People: Exide Technologies (XIDE.O)

XIDE.O on Nasdaq

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

John Reilly

 69 Independent Chairman of the Board

James Bolch

 55 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Phillip Damaska

 57 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

R. Paul Hirt

 52 2011 President - Exide Americas

Michael Ostermann

 46 2010 President - Exide Europe

Barbara Hatcher

 57 2006 Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Bruce Cole

 49 2011 Executive Vice President - Strategy and Business Development

Louis Martinez

 46 2008 Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Corporate Controller

Herbert Aspbury

 67 2006 Independent Director

Michael D'Appolonia

 63 2004 Independent Director

David Ferguson

 67 2005 Independent Director

John O'Higgins

 2010 Independent Director

Dominic Pileggi

 61 2010 Independent Director

Michael Ressner

 63 2004 Independent Director

Carroll Wetzel

 69 2005 Independent Director

Carol Knies

 Senior Director of Investor Relations
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Biographies

Name Description

John Reilly

 Mr. John P. Reilly is Independent Chairman of the Board of Exide Technologies. He is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Figgie International. Mr. Reilly has more than thirty years of experience in the automotive industry, where he has served as President and CEO of a number of automotive suppliers, including Stant Corporation and Tenneco Automotive. He has also held leadership positions at the former Chrysler Corporation and Navistar, and has served as President of Brunswick Corporation. Mr. Reilly’s recent public company board of directors experience includes Material Sciences Corporation (2008 — present) and Timken Company (2006 — present). In addition to his experience with public companies, Mr. Reilly also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Marshfield Door Systems, Inc. Mr. Reilly serves as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Compensation Committee.

James Bolch

 Mr. James R. Bolch is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Exide Technologies., since July 26, 2010. Mr. Bolch joined the Company in July 2010. His career has spanned 29 years in global industrial businesses serving a variety of customer segments. Before joining Exide, he served as Senior Vice President and President, Industrial Technologies Sector at Ingersoll Rand Company. From 2005-2010, he led the Industrial Technologies Sector of Ingersoll Rand, with multiple business lines and 25 global manufacturing sites. He joined Ingersoll Rand in 2005 from Schindler Elevator Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President of the Service Business. Prior to his tenure at Schindler Elevator Corporation, Mr. Bolch spent 21 years with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), starting in engineering and program management roles with United Technologies Optical Systems, later moving to Otis Elevator Company where he progressed to Vice President, Otis Service. In his last role at UTC, he served as Vice President, Operations, for the UTC Power Division. Mr. Bolch currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, N.V. Mr. Bolch’s experience serving in senior executive positions with a multi-national public company has allowed him to develop leadership and operational that are important to the Company’s future success. As President and CEO, Mr. Bolch is uniquely qualified to provide the Board important insight into the company operations and overall strategies.

Phillip Damaska

 Mr. Phillip A. Damaska is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Exide Technologies. Mr. Damaska joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President, Finance, was appointed Vice President and Corporate Controller in September 2005, was named Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller in March 2006, and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Damaska served in capacities with Freudenberg-NOK from 1996 through 2004, most recently as President of Corteco, an automotive and industrial seal supplier that is part of the partnership's global group of companies.

R. Paul Hirt

 Mr. R. Paul Hirt is President - Exide Americas of Exide Technologies. Mr. Hirt joined Exide in October 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hirt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Electric Manufacturing Company from 2007 until October 2011. Mr. Hirt previously served from 1981 to 2007 in a number of positions at General Electric Company, most recently as General Manager, Americas Sales—GE Silicones from 2004 to 2007.

Michael Ostermann

 Mr. Michael Ostermann is President - Exide Europe of Exide Technologies. Mr. Ostermann joined Exide in January 2009 as President, Transportation Europe and was named President, Exide Europe in March 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ostermann served in a variety of automotive industry and operational roles including position as Management Board Member and Managing Director for Frauenthal Holding AG, a European manufacturer of industrial ceramic products. Mr. Ostermann was responsible for establishing that company’s Automotive Division.

Barbara Hatcher

 Ms. Barbara A. Hatcher is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Exide Technologies. Ms. Hatcher joined the Company in September 2000 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of GNB. Ms. Hatcher has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel since May 2006, after having served as Deputy General Counsel from April 2004 through April 2006. Ms. Hatcher previously served as GNB’s Vice President & General Counsel.

Bruce Cole

 Mr. Bruce A. Cole is an Executive Vice President - Strategy and Business Development of Exide Technologies. Mr. Cole joined the Company in September 2000 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of GNB. Mr. Cole joined GNB in 1989. Mr. Cole served as President, Exide Americas from August 2007 to October 2011 and prior to that was Vice President and General Manager, North American Recycling. Mr. Cole has served in a roles at the Company including Vice President, Manufacturing & Engineering for Industrial Energy Americas and Vice President, Global Marketing, Industrial Energy.

Louis Martinez

 Mr. Louis E. Martinez is Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Corporate Controller of Exide Technologies. Mr. Martinez was appointed to this position in March 2008. Previously, Mr. Martinez served as the Company's Assistant Corporate Controller since joining the Company in May 2005. Mr. Martinez served as Corporate Controller for Airgate PCS, Inc., from March 2003 through May 2005. Mr. Martinez has also served as Corporate Controller for Cotelligent, Inc., from March 2000 through February 2003 and as Director of Finance & Controller for Aegis Communications Group from 1996 through February 2000.

Herbert Aspbury

 Mr. Herbert F. Aspbury is Independent Director of Exide Technologies. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Villanova University, a position he held from 2008 until his retirement in December 2010. Mr. Aspbury previously served as the chair of the University’s Audit and Finance Committee. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of the Fisher Graduate School of International Business of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and has lectured at Cornell University’s joint MBA program with Queens University, Ontario. Mr. Aspbury retired from Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000 where he served in a number of capacities, most recently as the London-based Regional Executive for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Aspbury was a member of Chase’s Management Committee, and also sat on the Management Committees of Chase’s predecessor banks, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and Chemical Bank. His overall banking career spanned 34 years, and was focused on corporate and investment banking. Mr. Aspbury is also a past director of the Royal Oak Foundation, the U.S. arm of Britain’s National Trust, and served as its Chairman from 2004 through 2007. In April 2011, he joined the board of the Turks & Caicos Banking Company, a private bank which manages money for residents of the islands. Mr. Aspbury is Chairman of the Audit Committee under SEC rules, and a member of the Finance Committee. Mr. Aspbury’s previous service at Chase and other banking institutions to the Board’s oversight of the Company’s capital structure and capital financing strategies.

Michael D'Appolonia

 Mr. Michael R. D'Appolonia is Independent Director of Exide Technologies., since 2004. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinetic Systems, Inc., a global provider of process and mechanical solutions to the electronics, solar and biopharmaceutical industries from 2006 until his retirement in September 2010. From 2001 through 2005, Mr. D’Appolonia was President of Nightingale & Associates, LLC, a global management consulting firm providing financial and operational restructuring services to both publicly and privately held middle-market companies. In his consulting capacity, Mr. D’Appolonia served as an executive officer of a number of companies including Cone Mills Corporation, Moll Industries, Inc., McCulloch Corporation, Ametech, Inc., Halston Borghese, Inc. and Simmons Upholstered Furniture Inc. Mr. D’Appolonia’s recent public company board of directors experience includes Westmoreland Coal Company (2008 — present) and The Washington Group (2001-2007). In addition to his experience with public companies, Mr. D’Appolonia previously served as a member of the board of directors of private companies including Kinetic Systems, Inc., and Reorganized Cone Mills Corporation. Mr. D’Appolonia is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

David Ferguson

 Mr. David S. Ferguson is Independent Director of Exide Technologies. He is the principal of DS Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, a retail consulting business. From September 2000 through July 2003, Mr. Ferguson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Europe. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Canada from February 1996 to September 2000. Mr. Ferguson was President and Chief Operating Officer as well as a director of Stuarts Department Stores from August 1994 through October 1995. Mr. Ferguson is a member of the board of directors of the Empire Company Limited, the parent company of Sobeys Inc., a Canadian grocery chain, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Business School at Morehouse College and a member of the Advisory Board of Emerge Scholarships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides scholarships to women whose educations have been interrupted. Mr. Ferguson previously served on the Board of Advisors for Miller Zell, Inc., and Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of NSB Retail Systems Plc. Mr. Ferguson is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

John O'Higgins

 Mr. John E. O'Higgins is Independent Director of Exide Technologies., since 2010. He is the Chief Executive of Spectris plc, a UK-headquartered company that provides analytical measurement and industrial controls for a variety of industries, and has served in that capacity since 2006. Mr. O’Higgins previously worked at Honeywell International, Inc. from 1991 to 2005, most recently as President of Asia Pacific from 2002 to 2005. Mr. O’Higgins began his career as a development engineer for Daimler Benz. Mr. O’Higgins is a member of the Audit Committee.

Dominic Pileggi

 Mr. Dominic J. Pileggi is Independent Director of Exide Technologies., since 2010. He is Chairman of Thomas & Betts Corporation, a subsidiary of ABB Ltd. Thomas & Betts is a manufacturer and marketer of electrical components for worldwide industrial, construction and utility markets, a position he has held since 2006. From January 2004 until his retirement in 2012, Mr. Pileggi also served as Thomas & Betts’ Chief Executive Officer. Prior to being named CEO, Mr. Pileggi served in various other management positions at Thomas & Betts, including Chief Operating Officer, President — Electrical Products and President — Electronics. Mr. Pileggi has also held senior executive positions at Casco Plastic, Inc., Jordan Telecommunications and Viasystems. He began his career at Procter & Gamble. Mr. Pileggi’s recent public company board of directors experience includes Chairman of the Board of Thomas & Betts (2006 — present) and board member of Viasystems Group, Inc. (February 2012 — present) and Lubrizol Corporation (2005 — 2011). Mr. Pileggi is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Michael Ressner

 Mr. Michael P. Ressner is Independent Director of Exide Technologies., since 2004. He is a retired Nortel Networks executive who, between 1981 and 2003, served in a number of senior financial and operational management positions. Mr. Ressner was an Adjunct Professor of Applied Financial Management at North Carolina State University between 2002 and 2004. He has been an adviser within the College of Management at North Carolina State University since 2004. Mr. Ressner’s recent public company board of directors experience includes Magellan Health Services, Inc. (2003 — present), Tekelec, Inc. (2006-2011), Entrust, Inc. (1999-2009), Riverstone Networks, Inc. (2003-2006) and Proxim Corporation (2003-2005). In addition to his experience with public companies, Mr. Ressner previously served on the board of Arsenal Digital Solutions. Mr. Ressner is Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.

Carroll Wetzel

 Mr. Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr., is Independent Director of Exide Technologies. He served as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safety Components International, Inc., a supplier of automotive airbag fabric and cushions and technical fabrics from 2000 to 2005. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Wetzel served as co-head of the Merger and Acquisition Group at the Chase Manhattan Bank and previously as the head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Chemical Bank. Prior to 1988, Mr. Wetzel served as a corporate finance officer at Smith Barney and at Dillon Read & Co., Inc. Mr. Wetzel’s recent public company board of director experience includes PHH Corporation (2010-present), Brinks Home Security (2008-2010), Laidlaw International, Inc. (2003-2007), and Vice Chairman and lead director at Arch Wireless, Inc. (2002-2003). Mr. Wetzel also previously served as a director of Brinks Company. Mr. Wetzel is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Finance Committee.

Carol Knies

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

DAMASKA PHILLIP A

 478 $0.84

MARTINEZ LOU

 149 $0.84

HATCHER BARBARA A

 368 $0.84

OSTERMANN MICHAEL

 377 $2.63

BOLCH JAMES R

 8,738 $2.63

MARTINEZ LOU

 503 $2.63

DAMASKA PHILLIP A

 1,937 $2.63

HATCHER BARBARA A

 1,504 $2.63

DAMASKA PHILLIP A

 6,793 $2.76

MARTINEZ LOU

 1,804 $2.76

BOLCH JAMES R

 31,696 $2.76

OSTERMANN MICHAEL

 1,246 $2.76

HATCHER BARBARA A

 5,137 $2.76

HIRT ROBERT PAUL JR

 4,642 $2.76

MARTINEZ LOU

 490 $2.82

OSTERMANN MICHAEL

 409 $2.82

DAMASKA PHILLIP A

 1,897 $2.82

HATCHER BARBARA A

 1,691 $2.82

PILEGGI DOMINIC J

 1,000 $2.59

D APPOLONIA MICHAEL R

 25,397 $0.00

WETZEL CARROLL R JR

 25,397 $0.00

RESSNER MICHAEL P

 25,397 $0.00

O HIGGINS JOHN

 25,397 $0.00

FERGUSON DAVID SINCLAIR

 25,397 $0.00

PILEGGI DOMINIC J

 25,397 $0.00
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