EXHIBIT 3
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, each of the undersigned Reporting Persons hereby agrees to the joint
filing, along with all other such Reporting Persons, on behalf of each of them
of a statement on Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to
the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of Trident Microsystems, Inc., and that this
Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned hereby executes this Agreement as of
this 19th day of September, 2005.
D. E. Shaw Meniscus
Portfolios, L.L.C.
By: X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.L.C., as
managing member
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Managing Director
X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Managing Director
X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Managing Director
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxx X. Xxxx
