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Other Charges and (Income)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2011
Other Charges and (Income)  
Other Charges and (Income)

22. Other Charges and (Income)

The following is a summary of other charges and (income):

 

     Fiscal Years Ended March 31,  
     2011      2010     2009  

Restructuring charges (see Note 20)

   $ 6,813       $ 13,929      $ 22,424   

Bargain purchase gain (see Note 2)

     —           (2,919     —     

Gain on sales of facilities

     —           —          (11,308

Legal proceedings charge

     —           —          3,366   

 

Included in the fiscal 2009 operating results are gains of $11,308 resulting from the sale of two facilities, the most significant of which was the sale of the manufacturing facility in Manchester, England. Included in the Manchester gain was the release of $6,623 of environmental reserves established through purchase accounting of the ESG acquisition in fiscal 2002. The sale of the facility was a planned element of the ongoing Europe restructuring program and is consistent with the Company's strategy to migrate production to lower cost facilities.

Included in the fiscal 2009 operating results are $3,366 of expenses resulting from a June 2008 ruling from the Court of Commerce in Lyon, France that the Company's French subsidiary, EnerSys Sarl, which was acquired in 2002, was partially responsible for a 1999 fire in a French hotel under construction. The Company has appealed this ruling.