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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289308-22-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENS"
cik: "0001289308"
company_name: "EnerSys"
filed_at: "2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:18:15.356132+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EnerSys to close Ooltewah facility; expects $18.5M charge and 165 job cuts

## Summary
- Board approved closure of Ooltewah, TN plant; pre-tax charge of ~$18.5M, majority in H1 fiscal 2023.
- Non-cash charge of $9.3M (asset/inventory write-offs); cash charges of $9.2M for retention, cleanup, legal.
- Annual cost savings of ~$8M expected; production moved to other EnerSys North America facilities.
- Reduction of ~165 employees; facility to be sold; closure substantially complete by end of calendar 2023.
- Closure due to customer transition from flooded batteries to lithium and Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289308-22-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENS
- cik: 0001289308
- company_name: EnerSys
- filed_at: 2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 2.06
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289308/000128930822000043/0001289308-22-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289308/000128930822000043/ens-20220629.htm

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