FORM 10-K/A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1998
or
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____________ to ____________
Commission file number 1-9389
C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: DELAWARE
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 13-3314599
Address of principal executive offices: 1400 Union Meeting Road
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (215) 619-2700
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
Title of Class Name of each exchange
-------------- on which registered
COMMON STOCK -----------------------
PAR VALUE, $.01 PER SHARE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days:
Yes ( x ) No ( )
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K [ ]
Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the
Registrant, based on the closing price on April 16, 1998: $312,583,116
Number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's classes of common
stock as of April 16, 1998: 6,168,562 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Registrant's Proxy Statement to be filed PART III
pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 -----------------------------
days after the end of Registrant's fiscal (Part of Form 10-K into which
year covered by this Form 10-K Document is incorporated.)
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The Company is filing this Form 10-K/A relating to its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1998, to correct a typographical
error in the consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. which was filed as Exhibit 23
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
June 16, 1998 By:/s/ STEPHEN E. MARKERT, JR.
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Vice President Finance (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
23 Consent of Independent Accountants (filed herewith).
EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements of
C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and Subsidiaries (formerly Charter Power Systems, Inc.)
on Forms S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-31978, 33-71390, 33-86672, 333-17979 and
333-38891) and Form S-3 Registration No. 333-38893 of our reports dated March
10, 1998 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and Subsidiaries as of January 31,
1998 and 1997, and for each of the three years in the period ended January 31,
1998, which reports are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
2400 Eleven Penn Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 27, 1998
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