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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

IN RE :

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO,

 DEBTOR

CIVIL ACTION NO: 17-1578

APPEARANCE AND REQUEST FOR NOTICE

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

NOW APPEAR the Oppenheimer Funds1, the Franklin Funds2, and the First Puerto Rico 

Family of Funds3(collectively, the “Mutual Fund Group”), creditors and parties in interest 

hereto, and hereby enter their appearance through the undersigned counsel pursuant to Rule 9010 

 

1 Oppenheimer Rochester AMT-Free Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester AMT-Free New York Municipal 

Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester California Municipal Fund, 

Oppenheimer Rochester Fund Municipals, Oppenheimer Rochester Limited Term California Municipal Fund, 

Oppenheimer Rochester Limited Term Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Limited Term New York 

Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts 

Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal 

Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund, 

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Rochester High Yield Municipal Fund, 

Oppenheimer Rochester New Jersey Municipal Fund, and Oppenheimer Rochester Pennsylvania Municipal Fund 

(collectively, the “Oppenheimer Funds”).

2 Franklin California Tax-Free Trust (for the Franklin California Intermediate-Term Tax Free Income Fund), 

Franklin Tax-Free Trust (for the series Franklin Alabama Tax Free Income Fund, Franklin Arizona Tax-Free 

Income Fund, Franklin Colorado Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Connecticut Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin 

Georgia Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin High Yield Tax-Free 

Income Fund, Franklin Kentucky Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Michigan Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin 

Missouri Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Oregon Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Virginia Tax-Free Income 

Fund, Franklin Florida Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Louisiana Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Maryland TaxFree Income Fund, Franklin North Carolina Tax-Free Income Fund, and Franklin New Jersey Tax-Free Income 

Fund), Franklin Municipal Securities Trust (for the series Franklin Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund), Franklin 

California Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin New York Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income 

Fund (collectively, the “Franklin Funds”).

3 First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Target Maturity Fund II, Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Target Maturity Fund 

III, Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Target Maturity Fund IV, Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Target 

Maturity Fund V, Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Target Maturity Fund VII, Inc., First Puerto Rico Target 

Maturity Income Opportunities Fund I, Inc., First Puerto Rico Target Maturity Income Opportunities Fund II, Inc., 

First Puerto Rico Tax Advantaged Target Maturity Fund I, Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax Advantaged Target Maturity 

Fund II, Inc., First Puerto Rico AAA Target Maturity Fund I, Inc., First Puerto Rico AAA Target Maturity Fund II, 

Inc., First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc. and First Puerto Rico Tax-Exempt Fund II, Inc. (collectively, the 

“First Puerto Rico Family of Funds”).

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of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, made applicable to these proceedings by Section 

310 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”), 48 

U.S.C. § 2170, and very respectfully request that all motions, pleadings, papers and orders be 

served upon them through the undersigned counsel, and that they be included in the master list, 

or any other similar notice list applicable to this proceeding.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the 

Court using the CM/ECF system, which will notify case participants. 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 9, 2017. 

 

TORO, COLÓN, MULLET,

RIVERA & SIFRE, P.S.C.

P.O. Box 195383

San Juan, PR 00919-5383

Tel.: (787) 751-8999

Fax: (787) 763-7760

s/ Manuel Fernández-Bared

MANUEL FERNÁNDEZ-BARED 

USDC-PR No. 204,204

E-mail: mfb@tcmrslaw.com

s/ Linette Figueroa-Torres_

LINETTE FIGUEROA-TORRES

USDC-PR No. 227,104

E-mail: lft@tcmrslaw.com

s/ Jane Patricia Van Kirk

JANE PATRICIA VAN KIRK

USDC–PR No. 220,510

E-mail: jvankirk@tcmrslaw.com

Counsel for the Mutual Fund Group

KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & 

FRANKEL LLP

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Tel.: (212) 715-9100

Fax: (212) 715-8000

s/ Amy Caton_ 

AMY CATON*

THOMAS MOERS MAYER*

PHILIP BENTLEY*

DAVID E. BLABEY, JR.*

DOUGLAS BUCKLEY*

Email: acaton@kramerlevin.com

tmayer@kramerlevin.com

pbentley@kramerlevin.com

dblabey@kramerlevin.com

dbuckley@kramerlevin.com

*(pro hac vice application pending)

Counsel for the Mutual Fund Group

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