Exhibit 1
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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 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to
the Preferred Stock and Common Stock of Archon 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, each of the undersigned hereby executes this Agreement as of
this 28 day of August, 2007.
D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.
By: X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.L.C., as
managing member
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Managing Director
X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Managing Director
X. X. Xxxx & Co., L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Managing Director
Xxxxx X. Xxxx*
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxx X. Xxxx*
* Power of Attorney given by Xxxxx X. Xxxx was previously filed with the SEC on
June 26, 2007 as an exhibit to a Schedule 13D/A filed by the Reporting Persons
with respect to the Issuer.
