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Exide Receives Poland's Highest Business Award

26 June 2000

Exide Receives Poland's Highest Business Award

    READING, Pa. - Centra S.A., Exide Corporation's Polish subsidiary, has been 
presented with that country's most prestigious award, the Economic Award Statuette 
in terms of "Exporter."

    Republic of Poland President Aleksander Kwasniewski commended the company
for emphasizing export sales (52 percent of sales); exports to Russia,
Belarus, and Ukraine; certificates of quality received (ISO 9002, VA 6.1, QS
9000); and the promotion of Poland on the foreign markets.

    Krzysztof Paulus, Centra's President of the Management Board, received the
honor on behalf of Centra and Exide.

    According to Paulus, Exide will continue to increase the intensity of
export field activities, specifically within the Eastern European markets.

    Exide Corporation , with annual revenues of approximately
$2.2 billion and operations in 23 countries, is the world's largest
manufacturer of automotive and industrial lead-acid batteries and a leader in
electric storage solutions.