Exide Technologies Appoints Siuda VP and CFO Of Its Transportation Business Group

    PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 19 Exide Technologies ,
the global leader in stored electrical energy, today announced the appointment
of Randy Siuda as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of its
Transportation Business Group.
    Thomas O. Minner, President of the Transportation Business Group, said,
"We are pleased that a person of Randy's experience and dedication has agreed
to lead the finance department of our transportation business."
    Siuda joins Exide Technologies from United Technologies Corporation where
he worked for 22 years, most recently as Vice President of Finance and CFO for
the Pratt and Whitney Engine Services Division.
    He is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University where he earned both his
bachelor of science degree in accounting and his master's of business
administration.  He will work in the Transportation Group's headquarters in
Alpharetta, GA.
    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 and
other critical uninterruptible power supply markets; and motive power
batteries for a broad range of equipment uses including lift trucks, mining
and other commercial electric vehicles.
    Transportation uses include automotive, heavy duty, agricultural, marine
and other batteries and new technologies being developed for hybrid vehicles
as well as new 42-volt automobile applications.
    Further information on Exide, its financial results and other recent
events can be found on the Internet at http://www.exideworld.com.