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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;16, 2006.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: -10pt">File No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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<BR>
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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: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-0552730</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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></DIV>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><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</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Copies to:</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary <BR>
Exide Technologies <BR>
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, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">16,540,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,769.78</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant as may be issuable to prevent dilution 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.</TD>
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    <TD>Determined in accordance with Rules 457(h) and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, based on $4.135,
the average of the high and low prices on The Nasdaq Global Market on November&nbsp;14, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exide Technologies, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), files this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, in connection with an amendment of the
Company&#146;s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) that, among other things, increases the number of
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may be
issued or transferred under the Plan from 3,125,000 to 7,125,000. The shares of Common Stock
previously available for issuance or transfer under the Plan are covered by a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-128897), the contents of which are incorporated herein
by reference.
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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 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 align="left" valign="top">Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 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; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the 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 Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>Provided however</I>, That:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in 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 in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
sell such securities to such purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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<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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to 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.
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<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
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
November&nbsp;16, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Gordon A. Ulsh
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gordon A. Ulsh&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief <br>
Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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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, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
the&nbsp;16th&nbsp;day
of November, 2006.
</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 Francis M. Corby Jr., Barbara A. Hatcher 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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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gordon A. Ulsh
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gordon A. Ulsh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director<br>
(principal executive officer)
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Francis M. Corby Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Francis M. Corby Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer <br>
(principal financial officer)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phillip A. Damaska
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Phillip A. Damaska
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Corporate Controller<br>
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Herbert F. Aspbury
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Herbert F. Aspbury
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael R. D&#146;Appolonia
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael R. D&#146;Appolonia
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David S. Ferguson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David S. Ferguson
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul W. Jennings
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John P. Reilly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John P. Reilly
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael P. Ressner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael P. Ressner
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carroll R. Wetzel
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EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2006.
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
23-0552730
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(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
Copies to:
Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Exide Technologies
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
4,000,000
$
4.135
$
16,540,000
$
1,769.78
(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 to prevent dilution 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 Rules 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act, based on $4.135,
the average of the high and low prices on The Nasdaq Global Market on November 14, 2006.
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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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EXPLANATORY NOTE PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Exide Technologies, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), files this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, in connection with an amendment of the
Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that, among other things, increases the number of
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may be
issued or transferred under the Plan from 3,125,000 to 7,125,000. The shares of Common Stock
previously available for issuance or transfer under the Plan are covered by a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-128897), the contents of which are incorporated herein
by reference.
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.
24
Power of Attorney is included on signature page.
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 of 1933 (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the 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 Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided however
, That:
(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in 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 in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the 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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
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(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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
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
November 16, 2006.
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By:
/s/
Gordon A. Ulsh
Gordon A. Ulsh
President and Chief
Executive 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 16th day
of November, 2006.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on
the following page constitutes and appoints Francis M. Corby Jr., Barbara A. Hatcher 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
Gordon A. Ulsh
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Francis M. Corby Jr.
Francis M. Corby Jr.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Phillip A. Damaska
Phillip A. Damaska
Senior Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(principal accounting officer)
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Signature
Title
/s/ Herbert F. Aspbury
Director
Herbert F. Aspbury
/s/ Michael R. D'Appolonia
Director
Michael R. D'Appolonia
/s/ David S. Ferguson
Director
David S. Ferguson
/s/ Paul W. Jennings
Director
Paul W. Jennings
/s/ John P. Reilly
Director
John P. Reilly
/s/ Michael P. Ressner
Director
Michael P. Ressner
/s/ Carroll R. Wetzel
Director
Carroll R. Wetzel
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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.