<PAGE>

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2001
                                                      Registration No. 333-xxxxx

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 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 of Incorporation)             (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                        210 Carnegie Center, Suite 500
                          Princeton, New Jersey 08540
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                  EXIDE CORPORATION 2000 STOCK OPTION GRANTS
                           (Full title of the plan)

                            John R. Van Zile, Esq.
            Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                               Exide Corporation
                          3600 Green Court, Suite 720
                           Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
                                (734) 827-2563
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                With a copy to:
                            Carter W. Emerson, Esq.
                               Kirkland & Ellis
                            200 East Randolph Drive
                           Chicago, Illinois, 60601
                                (312) 861-2000


                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
                                                   Proposed Maximum          Proposed Maximum           Amount Of
Title Of Securities         Amount To Be            Offering Price          Aggregate Offering         Registration
To Be Registered (1)       Registered (2)            Per Share (3)              Price (3)                Fee (4)
====================================================================================================================================
<S>                        <C>                     <C>                      <C>                        <C>
Common Stock, par
 value $.01 per share         490,000                    $9.99                 $4,895,100.00             $1,223.78
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1) Includes associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior
    Participating Preferred Stock of the Company.
(2) Represents the number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share
    ("Common Stock"), of Exide Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Exide"),
    issuable pursuant to the Exide Corporation 2000 Stock Option Grants (the
    "Stock Option Grants").  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
    1933 (the "Securities Act"), 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.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant
    to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average
    of the high and low sale prices for a share of Common Stock on July 6, 2001,
    as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(4) Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities
    Act.
<PAGE>

                                    PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


Item 1. Plan Information.

        The document(s) containing the information specified in Item 1 will be
sent or given to recipients of the Stock Option Grants in accordance with Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as part of this Registration Statement.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        The document(s) containing the information specified in Item 2 will be
sent or given to recipients of the Stock Option Grants in accordance with Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act, and are not required to be filed with the
Commission as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424.



                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by Exide Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference, as of their respective dates, in
this Registration Statement:

               (i)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                      year ended March 31, 2001, filed on June 29, 2001;

               (ii)   The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 23,
                      2001, filed on April 3, 2001;

               (iii)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in
                      the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
                      33-56581), filed with the Commission on November 23, 1994;
                      and

               (iv)   The description of the rights to purchase shares of Series
                      A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company
                      contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
                      8-A, filed with the Commission on September 21, 1998, as
                      amended by the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-
                      A/A, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2000.

        In addition, any and all documents hereafter filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicate that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all such
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents. Any statement contained

                                       2
<PAGE>

herein or 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
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.

        Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"DGCL") empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party to 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 corporation) by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith
and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was
unlawful.

        A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors, officers, employees and
other agents of such corporation in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification shall be
made if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in this Item 6 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter herein, the
corporation must indemnify such person against the expenses (including
attorney's fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection
therewith.

        Article Tenth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated By-Laws 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 applicable law, subject to certain
exceptions, for any and all liability reasonably incurred by such person arising
out of or in connection with such person's status as an officer or director of
the Company.

        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.

                                       3
<PAGE>

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement
or, where so indicated, have been previously filed and are incorporated herein
by reference.

Exhibit        Description
-------        -----------

4.1            Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1998, between
               Exide Corporation and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company,
               as Rights Agent, including the form of Certificate of
               Designation, Preferences and Rights of Junior Participating
               Preferred Shares, Series A attached thereto as Exhibit A, the
               form of Rights Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit B and the
               Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibit C, and Amendment to
               the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2000 (the Form of
               Rights Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
               the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 21,
               1998, and the Amendment is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
               4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November
               20, 2000).

4.2            Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by and between
               the Company and The Bank of New York, as warrant agent, and form
               of Warrant Certificate thereto as Exhibit A, incorporated by
               reference to Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to the Company's Current Report
               on Form 8-K, filed on October 16, 2000 (the "October 2000 8-K").

4.3            Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by
               and among the Company and certain lenders under the Amended and
               Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 29,
               2000, by and among the Company, Credit Suisse First Boston, as
               Sole Book Manager, Joint Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent,
               Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as Syndication Agent and Joint Lead
               Arranger, and the lenders party thereto, and Amendment thereto,
               dated June 20, 2001 (the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the October 2000 8-
               K).

4.4            Registration Rights and Standstill Agreement, dated as of
               September 29, 2000, by and between the Company and Pacific Dunlop
               Holdings (USA) Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to
               the October 2000 8-K.

4.5            Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, Wilmington
               Securities, Inc. and certain other holders of the Registrant's
               Common Stock and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2, thereto, dated as of
               August 10, and September 29, 2000, respectively (the Registration
               Rights Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to
               the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-68016),
               filed on August 27, 1993 and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 are
               incorporated by reference to the October 2000 8-K).

                                       4
<PAGE>

4.6            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 Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               June 2, 1995.

4.7            Indenture, dated as of December 15,1995, between the Company and
               The Bank of New York as Trustee, incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K,
               filed on July 1, 1996.

5              Opinion of General Counsel regarding the legality of the
               securities being registered.

23.1           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3           Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24             Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

99.1           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Craig H. Muhlhauser,
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
               October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

99.2           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Thomas O. Minner.

99.3           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - David G. Enstone,
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
               October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.


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 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

                                       5
<PAGE>

                  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; and

          (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 information required to be included in a post-effective
          amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
          with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
          Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
          reference in 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; and

     (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 Sections 13(a) or 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 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.

     (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act 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
     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.

                                       6
<PAGE>

                                  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 Princeton, State of New Jersey, on this 11th
day of July, 2001.

                                  EXIDE CORPORATION

                                  By: /s/ Robert A. Lutz
                                      ----------------------------
                                     Name:  Robert A. Lutz
                                     Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin R. Morano and John R. Van Zile, and each
of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 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 and about the premises, 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 their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Signature                                  Title                                                 Date
       ---------                                  -----                                                 ----
<S>                                <C>                                                              <C>
By: /s/ Robert A. Lutz             Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                             July 11, 2001
    ------------------
    Robert A. Lutz
By: /s/ Kevin R. Morano            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial                     July 11, 2001
    -------------------
    Kevin R. Morano                Officer (principal financial officer)
By: /s/ Kenneth S. Pawloski        Vice President, Corporate Controller                             July 11, 2001
    ----------------------
    Kenneth S. Pawloski            (principal accounting officer)
By: /s/ Francois J. Castaing       Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    ------------------------
    Francois J. Castaing
By: /s/ Rodney L. Chadwick         Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    ----------------------
    Rodney L. Chadwick
By: /s/ John A. James              Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    -----------------
    John A. James
By: /s/ Heinrich Meyr              Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    -----------------
    Heinrich Meyr
By: /s/ Jody G. Miller             Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    ------------------
    Jody G. Miller
</TABLE>


                                       7
<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------


Exhibit             Description of Exhibit
-------             ----------------------

4.1                 Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1998,
                    between Exide Corporation and American Stock Transfer and
                    Trust Company, as Rights Agent, including the form of
                    Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Junior
                    Participating Preferred Shares, Series A attached thereto as
                    Exhibit A, the form of Rights Certificate attached thereto
                    as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as
                    Exhibit C, and Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as
                    of October 25, 2000 (the Form of Rights Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
                    Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 21, 1998, and
                    the Amendment is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
                    the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 20,
                    2000).

4.2                 Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by and
                    between the Company and The Bank of New York, as warrant
                    agent, and form of Warrant Certificate thereto as Exhibit A,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to the
                    Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 16,
                    2000 (the "October 2000 8-K").

4.3                 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29,
                    2000, by and among the Company and certain lenders under the
                    Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated as
                    of September 29, 2000, by and among the Company, Credit
                    Suisse First Boston, as Sole Book Manager, Joint Lead
                    Arranger and Administrative Agent, Salomon Smith Barney
                    Inc., as Syndication Agent and Joint Lead Arranger, and the
                    lenders party thereto, and Amendment thereto, dated June 20,
                    2001 (the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the October 2000
                    8-K).

4.4                 Registration Rights and Standstill Agreement, dated as of
                    September 29, 2000, by and between the Company and Pacific
                    Dunlop Holdings (USA) Inc., incorporated by reference to
                    Exhibit 4.5 to the October 2000 8-K.

4.5                 Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant,
                    Wilmington Securities, Inc. and certain other holders of the
                    Registrant's Common Stock and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2,
                    thereto, dated as of August 10, and September 29, 2000,
                    respectively (the Registration Rights Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Company's
                    Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-68016), filed on
                    August 27, 1993 and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 are
                    incorporated by reference to the October 2000 8-K).

4.6                 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 Company's Current Report on
                    Form 8-K dated June 2, 1995.

                                       8
<PAGE>

4.7                 Indenture, dated as of December 15,1995, between the Company
                    and The Bank of New York as Trustee, incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's 1996 Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K, filed on July 1, 1996.

5                   Opinion of General Counsel regarding the legality of the
                    securities being registered.

23.1                Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2                Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3                Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24                  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

99.1                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Craig H. Muhlhauser,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
                    Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                    quarter ended October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

99.2                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Thomas O. Minner.

99.3                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - David G. Enstone,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
                    Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                    quarter ended October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

                                       9
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2001
                                                      Registration No. 333-xxxxx

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 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 of Incorporation)             (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                        210 Carnegie Center, Suite 500
                          Princeton, New Jersey 08540
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                  EXIDE CORPORATION 2000 STOCK OPTION GRANTS
                           (Full title of the plan)

                            John R. Van Zile, Esq.
            Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                               Exide Corporation
                          3600 Green Court, Suite 720
                           Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
                                (734) 827-2563
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                With a copy to:
                            Carter W. Emerson, Esq.
                               Kirkland & Ellis
                            200 East Randolph Drive
                           Chicago, Illinois, 60601
                                (312) 861-2000

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================================
                                                   Proposed Maximum          Proposed Maximum           Amount Of
Title Of Securities         Amount To Be            Offering Price          Aggregate Offering         Registration
To Be Registered (1)       Registered (2)            Per Share (3)              Price (3)                Fee (4)
====================================================================================================================================
Common Stock, par
 value $.01 per share         490,000                    $9.99                 $4,895,100.00             $1,223.78
====================================================================================================================================
(1) Includes associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior
    Participating Preferred Stock of the Company.
(2) Represents the number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share
    ("Common Stock"), of Exide Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Exide"),
    issuable pursuant to the Exide Corporation 2000 Stock Option Grants (the
    "Stock Option Grants").  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
    1933 (the "Securities Act"), 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.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant
    to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average
    of the high and low sale prices for a share of Common Stock on July 6, 2001,
    as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(4) Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities
    Act.
PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.

        The document(s) containing the information specified in Item 1 will be
sent or given to recipients of the Stock Option Grants in accordance with Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as part of this Registration Statement.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        The document(s) containing the information specified in Item 2 will be
sent or given to recipients of the Stock Option Grants in accordance with Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act, and are not required to be filed with the
Commission as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by Exide Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference, as of their respective dates, in
this Registration Statement:

               (i)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                      year ended March 31, 2001, filed on June 29, 2001;

               (ii)   The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 23,
                      2001, filed on April 3, 2001;

               (iii)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in
                      the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
                      33-56581), filed with the Commission on November 23, 1994;
                      and

               (iv)   The description of the rights to purchase shares of Series
                      A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company
                      contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
                      8-A, filed with the Commission on September 21, 1998, as
                      amended by the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-
                      A/A, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2000.

        In addition, any and all documents hereafter filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicate that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all such
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents. Any statement contained

                                       2
herein or 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
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.

        Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"DGCL") empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party to 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 corporation) by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith
and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was
unlawful.

        A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors, officers, employees and
other agents of such corporation in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification shall be
made if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in this Item 6 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter herein, the
corporation must indemnify such person against the expenses (including
attorney's fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection
therewith.

        Article Tenth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated By-Laws 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 applicable law, subject to certain
exceptions, for any and all liability reasonably incurred by such person arising
out of or in connection with such person's status as an officer or director of
the Company.

        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.

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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement
or, where so indicated, have been previously filed and are incorporated herein
by reference.

Exhibit        Description
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4.1            Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1998, between
               Exide Corporation and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company,
               as Rights Agent, including the form of Certificate of
               Designation, Preferences and Rights of Junior Participating
               Preferred Shares, Series A attached thereto as Exhibit A, the
               form of Rights Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit B and the
               Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibit C, and Amendment to
               the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2000 (the Form of
               Rights Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
               the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 21,
               1998, and the Amendment is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
               4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November
               20, 2000).

4.2            Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by and between
               the Company and The Bank of New York, as warrant agent, and form
               of Warrant Certificate thereto as Exhibit A, incorporated by
               reference to Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to the Company's Current Report
               on Form 8-K, filed on October 16, 2000 (the "October 2000 8-K").

4.3            Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by
               and among the Company and certain lenders under the Amended and
               Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 29,
               2000, by and among the Company, Credit Suisse First Boston, as
               Sole Book Manager, Joint Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent,
               Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as Syndication Agent and Joint Lead
               Arranger, and the lenders party thereto, and Amendment thereto,
               dated June 20, 2001 (the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the October 2000 8-
               K).

4.4            Registration Rights and Standstill Agreement, dated as of
               September 29, 2000, by and between the Company and Pacific Dunlop
               Holdings (USA) Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to
               the October 2000 8-K.

4.5            Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, Wilmington
               Securities, Inc. and certain other holders of the Registrant's
               Common Stock and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2, thereto, dated as of
               August 10, and September 29, 2000, respectively (the Registration
               Rights Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to
               the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-68016),
               filed on August 27, 1993 and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 are
               incorporated by reference to the October 2000 8-K).

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4.6            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 Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               June 2, 1995.

4.7            Indenture, dated as of December 15,1995, between the Company and
               The Bank of New York as Trustee, incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K,
               filed on July 1, 1996.

5              Opinion of General Counsel regarding the legality of the
               securities being registered.

23.1           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3           Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24             Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

99.1           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Craig H. Muhlhauser,
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
               October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

99.2           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Thomas O. Minner.

99.3           Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - David G. Enstone,
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's
               Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
               October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

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 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

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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; and

          (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 information required to be included in a post-effective
          amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
          with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
          Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
          reference in 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; and

     (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 Sections 13(a) or 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 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.

     (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act 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
     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 Princeton, State of New Jersey, on this 11th
day of July, 2001.

                                  EXIDE CORPORATION

                                  By: /s/ Robert A. Lutz
                                      ----------------------------
                                     Name:  Robert A. Lutz
                                     Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin R. Morano and John R. Van Zile, and each
of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 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 and about the premises, 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 their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature                                  Title                                                 Date
       ---------                                  -----                                                 ----
By: /s/ Robert A. Lutz             Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                             July 11, 2001
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    Robert A. Lutz
By: /s/ Kevin R. Morano            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial                     July 11, 2001
    -------------------
    Kevin R. Morano                Officer (principal financial officer)
By: /s/ Kenneth S. Pawloski        Vice President, Corporate Controller                             July 11, 2001
    ----------------------
    Kenneth S. Pawloski            (principal accounting officer)
By: /s/ Francois J. Castaing       Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    ------------------------
    Francois J. Castaing
By: /s/ Rodney L. Chadwick         Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    ----------------------
    Rodney L. Chadwick
By: /s/ John A. James              Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    -----------------
    John A. James
By: /s/ Heinrich Meyr              Director                                                         July 11, 2001
    -----------------
    Heinrich Meyr
By: /s/ Jody G. Miller             Director                                                         July 11, 2001
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    Jody G. Miller
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit             Description of Exhibit
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4.1                 Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1998,
                    between Exide Corporation and American Stock Transfer and
                    Trust Company, as Rights Agent, including the form of
                    Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Junior
                    Participating Preferred Shares, Series A attached thereto as
                    Exhibit A, the form of Rights Certificate attached thereto
                    as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as
                    Exhibit C, and Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as
                    of October 25, 2000 (the Form of Rights Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
                    Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 21, 1998, and
                    the Amendment is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
                    the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 20,
                    2000).

4.2                 Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, by and
                    between the Company and The Bank of New York, as warrant
                    agent, and form of Warrant Certificate thereto as Exhibit A,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to the
                    Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 16,
                    2000 (the "October 2000 8-K").

4.3                 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29,
                    2000, by and among the Company and certain lenders under the
                    Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated as
                    of September 29, 2000, by and among the Company, Credit
                    Suisse First Boston, as Sole Book Manager, Joint Lead
                    Arranger and Administrative Agent, Salomon Smith Barney
                    Inc., as Syndication Agent and Joint Lead Arranger, and the
                    lenders party thereto, and Amendment thereto, dated June 20,
                    2001 (the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the October 2000
                    8-K).

4.4                 Registration Rights and Standstill Agreement, dated as of
                    September 29, 2000, by and between the Company and Pacific
                    Dunlop Holdings (USA) Inc., incorporated by reference to
                    Exhibit 4.5 to the October 2000 8-K.

4.5                 Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant,
                    Wilmington Securities, Inc. and certain other holders of the
                    Registrant's Common Stock and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2,
                    thereto, dated as of August 10, and September 29, 2000,
                    respectively (the Registration Rights Agreement is
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Company's
                    Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-68016), filed on
                    August 27, 1993 and Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 are
                    incorporated by reference to the October 2000 8-K).

4.6                 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 Company's Current Report on
                    Form 8-K dated June 2, 1995.

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4.7                 Indenture, dated as of December 15,1995, between the Company
                    and The Bank of New York as Trustee, incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's 1996 Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K, filed on July 1, 1996.

5                   Opinion of General Counsel regarding the legality of the
                    securities being registered.

23.1                Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2                Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3                Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24                  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

99.1                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Craig H. Muhlhauser,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
                    Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                    quarter ended October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

99.2                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - Thomas O. Minner.

99.3                Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement - David G. Enstone,
                    incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
                    Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                    quarter ended October 1, 2000, filed on November 15, 2000.

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