Exide Technologies (XIDE)

Capitalization

On February 13, 2004, the Company entered into the Replacement DIP Credit Facility which replaced the prior DIP Credit Facility. In addition to refinancing the prior DIP Credit Facility, the Replacement DIP Credit Facility refinanced the Company’s European accounts receivable securitization facility. The Replacement DIP Credit Facility also included a commitment to refinance the 9.125% Senior Notes which were due April 15, 2004, and provided additional working capital borrowing availability. The Replacement DIP Credit Facility provided for interest at LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum. Total availability under the Replacement DIP Credit Facility as of March 31, 2004 was $43,400.

On April 15, 2004 the Company paid off the 9.125% Senior Notes using funds borrowed under the Replacement DIP Credit Facility.

On May 5, 2004, the Effective Date, the Company entered into a new $600,000 Senior Secured Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) which includes a $500,000 Multi-Currency Term Loan Facility and a $100,000 Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Facility including a letter of credit sub-facility of up to $40,000. The Revolving Loan Facility matures on May 5, 2009, while the Term Loan Facility, which includes quarterly principal payments beginning in September 2005, matures on May 5, 2010. The Term Loan Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.5% per annum and EURO-LIBOR plus 4.0% per annum for the U.S. Dollar and Euro

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components, respectively. The Revolving Loan Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 4.0% per annum. As of the Effective Date, the Company had $500,000 outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and had not drawn on the Revolving Loan Facility.

Proceeds of the Term Loan Facility were used to finance the repayment of the Replacement DIP Credit Facility and to finance various costs and expenses associated with the exit financing and the Plan.

The Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with financial covenants with respect to certain ratios and tests, as defined in the Credit Agreement, including interest coverage, leverage, earnings, asset coverage and capital expenditures. Although there can be no assurances, the Company believes, based upon its financial forecast and plans, that it will comply with these covenants for the foreseeable future. Failure to comply with such covenants, without waiver, would result in an event of default under the Credit Agreement. If the Company were not able to maintain compliance with these covenants, it would have to consider additional actions, including refinancings, asset sales and further restructurings. Credit Agreement borrowings are guaranteed by substantially all of the subsidiaries of the Company and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors. The Credit Agreement also contains other customary covenants, including reporting covenants and covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness, create or incur liens, sell or dispose of assets, make investments, pay dividends, change the nature of the Company’s business or enter into related party transactions.

Total availability under the Credit Agreement as of June 24, 2004 was $80,750.

At March 31, 2004, the Company had outstanding letters of credit with a face value of $2,732 and surety bonds with a face value of $43,264. The majority of the letters of credit and surety bonds have been issued as collateral or financial assurance with respect to certain liabilities the Company has recorded, including but not limited to environmental remediation obligations and self-insured workers compensation reserves. Failure of the Company to satisfy its obligations with respect to the primary obligations secured by the letters of credit or surety bonds could entitle the beneficiary of the related letter of credit or surety bond to demand payments pursuant to such instruments. The financial institution issuing the surety bonds (the “Surety”) holds approximately $8,200 in cash collateral as security against demands made by the beneficiaries of such bonds. The letters of credit generally have terms up to one year. The Company expects limited availability of new surety bonds from traditional sources, which could impact the Company’s liquidity needs in future periods. Pursuant to authorization from the Bankruptcy Court, the Company reached agreement with the Surety to maintain its current surety bonds through July 31, 2006. The agreement requires the Company to increase the cash collateral held by the Surety in several stages: forty percent collateralization of outstanding bonds by January 31, 2004; seventy percent collateralization of outstanding bonds by August 1, 2004; and full collateralization by August 1, 2005. The Company has amended the agreement with the Surety regarding the terms of the initial forty percent collateralization of which $750 was paid on February 15, 2004 and the remainder was paid on June 16, 2004.