INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
         BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY PARTICIPANT FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER
 
                                       OF
 
                               EXIDE CORPORATION
                           10% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005
 
To Registered Holder and/or Participant of The Depository Trust Company:
 
  The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated       ,
1995 (the "Prospectus") of Exide Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), that together constitute the Company's offer (the "Exchange
Offer"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
 
  This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry transfer
facility participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the
Exchange Offer with respect to the 10% Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Old Notes")
held by you for the account of the undersigned.
 
  The aggregate face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account of the
undersigned is (fill in amount):
 
  $             of the 10% Senior Notes due 2005.
 
  With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you
(check appropriate box):
 
  [_] TO TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of the
  undersigned (insert principal amount of Old Notes to be tendered if any): $
 
  [_] NOT TO TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of the
  undersigned.
 
  If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the
account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized (a) to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature
below, hereby makes to you), the representation and warranties contained in the
Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a
beneficial owner, including but not limited to, the representations that (i)
the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the
ordinary course of business of the undersigned, (ii) neither the undersigned
nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person
to participate in the distribution of such New Notes, (iii) if the undersigned
is not a broker-dealer, or is a broker-dealer but will not receive New Notes
for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, neither the undersigned nor any
such other person is engaged in or intends to participate in the distribution
of such New Notes and (iv) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is
an "affiliate" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act or, if the undersigned is an "affiliate," that the undersigned
will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable; (b) to agree, on behalf of the
undersigned, as set forth in the Letter of Transmittal; and (c) to take such
other action as necessary under the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal to
effect the valid tender of such Old Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-
dealer (whether or not it is also an "affiliate") that will receive New Notes
for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that such Old
Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New
Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of
such New Notes, the undersigned is not deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
 
 
                                   SIGN HERE
 Name of beneficial owner(s): _______________________________________________
 Signature(s): ______________________________________________________________
 Name (please print): _______________________________________________________
 Address: ___________________________________________________________________
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 Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________
 Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: _________________________
 Date: ______________________________________________________________________