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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7,
2005.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-0552730</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>13000 Deerfield Parkway, Building 200<BR>
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004</B><BR>
<I>(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Brad S. Kalter<BR>
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary<BR>
Exide Technologies</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Copies to:</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13000 Deerfield Parkway, Building 200<BR>
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004<BR>
(678)&nbsp;566-9048</B><BR>
<I>(Name, Address, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>David M. Eaton<BR>
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP<BR>
1100 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404)&nbsp;815-6500</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,125,000</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), this Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant as may be issuable in the event of a stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar changes in the capital structure,
merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or
complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to
purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to
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    <TD>Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities based on the average of the
high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 7.EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 8.EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g97633exv5.txt">EX-5 OPINION OF KILPATRICK, STOCKTON LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g97633exv23w2.txt">EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by Exide Technologies (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) and are incorporated herein by reference (Commission
File No.&nbsp;1-11263):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The section entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-126619) filed on September&nbsp;14,
2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the
Company&#146;s fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2005; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as set
forth in its Form 8-A Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange
Act on May&nbsp;5, 2004, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed subsequent to the date hereof by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the
documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;); provided,
however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made
hereby is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference herein or be
a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision
eliminating the personal liability of a director or officer to the Registrant or its stockholders
for the breach of any duty owed to the Registrant or its stockholders except to the extent that an
exemption from personal liability is not permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as such
may be amended from time to time. Among other things, Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law allows Delaware corporations to include a provision in their certificates of
incorporation eliminating the personal liability of a director or officer to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of any duty as a director, provided, however, that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to unlawful payment of dividends
and unlawful stock purchases and redemptions or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant, or, while a director or officer, is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Registrant Law, the Registrant&#146;s
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or, while a director or
officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Registrant and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section 145(c) of the Delaware General Registrant Law, the Registrant&#146;s
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant, to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, to indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also consistent with Section&nbsp;145, the Registrant shall pay expenses incurred by a current or
former officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding if such person
undertakes to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to
indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of the bylaws are not
exclusive of any other rights to which the covered persons may be entitled under any law, agreement
or otherwise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;145 and the Registrant&#146;s bylaws, the Registrant maintains a directors&#146;
and officers&#146; insurance and company reimbursement policy. The policy insures directors and officers
against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities as directors
and officers and reimburses the Registrant for those losses for which the Registrant has lawfully
indemnified the directors and officers. The policy contains various exclusions, none of which apply
to this offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the securities to be issued.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is included on signature page.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on
October&nbsp;7, 2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ J. Timothy Gargaro
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. Timothy Gargaro&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
7th day of October 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on
the following page constitutes and appoints J. Timothy Gargaro, Stuart H. Kupinsky and Brad S.
Kalter and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on
Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gordon A. Ulsh
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Gordon A. Ulsh
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Timothy Gargaro
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">J. Timothy Gargaro
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Phillip A. Damaska
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Phillip A. Damaska
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal accounting officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Michael R. D&#146;Appolonia
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Michael R. D&#146;Appolonia</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Mark C. Demetree
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Mark C. Demetree</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David S. Ferguson
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
Table of Contents
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7,
2005.                                                           File No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
23-0552730
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
13000 Deerfield Parkway, Building 200
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Brad S. Kalter
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Exide Technologies
Copies to:
13000 Deerfield Parkway, Building 200
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004
(678) 566-9048
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
David M. Eaton
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
1100 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 815-6500
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
3,125,000
$5.06
$15,812,500
$1,861.13
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), this Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant as may be issuable in the event of a stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar changes in the capital structure,
merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or
complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to
purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to
any of the foregoing.
(2)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities based on the average of the
high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
October 6, 2005.
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PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7.EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
ITEM 8.EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5 OPINION OF KILPATRICK, STOCKTON LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") and the note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents have been filed by Exide Technologies (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and are incorporated herein by reference (Commission
File No. 1-11263):
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005;
(c) The section entitled "Risk Factors" in Amendment No. 1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (Commission File No. 333-126619) filed on September 14,
2005;
(d) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the
Company's fiscal year ended March 31, 2005; and
(e) The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as set
forth in its Form 8-A Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange
Act on May 5, 2004, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed subsequent to the date hereof by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the
documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided,
however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made
hereby is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference herein or be
a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document
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modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision
eliminating the personal liability of a director or officer to the Registrant or its stockholders
for the breach of any duty owed to the Registrant or its stockholders except to the extent that an
exemption from personal liability is not permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as such
may be amended from time to time. Among other things, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law allows Delaware corporations to include a provision in their certificates of
incorporation eliminating the personal liability of a director or officer to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of any duty as a director, provided, however, that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to unlawful payment of dividends
and unlawful stock purchases and redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
As permitted by Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant, or, while a director or officer, is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
As permitted by Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Registrant Law, the Registrant's
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or, while a director or
officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
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the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Registrant and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
As permitted by Section 145(c) of the Delaware General Registrant Law, the Registrant's
amended and restated bylaws contain a provision requiring the Registrant, to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, to indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Also consistent with Section 145, the Registrant shall pay expenses incurred by a current or
former officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding if such person
undertakes to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to
indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of the bylaws are not
exclusive of any other rights to which the covered persons may be entitled under any law, agreement
or otherwise.
As permitted by Section 145 and the Registrant's bylaws, the Registrant maintains a directors'
and officers' insurance and company reimbursement policy. The policy insures directors and officers
against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities as directors
and officers and reimburses the Registrant for those losses for which the Registrant has lawfully
indemnified the directors and officers. The policy contains various exclusions, none of which apply
to this offering.
ITEM 7.EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8.EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:
Exhibit Number
Description
5
Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the securities to be issued.
23.1
Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Power of Attorney is included on signature page.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
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provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on
October 7, 2005.
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By:
/s/ J. Timothy Gargaro
J. Timothy Gargaro
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
7th day of October 2005.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on
the following page constitutes and appoints J. Timothy Gargaro, Stuart H. Kupinsky and Brad S.
Kalter and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on
Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gordon A. Ulsh
President, Chief Executive Officer
Gordon A. Ulsh
and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ J. Timothy Gargaro
Executive Vice President
J. Timothy Gargaro
and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Phillip A. Damaska
Vice President and Corporate
Phillip A. Damaska
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
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Signature
Title
/s/ Michael R. D'Appolonia
Director
Michael R. D'Appolonia
/s/ Mark C. Demetree
Director
Mark C. Demetree
/s/ David S. Ferguson
Director
David S. Ferguson
/s/ Phillip M. Martineau
Director
Phillip M. Martineau
/s/ John P. Reilly
Director
John P. Reilly
/s/ Michael P. Ressner
Director
Michael P. Ressner
/s/ Carroll R. Wetzel
Director
Carroll R. Wetzel
/s/ Jerome B. York
Director
Jerome B. York
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
5
Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the securities to be issued.
23.1
Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24
Power of Attorney is included on signature page.