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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re: PROMESA

Title III

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

as representative of No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, (Jointly Administered)

et al.,

Debtors.1

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT URGENT UNOPPOSED MOTION OF CREDITORS’

COMMITTEE AND RETIREE COMMITTEE TO FILE LIMITED OBJECTION AND

JOINDER TO LIMITED OBJECTION TO INVESTIGATOR’S EXIT PLAN MOTION

UNDER SEAL

Upon consideration of the Joint Urgent Unopposed Motion of Creditors’ 

Committee and Retiree Committee to File Limited Objection and Joinder to Limited Objection to 

Investigator’s Exit Plan Motion Under Seal (the “Motion to Seal”),2 the Court hereby FINDS 

AND DETERMINES that (i) the Court has jurisdiction to consider the Motion to Seal and 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); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747). 

(Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software 

limitations).

2 Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the 

Motion to Seal.

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relief requested therein pursuant to PROMESA section 310; (ii) venue is proper before this Court

pursuant to PROMESA section 307(a); (iii) due and proper notice of this Motion to Seal has

been provided under the particular circumstances and no other or further notice need be

provided; (iv) based on the statements and arguments made in the Motion to Seal, the Court finds

that it is appropriate for the Retiree Committee to file under seal an unredacted version of the

Retiree Committee’s Limited Objection to Exit Plan Motion [Dkt. 3497] (the “Retiree

Objection”) and for the Creditors’ Committee to file under seal an unredacted version of the

Creditors’ Committee’s Joinder to Retiree Committee’s Limited Objection to Investigator’s Exit

Plan Motion [Dkt. 3498] (the “Committee Joinder,” together with the Retiree Objection, the

“Committee Exit Plan Objections”). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED THAT:

1. The Committee and the Retiree Committee are entitled to file the full, 

unredacted versions of the Committee Exit Plan Objections [Dkt. Nos. 3497 and 3498] under 

seal.

2. The Clerk of Court will provide the Committee, the Retiree Committee, 

the Oversight Board, and the GDB (as defined in the Motion of Official Committee of Unsecured 

Creditors for Order, Under Bankruptcy Rule 2004, Authorizing Discovery Program With 

Respect to Certain Causes of Puerto Rico Financial Crisis [Dkt. No. 706]) access to the sealed 

materials through their counsel of record.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 13, 2018

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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