Exide Technologies Enhances Product Line at Sam's Clubs

PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 20 -- Exide Technologies (BULLETIN BOARD: EXDTQ) (www.exide.com ), a global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, has begun to supply Sam's Club stores with Champion(R) branded automotive and Stowaway(R) branded marine XLT (extended life technology) batteries.

Sam's Club is the nation's leading members-only warehouse. Sam's offers its 46 million members exceptional value on name-brand merchandise for both business and personal use at "members only" prices. Sam's Club has been an Exide Technologies customer since 1983. Exide is a sole source battery supplier to all 525 Sam's Clubs in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The advanced technology in the XLT batteries features a highly efficient design of spiral-wound plates and absorbed glass mat lead-acid chemistry. The technology produces a maintenance-free battery that's virtually indestructible, with twice the life of a conventional battery and safety features that allow it to be located anywhere in a vehicle or boat.

"The XLT brand, featuring the advanced Exide Select Orbital(R) technology, gives Sam's Club a tremendous opportunity to present a premium branded technology product to its customers," said Craig H. Muhlhauser, Chairman and CEO of Exide Technologies. "Supplying this product to Sam's Clubs is part of Exide's strategy to help our customers be more successful by helping them better serve their customers."

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 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.