FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Tontine Associates, LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/17/2010 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES [XIDE] (Last) (First) (Middle) 55 RAILROAD AVENUE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) GREENWICH, CT 06830 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 311,362 (1) (2) (3) I (1) (2) (3) (4) See Footnote (1) (2) (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Tontine Associates, LLC 55 RAILROAD AVENUE GREENWICH, CT 06830	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

Tontine Associates, L.L.C., By: its Managing Member, /s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell		05/17/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Jeffrey L. Gendell ("Mr. Gendell") is the managing member of: (a) Tontine Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TM"), the general partner of Tontine Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TP") and Tontine Power Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TPP"); (b) Tontine Overseas Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TOA"), the investment advisor of Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("TOF"); and (c) Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TCM"), the general partner of Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("T25") and of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TCP").
(2)	Mr. Gendell is also the managing member of: (d) Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., ("TCO"), the general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("TMF"); (e) Tontine Asset Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TAA"), the general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TCP 2"); and (f) Tontine Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TA").
(3)	On May 17, 2010, TCP, TMF, TP, TOF and T25 (the "Distributing Funds") notified investors holding ownership interests in the Distributing Funds that the Distributing Funds have elected to redeem a portion of the ownership interests in the Distributing Funds held by those investors and that the Distributing Funds will distribute shares of Common Stock (the "Distributions") to the investors on a pro rata basis in settlement of the redemption. In connection with the Distributions, the Distributing Funds are distributing to investors a portion of the Common Stock owned by each of the Distributing Funds. As part of the Distributions, TCP is distributing 180,497 shares of Common Stock to TA, TP is distributing 121,482 shares of Common Stock to TA and T25 is distributing 9,383 shares of Common Stock to TA.
(4)	Mr. Gendell, TCP, TCM, TMF, TCO, TP, TM, TOA, T25, TCP 2 and TAA currently are joint filing persons with respect to the Common Stock of the Issuer for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. TA expects to join with such group for purposes of future reports filed with respect to Common Stock of the Issuer. Concurrently with the filing of this report, Mr. Gendell, TCP, TCM, TMF, TCO, TP, TM, TOA, T25, TCP 2, TAA, TPP and TA are jointly filing a Form 4 with respect to their direct and indirect beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Issuer as of May 17, 2010.

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