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Exide Corporation Announces Q2 Cash Dividend

14 November 1997

Exide Corporation Announces Second Quarter Cash Dividend

    BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Nov. 14 -- Arthur M. Hawkins,
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exide Corporation
, today announced that the corporation has declared a cash dividend
of $.02 (two cents) per share of common stock payable December 16, 1997, to
shareholders of record on December 2, 1997.
    Exide Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of
automotive, marine and industrial batteries as well as battery accessories.
The Company is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with
administrative offices in Reading, Pennsylvania.  Exide is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "EX."

SOURCE  Exide Corporation