The Exide Technologies News Conference at AAIW 2003

  Who:  Exide Technologies,  (BULLETIN BOARD: EXDTQ)  ( www.exide.com ), a
        global leader in stored electrical-energy solutions, will present
        its updated global identity at Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week
        (AAIW) 2003, the automotive industry's largest international
        aftermarket trade gathering.

        Exide's two global business groups - industrial energy and
        transportation - provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical
        energy products and services for industrial and transportation
        applications.  Transportation applications include automotive,
        heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine, as well as new
        technologies being developed for hybrid vehicles and new 42-volt
        automotive applications.  The company supplies both aftermarket and
        original-equipment transportation customers around the world.

  What:  The Exide Technologies news conference at AAIW 2003 in Las Vegas,
         Nevada

  When:  Wednesday, November 5, 2003
         3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

  Where: The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino at the Casanova Rooms 604-606

  Why:   The Exide management team will discuss the following:
         - significant customer wins
         - contract extensions with key business partners
         - the status of Chapter 11 restructuring

  About Exide Technologies:

Exide Technologies, with operations in 89 countries and fiscal 2003 net sales of approximately $2.4 billion, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The company's two global business groups -- industrial energy and transportation -- provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.

Industrial uses include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS); and motive-power applications for a broad range of equipment uses, including lift trucks, mining vehicles and commercial vehicles.

Transportation applications include automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine, as well as new technologies being developed for hybrid vehicles and new 42-volt automotive applications. The company supplies both aftermarket and original-equipment transportation customers.

Further information about Exide Technologies, its financial results and other information can be found 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.

   MEDIA CONTACTS (pre AAIW)

   Jeannine Addams or Kristin Wohlleben
   Tarkenton & Addams, Inc.
   jfaddams@taradd.com or kwohlleben@taradd.com
   404/231-1132 (phone); 404/240-0418 (fax)

   EXIDE MEDIA CONTACTS (at AAIW)

   Mike Dever, Exide Technologies, Vice President of Marketing and
   Product Management for Transportation North America
   610-698-0938 (cell)

   Dawn Gagne, Exide Technologies, Communications Manager
   678-488-5358 (cell)

PRNewswire - Oct. 31