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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR 

PUERTO RICO, 

 Applicant. 

PROMESA 

Title VI 

Case No. 18-1561 (LTS) 

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 

Case No. 17-BK-3283 (LTS) 

(Jointly Administered) 

THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED 

CREDITORS OF THE DEBTORS (OTHER THAN 

COFINA), 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, THE 

PUERTO RICO FISCAL AGENCY AND FINANCIAL 

ADVISORY AUTHORITY, THE GOVERNMENT 

Adv. Proc. No. 18-00101 (LTS) 

 

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 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). 

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DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR PUERTO RICO, AND 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

Defendants. 

ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR ATTENDANCE,

PARTICIPATION AND OBSERVATION OF THE OCTOBER 3, 2018 HEARING

The Court will hear oral argument (the “Hearing”) in connection with (i) the 

standing of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors to object to the Qualifying 

Modification for the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico (Case No. 18-1561), (ii) the 

Derivative Standing Motion (Docket Entry No. 3881 in Case No. 17-3283) and (iii) the motions 

to dismiss the above-captioned Adversary Complaint (Adv. Proc. No. 18-00101) for lack of 

standing on October 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) in Courtroom 17C of the 

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan 

Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 and by video teleconference in a Courtroom 

to be determined at the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, 150 Carlos 

Chardón Street, Federal Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1767. 

The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors will be allocated 30 minutes for 

its arguments. Parties contesting the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors’ standing will 

be allocated 30 minutes for their arguments (collectively). 

Counsel must consult with each other in advance of the Hearing as to the 

sequence of arguments and the division of the allocated time. Counsel must enter the relevant 

information on the attached form and provide it to the Courtroom Deputy upon arrival at the 

courtroom. Counsel are expected to avoid duplicative argumentation. 

Counsel who intend to present argument at the Hearing must file an Informative 

Motion stating their name, the party for which they intend to appear, and the location (New York 

or San Juan) at which they intend to appear, no later than September 28, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

(Atlantic Standard Time). 

 Other attorneys, members of the press and the general public may attend and 

observe the hearing in either of the courtrooms. There will also be a live feed of the proceedings 

for members of the press available in the press room in the New York courthouse and in a 

designated space in the San Juan courthouse. Attorneys who have entered an appearance in the 

Title III proceedings may register to listen-in on the proceedings by telephone. Such attorneys 

must register with CourtSolutions by September 28, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) 

at www.court-solutions.com and pay the fee established by CourtSolutions. No recording or 

retransmission of the hearing is permitted by any person, including, but not limited to, the parties 

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or the press. Failure to comply may result in sanctions, including suspension of press privileges 

for members of the press. 

Counsel seeking to bring electronic devices into the New York courtroom for the 

Hearing must submit such request by e-mail to the following address: 

swaindprcorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov by 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on September 28, 

2018. Such requests must be compliant with, and made in the format required by, S.D.N.Y. 

Standing Order M10-468, which is published on the S.D.N.Y. website (nysd.uscourts.gov 

(“Application to Bring an Electronic Device into the Courthouse”)). Counsel’s attention is 

directed to the technical and device usage restrictions detailed in the Standing Order, and counsel 

are reminded that devices may not be used for communications purposes in the courtroom. 

 SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 26, 2018 

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

 LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN 

 United States District Judge 

 

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OCTOBER 3, HEARING

ORDER OF APPEARANCE AND THE DIVISION OF THE ALLOCATED TIME

No. of 

Minutes 

Attorney Name Client Name 

Opening 

Argument 

 

 

Response 

Rebuttal 

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