Exide Appoints New Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Exide Technologies has appointed Barbara Hatcher executive vice president and general counsel. Hatcher brings more than 20 years of corporate legal practice experience to this position, the last eight of which have been in the battery manufacturing and distribution business. She joined Exide in 2000 through the company's acquisition of GNB Technologies Inc.

ALPHARETTA, GA — Exide Technologies has appointed Barbara Hatcher executive vice president and general counsel.

Hatcher brings more than 20 years of corporate legal practice experience to this position, the last eight of which have been in the battery manufacturing and distribution business. She joined Exide in 2000 through the company’s acquisition of GNB Technologies Inc.

At GNB, she served as vice president and general counsel. Most recently, she held the position of deputy general counsel for Exide. In this position she had global responsibility for mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, business agreements, customer relations, advertising and product integrity.

Hatcher received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire in political science and journalism and her JD from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

For more information about Exide, go to: www.exide.com.

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