Exide Technologies Announces Fourth Fiscal Quarter Dividend

    PRINCETON, N.J., May 15 The Board of Directors of Exide
Technologies , the global leader in stored electrical energy, has
voted a corporate cash dividend for its fourth fiscal quarter of $.02 per
share of common stock, payable June 5, 2001, to shareholders of record on
May 25, 2001.
    Exide Technologies is the global leader of stored electrical energy
solutions.  With annual revenues of more than $3 billion, operations in 89
countries and 20,000 employees, the company serves the industrial and
transportation aftermarkets 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
and 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 .

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