Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     The  undersigned  on behalf of the plan  administrator  for the Plan hereby
certifies,  for the  purposes  of section  1350 of chapter 63 of title 18 of the
United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002,  that, to his  knowledge,  the Annual Report for the C&D  Technologies'
401(k) Savings Plan on Form 11-K for the period ended  December 31, 2002,  fully
complies  with the  requirements  of  Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that the  information  contained in such report  fairly
presents,  in all material  respects,  the net assets available for benefits and
changes in net assets available for benefits of the Plan. This written statement
is being  furnished to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission as an exhibit to
such Form 11-K.


Date:  June 26, 2003                         /s/Stephen E. Markert, Jr.
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                                                Stephen E. Markert, Jr.
                                                Vice President, Finance & Chief
                                                Financial Officer
                                                (C&D Technologies Pension
                                                Administration Committee, Plan
                                                Administrator)




     A signed  original of this  certification  required by Section 906 has been
provided to C&D  Technologies,  Inc.  and will be retained by C&D  Technologies,
Inc. and furnished to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission or its staff upon
request.