SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ANGELO GORDON & CO LP/NY (Last) (First) (Middle) 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10167 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/17/2010	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol C&D TECHNOLOGIES INC [ CHP ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
5.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026	(1)	11/15/2026	Common Stock	3,359,172	$4.84	I	See footnote(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ANGELO GORDON & CO LP/NY (Last) (First) (Middle) 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10167 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ANGELO JOHN M (Last) (First) (Middle) 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10167 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GORDON MICHAEL L (Last) (First) (Middle) 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10167 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The 5.50% Convertible Senior Notes are immediately exercisable.

2. These securities are held for the account of certain private investment funds for which Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. ("Angelo, Gordon") acts as investment adviser. John M. Angelo is a managing member of JAMG LLC, which is the general partner of AG Partners, L.P., which is the sole general partner of Angelo, Gordon. Mr. Angelo serves as the chief executive officer of Angelo, Gordon. Michael L. Gordon is the other managing member of JAMG LLC and is the chief operating officer of Angelo, Gordon.

	/s/ Kirk Wickman, as Attorney-in-Fact of JAMG LLC, General Partner of AG Partners, L.P., General Partner of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.	09/24/2010
	/s/ Kirk Wickman, as Attorney-in-Fact	09/24/2010
	/s/ Kirk Wickman, as Attorney-in-Fact	09/24/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.