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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)

EIGHTEENTH ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE

RESOLUTION STATUS NOTICE

To the Honorable United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain:

1. On April 1, 2020, this Court entered the Order (A) Authorizing Alternative Dispute 

Resolution Procedures, (B) Approving Additional Form of Notice, and (C) Granting Related Relief

[ECF No. 12576] (the “ADR Order”). On December 20, 2022, this Court entered the Order Granting 

Motion of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to Amend Alternative 

Dispute Resolution Procedures [ECF No. 23113] (the “Amended ADR Order”). The Amended ADR 

Order authorized the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”), the Puerto Rico 

Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”), the Employees Retirement System of 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); (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”) (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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Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”), the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority 

(“PREPA”), and the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA,” and together with the 

Commonwealth, HTA, ERS, and PREPA, the “Debtors”) to resolve general unsecured claims using 

the procedures approved by the court in the Amended ADR Order (“ADR Procedures”). 

2. Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the ADR Procedures, the Debtors hereby respectfully 

submit this Eighteenth Alternative Dispute Resolution Status Notice and the attached Exhibit A 

(together, the “Eighteenth Status Notice”). The Eighteenth Status Notice provides an update to the 

Court regarding claims transferred into the ADR Procedures.

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2 See First Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 13609], Second 

Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 14090], Third Notice of 

Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 14521], Fourth Notice of Transfer of 

Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 14786], Fifth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 15085], Sixth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative 

Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 15114], Seventh Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute 

Resolution [ECF No. 15217], Eighth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution

[ECF No. 15533], Ninth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 

15720], Tenth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 15861]; 

Amended Eleventh Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 16540]; 

Twelfth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 16517]; Thirteenth

Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 16767]; Fourteenth Notice 

of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 17208]; Fifteenth Notice of 

Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 17832]; Sixteenth Notice of Transfer 

of Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 18259]; Seventeenth Notice of Transfer of 

Claims to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 19169]; Eighteenth Notice of Transfer of Claims 

to Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 19594]; Nineteenth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 19671]; Twentieth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 20012]; Twenty-First Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 20241]; Twenty-Second Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 20688]; Twenty-Third Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 20779]; Twenty-Fourth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 21685]; Twenty-Fifth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 21913]; Twenty-Sixth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 22218]; Twenty-Seventh Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 22717]; Twenty-Eighth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 23046]; Twenty-Ninth Notice of Transfer of Claims to 

Alternative Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 23394]; Thirtieth Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative 

Dispute Resolution [ECF No. 23787]; Thirty-First Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute 

Resolution [ECF No. 24063]; and Thirty-Second Notice of Transfer of Claims to Alternative Dispute 

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3. The Debtors shall serve copies of this Eighteenth Status Notice upon the claimants 

of the ADR Designated Claims and the Master Service List (as defined by the Eighteenth Amended 

Case Management Procedures [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 20190-1]). This notice is also available 

on the Debtors’ case website at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico. 

Dated: June 16, 2023 Respectfully submitted, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer

Hermann D. Bauer

USDC No. 215205

Carla García Benítez 

USDC No. 203708

Gabriel A. Miranda 

USDC No. 306704

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800 

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Tel: (787) 764-8181

Fax: (787) 753-8944

Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico, as 

representative for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Highways and 

Transportation Authority, Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority, and Puerto Rico 

Public Buildings Authority

/s/ Martin J. Bienenstock

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice) 

Brian S. Rosen (pro hac vice) 

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Eleven Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Tel: (212) 969-3000

Fax: (212) 969-2900

Co-Attorneys for the Financial Oversight 

and Management Board for the Puerto Rico, 

Resolution [ECF No. 24475].

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as representative for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Highways and 

Transportation Authority, Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority, and Puerto Rico 

Public Buildings Authority

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