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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ic3d8087c8bde4f7ca69d1debe84d3dbf_1"></div><div style="min-height:116.64pt;width:100%"><div><img alt="image_0.jpg" src="image_0.jpg" style="height:90px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:178px"></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">ENERSYS ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF ITS INAUGURAL 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">READING, Pa.</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#212529;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">,&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">April 21, 2022</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#212529;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#160;(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">EnerSys</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#212529;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#160;(NYSE&#58; ENS),</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, announced today that it has released its first-ever, comprehensive </font><font style="color:#0e32e1;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">2021 Sustainability Report</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> (&#8216;the Report&#8221;). The Report details EnerSys&#8217; progress and performance on key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and formalizes its commitment to building a sustainable future, everywhere for everyone.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Highlights</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.15pt">Launched its inaugural, comprehensive Sustainability Report</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.15pt">Announced key, measurable ESG goals and objectives aimed at advancing progress in sustainability, reducing its environmental footprint and creating an inclusive and empowering workplace for all employees </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.15pt">As part of a growing sustainability commitment, joined the United Nations Global Compact, Alliance to Save Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Better Plants Program, and the United Nations CEO Water Mandate. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Calendar year 2021 was pivotal for EnerSys as a sustainability industrial technology company. In a year of unprecedented challenges and unique opportunities, EnerSys prioritized internal initiatives to improve the sustainability of its operations, build a diverse and inclusive company culture and support the health and well-being of its employees and communities. EnerSys recognizes disclosure as a crucial step in ensuring accountability and maintaining a positive corporate reputation. The publication of its first full-length Sustainability Report is a significant milestone toward executing on its disclosures initiatives.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The company took several notable actions like joining the United Nations Global Compact &#8211; solidifying its commitment to the organization&#8217;s ten sustainability principles &#8211; and the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Better Plants Program, through which the company committed to reducing its energy intensity by 25% over the next 10 years (from a calendar year 2020 baseline). EnerSys also signed onto the United Nations CEO Water Mandate initiative toward reducing global water stress and the CEO Action for Diversity &#38; Inclusion, through which EnerSys President &#38; CEO </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">David M. Shaffer</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> has pledged to adva