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 ESTABLISHING THE OBJECTION DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO

DEBTORS’ MOTION (A) PROHIBITTING UTILITIES FROM ALTERING, 

REFUSING OR DISCONTINUING SERVICE, (B) DEEMING UTILITIES 

ADEQUATELY ASSURED OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE, AND (C) ESTABLISHING 

PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ADEQUATE ASSURANCE OF PAYMENT 

Upon considering Puerto Rico Telephone Company d/b/a Claro’s (hereafter “Claro”) 

Motion to Inform Applicable Objection Deadline or, in the Alternative, to Request Extension 

of Time to Respond to Debtors’ Motion (A) Prohibiting Utilities from Altering, Refusing or 

Discontinuing Service, (B) Deeming Utilities Adequately Assured of Future Performance, and 

(C) Establishing Procedures for Determining Adequate Assurance of Payment (the 

“Motion”), and the Court having found it has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter 

pursuant to section 306(a) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic 

Stability Act (“PROMESA”)2; and it appearing that venue in this district is proper pursuant 

to section 307(a) of PROMESA; and the Court having found that the relief requested in the 

 

1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number listed as a bankruptcy 

case number due to software limitations 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); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474).

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

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Motion is in the best interests of parties-in-interest; and the Court having found that Claro has

provided adequate and appropriate notice of the Motion in accordance to this Court’s Order 

(a) Imposing and Rendering Applicable Local Bankruptcy Rules to these Title III Cases, (b) 

Authorizing Establishment of Certain Notice, Case Management, and Administrative 

Procedures, and (c) Granting Related Relief (the “CMP Order”) (Docket No. 249 of Case No. 

17-03283 (LTS)) and that no other or further notice is required; and the Court having reviewed 

the Motion and having heard the statements of counsel in support of the Motion at a hearing

held before the Court (the “Hearing”); and the Court having determined that the legal and 

factual bases set forth in the Motion and at the Hearing establish just cause for the relief 

granted herein; and any objections to the relief requested in the Motion having been 

withdrawn or overruled on the merits; and upon the record herein, after due deliberation 

thereon, the Court having found that good and sufficient cause exists for the granting of the 

relief as set forth herein,

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.

2. Pursuant to the terms of this Court’s CMP Order, the applicable objection 

deadline for parties-in-interest to respond to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial 

Advisory Authority (“AAFAF”), as the entity authorized to act on behalf of the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”) and the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation 

(“COFINA” and together with the Commonwealth, the “Debtors”) pursuant to the authority 

granted to it under the Enabling Act of the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, Act 

2-2017, motion requesting an Order (a) prohibiting utilities from altering, refusing or 

discontinuing service, (b) deeming utilities adequately assured of future performance, and (c) 

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establishing procedures for determining adequate assurance of payment pursuant to section 366 

of the Bankruptcy Code (Docket No. 210 of Case No. 17-03283 (LTS)) is June 19, 2017 at 4:00 

P.M. eastern time.

Dated: ___________, 2017, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

____________________________

Honorable Laura Taylor Swain

United States District Judge

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