Exide Awarded Battery Supply Contracts by German Army

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--Aug. 1, 20056, 2005--Exide Technologies (www.exide.com), a global leader in stored electrical-energy solutions, announced today that it has been awarded two battery supply contracts by the German Army.

Exide will supply approximately 15,000 units of its maintenance-free NATO bloc batteries to the German Army for military-vehicle applications. The 12-volt/100-amphere-hour gel batteries are scheduled for delivery in 2005. The batteries will be produced at Exide's manufacturing plants in Budingen and Bad Lauterberg, Germany.

"Exide has a long history as a battery supplier to military forces around the world," said Neil Bright, President - Industrial Energy Europe. "The German Army has relied on our technology for approximately 23 years, and its decision to again use Exide batteries speaks volumes about the quality and reliability of our products, services and people."

About Exide Technologies

Exide Technologies, with operations in 89 countries, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The Company's four global business groups - Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World - 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, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.