221005 ORD RE 478TH OMNI OBJ VERSION OCTOBER 5, 2022 1

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 SEVENTY-EIGHTH OMNIBUS OBJECTION 

(NON-SUBSTANTIVE) OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE EMPLOYEES 

RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

PUERTO RICO TO SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED AND SUPERSEDED CLAIMS

Upon the Four Hundred Seventy-Eighth Omnibus Objection (Non-Substantive) of 

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

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Subsequently Amended and Superseded Claims (Docket Entry

No. 21425) (the “Four Hundred Seventy-Eighth Omnibus Objection”)2 filed by the 

 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-5523-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 Seventy-Eighth Omnibus Objection.

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

the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s (“ERS,” and together with the 

Commonwealth, the “Debtors”) dated July 1, 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 

Seventy-Eighth Omnibus Objection and supporting exhibits thereto; and the Court having 

jurisdiction to consider the Four Hundred Seventy-Eighth 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 Seventy-Eighth 

Omnibus Objection having been provided to those parties identified therein, and no other or further 

notice being required; and each of the claims identified in the column titled “Claims to be 

Disallowed” in Exhibit A to the Four Hundred Seventy-Eighth Omnibus Objection (collectively, 

the “Claims to Be Disallowed”) having been amended and superseded by the subsequently filed 

proofs of claim identified in the column titled “Remaining Amended Claims” in Exhibit A

(collectively, the “Remaining Amended Claims”); and the Court having determined that the relief 

sought in the Four Hundred Seventy-Eighth 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 Seventy-Eighth 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 Seventy-Eighth 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 the Debtors’ right to object to the Remaining Amended Claims is 

reserved; and it is further

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 Case; and it is further

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 21425 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 5, 2022

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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