MILTON, Ga., Feb. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exide Technologies (Nasdaq:XIDE) (www.exide.com), a global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, announced today that it will host a conference call on February 4, 2010 to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2009.
“We have received an unusually high number of investor inquiries in response to this morning’s press release,” said Gordon A. Ulsh, Exide’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are interested in responding to these inquiries promptly. As a result, we are accelerating the timing of our fiscal third quarter results conference call to Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.”
Presentation materials for this conference call may be accessed on the Company’s Website at www.exide.com by clicking on the “Investor Relations” link and choosing “Presentations & Webcasts” on the left side of the screen. You may also listen to the call on the Company’s Website.
Conference call details:
| Date: February 4, 2010 |
| Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time |
| Dial-in number for U.S./Canada: 877-296-1542 |
| Dial-in number for international callers: 706-679-5918 |
| Conference ID: 50380781 |
A digital replay of the conference call is available:
| Dates: from 7:00 p.m. ET February 4, 2010 to 11:59 p.m. ET February 18, 2010 |
| Domestic dial-in: 800-642-1687 |
| International dial-in: 706-645-9291 |
| Passcode: 50380781 |
About Exide Technologies
Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The Company's four global business groups -- Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World -- provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.
Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and automotive applications. Industrial markets include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.
Further information about Exide, including its financial results, are available at www.exide.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information, this press release may be deemed to contain “forward-looking” statements. The Company desires to avail itself of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) and is including this cautionary statement for the express purpose of availing itself of the protection afforded by the Act.
Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to (a) projections of revenues, cost of raw materials, income or loss, earnings or loss per share, capital expenditures, growth prospects, dividends, the effect of currency translations, capital structure, and other financial items, (b) statements of plans and objectives of the Company or its management or Board of Directors, including the introduction of new products, or estimates or predictions of actions by customers, suppliers, competitors or regulating authorities, (c) statements of future economic performance, and (d) statements of assumptions, such as the prevailing weather conditions in the Company’s market areas, underlying other statements and statements about the Company or its business.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following general factors such as: (i) the Company’s ability to implement and fund based on current liquidity business strategies and restructuring plans, (ii) unseasonable weather (warm winters and cool summers) which adversely affects demand for automotive and some industrial batteries, (iii) the Company’s substantial debt and debt service requirements which may restrict the Company’s operational and financial flexibility, as well as imposing significant interest and financing costs, (iv) the litigation proceedings to which the Company is subject, the results of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company and its business, (v) the realization of the tax benefits of the Company’s net operating loss carry forwards, which is dependent upon future taxable income, (vi) the fact that lead, a major constituent in most of the Company’s products, experiences significant fluctuations in market price and is a hazardous material that may give rise to costly environmental and safety claims, (vii) competitiveness of the battery markets in the Americas and Europe, (viii) risks involved in foreign operations such as disruption of markets, changes in import and export laws, currency restrictions, currency exchange rate fluctuations and possible terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, (ix) general economic conditions, (x) the ability to acquire goods and services and/or fulfill labor needs at budgeted costs, (xi) the Company’s reliance on a single supplier for certain of its polyethylene battery separators, (xii) the Company’s ability to successfully pass along increased material costs to its customers, (xiii) the loss of one or more of the Company’s major customers for its industrial or transportation products, (xiv) recently adopted U.S. lead emissions standards and the implementation of such standards by applicable states, and (xv) the ability of the Company’s customers to pay for products and services in light of liquidity constraints resulting from global economic conditions and restrictive credit markets, and (xvi) those risk factors described in the Company’s fiscal 2009 Form 10-K filed on June 4, 2009 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2009.
The Company cautions each reader of this report to carefully consider those factors set forth above. Such factors have, in some instances, affected and in the future could affect the ability of the Company to achieve its projected results and may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed herein. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.