EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 2012 Fourth Quarter Investor Letter

February 25, 2013

Net Fund Performance1 Empyrean Capital Overseas Fund, Ltd. Empyrean Capital Overseas ERISA, Ltd. Empyrean Capital Fund, LP

4Q12 1.1% 1.0% 1.4%

YTD 10.3% 10.2% 11.9%

Gross Performance Attribution2, 6 Special Situations Equity Special Situations Credit Merger Arbitrage Convertible Strategies Portfolio Level Hedges Total

4Q12 0.6 1.3 1.5 0.1 -1.4 2.1

YTD 6.9 6.0 2.6 1.3 -2.8 14.0

Long-Term Net Performance Results Empyrean Capital Overseas Fund, Ltd.

Since Inception Cumulative Annualized 77.0% 7.0%

Dear Investor: Empyrean Capital Overseas Fund, Ltd. (the Fund) posted net returns of 1.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing this year's performance to 10.3%. Given our market-neutral target, we are pleased to have generated solid results while exhibiting negligible beta and a slightly negative correlation to the S&P 500. The first few weeks of 2013 have already been characterized by a noticeable uptick in the volume of event-situations, and a corresponding increase in our level of capital deployment. Looking forward, we expect these high activity levels to persist and to drive our ability to generate differentiated returns. We devote the remainder of this letter to a discussion of our 2013 outlook, as well as a review of the fourth quarter and calendar year 2012 performance.

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

Current Outlook As mentioned above, 2013 has brought a surge in event-activity and a number of opportunities to initiate new investments. For several years now, we have written about the promising backdrop for a new event cycle underpinned by high corporate cash balances, plentiful and cheap financing and moderate equity valuations. Yet, at each turn, nascent signs of corporate activity have been stymied by a steady barrage of macro and policy concerns that kept likely participants on the sidelines. At the risk of again sounding premature, several factors have recently coincided which we believe will yield a substantially more interesting environment for our core event strategy. First, the recent uptick in activity levels is undeniable. We have seen $185 billion of M&A volume thus far in 2013 compared with only $58 billion at this same time last year.1 Notable transactions include the buyouts of Dell, Virgin Media, Heinz and OfficeMax, and the potential auctions of Life Technologies, Endo Pharmaceuticals and Clearwire. On the activist front, a number of new situations have emerged, including Herbalife, Hess and Sandridge. We also continue to see compelling idea flow from legal, regulatory and legislative/policy channels. In recent weeks, examples include the Department of Justice's lawsuit to block the InBev-Modelo transaction, legal actions against McGraw-Hill stemming from the rating agency crisis and Congressional budget/sequestration talks with particular implications for the defense and healthcare sectors. The root source of the increase in event volume is debatable. It may be improved CEO confidence, the perceived reduction in tail-risk from global central bank support, the deferral of the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling or pent-up pressure from shareholders amid high levels of stranded assets. No matter the source, activity is beginning to percolate and we believe this will prove to be more than a short-term phenomenon. Second, we believe it is particularly interesting that the surge in activity is happening at precisely the time when investors are growing increasingly confident and complacent about the market's direction. Over the past several years, there have been opportunities to source individual investments, but against a backdrop of volatile markets and relatively high hedging costs. There have also been intermittent periods of calm, but with relatively low activity levels. What we have not seen since before the financial crisis is an environment in which a broad set of prospective investment opportunities combines with the ability to offset increased risk with low hedging costs. In what seems to us an uncertain world (e.g., risks of sequestration and debt ceiling limits in the U.S., Middle East unrest, upcoming elections in Israel, Italy and Germany and Irans nuclear deadline), we do not subscribe to the market's prospective view of volatility. Still, as long as low levels of implied volatility persist, we believe the right playbook is to increase exposure to new event opportunities and increase concentration in our favorite ideas, while utilizing low hedging costs to protect the portfolio against downside risks. Accordingly, from year-end through February 21st, the Fund's LMV has moved from 153% to 197%, with equity exposure up nearly 40% during that time. Half of the top ten positions in the portfolio today were either initiated or fully sized in 2013 and the degree of concentration in our top 10 positions has moved from 41% to 55% of NAV over this same period.

Source: Gluskin Sheff Research, February 19, 2013

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

Our outlook on 2013 would not be complete without a word on our credit positioning (discussed at length in our 3Q12 letter). Over the past year, both absolute yields and credit spreads continued to grind to very low absolute levels, and we continue to feel opportunities in traditional performing names are quite scarce. That said, we have been able to source select credit investments with attractive risk-adjusted returns (typically distressed/takeout/refinancing plays and liquidation/windup situations) and are comfortable managing these discrete exposures on a hedged basis. We expect a number of our largest credit positions to run off over the next six to nine months and overall credit exposures to trend down in 2013. We continue to source opportunities across the capital structure, but are finding more compelling expected returns in the equity arena given less-extended valuations and the volume of corporate events.

Fourth Quarter Review The Fund's fourth quarter performance was driven by consistent position-level returns, offset somewhat by relatively high portfolio-level hedging costs. Although each of our strategy categories contributed positively, returns were paced by Merger Arbitrage (primarily open-ended situations) and Special Situations Credit. Top contributors within Merger Arbitrage included Yahoo! (+125bps, announced a large capital return to shareholders), CVR Energy (+31bps, announced a restructuring and an MLP conversion) and Dollar Thrifty (+31bps, obtained regulatory approval for its merger with Hertz). Within credit, Catalina Marketing was the top performing position (+46bps, reported improved operating results and balance-sheet positioning) followed by Spirit Finance (+44bps, successful debt-for-equity swap). Within Special Situations Equity, our top contributor was an alpha short in a recently consolidated IT consulting company that reported deal-related write-downs (+34bps). The Fund had two negative outliers during the quarter as well: Reader's Digest (-55bps, distressed position that sold off on disappointing operating results and the delayed sale of its European business unit) and Bally Technology (-52bps, poor market response to management turnover). Notwithstanding these results, we remain invested in both companies.

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

2012 Year in Review Much like the fourth quarter, 2012 was driven by the idiosyncratic performance of individual investments. The Fund generated positive P&L in each strategy category, with Special Situations Equity and Credit leading the way. Our hit-rate4 was 63% for investments contributing +/-25bps or more to returns, on par with results for the Fund since inception. Moreover, for those individual investments contributing +/-50bps or more to returns, our hit-rate improved to 89% (excluding portfolio-level hedges). In aggregate, we got our most important individual bets right in 2012 while limiting outsized losses. The following table details the most meaningful drivers of 2012 Fund performance.
2012 Attribution: Positions Contributing +/- 50bps YTD (excludes Portfolio Level Hedge)
Sorted by Absolute Value YTD

Strategy (TICKER)
Reader's Digest Catalina Marketing

Category
Special Situation Credit Special Situation Credit

Attrib % 2
-1.29 1.28

Brief Notes
Underperformed due to operating weakness and delayed sales process of European business unit a) Posted strong operating results; b) refinancing of debt structure expected in 2013 Completed IPO in September 2012. As part of debt-for-equity swap, term loan position was converted to equity at a premium. Subsequently, Spirit equity gained 18%, as investors rotated into Spirit relative to richer REIT comps Correctly anticipated that in combination with an acquisition of Grupo Modelo, Anheuser-Busch InBEV would divest Modelo's 50% stake in Crown Imports to Constellation on very attractive terms. Exited in 3Q12. Re-entered in 1Q13. Strong performance following completion of dual tracking stock split in August 2012. Completed Archstone sale, continued resolution of intra-creditor issues. Stock rallied substantially following successful outcome of spectrum legislative debate and S&P 500 index inclusion. Exited in 1Q12 Capitalized on price weakness following market reaction to mine closure and the resetting of operating expectations at the end of 2011. Exited 3Q12 Exposure to franchise restaurant and sub prime ABS; continued tightening in ABS market a) Completed break-up of company in September 2012; b) Sold Flow Control Business (one of three spun pieces) to Pentair; c) ADT shares appreciated following activist moves. Empyrean exited ADT in 4Q12, but maintain TYC position Stock benefitted from transactional activity in the genetic sequencing market and new product introductions. Reduced position substantially in 4Q12 Merger approval led to spread compression. Exited in March-April 2012 Rumored sale process/LBO interest. Exited in 2Q12 Rallied substantially following the restructuring of Alibaba Holdings and announcement of substantial stock buyback Additional uncertainty around timing of liability settlement led us to exit RIG in 3Q12 Finalized acquisition of Actavis Pharmaceuticals. Exited in 2Q12 Sourced favorable term loan allocation at issuance, which traded well in secondary market. Exited in 1Q13. Exited in 3Q12 following favorable pay down in combination with price appreciation

Spirit Finance (SRC)

Special Situation Credit

1.23

Constellation Brands (STZ) Special Situation Equity

1.00

Liberty Interactive (LINTA) Special Situation Credit Lehman Brothers Structured Special Situation Credit Finance Claims ("LBSF") Crown Castle (CCI) Special Situation Equity

1.00

0.94

0.89 0.83 0.80

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Special Situation Equity Structured Credit Special Situation Credit

Tyco (TYC)

Special Situation Equity

0.78

Life Technologies (LIFE) Express Scripts / Medco Charles River (CRL) Yahoo! (YHOO) Transocean (RIG) Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI) Asurion Madoff Claims

Special Situation Equity Merger Arbitrage Special Situation Equity Merger Arbitrage Special Situation Equity Special Situation Equity Special Situation Credit Special Situation Credit

0.75 0.74 0.67 0.65 -0.64 0.60 0.57 0.53

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

The positive profitability skew in 2012 was a function of strong security selection, rather than directional equity or credit market gains in a rising market. The following graph depicts our beta profile over the past four years (based on daily Fund returns relative to the S&P 500) and reflects the impact of our rigorous hedging program.
0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 -0.10 -0.20 -0.30
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REALIZED BETA: EMPYEAN vs. S &P 500 OVER TRAILING 12 MONTHS 2009 - 2012
(Daily Gross Series)
7

The Funds positioning evolved in three distinct phases over the course of 2012. In the beginning of the year, our stance reflected a challenging back-half of 2011, during which many of our largest equity investments underperformed and lagged positive developments in their event lifecycles. In evaluating the portfolio at the end of 2011 (a process summarized in our 4Q11 letter), we felt our core equity book embedded high base-case returns and we chose to maintain full positions in names such as Charles River Labs, Liberty Interactive, Life Technologies, TFS Financial, Liberty Capital, Crown Castle, Tyco and Banco Popular. We also built several new investments in name such as Agnico Eagle, Yahoo! and Medco. We spent the first four months of the year running nearly fully invested, with LMV in the 170-180% range, and roughly half of the portfolio in equities. As a group, these specific investments represented the bulk of our equity exposure during that period and drove strong first quarter results. In early May, however, we materially reduced risk in the portfolio given rapid market appreciation and our sense of investor complacency in the face of substantial macro issues (the following table details Fund exposure by quarter). The reduction was disproportionately concentrated in equity investments (especially those we felt had a greater degree of hedge fund ownership) and investments more exposed to a cyclical or European slowdown. This re-shaping of our book, which in aggregate reduced risk by 25%, proved well-timed as the market pulled back nearly 10% peak-to-trough in May to early June. Our exposure profile, combined with the positive impact of our portfolio-level hedges, allowed the Fund to remain profitable throughout this period.

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

Gross Long Market Value (LMV %) 5, 6

Strategy Special Situation Equity Special Situation Credit Convertible Strategies Merger Arbitrage Capital Structure Arbitrage Portfolio Hedge LMV % 3/31/2012 6/30/2012 9/30/2012 56% 41% 35% 60% 55% 64% 17% 17% 21% 32% 12% 16% 2% 2% 1% 6% 3% 14% 174% 129% 152% 12/31/2012 39% 68% 25% 11% 1% 9% 153%

Heading into the latter part of the year (especially post-U.S. election), we maintained an elevated level of concern that the market was not appropriately discounting risks to the U.S. economy from various election scenarios and the fiscal cliff. This view influenced the Fund's overall level of exposure and the level of equity risk we were willing to assume, despite an increasingly interesting idea pipeline. Over this period, we ran with ample dry powder (e.g., LMV was in the 150% range) and a slightly net short beta-adjusted position (reflecting our full portfolio hedges). In retrospect, our positioning proved too conservative in the last few months of the year. While our individual investments performed well into year-end, portfolio-level hedges weighed on results given our cautious stance (costing the Fund -140bps in the fourth quarter and -280bps for the year). Equity market index puts and sovereign CDS credit shorts accounted for the majority of hedging losses. While this cost is on the high end of what the Fund has realized in recent years, it is not out of the range of our articulated budget or what we might expect in a period during which markets appreciated steadily, realized volatility ground to cycle lows and opportunities to monetize option premium were few. Ultimately, hedging costs need to be considered in conjunction with the return potential of the portfolio they are designed to protect, and we are generally pleased with the package of returns and volatility produced in 2012. Moreover, a consistent approach to market-neutrality has served us well over the longer cycle, and it is an essential element of our portfolio construction.

Business Update The fourth quarter was a busy one for the Firm. As you know, we published new offering memoranda for the Funds, making a number of important updates to our terms. We eliminated the 4% early redemption fee for redemptions in the first twelve months following subscription. We also now offer additional classes of shares with lower management fees to investors who meet certain investment amount thresholds. We believe these changes will be positive long-term both for our business and our investors. As always, thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to our continued dialogue and welcome any questions. Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

EMPYREAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD SUITE 2950 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

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The rate of return for an investor admitted after inception or which has subscribed or redeemed interests since such date or which has different terms could differ from the returns reflected herein. A hypothetical investor in Class A was used for ECOF and ECOEF. 2 Gross Performance Attribution information was calculated assuming that a hypothetical investor of Class A Shares in ECOF made an initial investment at the beginning of the indicated period and held such investment during that period, without any additional subscriptions or redemptions. This performance calculation assumes that each hypothetical investor's account participated fully, on an applicable pro rata basis, in all investments (excluding Special Investments), was eligible to participate in new issues, and include the reinvestment of all dividends, interest and profits if invested during the periods shown. 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If a management fee of 2% of average net assets per year were deducted annually for the ten-year period, the annualized compounded return would be 0.97% and the ending dollar value would be $1.1 million. 3 The S&P Composite Index of 500 stocks (S&P 500) is a group of unmanaged securities widely regarded by investors to be representative of large-cap U.S. stock market performance. The index is unmanaged, and the figures for the index include reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and do not reflect any fees or expenses. 4 Hit Rate is defined as the percentage of investments which were profitable relative to total investments at the threshold of 25 and 50 basis points of performance attribution across the Funds. Hit Rates are calculated for each fiscal year and include realized and unrealized performance. Attribution data in this section is inclusive of all Funds. 5 Investment Strategy is determined by Empyrean Capital Partners, LP based on the nature of underlying positions. Empyrean typically defines Investment Strategy Categories as follows: Merger Arbitrage reflects deal-oriented, binary situations; Special Situation Equity and Special Situation Credit tend to reflect multi-stage, longer-term situations; Capital Structure Arbitrage reflect rate-of-return spread or intra-capital structure investments. Convertible Strategies reflect convertible bonds and all associated hedges, including equity and equity options hedges. The Portfolio Level Hedge represents a series of predominately long-volatility hedges carried at the portfolio level. 6 Exposure data is estimated and unaudited as of the date hereof. All data is shown for the strategy level and reflects the combined holdings of ECF, ECOF and ECOF ERISA. All exposures are shown on a delta-adjusted basis. 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