UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

December 7, 2006

Lehman Brothers Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

The stockholders named in Schedule I hereto (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) of EnerSys, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), propose to sell to Lehman Brothers Inc. (the “ Underwriter ”) an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company.

1.             Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter that:

(a)          A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Shares has (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the rules and regulations (the “ Rules and Regulations ”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act.  Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been delivered by the Company to you. As used in this Agreement:

(i)       “ Applicable Time ” means 8:45 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement;

(ii)      “ Effective Date ” means any date as of which any part of such registration statement relating to the Shares became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and Regulations;

(iii)     “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares;

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(iv)     “ Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Shares included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, including the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement as supplemented by any preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Shares;

(v)      “ Pricing Disclosure Package ” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or used by the Company on or before the Applicable Time, other than a road show that is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations;

(vi)     “ Prospectus ” means the final prospectus relating to the Shares, including any prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Shares, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and

(vii)    “ Registration Statement ” means, collectively, the various parts of such registration statement, each as amended as of the Effective Date for such part, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C of the Rules and Regulations to be part thereof as of the Effective Date, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and all exhibits to such registration statement.

Any reference to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.  Any reference to the “ most recent Preliminary Prospectus ” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) prior to or on the date hereof (including, for purposes hereof, any documents incorporated by reference therein prior to or on the date hereof).  Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any annual report of the Company on Form 10-K and any quarterly report on Form 10-Q, in

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each case filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the Effective Date that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.  The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(b)           The Company is not an ineligible issuer as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in Rules 164, 405 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations in connection with the offering of the Shares.

(c)           (i) The Registration Statement as of the Effective Date did not contain, and any post-effective amendment thereto at the time it becomes effective will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, complied and any post-effective amendment thereto at the time it becomes effective will comply, each Preliminary Prospectus complied and the Prospectus complies and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information relating to the Underwriter or any Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter or such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, expressly for use therein.

(d)           The documents incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (i) conformed, and any further documents so incorporated will conform, when filed with the Commission, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the

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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(e)           The Pricing Disclosure Package, together with the price of the Shares and disclosures directly relating thereto included on the cover page of the Prospectus, did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein.

(f)            Each Preliminary Prospectus did not, as of its date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from such Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter or any Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion therein.

(g)           Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433), does not conflict with the information contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, and the price of the Shares and disclosures directly relating thereto included on the cover page of the Prospectus, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading .

(h)           Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company has complied with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.  The Company has not made any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.  The Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and

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Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.

(i)            The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(j)            Each significant subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (each a “ Significant Subsidiary ”, collectively the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the corporate or other power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company that is a corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, except in the case of shares pledged pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated March 17, 2004, among the Company, EnerSys Capital Inc., various lending institutions party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as amended (the “ Credit Agreement ”); all of the issued limited liability company interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company that is a limited liability company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, except in the case of limited liability company interests pledged pursuant to the Credit Agreement; all of the issued limited partnership interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company that is a limited partnership have

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been duly and validly authorized and issued and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, except in the case of limited partnership interests pledged pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

(k)           This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(l)            The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(m)          The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the sale of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(n)           The Shares have been duly authorized and issued, and are  fully paid and non-assessable, and after they are delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, the Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(o)           The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of (i) applicable law, (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (iii) or (iv), where such contravention would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required to be obtained by the Company for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Securities Act or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

(p)           There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package

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and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement).

(q)           There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and are not so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

(r)            The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(s)           Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(t)            Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(u)           Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings

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between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(v)           Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business, that in either case is required to be disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(w)          The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries which are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except in each case as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(x)            Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them,

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except where the failure to own or possess, or the ability to acquire on reasonable terms, any of the foregoing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(y)           No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries exists, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.

(z)            The Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as in management’s judgment are prudent; neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, except such refusals of coverage relating to directors and officers liability insurance; and neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for such non-renewals of coverage or inability to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers relating to directors and officers liability insurance.

(aa)         The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses in all material respects, and neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(bb)         The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries maintain a consolidated system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide

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reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(cc)         Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.

(dd)         The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed, or have duly requested extensions thereof, and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them, any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, except in each case in which the failure to so file or pay would not have a material adverse affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not have a material adverse affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(ee)         The financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.  The supporting schedules, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.  The selected financial data

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incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(ff)           The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Underwriter has consented in accordance with Section 1(g) and or 7(a)(vii).

(gg)         There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

2 .          Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants that:

(a)           Neither such Selling Stockholder nor any person acting on behalf of such Selling Stockholder (other than, if applicable, the Company and the Underwriter) has used or referred to any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405), relating to the Shares.

(b)           Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to the Closing Date on which such Selling Stockholder is selling the Shares, such Selling Stockholder will have, good and valid title to or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “ UCC ”) in respect of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder on such Closing Date free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(c)           Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede & Co. (“ Cede ”) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor the Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) to such Shares), (i) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (ii) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will

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acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (iii) no action based on any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement.  For purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (A) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (B) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (C) appropriate entries to the accounts of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.

(d)           Such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to enter into this Agreement.

(e)           This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.

(f)            The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder and the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or deed of trust (or similar organizational documents) of such Selling Stockholder, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder.

(g)           No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder and the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state securities

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laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares by the Underwriter.

(h)           All material information with respect to such Selling Stockholder contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package (as amended and supplemented, if the Company shall have filed with the Commission any amendment or supplement thereto) (i) complied and will comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) contains and will contain all statements of material fact required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and (iii) does not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.  Solely with respect to the Metalmark Selling Stockholders (as defined in Schedule I hereto), such Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell the Shares by any material non-public information relating to the business, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries of an adverse nature that is required to be