Exhibit 5
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 5, 2004
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 LLC, MatlinPatterson Asset Management LLC, MatlinPatterson
Global Advisers LLC, MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC, MatlinPatterson
Global Opportunities Partners L.P., MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities
Partners (Bermuda) 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 NRG Energy,
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, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement
this 5th day of January 2004.
MATLINPATTERSON LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Member
MATLINPATTERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL ADVISERS
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
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MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL PARTNERS
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P.
By: MatlinPatterson Global Partners
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS (BERMUDA)
L.P.
By: MatlinPatterson Global Partners
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
XXXXX X. XXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
XXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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