Exide Technologies Awarded Battery and Maintenance Contract by BP Solar Arabia for Saudi Telecom

Under the contract, Exide will supply Absolyte(R) IIP batteriesfor 175 digital microwave transmission and fiber optic transmissiontelecommunications sites in Saudi Arabia. The batteries, which will bemanufactured at Exide's plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, are expected tobe delivered in October and December 2005.

"This is an important order for us in the growing renewable energysector," said Neil Bright, President Industrial Energy - Europe. "Thisbusiness win also demonstrates the global nature of our organization,from the sales and technical support by our team in Dubai to theactual manufacturing in the United States."

About Exide Technologies

Exide Technologies, with operations in 89 countries, is one of theworld's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. TheCompany's four global business groups - Transportation Americas,Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americasand Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World - provide acomprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and servicesfor industrial and transportation applications.

Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarketautomotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications,and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and 42-volt automotiveapplications. Industrial markets include network power applicationssuch as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads,photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply(UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining andother commercial vehicles.

Further information about Exide, including its financial results,is available at www.exide.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical information, this press release may bedeemed to contain "forward-looking" statements. The Company desires toavail itself of the safe harbor provisions of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") and is including thiscautionary statement for the express purpose of availing itself of theprotection afforded by the Act.

Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are notlimited to (a) projections of revenues, cost of raw materials, incomeor loss, earnings or loss per share, capital expenditures, growthprospects, dividends, the effect of currency translations, capitalstructure and other financial items and (b) statements of plans of andobjectives of the Company or its management or Board of Directors,including the introduction of new products, or estimates orpredictions of actions by customers, suppliers, competitors orregulating authorities,

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthese forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, thefollowing general factors such as: (i) the Company's ability toimplement business strategies and restructuring plans, (ii) theCompany's substantial debt and debt service requirements which mayrestrict the Company's operational and financial flexibility, as wellas imposing significant interest and financing costs and the Company'sability to comply with the covenants in its debt agreements or obtainwaivers of noncompliance, (iii) the fact that lead, a majorconstituent in most of the Company's products, experiences significantfluctuations in market price and is a hazardous material that may giverise to costly environmental and safety claims, (iv) competitivenessof the battery markets in North America and Europe, (v) risks involvedin foreign operations such as disruption of markets, changes in importand export laws, currency restrictions, currency exchange ratefluctuations and possible terrorist attacks against U.S. interests,(vi) the Company's ability to maintain and generate liquidity to meetits operating needs, (vii) general economic conditions, (viii) theability to acquire goods and services and/or fulfill labor needs atbudgeted costs and (ix) the Company's reliance on a single supplierfor its polyethylene battery separators.

Therefore, the Company cautions each reader of this press releasecarefully to consider those factors hereinabove set forth, becausesuch factors have, in some instances, affected and in the future couldaffect, the ability of the Company to achieve its projected resultsand may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressedherein.