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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et 

al.,

Debtors.1

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER GRANTING FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SIXTH OMNIBUS OBJECTION 

(SUBSTANTIVE) OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 

EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO DUPLICATE AND NO LIABILITY BOND CLAIMS

Upon the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Duplicate and No Liability Bond Claims (Docket Entry No. 

20052) (the “Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection”),2 filed by the Commonwealth of 

 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case 

number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as 

applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”) (Bankruptcy 

Case No. 17-BK-3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico 

Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3284-LTS) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation 

Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3566-LTS) (Last 

Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747); and 

(vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”, and together with the 

Commonwealth, COFINA, HTA, ERS, and PREPA, the “Debtors”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 

19-BK-5532-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are 

listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms 

in the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection.

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Puerto Rico (“Commonwealth”) and the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS,” and together with the Commonwealth, the “Debtors”), 

dated February 4, 2022, for entry of an order disallowing in their entirety certain claims filed 

against the Debtors, as more fully set forth in the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection 

and supporting exhibits thereto; and the Court having jurisdiction to consider the Four Hundred 

Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection and to grant the relief requested therein pursuant to PROMESA 

section 306(a); and venue being proper pursuant to PROMESA section 307(a); and due and proper 

notice of the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection having been provided to those 

parties identified therein, and no other or further notice being required; and the Court having 

determined that the claims identified in Exhibit A to the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus 

Objection (the “Claims to Be Disallowed”) seek recovery of amounts for which the Debtors are 

not liable; and the Court having determined that certain Claims to Be Disallowed also assert claims 

that are duplicative, in part, of one or more Master Proofs of Claim filed in the Debtors’ Title III 

Cases; and the Court having determined that the relief sought in the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth 

Omnibus Objection is in the best interest of the Debtors, their creditors, and all the parties in 

interest; and the Court having determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Four 

Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and 

after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it is

ORDERED that the Four Hundred Twenty-Sixth Omnibus Objection is 

GRANTED as set forth herein; and it is further

ORDERED that the Claims to Be Disallowed are hereby disallowed in their 

entirety; and it is further

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ORDERED that Kroll is authorized and directed to designate the Claims to Be 

Disallowed as expunged on the official claims register in the Title III Cases; and it is further

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 20052 in Case No. 17-3283; 

and it is further

ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters 

arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, or enforcement of this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2022

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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