Exide Technologies Appoints Professor Heinrich Meyr to Board of Directors

    PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 9 Exide Technologies , the
global leader in stored electrical energy, announced today that Heinrich Meyr,
a distinguished professor, scientist, author and entrepreneur, has joined
Exide's Board of Directors.
    Meyr, 59, is a professor of electrical engineering at Aachen University of
Technology in Aachen, Germany.  With a M.S. and Ph.D. from the Eidegenossische
Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Technology Institute) in Zurich, Meyr has
spent more than 12 years in research and development -- largely in the
telecommunications industry -- before joining Aachen University.
    Robert A. Lutz, Chairman of the Board at Exide Technologies, said, "We are
extremely pleased that a person of Dr. Meyr's stature has joined our board of
directors.  His wide-ranging expertise in telecommunications will benefit
Exide Technologies greatly, and is indicative of our commitment to serve the
global network-communications industry."
    Meyr was the winner of the Mannesman Innovation Prize in 2000 for his
fundamental contribution to wireless communications and is the author or
co-author of numerous engineering papers and books, including the book
"Synchronization In Digital Communications."
    Exide Technologies is the global leader of stored electrical energy
solutions.  With annual revenues of more than $3 billion, operations in
89 countries and 21,000 employees, the company serves the industrial and
transportation aftermarket and original equipment markets.
    Industrial applications include network-power batteries for
telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar
power) and other critical uninterruptible power supply (UPS) markets; and
motive-power batteries for a broad range of equipment uses including lift
trucks, mining equipment and commercial electric vehicles.
    Transportation uses include automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural,
marine and other batteries, and new technologies being developed for hybrid
vehicles and new 42-volt automobile applications.  Further information on
Exide, its financial results and other information can be found on the
Internet at http://www.exideworld.com.