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Exide's Sure Start to Provide Starters and Alternators in New Business

26 July 1999

Exide's Sure Start to Provide Starters and Alternators in New Business Awarded By AutoZone

    READING, Pa., July 26 -- Sure Start, a division of Exide
Corporation , has been awarded, by AutoZone, the rights to provide
automotive starters and alternators to several AutoZone distribution centers.
AutoZone is one of the nation's leading specialty retailers of automotive
parts and accessories.
    According to Darby Rockney, senior vice president, sales and marketing for
Exide's battery associated companies, the new business, which was finalized
last month, will generate substantial new business for Sure Start.  This is
the first time AutoZone, operating 2,657 auto-parts outlets in 38 states, has
purchased Exide Sure Start products.
    "This new business from AutoZone is a testament to the continuous quality
control effort at our Cooper (TX) facility," Rockney explained.  "This new
business, when combined with recent business awarded to us by CSK Automotive
and Strauss Discount Auto, further validates our position as an industry
leader."
    Sure Start is one of the largest producers of remanufactured starters and
alternators.  Parent Exide Corporation, with annual revenues of more than
$2.3 billion and operations in 19 countries, is the world leader in the
manufacturing of lead-acid batteries.
    Further information about Exide's business and products is available at
http://www.exideworld.com.

    (This press announcement replaces the release of July 6, 1999 which has
been retracted due to incorrect information.)