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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X PERRY A. GRUSS, Plaintiff, v. DANIEL B. ZWIRN, D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P. and D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC, Defendants. X 09 cv 6441 (DC) ECF CASE ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIMS OF DEFENDANTS D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P. AND

CLAIMS OF DEFENDANTS D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P. AND D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendants D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P. (the "Company") and D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC ("DBZLLC"), by their attorneys Cooley Godward ICronish LLP, answer the Complaint and Jury Demand herein as follows: I. Aver that in 2006, de

uss had obligations to the Company and DBZLLC in addition to those set forth in the unexecuted Supplementary Agreement among D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P., D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC and Perry Gruss (the "Supplementary Agreement"). 58. Deny the allegations of Paragraph 58, except admit that Gruss was a partner in the Comp

ants v. D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. k/n/a FORTRESS VALUE RECOVERY FUNDI LLC, Counter-Respondent and D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC, D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, ZWIRN HOLDINGS, LLC, DANIEL ZWIRN, and Third-Party Respondents Case No. 1425006537 Arbitrator: Hon. Anthony J. Carpinello

of document, subject matter, number of pages, and the basis of the claim of privilege asserted. DEFINITIONS 1. "Zwim Entities" means Daniel Zwim, D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC, D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, and Zwim Holdings, LLC, and includes all their respective members, managers, general partners, limited pa

nts v. D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. k/n/a FORTRESS VALUE RECOVERY FUND I LLC, Counter-Respondent and D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC, D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, ZWIRN HOLDINGS, LLC, DANIEL ZWIRN, and Third-Party Respondents Case No. 1425006537 Arbitrator: Hon. Anthony J. Carpinello

of document, subject matter, number of pages, and the basis of the claim of privilege asserted. DEFINITIONS I. "Zwim Entities" means Daniel Zwim, D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC, D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, and Zwim Holdings, LLC, and includes all their respective members, managers, general partners, limited pa

nts v. D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. k/n/a FORTRESS VALUE RECOVERY FUND I LLC, Counter-Respondent and D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC, D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, ZWIRN HOLDINGS, LLC, DANIEL ZWIRN, and Third-Party Respondents Case No. 1425006537 Arbitrator: Hon. Anthony J. Carpinello

of document, subject matter, number of pages, and the basis of the claim of privilege asserted. DEFINITIONS I. "Zwim Entities" means Daniel Zwim, D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC, D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, and Zwim Holdings, LLC, and includes all their respective members, managers, general partners, limited pa

EFTA00298496 CONFIDENTIAL DATED: , 2011 DANIEL B. ZWIRN By: DATED: DATED: DATED: DATED: , 2011 D.B. ZWIRN PARTNERS, LLC. By: , 2011 D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P. By: , 2011 DBZ GP, LLC By: , 2011 ZWIRN HOLDINGS, LLC DATED: , 2011 By: By: 17 EFTA00298497

"Claimants"); (ii) Jeffrey Epstein, Jeepers, Inc. ("Jeepers") and Financial Trust Company, Inc. ("FTC") (collectively, the "Epstein Parties"); (iii) D.B. Zwim Partners, LLC, D.B. Zwim & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC and Zwim Holdings, LLC (collectively, the "Zwim Entities") and Daniel Zwim (together with the Zwim Entitie