ENS Enersys

EnerSys Inc. (ENS) said affiliates of its largest shareholder, Metalmark Capital LLC, agreed to sell their entire stake of 2.85 million shares in the industrial battery maker to Goldman Sachs & Co. (GS) at market prices.

The sales, by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners IV LP and MSDW IV 892 Investors LP, represent 5.6% of the company, worth $107.6 million at Monday's closing price of $37.82.

The company's fiscal third-quarter profit came in higher than expected last week after it reported higher world-wide sales due to volume and pricing gains.

Shares were inactive premarket and are up 70% in the past year.

-By Drew FitzGerald, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2909; Andrew.FitzGerald@dowjones.com