To: Barrett, Paul S From: Jeffrey epstein Sent Tue 2/21/2012 7:53:33 PM Subject: Re: Knock Out and NRG bonds Yes Sony for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:41 AM, "Barrett, Paul S" <paul.s.barrett@ipmorgan,com> wrote: Jeffrey We knocked out on our short BRL put option. We took in $125K 3 weeks ago. Can I buy 1MM of the NRG bonds? Thanks Paul Paul Barrett, CFA Managing Director Global Investment Opportunities Group JPMorgan Private Bank 320 Park Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10022 From: Barrett, Paul 5 Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:53 PM To: 'Jeffrey epstein' Cc: Giuffrida, David J Subject: To Do - NRG bonds - reiterate OW Jeffrey We should buy $1mm of this bond. Ytw 7.625%. Dave Katz reiterates OW in his initiation of a high yield utility monthly. We reiterate our Overweight on NRG credit and update our NRG financial model in advance of earnings. We estimate that the company generated S384 million of EBITDA in 4QI I. We expect NRG will address the lower natural gas price environment and how it will impact, if at all, its timeline to refinance the 2017 notes and the company's shareholder friendly actions (i.e., dividends and share repurchases). We model a pick-up in shareholder friendly activities: this assumption may EFTA_R1_00230482 EFTA01843042