Exide Technologies To Announce First Fiscal Quarter 2005 Earnings Results On August 11, 2004; Conference Call Scheduled For Thursday, August 12 at 9:00 AM ET

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--Aug. 4, 2004--Exide Technologies , a global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, today announced that it will release financial results for the first fiscal quarter 2005 ended June 30, 2004 after the market closes on Wednesday, August 11, 2004.

Craig H. Muhlhauser, Exide's president and chief executive officer, and other company executives will host a conference call for members of the investment community to discuss the company's financial results and general business operations at 9:00 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, August 12, 2004. The conference call information follows:

                    Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004
                      Time: 9:00 AM Eastern Time
                 Domestic Dial-In Number: 800-231-5571
              International Dial-In Number: 973-582-2703
                                 

For individuals unable to participate in the conference call, a telephone replay will be available from noon on August 12, 2004 until midnight on August 20, 2004 at:

                 Domestic Replay Number: 877-519-4471
               International Replay Number: 973-341-3080
                           Passcode: 5024212
                                  

An audio webcast of the conference call can also be accessed via www.exide.com and will be available for one week. RealPlayer or Windows Media Player will be required in order to access the webcast.

About Exide Technologies

Exide Technologies, with operations in 89 countries and fiscal 2004 net sales of approximately $2.5 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.

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.

Safe Harbor

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.