Exide Technologies to Supply Goodyear Service Centers Through Parts Plus

    PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 19 -- Exide Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: EXDTQ)(http://www.exide.com ), through an
alliance with its customer, Parts Plus, will begin supplying batteries to
Goodyear Service Centers.  Exide is a global leader in stored electrical-
energy solutions.
    Parts Plus is one of the largest automotive aftermarket program groups in
the industry.  The company signed a three-year agreement to be the primary
battery supplier for the 605 Goodyear company-owned auto service centers
throughout the United States.  Parts Plus and Goodyear enjoy a 20-plus year
parts supply relationship, which is one of the longest in the automotive
aftermarket.  Goodyear Service Centers offer tires, batteries and automotive
repairs backed by nationwide warranties.  Exide, which has been a supplier to
Parts Plus for 13 years, will provide the private-label AutoSaver and the
branded Exide NASCAR Select(R) and Exide Select Orbital(R) products for the
program.
    The maintenance-free Exide NASCAR Select(R) is engineered to deliver
maximum performance under the toughest highway or off-road conditions.  The
Exide Select Orbital(R) features revolutionary cylindrically wound technology
that produces a virtually indestructible starting battery that retains its
capacity, is maintenance free, and leakproof.
    "This collaborative effort is significant in that it will allow all three
partners to increase the speed of new product and service introductions that
will benefit our customers as well as their customers," said Craig H.
Muhlhauser, Chairman and CEO of Exide Technologies.

    About Exide Technologies:
    Exide Technologies, with operations in 89 countries and fiscal 2002 net
sales of approximately $2.4 billion, is one of the world's largest producers
and recyclers of lead-acid batteries.  The company's three global business
groups -- transportation, motive power and network power -- provide a
comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for
industrial and transportation applications.  Transportation markets include
original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural
and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and 42-volt
automotive applications.
    Industrial markets include network power applications such as
telecommunications systems, fuel-cell load leveling, electric utilities,
railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply
(UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other
commercial vehicles.
    Further information about Exide, its financial results and other
information is available at http://www.exide.com .

    Certain statements in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements as defined by the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  As
such, they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause the actual results of the company to be materially different
from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These are enumerated in further detail in the company's Form 10-K.

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    Mauyra James
    Gavin Anderson & Company
    212/515-1962