SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D. C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2002
Exide Technologies
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 1-11263 23-0552730
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
210 Carnegie Center
Suite 500
Princeton, New Jersey 08040
(Address of principal executive office)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(609) 627-7200
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 5. Other.
On September 17, 2002 the Board of Directors of Exide Technologies
("Company") elected Daniel W. Miller, age 52, to be a director of the Company
and increased the membership of the Board to nine.
Mr. Miller has served since 1997 as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic and steel
containers and provider of related services, and recently led that company
through the restructuring of its capital and a change of ownership. From 1994 to
1997 Mr. Miller was a Managing Director of Vestar Resources, Inc., an affiliate
of Vestar Capital Partners, Inc., an investment banking firm, and from 1985 to
1990 held various executive financial positions with Forstmann Little & Co., an
investment banking company specializing in management buyouts.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
By: /s/ IAN J. HARVIE
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Ian J. Harvie
Vice President and
Controller
Date: October 8, 2002
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