JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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In
accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing of MatlinPatterson FA
Acquisition LLC, MatlinPatterson LLC, MatlinPatterson Asset Management LLC,
MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, MatlinPatterson Global Partners II LLC,
MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II L.P., MatlinPatterson Global
Opportunities Partners (Cayman) II L.P., Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx,
on behalf of each of them a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments
thereto) with respect to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
First Albany Companies Inc., a New York corporation, 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, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 26th day of
February 2008.
| MATLINPATTERSON FA ACQUISITION LLC | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Member | |||
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MATLINPATTERSON
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Chairman | |||
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MATLINPATTERSON
GLOBAL ADVISERS LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Chairman | |||
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MATLINPATTERSON
GLOBAL PARTNERS II LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Director | |||
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MATLINPATTERSON
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
PARTNERS
II L.P.
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| By: |
MatlinPatterson
Global Partners II LLC,
its
general partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Director | |||
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MATLINPATTERSON
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
PARTNERS
(Cayman) L.P.
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| By: |
MatlinPatterson
Global Partners II LLC,
its
general partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Director | |||
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XXXXX
X. XXXXXX
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
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X. XXXXXXXXX
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
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