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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 FIVE HUNDRED FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHTH OMNIBUS OBJECTION 

(SUBSTANTIVE) OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 

SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 

PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO DEFICIENT ADR CLAIMS 

Upon the Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of 

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

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority to 

Deficient ADR Claims (Docket Entry No. 22260) (the “Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth Omnibus

 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).

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Objection”),2 filed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”), the Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”), and the 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA,” and together with the 

Commonwealth and ERS, the “Debtors”), dated September 16, 2022, for entry of an order 

disallowing in their entirety certain claims filed against the Debtors, as more fully set forth in the 

Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth Omnibus Objection and supporting exhibits thereto; and the Court 

having jurisdiction to consider the Five Hundred Twenty-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 Five Hundred TwentyEighth Omnibus Objection having been provided to those parties identified therein, and no other 

or further notice being required; and each the claims identified in Exhibit A hereto (the “Claims to 

Be Disallowed”) having been found to be deficient; and the Court having determined that the relief 

sought in the Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth Omnibus Objection is in the best interests of the 

Debtors, their creditors, and all parties in interest; and the Court having determined that the legal 

and factual bases set forth in the Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth 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 Five Hundred Twenty-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

 2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms 

in the Five Hundred Twenty-Eighth Omnibus Objection.

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ORDERED that Kroll is authorized and directed to designate the Claims to Be 

Disallowed as expunged on the official claims registry in the Title III Cases; and it is further

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 22260 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 9, 2023

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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