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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 THIRTY-FIRST OMNIBUS OBJECTION (NON-SUBSTANTIVE)

OF THE PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO SATISFIED CLAIMS

Upon the Four Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus Objection (Non-Substantive) of the 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority to Satisfied Claims(Docket Entry No. 20488)

(the “Four Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus Objection”),2 filed by the Puerto Rico Highways and 

Transportation Authority (“HTA”), dated April 1, 2022, for entry of an order reclassifying certain 

claims filed against HTA, as more fully set forth in the Four Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus 

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 Thirty-First Omnibus Objection.

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

Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus Objection and to grant the relief requested therein pursuant to 

section 306(a) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act

(“PROMESA”)3

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

proper notice of the Four Hundred Thirty-First 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 the column titled “Asserted” in Exhibit A to the Four 

Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus Objection (collectively, the “Satisfied Claims”) have been 

satisfied; and the Court having determined that the relief sought in the Four Hundred Thirty-First

Omnibus Objection is in the best interests of HTA, its creditors, and all the parties in interest; and 

the Court having determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Four Hundred ThirtyFirst Omnibus Objection establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and after due 

deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it is hereby 

ORDERED that the Four Hundred Thirty-First Omnibus Objection is GRANTED 

as set forth herein; and it is further

ORDERED that the Satisfied Claims are disallowed in their entirety; and it is 

further

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

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

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 20488 in Case No. 17-3283; 

and it is further

3 PROMESA is codified at 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241. 

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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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