UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

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In re: : 

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THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : PROMESA 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, : Title III 

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as representative of : Case No. 17-BK-3283 (LTS) 

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., : 

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(Jointly Administered) 

 Debtors.1

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In re: : 

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THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : PROMESA 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, : Title III 

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 as representative of : Case No. 17-BK-4780 (LTS) 

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PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHOIRTY, : 

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Debtor. : 

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OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS’ 

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS REGARDING PRELIMINARY FACT WITNESS LIST 

RELATED TO PREPA’S TITLE III PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT 

 

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 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-5233 (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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To the Honorable United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain: 

In accordance with the Amended and Restated Order Establishing, Among Other Things, 

Procedures and Deadlines Concerning Objections to Confirmation and Discovery in Connection 

Therewith [Docket No. 3305] (the “Confirmation Procedures Order”),2 the Official Committee of 

Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”), by its counsel, hereby makes the following reservation 

of rights regarding the preliminary list of fact witnesses in connection with the Modified Second 

Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority [Docket No. 

3296] (the “Plan”). 

1. The Committee reserves the right to call any of the witnesses identified by the 

Oversight Board (including the witnesses identified on the Debtor’s Preliminary List of 

Witnesses to Be Offered in Support of Confirmation of Plan of Adjustment [Docket No. 3329]) or 

any other party (including the witnesses identified on Preliminary Fact Witness List of the Ad 

Hoc Group of PREPA Bondholders, Assured Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty Municipal 

Corp., Syncora Guarantee, Inc., and U.S. Bank National Association as PREPA Bond Trustee 

Related to PREPA’s Title III Plan of Adjustment [Docket No. 3395]), including as to the topics 

identified by the Oversight Board and such other parties. 

2. The Committee reserves the right to call any witnesses to testify, if needed, to 

authenticate documents the Committee may offer in evidence in connection with the 

Confirmation Hearing. 

3. The Committee reserves the right to call any witness who provides deposition 

testimony in connection with confirmation of the Plan. 

 

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 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Confirmation 

Procedures Order. 

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4. The Committee reserves the right to amend the preliminary list of fact witnesses 

as planning for the Confirmation Hearing proceeds and to (a) add or remove witnesses and (b) 

modify the topics about which witnesses may testify. 

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Dated: April 14, 2023 

 New York, New York 

/s/ Luc A. Despins 

PAUL HASTINGS LLP 

Nicholas A. Bassett, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice) 

875 15th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Tel: (202) 551-1700 

nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com 

Luc A. Despins, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice) 

G. Alexander Bongartz, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice) 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, New York 10166 

Tel: (212) 318-6000 

lucdespins@paulhastings.com 

alexbongartz@paulhastings.com 

Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured 

Creditors 

- and – 

/s/ Juan J. Casillas Ayala 

CASILLAS, SANTIAGO & TORRES LLC 

Juan J. Casillas Ayala, Esq. (USDC - PR 218312) 

Israel Fernández Rodríguez, Esq. (USDC - PR 

225004) 

Juan C. Nieves González, Esq. (USDC - PR 231707) 

Cristina B. Fernández Niggemann, Esq. (USDC - PR 

306008) 

PO Box 195075 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5075 

Telephone: (787) 523-3434 Fax: (787) 523-3433 

jcasillas@cstlawpr.com 

ifernandez@cstlawpr.com 

jnieves@cstlawpr.com 

crernandez@cstlawpr.com 

Local Counsel to the Official Committee of 

Unsecured Creditors

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