<PAGE>
 
   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 1995

                                                   Registration No. 33-_____

============================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             ---------------------

                                   FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             ---------------------

                               EXIDE CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                               23-0552730
     (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)             Identification Number)    

                          1400 North Woodward Avenue
                       Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             ---------------------

                               Exide Corporation
                         1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)

                             ---------------------

                              Bernard F. Stewart
                 Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                               Exide Corporation
                          1400 North Woodward Avenue
                       Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
                                (810) 258-0080
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copy to:

                          Carter W. Emerson, Esquire
                               Kirkland & Ellis
                           200 East Randolph Street
                            Chicago, Illinois 60601

                        Calculation of Registration Fee

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Proposed Maximum        Proposed Maximum  
 Title of Securities to be       Amount to be         Offering Price             Aggregate                  Amount of
        Registered               Registered(1)         Per Share(2)          Offering Price(2)         Registration Fee     
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>                     <C>                     <C>                        <C> 
 Common Stock, par value
 $.01 per share..............  700,000 shares            $45.13                 $31,591,000                $10,893.45 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE> 

(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
      Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional
      shares of Common Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding 
      shares of the company is increased by split-up, reclassification, stock 
      dividend or the like.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee 
      pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 457(c); based on the
      average of the high and low price per share of Common Stock of Exide 
      Corporation on November 9, 1995, as reported on the New York Stock 
      Exchange Composite Tape.

<PAGE>
 
                                     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 (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 filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Exide Corporation (the "Company") (File No.
1-11263) are incorporated herein by reference:

          (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1995, as amended by the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed
on July 21, 1995.

          (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended July 2,  1995, filed on August 16, 1995, as amended by the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed on September 27, 1995.

          (c) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 29,
1995, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 8, 1995, the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 1995, the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 2, 1995, as amended by the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on July 31, 1995.

          (d) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 22, 1993,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to the Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document.  Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein 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 of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     None.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides,
in effect, that any person made a party to any action by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company may, and in
certain cases must, be indemnified by the Company against, in the case of a non-
derivative action, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him as a result of such action.
In the case of a derivative action, such person must be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees).        
<PAGE>
 
In either type of action the person must have acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company.  This indemnification does not apply, in a derivative action, to
matters as to which it is adjudged that the director, officer, employee or agent
is liable to the Company, unless upon court order it is determined that, despite
such adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for expenses.  In a non-derivative action this
indemnification does not apply to any criminal proceeding in which such person
had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

     Article Tenth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Article V of the Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify each
person who is or was an officer or director of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may
be amended (but only to provide fuller indemnification) in the future.

     Article Ninth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, a director of the
Company shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     Reference is made to the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes the
exhibits filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a)  Rule 415 Offering.

          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;

               (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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
          the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
          a 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 the registration
          statement or any material change to such information in the
          registration statement;

          Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
     apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
     information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
     paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
     pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, 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) Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents By Reference.

          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the 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) Request for Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration
Statement on  Form S-8.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
     controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
     or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
     policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
                                  SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

The Registrant

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Reading, State of Pennsylvania on the 13th day of
November, 1995.

                               EXIDE CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Douglas N. Pearson     
                                         ------------------------   
                                         Douglas N. Pearson      
                                         Executive Vice President
                                          President, North America
                                          Operations and Director

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears 
below constitutes and appoints Bernard F. Stewart and Alan E. Gauthier and each 
of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 

    Signature                     Title                         Date
    ---------                     -----                         ----
<S>                        <C>                              <C> 
/s/ Arthur M. Hawkins      Chairman of the Board,           November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   President, and Director
    Arthur M. Hawkins      (Principal Executive
                           Officer)


/s/ Alan E. Gauthier       Executive Vice President,        November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   Chief Financial Officer 
    Alan E. Gauthier       and Director (Principal
                           Financial Officer and
                           Principal Accounting 
                           Officer)


/s/ Douglas N. Pearson     Executive Vice President,        November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   President, North America
    Douglas N. Pearson     Operations and Director 


/s/ William J. Rankin      Executive Vice President         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   and Director 
    William J. Rankin
 
                           
- ------------------------   Director
    Timothy O. Fisher


/s/ Lawrence M. Wagner     Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Lawrence M. Wagner


/s/ Robert H. Irwin        Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Robert H. Irwin


/s/ Earl Dolive            Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Earl Dolive


/s/ Arthur R. Taylor       Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Arthur R. Taylor
</TABLE> 

<PAGE>
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                               -----------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
 
Exhibit                                                                                       Sequentially
Number                                       Description                                      Numbered Page
- -------                                      -----------                                      -------------

<C>        <S>                                                                                  <C>
   4.1     Exide Corporation 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
           33-68016), as amended (the "1993 Registration Statement").

   4.2     Form of Senior Note Indenture (including form of Senior Note), incorporated
           by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
           S-2 (No. 33-53666), as amended (the "S-2 Registration Statement").

   4.3     Form of Senior Subordinated Deferred Coupon Debenture Indenture
           (including form of Senior Subordinated Debenture), incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.2 of the S-2 Registration Statement.

   4.4     Agreement dated as of December 7, 1992, between the Registrant and Inco
           United States, Inc., relating to the assumption of certain liabilities,
           incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the S-2 Registration Statement.

   4.5     Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, WSI and certain other
           holders of the Registrant's Common Stock, incorporated by reference to
           Exhibit 4.14 to the 1993 Registration Statement.
 
   4.6     Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1995, among the
           Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-
           61961), as amended (the "S-4 Registration Statement").
 
   4.7     Indenture dated as of April 28, 1995, between the Registrant and The Bank of
           New York, as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the
           Registrant's Form 8-K dated June 2, 1995.
 
   4.8     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 16, 1995, between the
           Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.2 of the S-4 Registration Statement.
 
   4.9     Form of New Note (included in Exhibit 4.7).
 
   5.1     Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis as to the legality of the securities being
           registered.

  23.1     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

  23.2     Consent of Kirkland & Ellis (included in Exhibit 5.1).

  24.1     Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
</TABLE>

                                      -7-
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 1995

                                                   Registration No. 33-_____

============================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             ---------------------

                                   FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             ---------------------

                               EXIDE CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                               23-0552730
     (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)             Identification Number)    

                          1400 North Woodward Avenue
                       Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             ---------------------

                               Exide Corporation
                         1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)

                             ---------------------

                              Bernard F. Stewart
                 Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                               Exide Corporation
                          1400 North Woodward Avenue
                       Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
                                (810) 258-0080
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copy to:

                          Carter W. Emerson, Esquire
                               Kirkland & Ellis
                           200 East Randolph Street
                            Chicago, Illinois 60601

                        Calculation of Registration Fee
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Proposed Maximum        Proposed Maximum  
 Title of Securities to be       Amount to be         Offering Price             Aggregate                  Amount of
        Registered               Registered(1)         Per Share(2)          Offering Price(2)         Registration Fee     
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value
 $.01 per share..............  700,000 shares            $45.13                 $31,591,000                $10,893.45 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
      Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional
      shares of Common Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding 
      shares of the company is increased by split-up, reclassification, stock 
      dividend or the like.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee 
      pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 457(c); based on the
      average of the high and low price per share of Common Stock of Exide 
      Corporation on November 9, 1995, as reported on the New York Stock 
      Exchange Composite Tape.
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 (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 filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Exide Corporation (the "Company") (File No.
1-11263) are incorporated herein by reference:

          (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1995, as amended by the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed
on July 21, 1995.

          (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended July 2,  1995, filed on August 16, 1995, as amended by the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed on September 27, 1995.

          (c) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 29,
1995, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 8, 1995, the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 1995, the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 2, 1995, as amended by the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on July 31, 1995.

          (d) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 22, 1993,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to the Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document.  Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein 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 of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     None.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides,
in effect, that any person made a party to any action by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company may, and in
certain cases must, be indemnified by the Company against, in the case of a non-
derivative action, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by him as a result of such action.
In the case of a derivative action, such person must be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees).
In either type of action the person must have acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company.  This indemnification does not apply, in a derivative action, to
matters as to which it is adjudged that the director, officer, employee or agent
is liable to the Company, unless upon court order it is determined that, despite
such adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for expenses.  In a non-derivative action this
indemnification does not apply to any criminal proceeding in which such person
had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

     Article Tenth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Article V of the Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify each
person who is or was an officer or director of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may
be amended (but only to provide fuller indemnification) in the future.

     Article Ninth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, a director of the
Company shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     Reference is made to the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes the
exhibits filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a)  Rule 415 Offering.

          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;

               (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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
          the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
          a 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 the registration
          statement or any material change to such information in the
          registration statement;

          Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
     apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
     information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
     paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
     pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                                      -3-
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, 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) Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents By Reference.

          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the 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) Request for Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration
Statement on  Form S-8.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
     controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
     or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
     policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.

                                      -4-
SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

The Registrant

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Reading, State of Pennsylvania on the 13th day of
November, 1995.

                               EXIDE CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Douglas N. Pearson     
                                         ------------------------   
                                         Douglas N. Pearson      
                                         Executive Vice President
                                          President, North America
                                          Operations and Director

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears 
below constitutes and appoints Bernard F. Stewart and Alan E. Gauthier and each 
of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature                     Title                         Date
    ---------                     -----                         ----
/s/ Arthur M. Hawkins      Chairman of the Board,           November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   President, and Director
    Arthur M. Hawkins      (Principal Executive
                           Officer)

/s/ Alan E. Gauthier       Executive Vice President,        November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   Chief Financial Officer 
    Alan E. Gauthier       and Director (Principal
                           Financial Officer and
                           Principal Accounting 
                           Officer)

/s/ Douglas N. Pearson     Executive Vice President,        November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   President, North America
    Douglas N. Pearson     Operations and Director 

/s/ William J. Rankin      Executive Vice President         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------   and Director 
    William J. Rankin
 
                           
- ------------------------   Director
    Timothy O. Fisher

/s/ Lawrence M. Wagner     Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Lawrence M. Wagner

/s/ Robert H. Irwin        Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Robert H. Irwin

/s/ Earl Dolive            Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Earl Dolive

/s/ Arthur R. Taylor       Director                         November 13, 1995
- ------------------------
    Arthur R. Taylor
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit                                                                                       Sequentially
Number                                       Description                                      Numbered Page
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4.1     Exide Corporation 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
           33-68016), as amended (the "1993 Registration Statement").

   4.2     Form of Senior Note Indenture (including form of Senior Note), incorporated
           by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
           S-2 (No. 33-53666), as amended (the "S-2 Registration Statement").

   4.3     Form of Senior Subordinated Deferred Coupon Debenture Indenture
           (including form of Senior Subordinated Debenture), incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.2 of the S-2 Registration Statement.

   4.4     Agreement dated as of December 7, 1992, between the Registrant and Inco
           United States, Inc., relating to the assumption of certain liabilities,
           incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the S-2 Registration Statement.

   4.5     Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, WSI and certain other
           holders of the Registrant's Common Stock, incorporated by reference to
           Exhibit 4.14 to the 1993 Registration Statement.
 
   4.6     Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1995, among the
           Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-
           61961), as amended (the "S-4 Registration Statement").
 
   4.7     Indenture dated as of April 28, 1995, between the Registrant and The Bank of
           New York, as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the
           Registrant's Form 8-K dated June 2, 1995.
 
   4.8     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 16, 1995, between the
           Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, incorporated by reference
           to Exhibit 4.2 of the S-4 Registration Statement.
 
   4.9     Form of New Note (included in Exhibit 4.7).
 
   5.1     Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis as to the legality of the securities being
           registered.

  23.1     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

  23.2     Consent of Kirkland & Ellis (included in Exhibit 5.1).

  24.1     Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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