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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)

TWENTY-SEVENTH NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF CLAIMS

TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

To the Honorable United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain:

1. On April 1, 2020, this Court entered the Order (A) Authorizing Alternative Dispute 

Resolution Procedures, (B) Approving Additional Form of Notice, and (C) Granting Related Relief

[ECF No. 12576] (the “ADR Order”). The ADR Order authorized the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico (the “Commonwealth”), the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”), the 

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

the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”), and the Puerto Rico Public Buildings 

Authority (“PBA,” and together with the Commonwealth, HTA, ERS, and PREPA, the “Debtors”) 

 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 (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”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19-BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software

limitations).

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to resolve general unsecured claims using the procedures approved by the court in the ADR Order 

[ECF No. 12576-1] (“ADR Procedures”). 

2. Pursuant to the ADR Order, the Debtors hereby transfer the claims identified on 

Exhibit A hereto (the “Twenty-Seventh ADR Designated Claims”) into the ADR Procedures. 

3. As directed by the ADR Order, the Debtors shall serve a copy of this ADR Transfer 

Notice (as defined in the ADR Order) on each claimant whose claim is identified on Exhibit A 

hereto (the “Twenty-Seventh ADR Designated Claimants”), together with a copy of the ADR 

Procedures. Pursuant to the ADR Order, the Debtors anticipate serving an ADR Notice with an 

Offer or an Information Request (each as defined in the ADR Order) within sixty (60) days. The 

form of the ADR Notice is annexed to the ADR Order as Exhibit 2. [ECF No. 12576-2].

4. The Debtors shall serve copies of this ADR Transfer Notice upon the TwentySeventh ADR Designated Claimants listed on Exhibit A and the Master Service List (as defined by 

the Sixteenth Amended Case Management Procedures [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 20190-1]).

This notice is also available on the Debtors’ case website at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico. 

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Dated: October 28, 2022 Respectfully submitted, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer

Hermann D. Bauer 

USDC No. 215205

Carla García Benítez 

USDC No. 203708

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800 

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Tel: (787) 764-8181

Fax: (787) 753-8944

Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico, as 

representative for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Highways and 

Transportation Authority, Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority, and Puerto Rico 

Public Buildings Authority

/s/ Brian S. Rosen

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice) 

Brian S. Rosen (pro hac vice)

Ehud Barak (pro hac vice)

Paul V. Possinger (pro hac vice)

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Eleven Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Tel: (212) 969-3000

Fax: (212) 969-2900

Co-Attorneys for the Financial Oversight 

and Management Board for the Puerto Rico, 

as representative for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Highways and 

Transportation Authority, Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority, and Puerto Rico 

Public Buildings Authority

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