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) 

INFORMATIVE MOTION OF THE MUTUAL FUND GROUP AND NOTICE OF 

REQUEST TO BE HEARD AT MAY 21, 2018 HEARING

Mutual funds managed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and the First Puerto Rico Family of 

Funds (collectively, the “Mutual Fund Group”) hereby file this request to be heard pursuant to 

the Court’s Notice of Hearing and Procedural Order [Lead Dkt. No. 2994] dated May 2, 2018 

(the “Order”) setting forth guidelines for parties wishing to be heard at the hearing on May 21, 

2018 (the “Hearing”).

The Order requests that counsel to parties who wish to speak at the Hearing file an 

informative motion stating their name and identifying the party for which they intend to appear. 

1. Gregory A. Horowitz and Alice J. Byowitz will appear in person on behalf of the 

Mutual Fund Group in Courtroom #8 of the United States District Court for the District of 

Massachusetts, One Courthouse Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

 

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).

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2. Gregory A. Horowitz intends to appear and present argument in connection with 

the (i) Motion to Compel Compliance with February 26, 2018 Order and For Entry of a 

Protective Order of Ad Hoc Group Of General Obligation Bondholders, Ambac Assurance 

Corporation, Assured Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., the Mutual Fund 

Group, and National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation [Lead Dkt. No. 2865], and (ii) the 

issues remanded by Judge Swain in her Memorandum Order Remanding Certain Aspects Of 

Magistrate Judge’s February 26, 2018 Order For Further Proceedings [Lead Dkt. No. 2952]. 

3. Mr. Horowitz will also be prepared to respond to any matters raised by the Court 

or to any statements made by any party in connection with the above-captioned Title III 

proceedings or any adversary proceedings currently pending in the above-captioned Title III 

proceedings. 

4. In addition, the Mutual Fund Group respectfully requests that Ms. Byowitz be 

seated with Mr. Horowitz at counsel table. 

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We hereby certify that, on this same date, we electronically filed the foregoing with the 

clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will notify the attorneys of record.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today May 14, 2018. 

TORO, COLÓN, MULLET, RIVERA

& SIFRE, P.S.C.

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/ Nayda Perez-Roman_____

NAYDA PEREZ-ROMAN

USDC–PR No. 300,208

E-mail: nperez@tcmrslaw.com

P.O. Box 195383

San Juan, PR 00919-5383

Tel.: (787) 751-8999

Fax: (787) 763-7760

Counsel to the Mutual Fund Group

KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & 

FRANKEL LLP

s/ Gregory A. Horowitz 

AMY CATON*

THOMAS MOERS MAYER*

GREGORY A. HOROWITZ*

ALICE J. BYOWITZ*

DOUGLAS BUCKLEY*

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Tel.: (212) 715-9100

Fax: (212) 715-8000

Email: tmayer@kramerlevin.com

acaton@kramerlevin.com

ghorowitz@kramerlevin.com

abyowitz@kramerlevin.com

dbuckley@kramerlevin.com

*(admitted pro hac vice)

Counsel to the Mutual Fund Group

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