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Exhibit 21.1
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Jurisdiction
Subsidiary Name Ownership of Incorporation
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Exide Canada, Inc. 100.0% Canada
8301 Keele Street
Maple, Ontario
Canada L6A1T2
General Battery Corporation 100.0% Delaware
645 Penn St.
Reading, PA 19601
Sociedad Espanola del Acumulador Tudor S.A. 95.99% Spain
Condessa de Venadito 1
28027 Madrid
Spain
Sociedade Portuguesa do Acumulador Tudor, S.A. (SPAT) 94.8% Portugal
Rua Actor Tasso, 1
1050 Lisbon, Portugal
Deutscle Exide GmbH 100.0% Germany
Coesterweg, 45
D-59494 Soest, Germany
Hagen, AG 98.57% Germany
Coesterweg, 45
D-59494 Soest, Germany
Exide Automotive, GmbH 100.00% Germany
Miramstrasse 74
34123 Kassel, Germany
Exide Batteriewerke GmbH 99.50% Austria
Puntigamerstrasse 127
8055 Graz, Austria
Mercolec Tudor, BV 100.00% Netherlands
Amsteldjik 166
1079 LH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tudor Hellenic S.A. 95.99% Greece
3 Plastria St.
GR 144-52 Metamorfosi, Greece
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Tudor India 75.00% India
147 Jolly Maker Chambers 2 - 14th Fl.
Nariman Point - Bombay 400021, India
Exide Holding Europe SA 100.00% France
5 a 7 allee des pierres Mayettes
92636 Gennevilliers, France
Compagnie Europeene d'Accumulateurs 100.00% France
5 a 7 allee des pierres Mayettes
92636 Gennevilliers, France
TS Batteries 100.00% France
5 a 7 allee des pierres Mayettes
92636 Gennevilliers, France
Batterie Hagen SA 100.00% France
5 a 7 allee des pierres Mayettes
92636 Gennevilliers, France
Exide Automotive BV 99.90% Belgium
93 rue de Florival
1390 Archennes, Belgium
CMP Batterijen NV 99.90% Belgium
93 rue de Florival
1390 Archennes, Belgium
Hagen Batterijen BV 100.00% Netherlands
Zoonebaan 6
3606 CA Maarsen, Netherlands
CMP Batterijen BV 100.00% Netherlands
Postus 162 Produktiestraat 25
3130 AD Vlaardingen, Netherlands
ATSA Batterijen BV 100.00% Netherlands
Energieweg 105 Postbus 26
3640 AA Mijdrecht, Netherlands
Exide Automotive BV 100.00% Netherlands
Energieweg 105
3641 RT Mijdrecht, Netherlands
Industria Composizione Stampate (ICS) 100.00% Italy
Via bergamo, 1
Canonica d'Adda Bergamo 28040, Italy
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Societa Industrial Accumulatori Srl (SINAC) 100.00% Italy
Via Dante Allghieri 100/106
Romano Di Lombardia, Italy
Compagnie Generale Accumulatori Spa 100.00% Italy
Via Benevento 40
80013 Casalnuove Di Napoli, Itlay
Accumulatorenfabrik Sonnenschein GmbH 99.92% Gemany
Thiergarten
63654 Budingen
Sonnenschein Lithium GmbH 49.60% Germany
Industriestrasse 22
63654 Budingen
CENTRA Spolka Akcyjna (CENTRA) 96.82% Poland
Gdynska 31/33
61-0166 Pozen, Poland
INCI Exide Aku Sanayi; Anomi Sirketi 50.00% Turkey
Organize Sanayi Bolgesi
45030 Maines, Turkey
Fulmen Iberica 96.13% Spain
Poligono Industrial El Pla
C/Miguel Torello Pages, 11-13
06750 Molin de rel, Spain
Tudor AB 100.00% Sweden
449 81 Nol
8-44041
Exide Sonnak A/S 100.00% Norway
Molovelen 25
N-3191 Horten, Norway
Exide Oy 100.00% Finland
Sahkotie, 8
8F-01510 Vantaa, Finland
CMP Batteries Ltd 100.00% England
PO Box 1 Salford Road Over Hulton
Bolton BL5 1DD
TS Batteries Limited 100.00% England
PO Box 1 Salford Road Over Hulton
Bolton BL5 1DD
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Euro Exide Corporation Limited 81.50% United Kingdom
PO Box 1 Salford Road Over Hulton
Bolton BL5 1DD
Exide Batteries Limited 81.50% United Kingdom
Caldicot Way, Cwmbran
Gwent, Wales
BIG Batteries Limited 81.50% United Kingdom
Caldicot Way, Cwmbran
Gwent Wales
BIG France SARL 81.50% France
6/10 rue Olaf Palme, Emerainville
Pariest, 77312
Marne la Vallee, France
Exide (Holdings) Limited 81.50% United Kingdom
Chequers Lane
Dagenham, Essex RM9 6PX
Exide Batterrier AB 81.50% Sweden
Box 458
651 10 Karistad, Stockholm, Sweden
I.C.C.S. Batterie Vertrieb GmbH 100.00% Germany
Miramstrasse 74
34123 Kassell, Germany
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Refined Metals 100.00% Delaware
257 W. Mallary St.
Memphis, TN 38109
DETA Akkumulatorenwerk GmbH 100.00% Germany
Postfach 11 64
D. 37421 Bad Lautergerg, Germany
Middland Batteries 100.00% United Kingdom
PO Box 1 Salford Road Over Hulton
Bolton, BL 1 DD
National Batteries LTD 75.0% United Kingdom
6/7 Parkway Estate
Longbridge Road
Trafford Paark
Manchester MI M17 1SN
FRIWO Siberkraft GmbH 100.00% Germany
Postfach 11 64
D. 37421 Bad Lauterberg, Germany
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