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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 EIGHTY-NINTH OMNIBUS OBJECTION

(NON-SUBSTANTIVE) OF THE PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION 

AUTHORITY TO CLAIMS ASSERTED AGAINST THE INCORRECT DEBTOR

Upon the Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection (Non-Substantive) of the 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority to Claims Asserted Against the Incorrect 

Debtor (Docket Entry No. 21739) (the “Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection”)2 of the 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”), dated August 5, 2022, for entry 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-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 Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection.

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an order reclassifying certain claims filed against HTA, as more fully set forth in the Four Hundred

Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection and supporting exhibits thereto; and the Court having 

jurisdiction to consider the Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth 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 Eighty-Ninth 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 “Asserted” in Exhibit A to the Four Hundred 

Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection having improperly identified HTA as obligor, when such claims 

are properly asserted, if at all, against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”) 

as identified in the column titled “Corrected” in Exhibit A to the Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth 

Omnibus Objection; and the Court having determined that the relief sought in the Four Hundred 

Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection is in the best interest of the Commonwealth, 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 Eighty-Ninth 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 Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection is GRANTED 

as set forth herein; and it is further

ORDERED that the claims identified in the column titled “Asserted” in Exhibit A 

to the Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection (the “Reclassified Claims”) are hereby 

reclassified to be claims asserted against the Title III debtor(s) indicated in the column titled 

“Corrected” in Exhibit A; and it is further 

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

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ORDERED that the Debtors’ right to object to the Reclassified Claims is reserved; 

and it is further

ORDERED that Kroll is authorized and directed, in the official claims register in 

the PROMESA cases, to move the claims identified in the column titled “Asserted” in Exhibit A 

to the Four Hundred Eighty-Ninth Omnibus Objection from HTA’s Title III Case (Bankruptcy 

Case No. 17 BK 3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808) to the Title III case for the 

debtor(s) identified in the column titled “Corrected” in Exhibit A to the Four Hundred EightyNinth Omnibus Objection; and it is further

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 21739 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: March 8, 2023

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge 

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