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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                 Third Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement

          This Third Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of
December 19, 2002 (this "Third Amendment"), is entered into among Exide
Technologies, a Delaware corporation and a debtor and a debtor in possession
(the "Company"); Exide Delaware LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("Exide LLC"); Exide Illinois, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("Exide
Illinois"); RBD Liquidation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("RBD";
together with the Company, Exide LLC and Exide Illinois, the "Borrowers"); GNB
Battery Technologies Japan, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("GNB"; and together
with the Borrowers, the "Domestic Guarantors"); the Lenders party hereto; and
Citicorp USA, Inc. ("CUSA"), as agent for the Lenders and the Issuers (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as collateral monitoring agent (in
such capacity, the "Collateral Monitoring Agent"), and amends that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2002 and amended as of a First Amendment
dated as of May 17, 2002 and a Second Amendment dated as of June 10, 2002 (as
amended hereby and as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") entered into among the
Borrowers, the Domestic Guarantors, the Lenders, the Issuers, and CUSA as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Monitoring Agent. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Credit Agreement.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Company has requested that certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement be amended and that certain transactions be permitted, all as
more particularly set forth herein;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.1(a) (Amendments, Waivers, Etc.) of
the Credit Agreement, the consent of the Requisite Lenders is required to modify
certain portions of the Credit Agreement and permit certain transactions as
requested by the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, the Borrowers,
the Domestic Guarantors and the Lenders party hereto agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Credit
Agreement is, effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as defined
below), hereby amended as follows:

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          (a) The preamble of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
phrase "and any Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor hereunder pursuant to
Section 10.9" immediately after the words "hereof as Guarantors" and before the
parenthetical following such words.

          (b) Article I of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following new defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order therein:

          "Escrow Agent" has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

          "Existing Indebtedness" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).

          "Existing Intercompany Indebtedness" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6(b).

          "Guaranty Joinder" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.9.

          "Lending Party" means each of the Lenders, the Issuers, the
     Administrative Agent and the Collateral Monitoring Agent, as the case may
     be.

          "Other Intercompany Indebtedness" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.6(b).

          (c) Article I of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing each of
the following definitions in its respective entirety with the following new
definitions:

          "Available Prepayment Amount" means, at any time,

               (a) in respect of any Property Loss Event or any Asset Sale
     (other than any Asset Sale contemplated in clause (b), (c) or (d) below),
     an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Net Cash
     Proceeds of all Asset Sales and Property Loss Events received by the
     Company or any Subsidiary thereof after the Closing Date over (ii)
     $10,000,000;

               (b) in respect of any Asset Sale pursuant to clause (h) or clause
     (i) of Section 8.4 (Sale of Assets), an amount equal to the excess, if any,
     of (i) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale received by a
     Foreign Subsidiary of the Company over (ii) the amount of such Net Cash
     Proceeds to be utilized for the working capital needs of such Foreign
     Subsidiary and the working capital needs of other Foreign Guarantors
     domiciled in such Foreign Subsidiary's country of origin;

               (c) in respect of any Foreign Borrowing Base Asset Sale, an
     amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale;

               (d) in respect of any Asset Sale comprised in whole or in part of
     Foreign Collateral, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds
     attributable to such Foreign Collateral; and

               (e) in respect of any Restricted Payment, an amount equal to 100%
     of the Net Cash Proceeds received by a Borrower.

          "Foreign Borrowing Base Subsidiary" means, individually, Exide Canada
     Inc. and Euro Exide Corporation Limited.

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          "Foreign Collateral Documents" means the Foreign Pledge and Security
     Agreements, the Foreign Mortgages and any other document executed and
     delivered by a Foreign Loan Party granting a Lien on any of its property to
     secure payment of Foreign Obligations.

          "Mercolec Cash Proceeds" means any cash proceeds received by Mercolec
     arising from (a) any Mercolec Loan, (b) any repayment or prepayment of any
     Foreign Intercompany Loan made by Mercolec and (c) any repayment or
     prepayment of any intercompany loan made by Mercolec to any Foreign
     Subsidiary of the Company permitted under clauses (q) or (s) of Section 8.1
     (Indebtedness)

          "Net Cash Proceeds" means proceeds received by any Borrower or any of
     its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date in cash or Cash Equivalents from
     any:

               (a) Asset Sale, other than, and only to the extent so permitted
     thereunder, Asset Sales set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
     (g), or (j) of Section 8.4 (Sale of Assets), net of (i) the reasonable cash
     costs of sale, assignment or other disposition, (ii) taxes paid or
     reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount
     required by the Bankruptcy Court to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness
     (other than the Obligations) secured by a perfected and unavoidable Lien on
     the assets subject to such Asset Sale; or

               (b) Property Loss Event net of (i) reasonable costs and expenses
     associated with settling any claim with respect to such Property Loss
     Event, (ii) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (iii) any amount
     required by the Bankruptcy Court to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness
     (other than the Obligations) secured by a perfected and unavoidable Lien on
     the assets subject to such Property Loss Event; or

               (c) incurrence of Indebtedness by any Foreign Subsidiary of the
     Company domiciled in Europe permitted under clause (o) of Section 8.1
     (Indebtedness), net of brokers' and advisors' fees and other reasonable
     costs incurred in connection with such transaction; or

               (d) payment of any Restricted Payment by any Subsidiary of the
     Company to any Borrower;

     provided, however, that in each case set forth in clauses (a), (b), and (c)
     above, evidence of such fees, payments, prepayments and all costs is
     provided to the Administrative Agent in form and substance satisfactory to
     it.

          (d) Clause (g) of Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
replacing it in its entirety with the following new clause (g):

          (g) Upon receipt by any Foreign Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds
          arising from any Other Foreign Asset Sale or Foreign Non-Borrowing
          Base Asset Sale, the Company shall cause such Foreign Subsidiary to
          pay that portion of such proceeds (1) attributable to assets which
          were not Foreign Collateral to the Escrow Agent to be held in the
          Escrow Account and (2) attributable to assets which constituted
          Foreign Collateral hereunder to the Administrative Agent to be applied
          in accordance with clause (h) below.

          (e) Clause (h) of Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
replacing it in its entirety with the following new clause (h):

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          (h) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13(g) (Payments and
          Computations), any Net Cash Proceeds held by the Administrative Agent
          and required to be applied in accordance with this clause (h) shall be
          applied as follows:

               first, to prepay Foreign Intercompany Loans made to such Foreign
          Subsidiary under the Foreign Sublimit pursuant to clauses (i) and (j)
          of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness),

               second, to prepay Foreign Intercompany Loans made to such Foreign
          Subsidiary under the Foreign Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to
          clauses (h) and (j) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness), and

               then, to be held by the Administrative Agent until such time as
          the Obligations are paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been
          fully cash collateralized at which time the Administrative Agent shall
          deliver any remaining Net Cash Proceeds to the Escrow Agent to be held
          and applied in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor
          Agreement.

          (f) Clause (k) of Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
replacing it in its entirety with the following new clause (k):

          (k) Commencing on the sixty-first (61st) day after the Closing Date
          and thereafter, to the extent that the sum of (1) the aggregate cash
          and Cash Equivalents held by Mercolec plus (2) any Mercolec Cash
          Proceeds received by Mercolec during such preceding period exceeds
          $1,000,000 on any day, on the next Business Day the Borrowers shall
          cause Mercolec to apply such excess to prepay the outstanding balance
          of all Foreign Intercompany Loans made to Mercolec by any Intercompany
          Lender pursuant to clause (j) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) in an
          amount equal to 100% of such excess.

          (g) Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following new clause (o) at the end thereof:

          (o) Upon receipt by any Borrower of Net Cash Proceeds arising from a
          Restricted Payment, such Borrower shall immediately pay an amount
          equal to the Available Prepayment Amount to the Administrative Agent
          to be applied pro rata to the outstanding balance of Domestic Loans.
          No permanent reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitment shall result
          from a prepayment under this clause (o).

          (h) Clause (h) of Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
adding "(f)," immediately after the word "clauses" and before the reference to
"(q), (r) and (s)" therein.

          (i) Section 6.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:

          Within thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, the
          Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a cumulative summary
          of non-ordinary course Asset Sales completed during such Fiscal Year
          that describes such Asset Sale, the total consideration received, the
          Net Cash Proceeds resulting from each transaction, and such other
          details as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

          (j) Article VII of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following new Sections 7.18 and 7.19 at the end thereof to read as follows:

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          Section 7.18 Additional Guarantors. The Borrowers shall cause each new
          Domestic Subsidiary formed hereafter to execute a Guaranty Joinder.

          Section 7.19 Intercompany Loans. The Borrowers shall cause all
          intercompany Indebtedness entered into by and among the Borrowers and
          any of their Subsidiaries after the Petition Date to be on a revolving
          basis and on commercial terms reasonably acceptable to the
          Administrative Agent.

          (k) Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by respectively
replacing clauses (f) and (r) therein with the following new clauses:

          (f) Indebtedness arising from intercompany loans (i) from any Borrower
          to any Domestic Guarantor, (ii) from any Domestic Guarantor to any
          other Domestic Guarantor, or (iii) from any Subsidiary of the Company
          to any Borrower;

          (r) Indebtedness of any Foreign Guarantor arising from intercompany
          loans from any Foreign Subsidiary which is not a Foreign Guarantor;
          provided that such intercompany loans are fully subordinated, on terms
          acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to all obligations of such
          Foreign Guarantor owing to any Borrower, any Domestic Guarantor, any
          other Foreign Guarantor, any Foreign Borrowing Base Subsidiary, and
          any Lending Party;

          (l) Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) replacing
the phrase in the lead-in sentence that commences with the words "nor shall they
permit" through the comma at the end of such phrase with "nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to," and (ii) replacing clause (e) therein with the
following new clause (e):

          (e) Investments by (1) any Borrower in any Domestic Guarantor, (2) any
          Domestic Guarantor in any Borrower, (3) any Foreign Guarantor in any
          Borrower, any Foreign Borrowing Base Subsidiary or any other Foreign
          Guarantor, (4) any Foreign Borrowing Base Subsidiary in any other
          Foreign Borrowing Base Subsidiary, and (5) Exide Transportation
          Holding Europe S.L. by way of acquisition of the shares of (i) Centra
          S.A. from Compagnie Europeenne D'Accumulateurs and (ii) Deta
          Portuguesa Baterias, LDA from Deutsche Exide GmbH;

          (m) Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing
clauses (f) and (k) therein with the following new clauses respectively:

          (f) any Asset Sale to any Foreign Guarantor or to any Foreign
          Borrowing Base Subsidiary;

          (k) so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would
          result therefrom, any other Asset Sale for Fair Market Value, payable
          in cash upon such sale (or, to the extent previously consented to by
          the Administrative Agent, payable for at least seventy-five percent
          (75%) cash); provided, however, that with respect to any such Asset
          Sale pursuant to this clause (k), (i) the aggregate consideration
          received for the sale of all assets sold during (1) the Fiscal Year
          ending March 31, 2003 shall not exceed $10,000,000 and (2) any Fiscal
          Year thereafter shall not exceed $10,000,000 and (ii) all Net Cash
          Proceeds of such Asset Sale are applied as set forth in and as
          required by Section 2.9 (Mandatory Prepayments);

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          (n) Clause (a) of Section 8.5 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
deleting the "and" at the end of clause (i), inserting an "and" after the end of
clause (ii) and adding a new clause (iii) as follows:

          (iii) Restricted Payments by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
          to (x) any Loan Party or (y) any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan
          Party.

          (o) Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing it in
its entirety with the following new clause (b):

                    (b) Such Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its
          Subsidiaries to,

                    (x) make any payment of principal, premium (if any),
               interest, fees (including fees to obtain any waiver or consent in
               connection with any Security) or other charges on,

                    (y) prepay, redeem, purchase, retire, defease, make any
               sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, or otherwise
               satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or
               make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, or

                    (z) amend or modify in any material regard any payment terms
               of,

          any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, except as permitted
          under clause (viii) below, the Existing Mercolec Loans);

          provided, however, that:

                    (i) the Borrowers may repay or prepay the Obligations in
          accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

                    (ii) the Intercompany Borrowers may repay or prepay the
          Foreign Intercompany Loans;

                    (iii) Mercolec may repay or prepay Mercolec Loans (A) if the
          Other TForeign Subsidiary making such Mercolec Loan to Mercolec is a
          Net Lender or (B) if such Other Foreign Subsidiary making such
          Mercolec Loan is not a Net Lender, so long as there is no outstanding
          balance under any Foreign Intercompany Loan to Mercolec pursuant to
          clause (j) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) (both before and after giving
          effect to such prepayment);

                    (iv) any Foreign Guarantor may repay or prepay intercompany
          loans permitted under clause (q) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) from
          another Foreign Guarantor domiciled in the same country;

                    (v) the Borrowers may pay the Adequate Protection Payments
          (to the extent permitted pursuant to the Orders);

                    (vi) the Borrowers may make any Permitted Pre-Petition Claim
          Payments;

                    (vii) the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries may
          prepay any Indebtedness of the type permitted under clause (d) of
          Section 8.1

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          (Indebtedness) so long as the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness
          prepaid under this clause (viii) does not exceed $5,000,000;

                    (viii) subject to the prior written consent of the
          Administrative Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole
          discretion), the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries may
          prepay (A) any Indebtedness listed on Schedule 8.6 (Specified Foreign
          Indebtedness) and (B) any intercompany Indebtedness not otherwise
          permitted herein;

                    (ix) any Foreign Guarantor may repay or prepay intercompany
          loans permitted under clause (s) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) so long
          as Mercolec is in compliance with Section 2.9(k) (Mandatory
          Prepayments) (both before and after giving effect to such prepayment)
          and such repayment or prepayment, as the case may be, is not made with
          proceeds of Loans;

                    (x) any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Loan Party
          may repay or prepay any intercompany Indebtedness it owes to a Foreign
          Loan Party; and

                    (xi) the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries may
          make scheduled payments of principal, interest and fees on any other
          Indebtedness permitted under clauses (b), (e), (g), (k), (l), (m),
          (n), and (o) of Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) (other than (A)
          Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their respective Domestic
          Subsidiaries under the Pre-Petition Facility, (B) any other
          pre-petition Indebtedness of the Borrowers, (C) any intercompany
          Indebtedness incurred prior to the Petition Date ("Existing
          Intercompany Indebtedness"), and (D) any post-Petition Date
          intercompany Indebtedness not otherwise expressly permitted under
          clauses (f), (h), (i), (j), (p), (q), (r), and (s) of Section 8.1
          (Indebtedness) ("Other Intercompany Indebtedness"); provided, however,
          (1) interest may be paid on Existing Intercompany Indebtedness and
          Other Intercompany Indebtedness so long as the payment is not made
          with proceeds of Loans, (2) scheduled principal may be paid on Other
          Intercompany Indebtedness so long as the intercompany borrower making
          the payment has no outstanding obligations at such time resulting from
          the receipt of proceeds of Loans and such payment is not made with
          proceeds of Loans and (3) scheduled principal may be paid on Existing
          Intercompany Indebtedness only if all obligations related to the
          Foreign Intercompany Loans have been paid in full).

          (p) Section 8.7 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (1) changing the
cross-reference in clause (e) therein from "Section 8.3(j) (Investments)" to
"Section 8.3(i) (Investments)" and (2) replacing clause (f) through the end
thereof with the following:

               (f) acquire, form, create, divide, dissolve or liquidate any
          Subsidiary;

               provided, however, the following actions shall be permitted:

               (i) the formation or creation of any Subsidiary resulting from
          the division of Exide Sonnak, A/S into two Subsidiaries of the
          Company;

               (ii) a merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary of the Company
          into the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company or any
          acquisition of all or substantially all of the Stock or Stock
          Equivalents of any Subsidiary of the Company by the Company or any
          other Subsidiary of the Company so long as in each case if such
          merger, consolidation or acquisition involves a Loan Party and a
          non-Loan Party, the Loan Party shall be the surviving Person; and

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               (iii) so long as no other Default would arise therefrom, a
          dissolution or liquidation of any dormant Subsidiary of the Company
          after the transfer or dividending of all of such Subsidiary's assets
          to a Loan Party;

               provided, further, that none of the actions permitted by this
          Section 8.7 (Restriction on Fundamental Changes) shall result in any
          reduction in the collateral security and credit support provided on
          account of the Obligations and the Administrative Agent shall not be
          required to release any security interests in the assets of any such
          Person except in connection with the simultaneous grant by the
          surviving or receiving Person, as the case may be, to the
          Administrative Agent of security interests in the same assets.

          (p) Section 8.13 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following proviso at the end of clause (b) therein immediately prior to the
period at the end thereof:

               ; provided, however, the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.13
          (German Tax Year Changes) shall be permitted for statutory reporting
          purposes to change their Fiscal Year to a calendar year basis if the
          Federal Republic of Germany passes legislation making it mandatory or
          beneficial and advantageous for such Subsidiaries to so change

          (q) Article X of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding a new
Section 10.9 to read as follows:

               Section 10.9 Additional Guarantors Upon the execution and
delivery by any Person of a guaranty joinder agreement in substantially the form
of Exhibit P hereto (each, a "Guaranty Joinder"), (i) such Person shall be
referred to as an "Additional Guarantor" and shall become and be a Guarantor
hereunder, and each reference in this Guaranty to a "Guarantor" shall also mean
and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other
Loan Document to a "Guarantor" shall also mean and be a reference to such
Additional Guarantor, and (ii) each reference herein to "this Guaranty",
"hereunder", "hereof" or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, and
each reference in any other Loan Document to the "Guaranty", "thereunder",
"thereof" or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, shall include each
such duly executed and delivered Guaranty Joinder.

          SECTION 2. Consent to Certain Transactions and Waiver of Certain
Covenants of the Credit Agreement.

          Effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as defined below)
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Requisite Lenders
hereby consent to the following transactions and grant a waiver in respect
thereof as follows:

          The Requisite Lenders hereby consent to:

          (i) the incurrence of indebtedness by Exide Technologies Holding, B.V.
          of up to US$ 5,000,000 at any one time outstanding in intercompany
          Indebtedness payable to Exide OY so long as all of the funds received
          are immediately lent by Exide Technologies Holding B.V. to Mercolec;
          and

          (ii) the repayment and prepayment of that intercompany Indebtedness by
          Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. so long as each fiscal year there
          shall

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          be a payment of dividends from Exide OY in settlement of amounts due
          and owing from Exide Technologies Holding B.V.; and

          the Requisite Lenders hereby waive any Default or Event of Default
          that may occur under Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) or Section 8.6
          (Prepayment and Cancellation of Indebtedness) of the Credit Agreement
          due to the completion of the transactions as set forth in clauses (i)
          and (ii).

          SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Third
Amendment.

          This Third Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof on
the date (the "Third Amendment Effective Date") when the following conditions
precedent have been satisfied:

               (i) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have
          received on or before the Third Amendment Effective Date all of the
          following, all of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
          the Administrative Agent, in sufficient quantity and, as applicable,
          originally executed for each of the Lenders:

               (A) this Third Amendment executed by the Borrowers, the Domestic
          Guarantors, sufficient Lenders to constitute the Requisite Lenders and
          the Administrative Agent;

               (B) Schedule 8.13 (German Tax Year Changes); and

               (C) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent or,
          if appropriate, the Requisite Lenders may reasonably require.

               (ii) Amendment Fee. On the Third Amendment Effective Date the
          Borrowers shall have paid to each Lender that has executed this Third
          Amendment prior to the close of business on December 18, 2002, an
          amendment fee equal to ten basis points (0.10%) of such Lender's
          outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment.

               (iii) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
          and warranties made by the Borrowers or the other Loan Parties in or
          pursuant to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Third Amendment,
          and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrowers or any of the
          other Loan Parties is a party or by which the Borrowers or any of the
          Loan Parties is bound, shall be true and correct in all material
          respects on and as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (other than
          representations and warranties in any such Loan Document expressly
          that are limited to a specific date).

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               (iv) Corporate and Other Proceedings. All corporate and other
          proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other legal matters in
          connection with the transactions contemplated by this Third Amendment
          shall be satisfactory in all respects, including without limitation,
          form and substance, to the Administrative Agent in its sole
          discretion.

               (v) No Events of Default. No Event of Default or Default shall
          have occurred and be continuing on the Third Amendment Effective Date.

               (vi) Payment of Costs, Fees and Expenses. Counsel, including all
          foreign counsel, to the Administrative Agent shall have been paid all
          outstanding fees and expenses due and owing in connection with the
          Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and this Third Amendment.

          SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower and each
Domestic Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) as of
the date hereof, and after giving effect to the amendments contained herein, no
Event of Default or Default under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and
be continuing and (b) all of the representations and warranties of such Borrower
and such Domestic Guarantor contained in Article IV (Representations and
Warranties) of the Credit Agreement and in any other Loan Document are true and
correct as of the date of execution hereof in all material respects, as though
made on and as of such date (other than representations and warranties in any
such Loan Document expressly that are limited to a specific date).

          SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

          (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Third Amendment, each reference in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like
import, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement,
shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

          (b) Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms of the
Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full
force and effect.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Third Amendment
shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy under the Credit
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents of any Lender, any Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, or the Swing Loan Lender
nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the
Loan Documents.

          SECTION 6. Fees, Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers and the Domestic
Guarantors agree to pay on demand in accordance with the terms of Section 13.3
(Costs and Expenses) of the Credit Agreement all costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution
and delivery of this Third Amendment and all other Loan Documents entered into
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connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.

          SECTION 7. Execution in Counterparts. This Third Amendment may be
executed and delivered in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same original agreement.

          SECTION 8.Affirmation of Guaranties. Each of the Domestic Guarantors
hereby consents to the terms of this Third Amendment in its capacity as a
guarantor under the Credit Agreement and agrees that the terms of this Third
Amendment shall not affect in any way its obligations and liabilities under its
Guaranty or any other Loan Document to which it is a party, all of which
obligations and liabilities shall remain in full force and effect and each of
which is hereby reaffirmed.

          SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Third Amendment shall be interpreted,
and the rights and liabilities of the parties determined, in accordance with the
internal law of the State of New York.

                            [Signature Pages Follow]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment has been duly executed on the
date set forth above.

                                   EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, a debtor and a
                                      debtor in possession
                                      as a Borrower and a Domestic
                                      Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Stuart H. Kupinsky
                                      Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                      Counsel and Secretary

                                   EXIDE DELAWARE LLC, a debtor and
                                      a debtor in possession
                                      as a Borrower and a Domestic
                                      Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Stuart H. Kupinsky
                                      Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                      Counsel and Secretary

                                   RBD LIQUIDATION, LLC, a debtor and
                                      a debtor in possession
                                      as a Borrower and a Domestic
                                      Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Stuart H. Kupinsky
                                      Title: President and Secretary

<PAGE>

                                   GNB BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES
                                      JAPAN, INC., as a Domestic Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Stuart H. Kupinsky
                                      Title: Assistant Secretary

                                   EXIDE ILLINOIS, INC., a debtor and a
                                      debtor in possession
                                      as a Borrower and a Domestic
                                      Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Stuart H. Kupinsky
                                      Title: President and Secretary

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                   Citicorp USA, Inc.,
                                      as Administrative Agent, Swing Loan
                                      Lender, Collateral Monitoring Agent,
                                      and a Lender

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Keith R. Gerding
                                      Title: Vice President

                                   Citibank, N.A.,
                                      as Issuer

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Keith R. Gerding
                                      Title: Vice President

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                   Other Lenders:

                                   CIT GROUP BUSINESS CREDIT

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Roderick Jarrett
                                      Title: Assistant Vice President

                                   THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, NEW
                                      YORK AGENCY

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Christopher Usas
                                      Title: Director

                                   BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC.

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: John E. McDermott
                                      Title: Senior Managing Director

                                   GE CAPITAL CFE, INC.

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: William E. Magee
                                      Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

                                   CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Frederick W. Aase
                                      Title: Vice President

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Leo von Reissig
                                      Title: Vice President

                                   LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER, INC.

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Frank P. Turner
                                      Title: Authorized Signatory

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                   SPCP Group LLC

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

                                   GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Robert S. Fanelli
                                      Title: Authorized Signature

                                   FOOTHILL INCOME TRUST, L.P.

                                   By: FIT GP, LLC, its General Partner

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title: Managing Member

                                   FOOTHILL INCOME TRUST II, L.P.

                                   By  FIT II GP, LLC, its General Partner

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title: Managing Member

                                   ENDURANCE CLO I, LTD.

                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                       as Portfolio Manager

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Greg M. Masuda CFA
                                         Title: Vice President

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                   ORYX CLO, LTD.

                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                       as Collateral Manager

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Greg M. Masuda CFA
                                         Title: Vice President

                                   EATON VANCE INSTITUTIONAL
                                   SENIOR LOAN FUND

                                   By: Eaton Vance Management, as
                                       Investment Advisor

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Payson F. Swaffield
                                         Title: Vice President

                                   GRAYSON & CO

                                   By: Boston Management and Research
                                       as Investment Advisor

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Payson F. Swaffield
                                         Title: Vice President

                                   SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO

                                   By: Boston Management and Research
                                       as Investment Advisor

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Payson F. Swaffield
                                         Title: Vice President

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                   EATON VANCE SENIOR INCOME
                                      TRUST

                                   By: Eaton Vance Management
                                       as Investment Advisor

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Payson F. Swaffield
                                         Title: Vice President

                                   US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Kerina Graves
                                      Title: Vice President

                                   CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Name: Karen Brewer
                                   Title: Authorized Signatory

                                   SUMITOMO BANK

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                    [SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDMENT-EXIDE]

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT P

                                GUARANTY JOINDER

                     [Form of Guarantor Accession Agreement
                 for Accessions to that certain Credit Agreement
                           dated as of April 15, 2002]

     This Accession Agreement dated as of [______] is made by [insert name of
acceding domestic subsidiary], a ("New Guarantor"), pursuant to a Secured
Super-Priority Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2002
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among Exide Technologies as a borrower
("Exide"), other Borrowers party thereto, the Guarantors party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto and the Agents named therein. Terms used herein and not
defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

     Whereas, this Accession Agreement is entered into to record the accession
of the New Guarantor as a Guarantor party under the Credit Agreement pursuant to
the provisions of Section 10.9 therein.

          Accordingly the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Accession of New Guarantor. The New Guarantor hereby agrees to:
(a) become, with immediate effect, a party to the Credit Agreement as an
"Additional Guarantor" pursuant to Section 10.9, (b) be bound by all of the
terms, covenants, agreements and other provisions of the Credit Agreement
binding upon a Guarantor party thereto to the same extent and in the same manner
as if it had originally been a party thereto (including those as a Grantor
thereunder), and (c) perform all obligations required of a Guarantor, a Domestic
Guarantor and a Grantor pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

          A. Effectiveness. The parties hereto agree upon the full and complete
     execution hereof that this Accession Agreement constitutes a Guaranty
     Joinder as contemplated in the Credit Agreement.

          B. Governing Law. This Accession Agreement shall be governed by and
     shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York.

          C. Counterparts. This Accession Agreement may be executed in any
     number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
     counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
     original, but all of which counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
     constitute one and the same instrument.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of undersigned have caused this Accession
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date set forth
hereinabove.

                                   EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, a debtor and a
                                      debtor-in-possession, as a Borrower

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

                                   CITICORP USA, INC., as Administrative
                                      Agent

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

                                   [Insert Signature Blocks of
                                   New Guarantors:]

                                   [_________________], as Guarantor

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE 8.13

                             German Tax Year Changes

Subsidiaries:

Deutsche Exide GmbH
Deutsche Exide Standby GmbH
Exide Automotive Batterie GmbH<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

             THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO THE STANDSTILL AGREEMENT

          THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO THE STANDSTILL AGREEMENT, dated as of
December 27, 2002 (this "Amendment"), to the Standstill Agreement and Fifth
Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2002 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Standstill
Agreement"), among the Borrowing Subsidiaries signatories thereto, the Foreign
Subsidiary Guarantors signatories thereto, GNB Battery Technologies Japan, Inc.,
(GNB Battery Technologies Japan, Inc., together with the Borrowing Subsidiaries
and the Foreign Subsidiary Guarantors, the "Standstill Parties"), the Standstill
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Credit Suisse First Boston, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the
Standstill Lenders, and others.

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

          (1) The Company has requested that the DIP Lenders amend certain
provisions of the Post-Petition Credit Agreement, including amendments to
certain of the Cross Referenced Covenants incorporated by reference in the
Standstill Agreement and that certain transactions be permitted as more
particularly set forth herein.

          (2) The Standstill Parties have requested that the Standstill Lenders
make and permit certain transactions as requested by the Standstill Parties. The
Standstill Lenders are willing to consent to such transactions upon and subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

          NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Terms defined in the Standstill Agreement or
the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Standstill Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

          SECTION 2. Amendments to Standstill Agreement. On the Effective Date
(as hereinafter defined), the Standstill Agreement shall be amended as follows:

          (i) Section 6 shall be amended by adding the number "7.19," after
"7.10,"; and

          (ii) Part I(f) of Schedule A shall be amended by replacing "2.8(g)"
with "2.9(g) (as such section is in effect prior to the Third Amendment and
Waiver to the Post-Petition Credit Agreement)".

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                                       2

          SECTION 3. Waiver and Consent. Effective as of the Effective Date (as
defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Required Standstill Lenders hereby waive the requirements of Cross-Reference
Covenants 8.3, 8.6 and 8.7 in Section 6 of the Standstill Agreement (as such
Cross-Referenced Covenants were set forth in the Post-Petition Credit Agreement
as in effect prior to the Third Amendment and Waiver to the Post-Petition Credit
Agreement) solely to permit the following:

          (i) the liquidation of: GNB Technologies Ltd.; B.I.G. Batteries Ltd.;
BIG Batteries Distribution Ltd.; B.I.G. France Sarl; BIG Espana S.A.; Gemala
Distribution Ltd.; Gemala Ignition Company Ltd.; All Batteries Ltd.; and Friwo
Batteries Ltd.;

          (ii) the merger of MBD National Ltd., Fulmen UK Ltd., Nord Group Ltd.
and National Battery Distribution UK into Exide (Dagenham) Ltd., followed by the
liquidation of MBD National Ltd., Fulmen UK Ltd., Nord Group Ltd. and National
Battery Distribution UK;

          (iii) the transfer of:

               (a) Exide Batteries (Ireland) Ltd. to Exide Batteries Ltd UK; and

               (b) Exide Sweden to Exide Technologies Holding B.V.;

               followed by the liquidation of Gemala Ireland Holding Ltd. and
               Gemala Ireland Company Limited;

          (iv) the transfer of:

               (a) OHE Ltd. to TS Batteries Ltd.; and

               (b) Spitfire Batteries Ltd. trade receivables to TS Batteries
               Ltd.;

               followed by the liquidation of Friwo Batteries Ltd. and Spirtfire
               Batteries Ltd.;

          (v) the transfer of the operating assets of Exide Holdings Ltd. and
Exide (Dagenham) Ltd. to Exide Batteries Ltd. followed by the liquidation of
Exide Holdings Ltd. and Exide (Dagenham) Ltd.;

provided however, that with respect to the transaction described in (i) through
(v) above, the proceeds of any dividends, distributions, or asset sales in
connection with such transactions shall be applied as set forth in Sections
2.9(g) and 2.9(h) of the Post-Petition Credit Agreement as in effect prior to
the Third Amendment and Waiver to the Post-Petition Credit Agreement;

          (vi) the following stock sales:

               (a) the sale of stock of Centra S.A. from Compagnie Europeenne
               d'Accumulateurs S.A. to Exide Transportation Holding Europe,
               S.L.;

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                                       3

               (b) the sale of stock of Sociedade Portugesa do Acumulador Tudor,
               S.A. from Deutsche Exide GmbH to Exide Transportation Holding
               Europe, S.L.;

               (c) the sale of stock of Exide Batterier AB from Exide (Dagenham)
               Ltd., to Exide Technologies Holding, B.V.;

               (d) the sale of stock of Exide Batteriewerke GmbH from Deutsche
               Exide GmbH to Tudor AB and Exide Sonnak A.S. and the provision of
               intercompany security by Deutsche Exide GmbH to Exide Sonnak A/S
               and Tudor AB in connection with the sale of the stock of Exide
               Batteriewerke GmbH;

               Solely with respect to the transaction in (vi)(d), the Required
               Standstill Lenders hereby waive any Default or Event of Default
               that may occur under Section 6 of the Standstill Agreement with
               respect to the Cross-Referenced Covenant in Section 8.2 of the
               Post-Petition Credit Agreement.

          (vii) Exide Holding Europe contributing approximately Euro4.5 million
to Euro Exide Limited;

          (viii) the following Norwegian dividend payments:

               (a) a dividend payment of approximately Euro13.7 million from
               Exide Sonnak A/S to Exide Technologies Holding, B.V.;

               (b) a dividend payment of approximately Euro6.3 million from
               Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. to Exide Transportation Holding
               Europe, S.L.;

               provided however, that (i) a liquidating dividend in an amount
               equal to the value of the assets transferred to a Subsdiary
               ("Newco") created from the demerger of Exide Sonnak A/S, less any
               amounts required to be maintained at Newco under local law, shall
               be made to Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. on or before February
               15, 2003, and (ii) a further dividend in an amount equal to the
               value of all remaining assets transferred to Newco shall be made
               to Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. on or before March 31, 2003;

          (ix) the following Swedish dividend payments:

               (a) a dividend payment not to exceed approximately Euro5.6
               million from Tudor AB to Exide Technologies Holding, B.V.;

               (b) a dividend payment not to exceed approximately Euro5.6
               million from Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. to Exide
               Transportation Holding Europe, S.R.L.;

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<PAGE>

                                       4

          (x) the following Finnish dividend payment and related transactions:

               (a) a dividend payment of up to Euro5.1 million from Exide OY to
               Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. and the offset of approximately
               Euro5.1 million of Indebtedness owed by Exide Technologies
               Holding, B.V to Exide OY;

               (b) the incurrence of indebtedness by Exide Technologies Holding,
               B.V. of up to Euro5,000,000 at any one time outstanding in
               intercompany Indebtedness payable to Exide OY so long as all of
               the funds received are immediately lent by Exide Technologies
               Holding B.V. to Mercolec; and

               (c) the repayment and prepayment of that intercompany
               Indebtedness by Exide Technologies Holding, B.V. so long as each
               fiscal year there shall be a payment of dividends from Exide OY
               in settlement of amounts due and owing from Exide Technologies
               Holding B.V.;

               Solely with respect to the transactions in clause (x)(b) and (c),
               the Required Standstill Lenders hereby waive any Default or Event
               of Default that may occur under Section 6 of the Standstill
               Agreement with respect to the Cross-Referenced Covenant in
               Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) of the Post-Petition Credit Agreement.

          (xi) the repayment of approximately Euro2.1 million of loans from
Exide Danmark A/S to Tudor AB.;

          (xii) the issuance of approximately Euro 47 million in notes from
Exide Italia S.R.L. to Mercolec Tudor B.V. and in turn the issuance of notes
from Mercolec Tudor B.V. to Deutsche Exide Standby GmbH and Hagen Batterie AG in
connection with the purchase of the intercompany receivables from Deutsche Exide
Gmbh on the books of (a) Deutsche Exide Standby GmbH in the amount of
approximately Euro 35.5 million and (b) Hagen Batterie AG in the amount of
approximately Euro 11.5 million, and the acquisition by Exide Italia, S.R.L. of
a twenty-five percent (25%) capital stock ownership in Deutsche Exide GmbH in
exchange for such intercompany receivables.

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<PAGE>

                                       5

          SECTION 4. Further Waivers. Upon written request from a Standstill
Party, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Steering Committee,
may waive the requirements of the Cross-Referenced Covenants incorporated into
Section 6 of the Standstill Agreement in order to permit any transactions
described in the "Presentation to the Senior Lenders" dated December 9, 2002, to
the extent that such transaction is not specifically waived in Section 3 above.

          SECTION 5. Authorization for Lien Release. The Administrative Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized to release any Lien covering any Property of EHE
or any of its Subsidiaries that is the subject of a Disposition which is
permitted by this Amendment.

          SECTION 6. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be
effective on the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have signed the
Amendment and all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (the
"Effective Date"):

          (a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on
or before the Effective Date all of the following, each of which shall be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

          (i) this Amendment, executed and delivered by (x) sufficient
Standstill Lenders to constitute the Required Standstill Lenders, (y) each of
the Standstill Parties and (z) the Administrative Agent; and

          (ii) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require.

          (b) Amendment Fee. On the Effective Date, the Standstill Parties shall
have paid to each Standstill Lender that has executed and delivered this
Amendment prior to the close of business on December 27, 2002, an amendment fee
equal to such Standstill Lender's pro rata share of $250,000 based on such
Standstill Lender's outstanding Loans as of the Effective Date.

          (c) Corporate and Other Proceedings. All corporate and other
proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other legal matters in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall be
satisfactory in all respects in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.

          (d) No Events of Default. After giving effect to the Amendment, no
Standstill Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and the representations
and warranties contained in the Standstill Agreement shall be correct in all
material respects as though made on and as of the Effective Date.

          (e) Payment of Costs, Fees and Expenses. All accrued and unpaid fees
and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment
including, without limitation, the unpaid fees and expenses of counsel to the
Administrative Agent (including United States and local counsel in foreign
jurisdictions) shall have been paid.

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                                       6

          SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Standstill
Lenders parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Standstill
Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and all of
the Standstill Lenders the following:

          (a) The execution, delivery and performance by each Standstill Party
of the Amendment and the Loan Documents to which it is a party, as amended
hereby, are within such Standstill Party's corporate powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not (i) contravene such
Standstill Party's Constituent Documents, (ii) violate any law (including,
without limitation, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), rule, regulation
(including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award applicable to such Standstill Party, or (iii) conflict
with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any Contractual
Obligation, including, without limitation, the bilateral loan documents, of EHE,
EHA or any of their Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, no Standstill Party
is in violation of any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award or in breach of any such contract,
loan agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other instrument,
the violation or breach of which is reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          (b) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third
party is required to be obtained by the Standstill Parties in connection with
the execution and delivery, or performance by any Standstill Party of any of its
obligations under the Amendment and the Standstill Agreement, as amended hereby.

          (c) The Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each
Standstill Party, and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Standstill Party, enforceable against such Standstill Party in accordance with
its terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights or by
equitable principles generally.

          (d) No Standstill Party has an existing claim against any Standstill
Lender arising out of, relating to or in connection with the Loan Documents.

          (e) As of the Effective Date, EHE is not in breach of, or in default
under, the DM Agreement, and no Foreign Subsidiary is in breach of, or in
default under, any other Contractual Obligation, binding on or affecting any
Foreign Subsidiary or any of their properties, where the consequence of such
default is to confer rights upon any person against such Foreign Subsidiary
which, if exercised, can be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          (f) The representations and warranties made by each of the Standstill
Parties in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the effectiveness of this
Amendment, as if made on and as of the date hereof.

          (g) Each Standstill Party hereby represents and warrants to the
Standstill Lenders and the Administrative Agent that as of the date hereof, and
after giving effect to the waiver

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                                       7

contained herein, (a) no Standstill Event under the Standstill Agreement shall
have occurred and be continuing and (b) all of the representations and
warranties of such Standstill Party contained in Section 12 of the Standstill
Agreement and in any other Loan Document are, as of the date of execution
hereof, true and correct in all material respects, as though made on and as of
such date (other than representations and warranties in any such Loan Document
expressly limited to a specific date).

          SECTION 8. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

          (a) On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Standstill
Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like import
referring to the Standstill Agreement and each reference in the Credit Agreement
and other Loan Documents to "the Standstill Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof"
or words of like import referring to the Standstill Agreement, shall mean and be
a reference to the Standstill Agreement as amended and otherwise modified
hereby.

          (b) The Standstill Agreement, the Credit Agreement and each of the
other Loan Documents, except to the extent of the amendments and other
modifications specifically provided above, are and shall continue to be in full
force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of any Standstill Lender or any Agent under any of the Loan
Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan
Documents.

          (d) This Amendment is and shall be a Loan Document.

          SECTION 9. Affirmation of Loan Documents. Each Standstill Party, in
its capacity as a Guarantor or otherwise, hereby consents to the modification of
the Standstill Agreement effected hereby and hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the terms of this Amendment shall not affect in any way its obligations and
liabilities under the Credit Agreement, including under its guarantee, the
Standstill Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party, all of
which obligations and liabilities shall remain in full force and effect and each
of which is hereby reaffirmed.

          SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          SECTION 11. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Standstill Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the Standstill Lenders irrevocably waives all right to
trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on
contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Amendment or the
actions of the Administrative Agent or any Standstill Lender in the negotiation,
administration, performance or enforcement thereof.

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                                       8

          SECTION 12. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate
counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.

          SECTION 13. Costs and Expenses. EHE hereby agrees to pay, and each of
the other Foreign Subsidiary Guarantors guarantees payment (subject to the
exceptions set forth in Schedule 10.1 of the Credit Agreement) of, all
reasonable costs and expenses associated with the preparation, execution,
delivery, administration, and enforcement of this Amendment, including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent's counsel
(including local counsel in foreign jurisdictions) and financial advisor and the
out-of-pocket expenses of the Steering Committee (in each case, whether incurred
prior to or after the Effective Date).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.

                                     Each of the following Subsidiaries as a
                                     Borrowing Subsidiary and as a Guarantor,
                                     subject to the limitations, if any,
                                     contained in Section 10.1 of the Credit
                                     Agreement

                                     EXIDE HOLDING EUROPE S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     COMPAGNIE EUROPEENNE D'ACCUMULATEURS S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EURO EXIDE CORPORATION LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DEL ACUMULADOR TUDOR S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     TUDOR A.B.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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                                     EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES NEDERLAND B.V.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     CMP BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     DEUTSCHE EXIDE STANDBY GMBH

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     DEUTSCHE EXIDE GMBH

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     MERCOLEC TUDOR B.V.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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<PAGE>

                                     Each of the following Subsidiaries as a
                                     Guarantor, subject to the limitations,
                                     if any, contained in Section 10.1 of the
                                     Credit Agreement

                                     FULMEN IBERICA S.L.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     CMP BATTERIJEN N.V.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIE GMBH

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     HAGEN BATTERIE AG

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     ELECTRO MERCANTIL INDUSTRIAL S.L.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE (DAGENHAM) LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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<PAGE>

                                     FULMEN UK LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE AUTOMOTIVE S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DO ACUMULADOR
                                        TUDOR S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE DANMARK A/S

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE BATTERIER AB

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     CENTRA S.A.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     FRIEMANN & WOLF BATTERIETECHNIK GMBH

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     EXIDE S0NNAK A/S

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     B.I.G. BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE LENDING LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE ITALIA S.R.L.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     INDUSTRIA COMPOSIZIONI STAMPATE, SPA

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE HOLDINGS LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING BV

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE TRANSPORTATION  HOLDING EUROPE, SL

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE HOLDING ASIA PTE LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     GNB TECHNOLOGIES (CHINA) LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE SINGAPORE PTE LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     EXIDE CANADA INC.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     1036058 ONTARIO INC.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     GNB TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     MBD NATIONAL LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     NATIONAL BATTERY DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     NORD GROUP LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     OHE LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     SPITFIRE BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     TS BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     GNB TECHNOLOGIES NV

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     DETA UK LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     FRIWO BATTERIES LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     GEMALA IRELAND (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     GNB BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, INC.

                                     As a Guarantor, subject to the limitations,
                                     if any, contained in Section 10.1 of the
                                     Credit Agreement

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, as
                                     Administrative Agent

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

<PAGE>

                                     Lenders

                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     [Print Name of Lender]

                                     By
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

               Third Amendment and Waiver to Standstill Agreement

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