California, for $25,800, net of cash acquired. The Company acquired tangible and intangible assets, in connection with the acquisition, including trademarks, technology, customer relationships and goodwill. Based on preliminary valuations performed, trademarks were valued at $500, technology at $4,400, customer relationships at $3,400, and goodwill was recorded at $13,502. The useful life of technology and customer relationships were estimated at 20 and 14 years, respectively. Trademarks were considered to be indefinite-lived assets.

On January 27, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries, a distributor of motive and reserve power battery products and services, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for $25,332, net of cash acquired. The Company acquired tangible and intangible assets, including trademarks, customer relationships and goodwill. Based on initial valuations performed, trademarks were valued at $1,294, customer relationships at $2,586 and goodwill was recorded at $9,254. The average life of customer relationships were estimated at 10 years and trademarks were considered to be indefinite-lived assets.

The Company made an initial allocation of the purchase price to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated respective fair values as of the date of acquisition. The valuation of these tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities is preliminary, subject to completion of a formal valuation process and further management review, and may be retrospectively adjusted, if necessary, as additional information becomes available. The excess of the

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purchase price over the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed has been allocated to goodwill.

The results of these acquisitions have been included in the Company’s results of operations from the dates of their respective acquisitions. Pro forma earnings and earnings per share computations have not been presented as these acquisitions are not considered material. Net sales and net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders, related to the fiscal 2014 acquisitions were $68,231 and $2,126, respectively, during fiscal 2014.

3. Inventories

Net inventories consist of:



	March 31,
	2014		2013
Raw materials	$	87,469	$	88,787
Work-in-process	116,124		113,119
Finished goods	158,253		152,035
Total	$	361,846	$	353,941

Inventory reserves for obsolescence and other estimated losses, mainly relating to finished goods, were $20,316 and $17,372 at March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and have been included in the net amounts shown above.

4. Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment consist of:



	March 31,
	2014			2013
Land, buildings, and improvements	$	226,008		$	206,610
Machinery and equipment	576,729			528,546
Construction in progress	35,463			25,139
	838,200			760,295
Less accumulated depreciation	(468,034		)	(410,169		)
Total	$	370,166		$	350,126

Depreciation expense for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 totaled $49,693, $47,876, and $48,532, respectively. Interest capitalized in connection with major construction projects amounted to $1,046, $619, and $797 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

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5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Other Intangible Assets

Information regarding the Company’s other intangible assets are as follows:



	March 31,
	2014							2013
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Trademarks	$	104,917	$	(953	)	$	103,964	$	86,298	$	(953	)	$	85,345
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships	55,505		(6,729		)	48,776		14,016		(3,994		)	10,022
Non-compete	2,581		(1,822		)	759		2,558		(1,524		)	1,034
Patents	17,592		(2,073		)	15,519		5,383		(1,237		)	4,146
Trademarks	2,004		(813		)	1,191		2,004		(727		)	1,277
Licenses	3,177		(914		)	2,263		2,527		(650		)	1,877
Total	$	185,776	$	(13,304	)	$	172,472	$	112,786	$	(9,085	)	$	103,701

The Company’s amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets was $4,279, $2,626, and $1,828, for the years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The expected amortization expense based on the finite-lived intangible assets as of March 31, 2014, is $6,581 in 2015, $6,588 in 2016, $6,250 in 2017, $5,873 in 2018 and $5,776 in 2019.

Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment are as follows:



	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014
	Americas			EMEA		Asia			Total
Balance at beginning of year	$	150,031		$	166,708	$	28,760		$	345,499
Goodwill acquired during the year	67,912			—		9,254			77,166
Goodwill impairment charge	—			—		(5,179		)	(5,179		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(2,313		)	10,878		5			8,570
Balance at end of year	$	215,630		$	177,586	$	32,840		$	426,056



	Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013
	Americas			EMEA			Asia			Total
Balance at beginning of year	$	150,754		$	173,442		$	28,541		$	352,737
Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting for fiscal 2012 acquisitions	230			155			(20		)	365
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(953		)	(6,889		)	239			(7,603		)
Balance at end of year	$	150,031		$	166,708		$	28,760		$	345,499

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A reconciliation of goodwill and accumulated goodwill impairment losses, by reportable segment, is as follows:



	March 31, 2014
	Americas		EMEA		Asia			Total
Gross carrying value	$	215,630	$	177,586	$	38,019		$	431,235
Accumulated goodwill impairment charges	—		—		(5,179		)	(5,179		)
Net book value	$	215,630	$	177,586	$	32,840		$	426,056



	March 31, 2013
	Americas		EMEA		Asia		Total
Gross carrying value	$	150,031	$	166,708	$	28,760	$	345,499
Accumulated goodwill impairment charges	—		—		—		—
Net book value	$	150,031	$	166,708	$	28,760	$	345,499

Goodwill is tested annually for impairment during the fourth quarter or earlier upon the occurrence of certain events or substantive changes in circumstances that indicate goodwill is more likely than not impaired. During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company determined that the fair value of its subsidiary in India, which was acquired in fiscal 2012, was less than its carrying amount based on the Company's analysis of the estimated future expected cash flows the Company anticipates from the operations of this subsidiary. Accordingly, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of $5,179 for goodwill impairment relating to this subsidiary.

The Company estimated tax-deductible goodwill to be approximately $28,126 and $10,444 as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

6. Prepaid and Other Current Assets

Prepaid and other current assets consist of the following:



	March 31,
	2014		2013
Prepaid non-income taxes	$	25,120	$	27,525
Prepaid income taxes	23,762		16,145
Non-trade receivables	4,435		6,096
Other	16,085		14,053
Total	$	69,402	$	63,819

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7. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following:



	March 31,
	2014		2013
Payroll and benefits	$	62,518	$	52,484
Legal proceedings	58,184		—
Accrued selling expenses	30,963		28,896
Income taxes payable	27,116		19,273
Warranty	17,577		20,079
Freight	14,700		11,768
VAT and other non-income taxes	12,789		10,438
Deferred income	10,839		7,789
Restructuring	8,414		1,959
Lead forward contracts	2,371		2,832
Interest	1,980		2,171
Pension	1,602		1,431
Interest rate swaps	—		654
Other	35,849		31,890
Total	$	284,902	$	191,664

8. Debt

Summary of Long-Term Debt

The following summarizes the Company’s long-term debt:



	March 31,
	2014		2013
3.375% Convertible Notes, net of discount, due 2038	$	162,887	$	155,273
2011 Credit Facility due 2018	125,000		—
	287,887		155,273
Less current portion	—		—
Total long-term debt	$	287,887	$	155,273

2011 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

The Company is party to a $350,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (“2011 Credit Facility”) which matures in September 2018. This facility includes an early termination provision under which the Company is required to meet a liquidity test in February 2015 related to its capacity to meet certain potential obligations related to the Convertible Notes in June 2015. Borrowings under the 2011 Credit Facility bear interest at a floating rate based, at the Company’s option, upon (i) LIBOR plus an applicable percentage (currently 1.25%), (ii) the greater of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% or the prime rate, or one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%, plus an applicable percentage (currently 0.25%). The interest rate at the end of March 31, 2014 was 1.39%. There are no prepayment penalties on loans under the 2011 Credit Facility. The Company had $125,000 revolver borrowings outstanding under its 2011 Credit Facility as of March 31, 2014. These borrowings were primarily utilized to fund new acquisitions. The Company had no borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2013.

Obligations under the 2011 Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the Company’s existing and future acquired assets, including substantially all of the capital stock of the Company’s United States subsidiaries that are guarantors under the credit facility, and 65% of the capital stock of certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries that are owned by the Company’s United States companies.

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Amendment to 2011 Credit Facility

In August 2013 and December 2013, the Company amended its 2011 Credit Facility. The key amendments to the agreement were extending the maturity until September 2018, and increasing flexibility for entering into acquisitions and joint ventures, divestitures, stock buybacks and cash dividend payments. The Company incurred $853 in deferred financing fees in connection with the amendments.

Senior Unsecured 3.375% Convertible Notes

On May 28, 2008, the Company completed a registered offering of $172,500 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured 3.375% Convertible Notes Due 2038 (“Convertible Notes”) (see prospectus and supplemental indenture dated May 28, 2008). The Company received net proceeds of $168,200 after the deduction of commissions and offering expenses. The Company used all of the net proceeds to repay a portion of its then existing senior secured credit facility.

The Convertible Notes are general senior unsecured obligations and rank equally with the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured obligations and are junior to any of the Company’s future secured obligations to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations. The Convertible Notes are not guaranteed, and are structurally subordinate in right of payment to, all of the (i) existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries and (ii) preferred stock of the Company’s subsidiaries to the extent of their respective liquidation preferences.

The Convertible Notes require the semi annual payment of interest in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year beginning December 1, 2008, at 3.375% per annum on the principal amount outstanding. The Convertible Notes will accrete principal beginning on June 1, 2015 and will bear contingent interest, if any, beginning with the six-month interest period commencing on June 1, 2015 under certain circumstances.

The Convertible Notes will mature on June 1, 2038, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. Prior to maturity, the holders may convert their Convertible Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time after March 1, 2015 or prior to that date under certain circumstances. When issued, the initial conversion rate was 24.6305 shares per one thousand dollars in principal amount of Convertible Notes, which was equivalent to an initial conversion price of $40.60 per share. The conversion rate as of April 1, 2014, the date when the the holders were notified that they can submit the Convertible Notes for conversion was 24.8385 shares of the Company's common stock per one thousand dollars in principal amount of the Convertible Notes or $40.26 per share, due to the cumulative impact of cash dividends paid on the Company's common stock. Based on this conversion rate, the number of shares to be delivered upon conversion is 4,284,641. The conversion price is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. It is the Company’s current intent to settle the principal amount of any conversions in cash, and any additional conversion consideration in cash, shares of EnerSys common stock or a combination of cash and shares.

At any time after June 6, 2015, the Company may at its option redeem the Convertible Notes, in whole or in part, for cash, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

Holders may convert their Convertible Notes prior to March 1, 2015, at the option of the holder, under the following circumstances: (i) during any calendar quarter (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price (as defined in the indenture for the Convertible Notes) of a share of EnerSys common stock for 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect for the Convertible Notes on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, (ii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, or (iii) during the five business-day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the “trading price” (as defined in the indenture for the Convertible Notes) of the Convertible Notes for each day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the “last reported sale price” (as defined in the indenture for the Convertible Notes) of a share of EnerSys common stock and the applicable conversion rate on such day.

At March 31, 2014, the closing price of the Company's common stock exceeded 130% of the conversion price for more than 20 trading days during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending March 31, 2014, thereby satisfying one of the early conversion events and as a result, the Convertible Notes became convertible on demand, and the holders were notified that they can elect to submit the Convertible Notes for conversion, between the notification date of April 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014. The carrying value of the Convertible Notes of $162,887 continues to be reported as long-term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014 as the Company intends to draw on the $350,000, 2011 Credit Facility to settle the principal amount of any such conversions in cash and issue shares or a combination of cash and shares for the remaining value of the

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Convertible Notes. No gain or loss was recognized when the debt became convertible. The estimated fair value of the Convertible Notes was approximately $301,875 as of March 31, 2014.

This optional conversion period is reset each quarter and the Company will reassess on the last day of each calendar quarter.

In addition, upon becoming convertible, a portion of the equity component that was recorded upon the issuance of the Convertible Notes was considered redeemable and that portion of the equity was reclassified to temporary equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Such amount was determined based on the cash considerations to be paid upon conversion and the carrying amount of the debt. As the holders of the Convertible Notes will be paid in cash for the principal amount and issued shares or a combination of cash and shares for the remaining value of the Convertible Notes, the reclassification into temporary equity as of March 31, 2014 was $9,613 based on the Convertible Notes principal of $172,500 and the carrying value of $162,887. If a conversion event takes place in the following quarter, this temporary equity balance will be recalculated based on the difference between the Convertible Notes principal and the debt carrying value. If the Convertible Notes are settled during the first quarter of fiscal 2015, an amount equal to the fair value of the liability component immediately prior to the settlement will be deducted from the fair value of the total settlement consideration transferred and allocated to the liability component. Any difference between the amount allocated to the liability and the net carrying amount of the Convertible Notes (including any unamortized debt issue costs and discount) will be recognized in earnings as a gain or loss on debt extinguishment. Any remaining consideration is allocated to the reacquisition of the equity component and will be recognized as a reduction of EnerSys stockholders’ equity.

The following represents the principal amount of the liability component, the unamortized discount, and the net carrying amount of our Convertible Notes as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively:



	March 31, 2014			March 31, 2013
Principal	$	172,500		$	172,500
Unamortized discount	(9,613		)	(17,227		)
Net carrying amount	$	162,887		$	155,273

As of March 31, 2014, the remaining discount will be amortized over a period of 14 months.

The effective interest rate on the liability component of the Convertible Notes was 8.50%. The amount of interest cost recognized for the amortization of the discount on the liability component of the Convertible Notes was $7,614, $7,001 and $6,435, respectively, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

The Company paid $8,490, $10,056 and $8,933, net of interest received, for interest during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company’s financing agreements contain various covenants, which, absent prepayment in full of the indebtedness and other obligations, or the receipt of waivers, would limit the Company’s ability to conduct certain specified business transactions including incurring debt, mergers, consolidations or similar transactions, buying or selling assets out of the ordinary course of business, engaging in sale and leaseback transactions, paying dividends and certain other actions. The Company is in compliance with all such covenants.

Short-Term Debt

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had $33,814 and $22,702, respectively, of short-term borrowings from banks. The weighted-average interest rates on these borrowings were approximately 7% and 9% for fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Letters of Credit

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had $1,653 and $11,854, respectively, of standby letters of credit outstanding under the 2011 Credit Facility and other credit arrangements.

Deferred Financing Fees

Deferred financing fees, net of accumulated amortization, totaled $2,899 and $3,355 as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Amortization expense, relating to deferred financing fees, included in interest expense was $1,141, $1,279, and $1,278 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

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Available Lines of Credit

As of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, the Company had available and undrawn, under all its lines of credit, $360,275 and $469,123, respectively, including $136,525 and $120,373, respectively, of uncommitted lines of credit as of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013.

9. Leases

The Company’s future minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases that have noncancelable terms in excess of one year as of March 31, 2014 are as follows:



	Capital Leases		Operating Leases
2015	$	374	$	21,447
2016	202		16,534
2017	30		11,596
2018	15		7,926
2019	4		5,633
Thereafter	—		6,742
Total minimum lease payments	625		$	69,878
Amounts representing interest	26
Net minimum lease payments, including current portion of $354	$	599

Rental expense was $34,923, $33,090, and $31,619 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization of capitalized leased assets is included in depreciation expense. Certain operating lease agreements contain renewal or purchase options and/or escalation clauses.

10. Other Liabilities

Other liabilities consist of the following:



	March 31,
	2014		2013
Pension	$	37,900	$	34,554
Warranty	22,849		22,512
Liability for uncertain tax benefits	4,265		17,165
Deferred income	7,012		6,285
Other	9,199		9,902
Total	$	81,225	$	90,418

11. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following tables represent the financial assets and (liabilities), measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 and the basis for that measurement:



	Total Fair Value Measurement March 31, 2014			Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	—
Lead forward contracts	(2,371		)	—		(2,371		)	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	113			—		113			—
Total derivatives	$	(2,258	)	$	—	$	(2,258	)	$	—

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	Total Fair Value Measurement March 31, 2013			Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Interest rate swap agreements	$	(654	)	$	—	$	(654	)	$	—
Lead forward contracts	(2,832		)	—		(2,832		)	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	(11		)	—		(11		)	—
Total derivatives	$	(3,497	)	$	—	$	(3,497	)	$	—

The fair values of interest rate swap agreements are based on observable prices as quoted for receiving the variable three-month LIBOR and paying fixed interest rates and, therefore, were classified as Level 2. At March 31, 2014, the Company had no interest rate swap agreements.

The fair values of lead forward contracts are calculated using observable prices for lead as quoted on the London Metal Exchange (“LME”) and, therefore, were classified as Level 2.

The fair values for foreign currency forward contracts are based upon current quoted market prices and are classified as Level 2 based on the nature of the underlying market in which these derivatives are traded.

Financial Instruments

The fair values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate carrying value due to their short maturities.

The fair values of the Company’s short-term debt approximates its carrying value, as it is variable rate debt and the terms are comparable to market terms as of the balance sheet dates and is classified as Level 2.

The Company's senior 3.375% Convertible Notes, with a face value of $172,500, were issued when the Company’s stock price was trading at $30.19 per share. On March 31, 2014, the Company’s stock price closed at $69.29 per share. The Convertible Notes have a conversion option of $40.26 per share which equates to 24.8385 shares of the Company's common stock per one thousand dollars in principal amount of the Convertible Notes as of April 1, 2014, the date when the the holders were notified that they can submit the Convertible Notes for conversion. The conversion rate may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes and the indenture under which the Convertible Notes were issued. The fair value of these notes represent the trading values based upon quoted market prices and are classified as Level 2. The Convertible Notes were trading at 175% of face value on March 31, 2014, and 126% of face value on March 31, 2013. See Note 8 for further details.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s derivatives and Convertible Notes at March 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:



	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Fair Value
Financial assets:
Derivatives⁽¹⁾	$	113		$	113		$	241		$	241
Financial liabilities:
Convertible Notes	$	162,887	⁽²⁾	$	301,875	⁽³⁾	$	155,273	⁽²⁾	$	217,350	⁽³⁾
Derivatives⁽¹⁾	2,371			2,371			3,738			3,738


(1)	Represents interest rate swap agreements, lead and foreign currency hedges (see Note 12 for asset and liability positions of the interest rate swap agreements, lead and foreign currency hedges at March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013).


(2)	The carrying amounts of the Convertible Notes at March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 represent the $172,500 principal value, less the unamortized debt discount (see Note 8 for further details).


(3)	The fair value amounts of the Convertible Notes represent the trading values of the Convertible Notes with a principal value of $172,500 at March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013.

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12. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company utilizes derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign exchange rates and interest rates, under established procedures and controls. The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes. The Company’s agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions and the Company anticipates performance by counterparties to these contracts and therefore no material loss is expected.

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

Lead Hedge Forward Contracts

The Company enters into lead hedge forward contracts to fix the price for a portion of its lead purchases. Management considers the lead hedge forward contracts to be effective against changes in the cash flows of the underlying lead purchases. The vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year and the notional amounts at March 31, 2014 and 2013 were 89.9 million pounds and 56.3 million pounds, respectively.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to hedge a portion of the Company’s foreign currency exposures for lead as well as well as other foreign currency exposures so that gains and losses on these contracts offset changes in the underlying foreign currency denominated exposures. The vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had entered into a total of $70,332 and $51,366, respectively, of such contracts.

In the coming twelve months, the Company anticipates that $3,600 of net pretax loss relating to lead and foreign currency forward contracts will be reclassified from AOCI as part of cost of goods sold. This amount represents the current unrealized impact of hedging lead and foreign exchange rates, which will change as market rates change in the future, and will ultimately be realized in the income statement as an offset to the corresponding actual changes in lead costs to be realized in connection with the variable lead cost and foreign exchange rates being hedged.

Derivatives not Designated in Hedging Relationships

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

As of March 31, 2013, the Company maintained interest rate swap agreements that converted $65,000 of variable-rate debt to a fixed-rate basis, utilizing the three-month LIBOR, as a floating rate reference. These agreements expired in May 2013, and the Company had no interest rate swap agreements as of March 31, 2014.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

The Company also enters into foreign currency forward contracts to economically hedge foreign currency fluctuations on intercompany loans and foreign currency denominated receivables and payables. These are not designated as hedging instruments and changes in fair value of these instruments are recorded directly within other (income) expense, net in the Consolidated Statements of Income. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the notional amount of these contracts was $22,461 and $21,749, respectively.

Presented below in tabular form is information on the location and amounts of derivative fair values in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and derivative gains and losses in the Consolidated Statements of Income:

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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

March 31, 2014 and 2013



	Derivatives and Hedging Activities Designated as Cash Flow Hedges				Derivatives and Hedging Activities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
	March 31, 2014		March 31, 2013		March 31, 2014		March 31, 2013
Prepaid and other current assets
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	12	$	—	$	101	$	241
Total assets	$	12	$	—	$	101	$	241
Accrued expenses
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	654
Lead hedge forward contracts	2,371		2,832		—		—
Foreign currency forward contracts	—		252		—		—
Total liabilities	$	2,371	$	3,084	$	—	$	654

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014



Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges	Pretax Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI on Derivative (Effective Portion)			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Pretax Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Lead hedge forward contracts	$	(1,562	)	Cost of goods sold	$	718
Foreign currency forward contracts	(682		)	Cost of goods sold	(707		)
Total	$	(2,244	)		$	11



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Pretax Gain (Loss)
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other (income) expense, net	$	(188	)
Total		$	(188	)

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013



Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges	Pretax Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI on Derivative (Effective Portion)		Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Pretax Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Lead hedge forward contracts	$	1,623	Cost of goods sold	$	3,309
Foreign currency forward contracts	248		Cost of goods sold	1,703
Total	$	1,871		$	5,012



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Pretax Gain (Loss)
Interest rate swap contracts	Other (income) expense, net	$	(101	)
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other (income) expense, net	2,597
Total		$	2,496

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012



Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges	Pretax Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI on Derivative (Effective Portion)			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Pretax Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Lead hedge forward contracts	$	(9,731	)	Cost of goods sold	$	(831	)
Foreign currency forward contracts	(152		)	Cost of goods sold	(3,882		)
Total	$	(9,883	)		$	(4,713	)



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Pretax Gain (Loss)
Interest rate swap contracts	Other (income) expense, net	$	(977	)
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other (income) expense, net	(106		)
Total		$	(1,083	)

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13. Income Taxes

Income tax expense is composed of the following:



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Current:
Federal	$	41,256		$	38,480		$	30,459
State	2,845			5,684			3,778
Foreign	22,627			19,438			16,282
Total current	66,728			63,602			50,519
Deferred:
Federal	(18,410		)	3,915			(1,609		)
State	(4,088		)	214			(962		)
Foreign	(27,250		)	(2,456		)	(656		)
Total deferred	(49,748		)	1,673			(3,227		)
Income tax expense	$	16,980		$	65,275		$	47,292

Earnings before income taxes consists of the following:



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	47,753	$	107,191	$	87,597
Foreign	115,994		123,042		103,662
Earnings before income taxes	$	163,747	$	230,233	$	191,259

Income taxes paid by the Company for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $76,644, $64,210 and $38,482, respectively.

The following table sets forth the tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities:



	March 31,
	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable	$	1,204		$	660
Inventories	6,146			4,345
Net operating loss carryforwards	60,359			67,834
Accrued expenses	58,417			32,773
Other assets	13,291			9,703
Gross deferred tax assets	139,417			115,315
Less valuation allowance	(23,583		)	(54,542		)
Total deferred tax assets	115,834			60,773
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment	26,286			28,985
Other intangible assets	71,094			48,142
Convertible Notes	22,687			22,386
Other liabilities	1,554			865
Total deferred tax liabilities	121,621			100,378
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(5,787	)	$	(39,605	)

The Company has approximately $8,993 in United States federal net operating loss carryforwards, all of which are limited by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, with expirations between 2024 and 2033. The Company has approximately

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$187,310 of foreign net operating loss carryforwards, of which $160,809 may be carried forward indefinitely and $26,501 expire between 2018 and 2022. In addition, the Company also had approximately $36,333 of state net operating loss carryforwards with expirations between 2015 and 2034.

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the federal valuation allowance was $1,750 and $0, respectively. The increase related to a capital loss deferred tax asset recorded in the current fiscal year that is not expected to be realized. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the valuation allowance associated with the state tax jurisdictions was $1,974 and $1,761, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the valuation allowance associated with certain foreign tax jurisdictions was $19,859 and $52,781, respectively, a decrease of $32,922, of which, $22,281 resulted in a decrease to tax expense. The remaining decrease is primarily related to currency fluctuations, the sale of one of the Company's foreign subsidiaries, and an offset to adjustments to foreign net operating losses for which a full valuation allowance was recorded. The $22,281 net decrease to tax expense includes a decrease of $25,950 due to the reversal of a previously recognized deferred tax valuation allowance related to one of the Company's foreign subsidiaries, and an increase of $3,669 primarily related to net operating loss carryforwards generated in the currrent year.

A reconciliation of income taxes at the statutory rate to the income tax provision is as follows:



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
United States statutory income tax expense (at 35%)	$	57,311		$	80,581		$	66,962
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State income taxes, net of federal effect	(647		)	3,742			1,592
Nondeductible expenses, domestic manufacturing deduction and other	5,124			7,664			1,587
Effect of foreign operations	(24,277		)	(27,883		)	(20,028		)
Valuation allowance	(20,531		)	1,171			(2,821		)
Income tax expense	$	16,980		$	65,275		$	47,292

The effective income tax rate for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were 10.4%, 28.4% and 24.7%, respectively.

At March 31, 2014, the Company has not recorded United States income or foreign withholding taxes on approximately $688,870 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that could be subject to taxation if remitted to the United States because the Company currently plans to keep these amounts permanently invested overseas. It is not practical to calculate the income tax expense that would result upon repatriation of these earnings.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:



March 31, 2011	$	10,645
Increases related to current year tax positions	5,032
Increases related to prior year tax positions	182
Decreases related to prior year tax positions due to foreign currency translation	(28		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(2,886		)

March 31, 2012	12,945
Increases related to current year tax positions	6,296
Increases related to prior year tax positions	969
Increases related to prior year tax positions due to foreign currency translation	245
Lapse of statute of limitations	(3,970		)

March 31, 2013	16,485
Increases related to current year tax positions	207
Increases related to prior year tax positions	2,877
Decreases related to prior tax positions due to foreign currency translation	(68		)
Decreases related to prior year tax positions	(14,835		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(923		)
March 31, 2014	$	3,743

All of the balance of unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2014 and 2013, if recognized, would be included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and have a favorable impact on both the Company’s net earnings and effective tax rate.

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2010.

While the net effect on total unrecognized tax benefits cannot be reasonably estimated, approximately $240 is expected to reverse in fiscal 2015 due to expiration of various statute of limitations.

The Company recognizes tax related interest and penalties in income tax expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had an accrual of $522 and $680, respectively, for interest and penalties.

14. Retirement Plans

Defined Benefit Plans

The Company provides retirement benefits to substantially all eligible salaried and hourly employees. The Company uses a measurement date of March 31 for its pension plans.

Net periodic pension cost for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, includes the following components:



	United States Plans									International Plans
	Fiscal year ended March 31,									Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012			2014			2013			2012
Service cost	$	348		$	349		$	285		$	829		$	679		$	645
Interest cost	619			649			668			2,412			2,377			2,504
Expected return on plan assets	(796		)	(756		)	(706		)	(2,134		)	(1,851		)	(1,787		)
Amortization and deferral	479			393			238			56			209			32
Net periodic benefit cost	$	650		$	635		$	485		$	1,163		$	1,414		$	1,394

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of the related benefit obligation, plan assets, and accrued benefit costs related to the pension benefits provided by the Company for those employees covered by defined benefit plans:



	United States Plans						International Plans
	March 31,						March 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Change in projected benefit obligation
Benefit obligation at the beginning of the period	$	15,911		$	14,040		$	59,876		$	53,895
Service cost	348			349			829			679
Interest cost	619			649			2,412			2,377
Plan amendments	254			—			—			—
Benefits paid, inclusive of plan expenses	(670		)	(664		)	(2,000		)	(1,667		)
Plan curtailments and settlements	—			—			(356		)	—
Actuarial (gains) losses	(1,172		)	1,537			3,329			7,099
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			—			5,137			(2,507		)
Benefit obligation at the end of the period	$	15,290		$	15,911		$	69,227		$	59,876



Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of the period	$	10,334		$	9,192		$	29,468		$	26,942
Actual return on plan assets	1,158			843			1,666			4,024
Employer contributions	487			963			1,852			1,639
Benefits paid, inclusive of plan expenses	(670		)	(664		)	(2,000		)	(1,667		)
Plan curtailments and settlements	—			—			(115		)	—
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			—			2,835			(1,470		)
Fair value of plan assets at the end of the period	$	11,309		$	10,334		$	33,706		$	29,468
Funded status deficit	$	(3,981	)	$	(5,577	)	$	(35,521	)	$	(30,408	)



	March 31,
	2014			2013
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
Accrued expenses	$	(1,602	)	$	(1,431	)
Other liabilities	(37,900		)	(34,554		)
	$	(39,502	)	$	(35,985	)

The following table represents pension components (before tax) and related changes (before tax) recognized in AOCI for the Company’s pension plans for the years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Amounts recorded in AOCI before taxes:
Prior service cost	$	(1,036	)	$	(816	)	$	(922	)
Net loss	(19,239		)	(16,645		)	(11,176		)
Net amount recognized	$	(20,275	)	$	(17,461	)	$	(12,098	)

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	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Changes in plan assets and benefit obligations:
New prior service cost	$	255		$	—		$	—
Net loss arising during the year	2,262			6,376			7,757
Effect of exchange rates on amounts included in AOCI	920			(392		)	(176		)
Amounts recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs:
Amortization of prior service cost	(81		)	(79		)	(83		)
Amortization or settlement recognition of net loss	(694		)	(523		)	(187		)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income	$	2,662		$	5,382		$	7,311

The amounts included in AOCI as of March 31, 2014 that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic pension cost during the next twelve months are as follows:



Net loss	$	(952	)
Prior service cost	(108		)

Net amount expected to be recognized	$	(1,060	)

The accumulated benefit obligation related to all defined benefit pension plans and information related to unfunded and underfunded defined benefit pension plans at the end of each year are as follows:



	United States Plans				International Plans
	March 31,				March 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
All defined benefit plans:
Accumulated benefit obligation	$	15,290	$	15,911	$	65,049	$	56,135
Unfunded defined benefit plans:
Projected benefit obligation	$	—	$	—	$	31,335	$	28,444
Accumulated benefit obligation	—		—		29,693		27,032
Defined benefit plans with a projected benefit obligation in excess of the fair value of plan assets:
Projected benefit obligation	$	15,290	$	15,911	$	69,227	$	59,876
Accumulated benefit obligation	15,290		15,911		65,049		56,135
Fair value of plan assets	11,309		10,334		33,706		29,468
Defined benefit plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of the fair value of plan assets:
Projected benefit obligation	$	15,290	$	15,911	$	68,446	$	29,571
Accumulated benefit obligation	15,290		15,911		64,388		27,985
Fair value of plan assets	11,309		10,334		33,009		777

Assumptions

Significant assumptions used to determine the net periodic benefit cost for the US and International plans were as follows:



	United States Plans						International Plans
	Fiscal year ended March 31,						Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2012		2014	2013	2012
Discount rate	4.0	%	4.8	%	5.7	%	2.5-4.4%	2.5-5.5%	4.0-5.5%
Expected return on plan assets	7.8		8.0		8.0		3.5-7.0	5.5-7.0	5.5-7.0
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		N/A		N/A		2.0-4.0	2.0-4.0	2.0-4.0

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Significant assumptions used to determine the projected benefit obligations for the US and International plans were as follows:



	United States Plans				International Plans
	March 31,				March 31,
	2014		2013		2014	2013
Discount rate	4.5	%	4.0	%	3.0-4.6%	2.5-4.4%
Expected return on plan assets	7.8		8.0		3.5-7.0	4.0-7.0
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		N/A		2.0-4.0	2.0-4.0

N/A = not applicable

The United States plans do not include compensation in the formula for determining the pension benefit as it is based solely on years of service.

The expected long-term rate of return for the Company’s pension plan assets is based upon the target asset allocation and is determined using forward looking assumptions in the context of historical returns and volatilities for each asset class, as well as correlations among asset classes. The Company evaluates the rate of return assumptions for each of its plans on an annual basis.

Pension Plan Investment Strategy

The Company’s investment policy emphasizes a balanced approach to investing in securities of high quality and ready marketability. Investment flexibility is encouraged so as not to exclude opportunities available through a diversified investment strategy.

Equity investments are maintained within a target range of 40%-75% of the total portfolio market value. Investments in debt securities include issues of various maturities, and the average quality rating of bonds should be investment grade with a minimum quality rating of “B” at the time of purchase.

The Company periodically reviews the asset allocation of its portfolio. The proportion committed to equities, debt securities and cash and cash equivalents is a function of the values available in each category and risk considerations. The plan’s overall return will be compared to and expected to meet or exceed established benchmark funds and returns over a three to five year period.

The objectives of the Company’s investment strategies are: (a) the achievement of a reasonable long-term rate of total return consistent with an emphasis on preservation of capital and purchasing power, (b) stability of annual returns through a portfolio risk level, which is appropriate to conservative accounts, and (c) reflective of the Company’s willingness to forgo significantly above-average rewards in order to minimize above-average risks. These objectives may not be met each year but should be attained over a reasonable period of time.

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The following table represents our pension plan investments measured at fair value as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the basis for that measurement:



	March 31, 2014
	United States Plans								International Plans
	Total Fair Value Measurement		Quoted Price In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Fair Value Measurement		Quoted Price In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Asset category:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,225	$	1,225	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Equity securities
US^(a)	6,520		6,520		—		—		3,452		3,452		—		—
International^(b)	1,011		1,011		—		—		19,193		19,193		—		—
Fixed income^(c)	2,553		2,553		—		—		11,061		11,061		—		—
Total	$	11,309	$	11,309	$	—	$	—	$	33,706	$	33,706	$	—	$	—



	March 31, 2013
	United States Plans								International Plans
	Total Fair Value Measurement		Quoted Price In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Fair Value Measurement		Quoted Price In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Asset category:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,454	$	1,454	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Equity securities
US^(a)	5,346		5,346		—		—		2,856		2,856		—		—
International^(b)	905		905		—		—		15,617		15,617		—		—
Fixed income^(c)	2,629		2,629		—		—		10,995		10,995		—		—
Total	$	10,334	$	10,334	$	—	$	—	$	29,468	$	29,468	$	—	$	—

The fair values presented above were determined based on valuation techniques to measure fair value as discussed in Note 1.


(a)	US equities include companies that are well diversified by industry sector and equity style (i.e., growth and value strategies). Active and passive management strategies are employed. Investments are primarily in large capitalization stocks and, to a lesser extent, mid- and small-cap stocks.


(b)	International equities are invested in companies that are traded on exchanges outside the U.S. and are well diversified by industry sector, country and equity style. Active and passive strategies are employed. The vast majority of the investments are made in companies in developed markets with a small percentage in emerging markets.


(c)	Fixed income consists primarily of investment grade bonds from diversified industries.

The Company expects to make cash contributions of approximately $2,898 to its pension plans in fiscal 2015.

Estimated future benefit payments under the Company’s pension plans are as follows:



	Pension Benefits
2015	$	2,697
2016	2,653
2017	3,151
2018	3,148
2019	3,415
Years 2020-2024	21,298

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Defined Contribution Plan

The Company maintains defined contribution plans primarily in the U.S. and U.K. Eligible employees can contribute a portion of their pre-tax and /or after-tax income in accordance with plan guidelines and the Company will make contributions based on the employees’ eligible pay and/or will match a percentage of the employee contributions up to certain limits. Matching contributions charged to expense for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $6,311, $5,191 and $5,146, respectively.

15. Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests

Preferred Stock and Common Stock

The Company’s certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”). At March 31, 2014 and 2013, no shares of Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. The Board of Directors of the Company has the authority to specify the terms of any Preferred Stock at the time of issuance.

The following demonstrates the change in the number of shares of common stock outstanding during fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively:




Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2011	50,034,353
Purchase of treasury stock	(2,646,885	)
Shares issued as part of equity-based compensation plans, net of equity awards surrendered for option price and taxes	412,661
Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2012	47,800,129
Purchase of treasury stock	(683,192	)
Shares issued as part of equity-based compensation plans, net of equity awards surrendered for option price and taxes	723,267
Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2013	47,840,204
Purchase of treasury stock	(1,191,145	)
Shares issued as part of equity-based compensation plans, net of equity awards surrendered for option price and taxes	293,067
Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2014	46,942,126

Treasury Stock

In fiscal 2014 and 2013, the Company purchased 1,191,145 shares of its common stock for $69,867 and 683,192 shares for $22,593, respectively. At March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company held 6,321,222 and 5,130,077 shares as treasury stock, respectively.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI")

The components of AOCI, net of tax, are as follows:



	Beginning Balance			Before Reclassifications			Amount Reclassified from AOCI			Ending Balance
March 31, 2014
Pension funded status adjustment	$	(13,169	)	$	(2,662	)	$	624		$	(15,207	)
Net unrealized (loss) on derivative instruments	(832		)	(1,414		)	(7		)	(2,253		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	54,656			30,649			—			85,305
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	40,655		$	26,573		$	617		$	67,845
March 31, 2013
Pension funded status adjustment	$	(8,982	)	$	(5,382	)	$	1,195		$	(13,169	)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments	1,175			1,153			(3,160		)	(832		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	81,900			(27,244		)	—			54,656
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	74,093		$	(31,473	)	$	(1,965	)	$	40,655
March 31, 2012
Pension funded status adjustment	$	(3,512	)	$	(7,311	)	$	1,841		$	(8,982	)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments	4,436			(6,232		)	2,971			1,175
Foreign currency translation adjustment	114,256			(32,356		)	—			81,900
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	115,180		$	(45,899	)	$	4,812		$	74,093

The following table presents reclassifications from AOCI during the twelve months ended March 31, 2014:



Components of AOCI	Amounts Reclassified from AOCI			Location of (Gain) Loss Recognized on Income Statement
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships:
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments	$	(11	)
Tax expense	4
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net of tax	$	(7	)	Cost of goods sold

Defined benefit pension costs:
Prior service costs and deferrals	$	944
Tax benefit	(320		)
Net periodic benefit cost, net of tax	$	624		Net periodic benefit cost, included in Cost of goods sold, Operating expenses - See Note 14

Noncontrolling Interests

During fiscal 2013, the Company acquired the remaining 40% of noncontrolling interest of EAS Germany GmbH previously owned by GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (“GAIA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Technology Corporation (“LTC”) for $2,131.

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

During fiscal 2012, the Company acquired a controlling financial interest in Powertech Batteries and Energy Leader Batteries India Limited. The minority partners of both Powertech Batteries and Energy Leader Batteries India Limited had options exercisable to require the redemption of the shares owned by them, which if exercised, would make the Company the sole owner of these entities. The noncontrolling interests in both of these entities were reported by the Company as redeemable noncontrolling interests at their estimated redemption value and classified as mezzanine equity (temporary equity) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company acquired the remaining 37.45% of noncontrolling interest of Energy Leader Batteries India Limited for $6,012.

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The following demonstrates the change in redeemable noncontrolling interests during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively:




Balance as of March 31, 2011	$	—
Redeemable noncontrolling interests recognized in acquisitions of Powertech Batteries and Energy Leader Batteries India Limited	9,916
Net losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(170		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	36
Balance as of March 31, 2012	$	9,782
Net losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(1,429		)
Loan to equity conversion by redeemable noncontrolling interests	3,901
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1,159		)
Balance as of March 31, 2013	$	11,095
Net losses attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(3,536		)
Redemption value adjustment	4,974
Purchase of subsidiary shares from redeemable noncontrolling interest	(3,146		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1,340		)
Balance as of March 31, 2014	$	8,047

16. Stock-Based Compensation

As of March 31, 2014, the Company maintains the EnerSys 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (“2010 EIP”). The 2010 EIP reserved 3,177,477 shares of common stock for the grant of various classes of nonqualified stock options, restricted stock units, market share units and other forms of equity-based compensation. Shares subject to any awards that expire without being exercised or that are forfeited or settled in cash shall again be available for future grants of awards under the 2010 EIP. Shares subject to awards that have been retained by the Company in payment or satisfaction of the exercise price and any applicable tax withholding obligation of an award shall not count against the limit described above.

As of March 31, 2014, 2,174,313 shares are available for future grants. The Company’s management equity incentive plans are intended to provide an incentive to employees and non-employee directors of the Company to remain in the service of the Company and to increase their interest in the success of the Company in order to promote the long-term interests of the Company. The plans seek to promote the highest level of performance by providing an economic interest in the long-term performance of the Company. The Company settles employee share-based compensation awards with newly issued shares.

Stock Options

No non-qualified stock options were granted during the last three fiscal years. Options generally expire 10 years from the date of grant.

For fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized $0 ($0 net of taxes), $97 ($69 net of taxes) and $1,092 ($822 net of taxes), respectively, of stock-based compensation expense associated with stock option grants.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity in the years indicated:



	Number of Options		Weighted- Average Remaining Contract Term (Years)	Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options outstanding as of March 31, 2011	860,779		6.2	$	19.52	$	17,129
Exercised	(227,116	)		15.82		3,691
Options outstanding as of March 31, 2012	633,663		6.1	$	20.85	$	8,879
Exercised	(555,677	)		21.70		8,860
Options outstanding as of March 31, 2013	77,986		2.5	$	14.76	$	2,404
Exercised	(11,813	)		14.72		537
Options outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2014	66,173		1.4	$	14.77	$	3,608

The following table summarizes information regarding stock options outstanding, all of which are also exercisable, as of March 31, 2014:



	Options Outstanding and Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Options	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life	Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$10.01-$15.00	58,000	1.1	$	14.27
$15.01-$30.19	8,173	3.2	18.31
	66,173	1.4	$	14.77

Restricted Stock Units and Market Share Units

In fiscal 2014, the Company granted to non-employee directors 17,064 deferred restricted stock units at the fair value of $53.92 per restricted stock unit at the date of grant. In fiscal 2013, such grants amounted to 21,328 restricted stock units at the fair value of $37.51 per restricted stock unit at the date of grant and in fiscal 2012, amounted to 35,632 restricted stock units at the market price of $22.45 per restricted stock unit at the date of grant. The awards vest immediately upon the date of grant and the payment of shares of common stock under this grant are payable upon such director’s termination of service as a director.

In fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company granted 5,232, 9,412 and 9,340 restricted stock units, respectively, at various fair values, under deferred compensation plans.

In fiscal 2014, the Company granted to management and other key employees 161,629 restricted stock units at the fair value of $50.70 per restricted stock unit and 189,438 market share units at a weighted average fair value of $65.03 per market share unit at the date of grant.

In fiscal 2013, the Company granted to management and other key employees 199,139 restricted stock units at the fair value of $31.76 per restricted stock unit and 303,942 market share units at a weighted average fair value of $41.36 per market share unit at the date of grant.

In fiscal 2012, the Company granted to management and other key employees 95,026 restricted stock units at the fair value of $35.79 per restricted stock unit at the date of grant and 224,397 market share units at the fair value of $48.36 per market share unit at the date of grant.

For purposes of determining the fair value of market share units granted, the Company uses a binomial lattice model with the following assumptions:



	2014		2013		2012
Risk-free interest rate	0.52	%	0.37	%	0.93	%
Dividend yield	1	%	—	%	—	%
Expected life (years)	3		3		3
Volatility	33.89	%	39.08	%	45.5	%

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A summary of the changes in restricted stock units and market share units awarded to employees and directors that were outstanding under the Company’s equity compensation plans during fiscal 2014 is presented below:



	Restricted Stock Units (RSU)				Market Share Units (MSU)
	Number of RSU		Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value		Number of MSU		Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested awards as of March 31, 2013	599,981		$	26.53	630,039		$	42.29
Granted	183,925		49.41		189,438		65.03
Stock dividend	4,485		34.99		5,600		50.12
Performance factor	—		—		98,032		34.45
Vested	(216,432	)	24.63		(222,123	)	34.45
Canceled	(9,927	)	33.09		(30,379	)	44.74
Non-vested awards as of March 31, 2014	562,032		$	35.13	670,607		$	50.14

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense relating to restricted stock units and market share units of approximately $16,742, with a related tax benefit of $2,843 for fiscal 2014, $14,640, with a related tax benefit of $4,105 for fiscal 2013 and $10,493, with a related tax benefit of $2,599 for fiscal 2012.

All Award Plans

As of March 31, 2014, unrecognized compensation expense associated with the non-vested incentive awards outstanding was $25,353 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 18 months.

17. Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the reconciliation from basic to diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and the calculations of net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders.



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	150,328	$	166,508	$	144,003
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	47,473,690		48,022,005		48,748,205
Dilutive effect of:
Common shares from exercise and lapse of equity awards, net of shares assumed reacquired	1,034,505		593,422		467,830
Convertible Notes	1,279,960		20,022		—
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding	49,788,155		48,635,449		49,216,035
Basic earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	3.17	$	3.47	$	2.95
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders	$	3.02	$	3.42	$	2.93
Anti-dilutive equity awards not included in diluted weighted-average common shares	—		—		221,097

The Company's Convertible Notes became convertible at the option of the holders effective January 2, 2014, as described in Note 8 and it is the Company’s current intent to settle the principal amount of any conversions in cash, and any additional conversion consideration ("conversion premium") in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares. During fiscal 2014, the average price of our common stock at $59.46 per share exceeded the conversion price of $40.60 per share on the Convertible Notes. For fiscal 2014 and 2013, 1,279,960 and 20,022 shares, respectively, relating to the conversion premium on the Convertible Notes were included in the diluted earnings per share using the "if converted" method.

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18. Commitments, Contingencies and Litigation

Litigation and Other Legal Matters

In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries are routinely defendants in or parties to many pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings, including actions brought on behalf of various classes of claimants. These actions and proceedings are generally based on alleged violations of environmental, anti-competition, employment, contract and other laws. In some of these actions and proceedings, claims for substantial monetary damages are asserted against the Company and its subsidiaries. In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries are also subject to regulatory and governmental examinations, information gathering requests, inquiries, investigations, and threatened legal actions and proceedings. In connection with formal and informal inquiries by federal, state, local and foreign agencies, such subsidiaries receive numerous requests, subpoenas and orders for documents, testimony and information in connection with various aspects of their activities.

In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of such litigation, regulatory and governmental matters, particularly where the claimants seek very large or indeterminate damages or where the matters present novel legal theories or involve a large number of parties, the Company generally cannot predict what the eventual outcome of the pending matters will be, what the timing of the ultimate resolution of these matters will be, or what the eventual loss, fines or penalties related to each pending matter may be.

In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, the Company establishes an accrued liability for litigation, regulatory and governmental matters when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and estimable. In such cases, there may be an exposure to loss in excess of any amounts accrued. As a litigation, regulatory or governmental matter develops, the Company, in conjunction with any outside counsel handling the matter, evaluates on an ongoing basis whether such matter presents a loss contingency that is probable and estimable. When a loss contingency is not both probable and estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability. If, at the time of evaluation, the loss contingency related to a litigation, regulatory or governmental matter is not both probable and estimable, the matter will continue to be monitored for further developments that would make such loss contingency both probable and estimable. Once the loss contingency related to a litigation, regulatory or governmental matter is deemed to be both probable and estimable, the Company will establish an accrued liability with respect to such loss contingency and record a corresponding amount of litigation-related expense. The Company continues to monitor the matter for further developments that could affect the amount of the accrued liability that has been previously established.

Altergy

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company recorded a $58,184 legal proceedings charge in connection with an adverse arbitration result involving disputes between the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, EnerSys Delaware Inc. (“EDI”), and Altergy Systems (“Altergy”). EDI and Altergy were parties to a Supply and Distribution Agreement (the “SDA”) pursuant to which EDI was, among other things, granted the exclusive right to distribute and sell certain fuel cell products manufactured by Altergy for various applications throughout the United States. Commencing in 2011, various disputes arose and, because of the mandatory arbitration provision in the SDA, an arbitration action was filed by EDI in November 2012 seeking arbitration of claims relating to the SDA. In February 2013, EDI terminated the SDA. Following unsuccessful attempts to resolve their disputes by mediation in July 2013, the parties moved forward with arbitration in August 2013, where each party asserted various claims against the other.

After discovery, a hearing and post-hearing submissions by each party, on May 13, 2014, the arbitration panel issued an award in favor of Altergy. As a result, the arbitration panel concluded that Altergy should recover $58,184 in net money damages from EDI. On May 13, 2014, Altergy filed a petition with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to confirm the arbitration panel award as well as post-award, prejudgment interest at the rate of 5.75% and post-judgment interest at the applicable federal statutory rate.

We are currently reviewing our options with our legal counsel to challenge this award, however there can be no assurances that a challenge, if and when made, will ultimately be successful. The full amount of the award was recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 with an after tax expense of approximately $35,667. Adjustments to the accrual may be made in future periods depending on the outcome of any challenge.

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EnerSys Sarl Litigation

In fiscal 2009, the Court of Commerce in Lyon, France ruled that the Company’s French subsidiary, EnerSys Sarl, which was acquired by the Company in 2002, was partially responsible for a 1999 fire in a French hotel under construction. The Company’s portion of damages was assessed at €2,700 or $4,200, which was duly recorded and paid by the Company, but the ruling was appealed. In a subsequent ruling by the Court of Appeal of Lyon, France, portion of damages was reduced, entitling the Company to a refund of the monies paid of €671 or $900, which has been recorded and collected in the second quarter of fiscal 2012. The Company further appealed the ruling to the French Supreme Court, which on March 14, 2012, ruled in the Company’s favor and ordered the case back to the Court of Appeal of Lyon to further review certain aspects of the original decision in the case, including the assessment of damages. The Court of Appeal of Lyon heard arguments on April 9, 2013 and ruled in the Company’s favor on June 11, 2013, entitling the Company to a refund of the monies paid of €2,000, or $2,756. One of the parties to the litigation that is adverse to the Company has appealed this ruling to the French Supreme Court, with a ruling expected in the 4th quarter of fiscal 2015. While the Company intends to pursue these matters vigorously, there can be no assurances as to the outcome of the matter. Additionally, the Company recorded no accrual or receivable based upon the June 2013 ruling of the Court of Appeal of Lyon, but adjustments may be made in future periods depending on the outcome of the appeal to the French Supreme Court.

Environmental Issues

As a result of its operations, the Company is subject to various federal, state and local, as well as international environmental laws and regulations and is exposed to the costs and risks of registering, handling, processing, storing, transporting, and disposing of hazardous substances, especially lead and acid. The Company’s operations are also subject to federal, state, local and international occupational safety and health regulations, including laws and regulations relating to exposure to lead in the workplace.

The Company is responsible for certain cleanup obligations at the former Yuasa battery facility in Sumter, South Carolina that predates its ownership of this facility. This manufacturing facility was closed in 2001 and is separate from the Company’s current metal fabrication facility in Sumter. The Company has established a reserve for this facility. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the reserves related to this facility were $2,915. Based on current information, the Company’s management believes these reserves are adequate to satisfy the Company’s environmental liabilities at this facility.

Collective Bargaining

At March 31, 2014, the Company had approximately 9,500 employees. Of these employees, approximately 34% were covered by collective bargaining agreements. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements that did not exceed twelve months were approximately 13%. The average term of these agreements is two years, with the longest term being four years.

Lead Contracts

To stabilize its costs, the Company has entered into contracts with financial institutions to fix the price of lead. The vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year. Under these contracts, at March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company has hedged the price to purchase approximately 89.9 million pounds and 56.3 million pounds of lead, respectively, for a total purchase price of $86,494 and $56,601, respectively.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

The Company quantifies and monitors its global foreign currency exposures. On a selective basis, the Company will enter into foreign currency forward and option contracts to reduce the volatility from currency movements that affect the Company. The vast majority of such contracts are for a period not extending beyond one year. The Company’s largest exposure is from the purchase and conversion of U.S. dollar based lead costs into local currencies in EMEA. Additionally, the Company has currency exposures from intercompany and third-party trade transactions. To hedge these exposures, the Company has entered into a total of $92,793 and $73,115, respectively, of foreign currency forward contracts with financial institutions as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

The Company is exposed to changes in variable U.S. interest rates on borrowings under its 2011 Credit Facility. On a selective basis, from time to time, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to reduce the negative impact that increases in interest rates could have on its outstanding variable rate debt. These agreements expired in May 2013 and the Company had no interest rate swap agreements at March 31, 2014. At March 31, 2013, such agreements converted $65,000 of variable-rate debt

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to a fixed-rate basis utilizing the three-month LIBOR as a floating rate reference. Fluctuations in LIBOR and fixed rates affect both the Company’s net financial investment position and the amount of cash to be paid or received under these agreements.

19. Restructuring and Other Exit Charges

Restructuring Plans

In February and May 2009, the Company announced a plan to restructure certain of its European and American operations, which resulted in a reduction of approximately 470 employees upon completion across its operations. These actions were primarily in Europe and included charges for employee-related severance payments and asset impairments, the most significant of which was the closure of its leased Italian manufacturing facility and the opening of a new Italian distribution center. The Company recorded restructuring charges of $31,753 in fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2012. This plan has been completed as of March 31, 2012.

During fiscal 2011, the Company announced a restructuring of its European operations, which resulted in a reduction of approximately 60 employees upon completion across its operations. The Company recorded restructuring charges of $5,178 in fiscal 2011 through 2012, with no additional charges in fiscal 2013. These charges were primarily from cash expenses for employee severance-related payments. This plan has been completed as of March 31, 2013.

During fiscal 2012, the Company announced restructuring plans related to its operations in EMEA, primarily consisting of the transfer of manufacturing of select products between certain of its manufacturing operations and restructuring of its selling, general and administrative operations, which resulted in the reduction of approximately 85 employees upon completion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The total charges for these actions amounted to $3,545, primarily from cash expenses for employee severance-related payments. The Company recorded restructuring charges of $3,070 in fiscal 2012 and $475 of charges in fiscal 2013 with no additional charges in fiscal 2014. The Company incurred $2,433 of costs against the accrual during fiscal 2012, and $913 of costs incurred in fiscal 2013 with $185 of additional incurred against the accrual during fiscal 2014. This plan was completed as of September 29, 2013.

During fiscal 2013, the Company announced further restructurings related to improving the efficiency of its manufacturing operations in EMEA. The Company estimates that the total charges for these actions will amount to approximately $7,200, primarily from cash expenses for employee severance-related payments and non-cash expenses associated with the write-off of certain fixed assets and inventory. The Company estimates that these actions will result in the reduction of approximately130 employees upon completion. During fiscal 2013, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $3,998, consisting of non-cash charges of $1,399 related to the write-off of fixed assets and inventory, along with cash charges related to employee severance and other charges of $2,599. During fiscal 2014, the Company recorded an additional $2,465 in charges. During fiscal 2013, the Company incurred $952 of costs against the accrual with an additional $2,748 of costs incurred during fiscal 2014. As of March 31, 2014, the reserve balance associated with these actions is $1,409. The Company expects to be committed to an additional $700 of restructuring charges related to these actions during fiscal 2015, and expects to complete the program during fiscal 2015.

During fiscal 2013, the Company announced a restructuring related to the closure of its manufacturing facility located in Chaoan, People’s Republic of China, pursuant to which the Company transferred the manufacturing at that location to its other facilities in the People’s Republic of China, to improve operational efficiencies. The total charges related to this action amounted to $2,939. During fiscal 2013, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $2,691, consisting of non-cash charges of $2,290 related to the write-off of fixed assets and inventory, along with cash charges related to employee severance and other charges of $401. During fiscal 2014, $248 of additional other restructuring charges were accrued. During fiscal 2013, the Company incurred $221 in costs against the accrual with an additional $428 of costs incurred during fiscal 2014. This plan was completed as of March 31, 2014.

During fiscal 2014, the Company announced further restructuring programs to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing, sales and engineering operations in EMEA including the restructuring of its manufacturing operations in Bulgaria. The restructuring of the Bulgaria operations was announced during the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and consists of the transfer of motive power and a portion of reserve power battery manufacturing to the Company's facilities in Western Europe. The Company estimates that the total charges for all actions announced during fiscal 2014 will amount to approximately $26,500, primarily from non-cash charges related to the write-off of fixed assets and inventory of approximately $12,000, along with cash charges for employee severance-related payments and other charges of $14,500. The Company estimates that these actions will result in the reduction of approximately 510 employees upon completion. During fiscal 2014, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $19,039 consisting of non-cash charges of $10,089 related to the write-off of fixed assets and inventory, along with cash charges of $8,950 related to employee severance. During fiscal 2014 the Company incurred $2,130 in costs against the accrual. As of March 31, 2014, the reserve balance associated with these actions is $7,005. The Company

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expects to be committed to an additional $7,500 of restructuring charges in fiscal 2015 related to these actions, comprising of non-cash charges of $1,900 and cash charges of $5,600 and expects to complete the program during fiscal 2015.

A roll-forward of the restructuring reserve is as follows:



	Employee Severance			Other			Total
Balance at March 31, 2011	$	4,920		$	—		$	4,920
Accrual adjustment	(681		)	—			(681		)
Accrued	4,958			—			4,958
Costs incurred	(7,966		)	—			(7,966		)
Foreign currency impact and other	(45		)	—			(45		)
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	1,186		$	—		$	1,186
Accrued	3,093			382			3,475
Costs incurred	(2,485		)	(157		)	(2,642		)
Foreign currency impact and other	(56		)	(4		)	(60		)
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	1,738		$	221		$	1,959
Accrued	10,285			1,378			11,663
Costs incurred	(4,966		)	(525		)	(5,491		)
Foreign currency impact and other	255			28			283
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	7,312		$	1,102		$	8,414

Other Exit Charges

During fiscal 2014, the Company recorded exit charges of $5,574, consisting of non-cash charges of $1,409 and cash charges of $4,165 related to certain operations in Europe.

20. Warranty

The Company provides for estimated product warranty expenses when the related products are sold and are included within accrued expenses and other liabilities. Because warranty estimates are forecasts that are based on the best available information, primarily historical claims experience, costs may differ from amounts provided. An analysis of changes in the liability for product warranties is as follows:




Balance at March 31, 2011	$	36,006
Current year provisions	26,841
Costs incurred	(20,185		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(595		)

Balance at March 31, 2012	42,067
Current year provisions	19,724
Costs incurred	(20,945		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	1,745

Balance at March 31, 2013	42,591
Current year provisions	16,098
Costs incurred	(22,862		)
Fair value of warranty reserves of acquired businesses	2,817
Foreign currency translation adjustment	1,782
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	40,426

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21. Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other (income) expense, net consists of the following:



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014		2013			2012
Foreign exchange transaction losses	$	5,845	$	1,887		$	1,483
Non-operational assets written off	5,000		—			—
Insurance recoveries	—		(1,800		)	—
Other	2,813		829			1,585
Total	$	13,658	$	916		$	3,068

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22. Business Segments

Summarized financial information related to the Company’s reportable segments at March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and for each of the fiscal years then ended is shown below.



	Fiscal year ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Net sales by segment to unaffiliated customers
Americas	$	1,267,598		$	1,126,904		$	1,082,747
EMEA	966,152			926,165			995,431
Asia	240,683			224,490			205,191
Total net sales	$	2,474,433		$	2,277,559		$	2,283,369
Net sales by product line
Reserve power	$	1,234,538		$	1,118,965		$	1,092,734
Motive power	1,239,895			1,158,594			1,190,635
Total net sales	$	2,474,433		$	2,277,559		$	2,283,369
Intersegment sales
Americas	$	33,951		$	36,854		$	38,115
EMEA	77,549			76,947			75,652
Asia	29,428			31,246			21,182
Total intersegment sales⁽¹⁾	$	140,928		$	145,047		$	134,949
Operating earnings
Americas	$	179,080		$	171,854		$	138,894
EMEA	84,902			64,032			63,872
Asia	21,217			21,146			12,133
Restructuring and other exit charges—EMEA	(27,078		)	(4,473		)	(4,988		)
Restructuring charges—Asia	(248		)	(2,691		)	—
Legal proceedings charge—Americas	(58,184		)	—			—
Legal proceedings settlement income—EMEA	—			—			900
Goodwill impairment charge—Asia	(5,179		)	—			—
Total operating earnings⁽²⁾	$	194,510		$	249,868		$	210,811
Property, plant and equipment, net
Americas	$	155,988		$	152,678		$	144,701
EMEA	145,308			152,577			161,854
Asia	68,870			44,871			46,660
Total	$	370,166		$	350,126		$	353,215
Capital Expenditures
Americas	$	24,641		$	29,566		$	20,862
EMEA	14,871			20,761			21,631
Asia	22,483			4,959			6,450
Total	$	61,995		$	55,286		$	48,943
Depreciation and Amortization
Americas	$	26,596		$	23,073		$	21,466
EMEA	22,708			22,255			25,451
Asia	4,668			5,174			3,443
Total	$	53,972		$	50,502		$	50,360


(1)	Intersegment sales are presented on a cost-plus basis which takes into consideration the effect of transfer prices between legal entities.


(2)	The Company does not allocate interest expense or other (income) expense, net to the reportable segments.

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The Company markets its products and services in over 100 countries. Sales are attributed to countries based on the location of sales order approval and acceptance. Sales to customers in the United States were 44.0%, 43.0% and 42.6% for fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Property, plant and equipment, net, attributable to the United States as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, were $128,712 and $127,191, respectively. No single country, outside the United States, accounted for more than 10% of the consolidated net sales or net property, plant and equipment and therefore was deemed not material for separate disclosure.

23. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

The Company reports interim financial information for 13-week periods, except for the first quarter, which always begins on April 1, and the fourth quarter, which always ends on March 31. The four quarters in fiscal 2014 ended on June 30, 2013, September 29, 2013, December 29, 2013, and March 31, 2014, respectively. The four quarters in fiscal 2013 ended on July 1, 2012, September 30, 2012, December 30, 2012, and March 31, 2013, respectively.



	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter		Fiscal Year
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014
Net sales	$	597,297	$	568,847	$	643,031	$	665,258	$	2,474,433
Gross profit	140,139		144,350		167,122		178,009		629,620
Operating earnings^(1)(3)(4)	62,608		61,005		58,940		11,957		194,510
Net earnings	40,417		41,151		52,390		12,809		146,767
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	40,847		41,339		55,300		12,842		150,328
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—basic	$	0.85	$	0.87	$	1.17	$	0.27	$	3.17
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—diluted	$	0.83	$	0.84	$	1.10	$	0.26	$	3.02
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013
Net sales	$	593,910	$	554,212	$	557,320	$	572,117	$	2,277,559
Gross profit	148,306		138,339		143,698		139,013		569,356
Operating earnings⁽²⁾	70,255		62,885		59,737		56,991		249,868
Net earnings	45,564		43,011		38,677		37,706		164,958
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	45,804		43,790		39,184		37,730		166,508
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—basic	$	0.96	$	0.91	$	0.81	$	0.79	$	3.47
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—diluted	$	0.95	$	0.90	$	0.80	$	0.77	$	3.42


(1)	Included in Operating earnings were restructuring charges of $421, $1,119, $12,920 and $12,866 for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2014, respectively.


(2)	Included in Operating earnings were restructuring charges of $370, $1,295, $3,776 and $1,723 for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2013, respectively.


(3)	Included in Operating earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was a charge for goodwill impairment relating to a subsidiary in India for $5,179.


(4)	Included in Operating earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was a legal proceedings charge of $58,184.

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24. Subsequent Events

On May 7, 2014, the Company announced the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per share of common stock to be paid on June 27, 2014, to stockholders of record as of June 13, 2014.

On May 7, 2014, the Company also announced the establishment of a new $70,000 stock repurchase authorization that expires on March 31, 2015.

On May 12, 2014, under the Company's 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company granted 76,512 stock options which vest over three years, 118,312 restricted stock units, which vest 25% each year over four-years from the date of grant, and 152,203 market share units, which vest three years from the date of grant.

On May 13, 2014, in the EnerSys Delaware Inc. ("EDI") v. Altergy Systems ("Altergy") arbitration matter, the arbitration panel issued an award in favor of Altergy and concluded that Altergy should recover $58,184 in net money damages from EDI. See Note 18 for details.

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SCHEUDLE II

EnerSys

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

(In Thousands)



	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions Charged to Expense		Charge-Offs			Purchase accounting adjustments		Other⁽¹⁾			Balance at End of Period
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	$	10,547	$	1,395	$	(2,012	)	$	—	$	92		$	10,022
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013	10,022		998		(1,568		)	—		(160		)	9,292
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014	9,292		907		(963		)	—		210			9,446

Allowance for inventory valuation:
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	$	15,052	$	7,659	$	(7,657	)	$	—	$	(223	)	$	14,831
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013	14,831		7,337		(4,584		)	—		(212		)	17,372
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014	17,372		5,944		(3,283		)	—		283			20,316

Deferred tax asset—valuation allowance: ⁽²⁾
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012	$	63,617	$	2,457	$	(7,528	)	$	1,124	$	(3,311	)	$	56,359
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2013	56,359		3,829		(3,259		)	—		(2,387		)	54,542
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014	54,542		6,951		(27,269		)	327		(10,968		)	23,583


(1)	Primarily the impact of currency changes.


(2)	"Other" also includes sale of one of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and an offset to adjustments to foreign net operating losses for which a full valuation allowance was recorded.

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ITEM 9.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.



ITEM 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

The report called for by Item 308(a) of Regulation S-K is included herein as “Management Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.”

Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework and criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework). Our evaluation of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of entities that were acquired ( Purcell Systems, Inc., Quallion, LLC, and UTS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries ) during fiscal 2014, which are included in the fiscal 2014 consolidated financial statements and constituted 9.9% of total assets as of March 31, 2014 and 2.8% of net sales for the year then ended.

Based on this evaluation, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of March 31, 2014.

The attestation report called for by Item 308(b) of Registration S-K is included herein as “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” which appears in Item 8 in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.



/s/ JOHN D. CRAIG		/s/ MICHAEL J. SCHMIDTLEIN
John D. Craig Chairman, President and CEO		Michael J. Schmidtlein Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO



ITEM 9B.	OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

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PART III



ITEM 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled “Board of Directors,” “Executive Officers,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Corporate Governance—Independence of Directors,” “Corporate Governance—Process for Selection of Director Nominee Candidates,” “Audit Committee Report,” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Employment of Related Parties” of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year end.

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our officers, directors and employees (including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Controller) and have posted the Code on our website at www.enersys.com, and a copy is available in print to any stockholder who requires a copy. If we waive any provision of the Code applicable to any director, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Controller, such waiver will be promptly disclosed to the Company’s stockholders through the Company’s website.



ITEM 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled “Corporate Governance—Compensation Committee” and “Executive Compensation” of the Proxy Statement”) to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year end.



ITEM 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” of the Proxy Statement to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year end.



	Equity Compensation Plan Information
Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)		Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)			Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	1,969,419	⁽¹⁾	$	14.77	⁽²⁾	2,174,313
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	—		—			—
Total	1,969,419		$	14.77		2,174,313


(1)	Assumes a 200% payout of market share units.


(2)	Awards of restricted stock units, market share units and deferred stock units and stock units held in both the EnerSys Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the EnerSys Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives were not included in calculating the weighted-average exercise price as they will be settled in shares of common stock for no consideration.



ITEM 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled “Corporate Governance,” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” of the Proxy Statement to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year end.

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ITEM 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Audit Committee Report” of the Proxy Statement to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year end.

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PART IV



ITEM 15.	EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:

(1) Consolidated Financial Statements

See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(2) Financial Statement Schedule

The following consolidated financial statement schedule should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements (see Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data:”): Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is contained in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

(b) The following documents are filed herewith as exhibits:



Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 6, 2013).

3.2		Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.2 to EnerSys’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 30, 2012 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 6, 2013).

4.1		Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2008, between EnerSys and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2008).

4.2		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2008, between EnerSys and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2008).

10.1		Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2011, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers and the various lending institutions party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on March 29, 2011).

10.2		Amendment to the Credit Facility, dated as of August 2, 2013, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers, and the various lending institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on August 6, 2013).

10.3		Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2013, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers, and the various lending institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to EnerSys’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 29, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 5, 2014).


10.4		Stock Subscription Agreement, dated March 22, 2002, among EnerSys Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners IV, L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Investors IV, L.P., MSDW IV 892 Investors, L.P., Morgan Stanley Global Emerging Markets Private Investment Fund, L.P. and Morgan Stanley Global Emerging Markets Private Investors, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.5		Form of Indemnification Agreement between EnerSys and each of its Directors and Officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).



10.6		Employment Agreement, dated November 9, 2000, between Yuasa, Inc. and John D. Craig and letter of amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on May 17, 2004).

10.7		Employment Agreement, dated November 9, 2000, between Yuasa, Inc. and Richard W. Zuidema and letter of amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on May 17, 2004).

10.8		Severance Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2011 between EnerSys and Michael J. Schmidtlein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 25, 2012).

10.9		Form of Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013).

10.10		Form of Stock Option Agreement (six-month vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2008 (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2009).

10.11		Form of 2000 Management Equity Plan (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.12		Form of 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.13		EnerSys Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to EnerSys Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 11, 2008).

10.14		EnerSys Management Incentive Plan for fiscal year 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on July 6, 2006).

10.15		EnerSys Management Incentive Plan for fiscal year 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on April 2, 2007).

10.16		Form of 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to EnerSys’ Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 16, 2010).

10.17		EnerSys Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives as amended August 5, 2010, and May 26, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.18		Form of Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.19		Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on December 9, 2005).

10.20		Form of Stock Option Agreement (four-year vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 23, 2007).

10.21		Form of Stock Option Agreement (three-year vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 6, 2008).

10.22		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 23, 2007).

10.23		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2009).

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10.24		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2010).

10.25		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2010).

10.26		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.27		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees and Senior Executives – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.28		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.29		Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement – Non-Employee Directors – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.30		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013.

10.31		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013.

10.32		Form of Stock Option Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.33		Form of Stock Option Agreement - Senior Executives - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.34		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.35		Form of Market Share Unit Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.36		Form of Market Share Unit Agreement - Senior Executives - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.37		Form of Indemnification Agreement - Directors and Officers

11.1		Statement regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings.*

12.1		Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (filed herewith).

21.1		Subsidiaries of the Registrant (filed herewith).

23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).

31.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).

31.2		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).

32.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).

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101.INS		XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document

101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Document

101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document



*	Information required to be presented in Exhibit 11 is provided in Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



	ENERSYS

	By	/s/ JOHN D. CRAIG
Date: May 28, 2014		John D. Craig Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose name appears below hereby appoints John D. Craig and Michael J. Schmidtlein and each of them, as his true and lawful agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any and all amendments to the within annual report, and to file the same, together with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this annual report has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:



Name	Title	Date

/s/ JOHN D. CRAIG John D. Craig	Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	May 28, 2014

/s/ MICHAEL J. SCHMIDTLEIN Michael J. Schmidtlein	Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	May 28, 2014

/s/ KERRY M. KANE Kerry M. Kane	Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)	May 28, 2014

/s/ HWAN-YOON F. CHUNG Hwan-yoon F. Chung	Director	May 28, 2014

/S/ SEIFI GHASEMI Seifi Ghasemi	Director	May 28, 2014

/s/ HOWARD I. HOFFEN Howard I. Hoffen	Director	May 28, 2014

/s/ ARTHUR T. KATSAROS Arthur T. Katsaros	Director	May 28, 2014

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Name	Title	Date

/s/ JOHN F. LEHMAN John F. Lehman	Director	May 28, 2014

/s/ GENERAL ROBERT MAGNUS, USMC (RETIRED) General Robert Magnus, USMC (Retired)	Director	May 28, 2014

/s/ DENNIS S. MARLO Dennis S. Marlo	Director	May 28, 2014

/s/ JOSEPH C. MUSCARI Joseph C. Muscari	Director	May 28, 2014

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Exhibit Index



Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 6, 2013).

3.2		Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.2 to EnerSys’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 30, 2012 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 6, 2013).

4.1		Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2008, between EnerSys and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2008).

4.2		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2008, between EnerSys and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2008).

10.1		Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2011, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers and the various lending institutions party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on March 29, 2011).

10.2		Amendment to the Credit Facility, dated as of August 2, 2013, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers, and the various lending institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on August 6, 2013).

10.3		Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2013, among EnerSys, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, RB International Finance (USA) LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Managers, and the various lending institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to EnerSys’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 29, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on February 5, 2014).


10.4		Stock Subscription Agreement, dated March 22, 2002, among EnerSys Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners IV, L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Investors IV, L.P., MSDW IV 892 Investors, L.P., Morgan Stanley Global Emerging Markets Private Investment Fund, L.P. and Morgan Stanley Global Emerging Markets Private Investors, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.5		Form of Indemnification Agreement between EnerSys and each of its Directors and Officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.6		Employment Agreement, dated November 9, 2000, between Yuasa, Inc. and John D. Craig and letter of amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on May 17, 2004).

10.7		Employment Agreement, dated November 9, 2000, between Yuasa, Inc. and Richard W. Zuidema and letter of amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on May 17, 2004).

10.8		Severance Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2011 between EnerSys and Michael J. Schmidtlein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 25, 2012).

10.9		Form of Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013).

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10.10		Form of Stock Option Agreement (six-month vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2008 (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2009).

10.11		Form of 2000 Management Equity Plan (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.12		Form of 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.13		EnerSys Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to EnerSys Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 11, 2008).

10.14		EnerSys Management Incentive Plan for fiscal year 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on July 6, 2006).

10.15		EnerSys Management Incentive Plan for fiscal year 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on April 2, 2007).

10.16		Form of 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to EnerSys’ Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 16, 2010).

10.17		EnerSys Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives as amended August 5, 2010, and May 26, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.18		Form of Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Amendment No. 3 to EnerSys’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115553) filed on July 13, 2004).

10.19		Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on December 9, 2005).

10.20		Form of Stock Option Agreement (four-year vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 23, 2007).

10.21		Form of Stock Option Agreement (three-year vesting) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 6, 2008).

10.22		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to EnerSys’ Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 23, 2007).

10.23		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2009).

10.24		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2010).

10.25		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on June 1, 2010).

10.26		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.27		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees and Senior Executives – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

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10.28		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.29		Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement – Non-Employee Directors – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 31, 2011).

10.30		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013.

10.31		Form of Market Share Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Employees – 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to EnerSys’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-32253) filed on May 28, 2013.

10.32		Form of Stock Option Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.33		Form of Stock Option Agreement - Senior Executives - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.34		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.35		Form of Market Share Unit Agreement - Employees - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.36		Form of Market Share Unit Agreement - Senior Executives - 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed herewith).

10.37		Form of Indemnification Agreement - Directors and Officers

11.1		Statement regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings.*

12.1		Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (filed herewith).

21.1		Subsidiaries of the Registrant (filed herewith).

23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).

31.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).

31.2		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).

32.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).

101.INS		XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document

101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Document

101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document

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*	Information required to be presented in Exhibit 11 is provided in Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

101