Exhibit 2.3

FIRST AMENDMENT TO STANDBY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

          This FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 1, 2006 to that certain Standby Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of June 28, 2006, by and among Exide Technologies, a Delaware corporation, Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Legg Mason Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and Arklow Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

W I T N E S S E T H :

          WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the terms of the Agreement, as set forth herein;

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1. Amendment to Section 4(c)(i)(D). Section 4(c)(i)(D) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “1,234,042” and replacing it with “1,662,224”.

     2. Amendment to Section 7(a)(viii). Section 7(a)(viii) of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following after subsection (D):

          “and (E) except for the issuance of 428,182 restricted shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s incentive plans;”

     3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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          In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Amendment to the Agreement as of the date first written above.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
By:	/s/ Gordon A. Ulsh
	Name: Gordon A. Ulsh
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By:	TONTINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.,
	its general partner
By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell
	Name: Jeffrey L. Gendell
	Title: Managing Member
LEGG MASON INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
By:	/s/ Gregory Merz
	Name: Gregory Merz
	Title: Vice President
ARKLOW CAPITAL, LLC
By:	/s/ Gregory Shrock
	Name: Gregory Shrock
	Title: President