UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO zuCO

as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO P.ICA, et at.,

PROMESA

Title III

No. lTBK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

Debtors.l

ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATION UNDER THIRD AMENDED ORDER

FOR PROFESSIONALS' FINAL COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT

oF EXPENSES 

[DKT. No. 20456] - FINAL FEE APPLICATTON oF

KROLL. LLC. f/k/a DUFF & pHELpS LLC [DKT. No. 220001

Pursuant to The Third Amended Order Setting Procedures for Interim and Final Compensation

and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals 

[Dkt. No. 20546](the "Fee Order"), the

undersigned, counsel for Kroll, LLC, flVaDuff & Phelps LLC ("Kroll"), financial advisor for

the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (the "Board"), as representative

of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Commonwealth"), Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing

Corporation ("CORFINA"), Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority ("HTA"),

Employees Retirement System for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("ERS"), and puerto Rico

I 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 appliðable, are the (i) Commonwealth of puerto Rico

(Bankruptcy Case No. I 7 BK 323 8-LTS) (Last Four Digits oi-Federal Tax ID: 

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3+g t ; (ii) puerto Rico Sales Tax

Financing Corporation ("COFINA") (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284-LTS) (Last øur áiglts of Federal Tax ID:

8a7a); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority ("HTA") (Bankiuptcy CaseÑo. 17 BK 3567-LTS)

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 380S); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("BRS") (Bankruptcy Case No. l7 BK 3566-LfS¡ 6ast Four Digits of Federal Tax

ID: 9686); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority ("PREPA") (Bankruptcy'iur" No. l7 sil. +zto-Lrs) @ast

Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747). (Title III case numbers are listed as eankruptcy Case numbers due to software

limitations.).

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Electric Power Authority ("PREPA", jointly with the commonwealth, coFINA, HTA and ERS

referred to as "Debtors"), pursuant to section 315(b) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management,

and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA")2, hereby certifies with respect to Kroll's final

application for allowance of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses

incurred with respect to the Debtors'Title III case, dated August 30,2022(the "Application")

(Dkt. No. 22000),3 for the period from November l, 201 8 through and including July 31,2019

(the "Compensation Period") as follows:

l. I am the attorney designated by Kroll for compliance with the Fee Order.

2. I make this certification in support of Kroll's Application for final compensation

and reimbursement of expenses incurred during the Compensation Period 

[Dkt. No 22000], in

accordance with Paragraph 5.c.iv of the Fee Order.

3. I certify that to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief formed after

reasonable inquiry:

a. I have read the Application;

b. the fees requested in the Application do not request any fees disallowed by

the Court on an interim basis;

c. the Application includes only fees approved by prior interim compensation

order 

[Dkt. No. 12157], except for $36,619 of fees incurred between June 1

and september 30, 2019 in supplementing prior interim fee applications for

the Fee Examiner. All fees sought by Kroll are supported by complete

billing data submitted to the Fee Examiner.

2 PROMESA has been codified in 48 U.S.C. gg 2l0l_2241.

3 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Application.

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4. I certify that Kroll has previously provided monthly statements of its fees and

disbursements by fìling and serving monthly statements in accordance with the Interim

Compensation Order (as defìned in the Application), except that completing reasonable and

necessary internal accounting and review procedures may have, at times, precluded filing fee

statements within the time periods specified in that Order.

Dated: October )2-,2022 Respectfully submitted,

New York, New York

MichaelL

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Schulte Roth & ZabelLLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Tel: (212) 756-2150

Counsel for Kroll LLC

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this same date I electronically filed the foregoing with 

the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send electronic notification of such 

filing to all counsel of record. I also hereby certify that the foregoing was served pursuant to the 

Sixteenth Amended Notice, Case Management and Administrative Procedures Order (Docket No. 

20190).

s/José L. Ramírez-Coll

José L Ramírez-Coll 

U.S.D.C. No. 221702

ANTONETTI MONTALVO & RAMIREZ-COLL

P.O. Box 13128

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908

(787) 977-0312

email: jramirez@amrclaw.com

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