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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)

THIRTY-FIRST 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”). On December 20, 2022, this Court entered the Order Granting 

Motion of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to Amend Alternative 

Dispute Resolution Procedures [ECF No. 23113] (the “Amended ADR Order”).

2. The Amended ADR Order authorizes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the 

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

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

[ECF No. 23113-1] (“ADR Procedures”). 

3. Pursuant to the Amended ADR Order, the Debtors hereby transfer the claims

identified on Exhibit A hereto (the “Thirty-First ADR Designated Claims”) into the ADR Procedures. 

4. As directed by the Amended ADR Order, the Debtors shall serve a copy of this ADR 

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

on Exhibit A hereto (the “Thirty-First ADR Designated Claimants”), together with a copy of the ADR 

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

with an Offer or an Information Request (each as defined in the Amended ADR Order) within sixty

(60) days. The form of the ADR Notice is annexed to the Amended ADR Order as Exhibit 2. [ECF 

No. 23113-2].

5. The Debtors shall serve copies of this ADR Transfer Notice upon the Thirty-First

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: April 24, 2023 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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