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EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATION

         I, Gordon A. Ulsh, certify that:

                  1.       I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
         Exide Technologies;

                  2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
         any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
         fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;

                  3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
         other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
         all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
         and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
         in this report;

                  4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
         procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
         and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
         Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

                           a.       Designed such disclosure control and
                  procedures, or caused such disclosure control and procedures
                  to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                  information relating to the registrant, including its
                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which
                  this report is being prepared;

                           b.       Designed such internal control over
                  financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
                  financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
                  provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
                  financial reporting and the preparation of financial
                  statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
                  accepted accounting principles;

                           c.       Evaluated the effectiveness of the
                  registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented
                  in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                           d.       Disclosed in this report any change in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                  occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter (the
                  registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                  report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
                  to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
                  financial reporting; and

                  5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
         financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
         committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
         the equivalent functions):

                           a.       All significant deficiencies and material
                  weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
                  financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
                  affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize
                  and report financial information; and

                           b.       Any fraud, whether or not material, that
                  involves management or other employees who have a significant
                  role in the registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting.



By:      /S/ GORDON A. ULSH
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           GORDON A. ULSH
    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
               OFFICER

Date: November 9, 2005