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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 a representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

et al.,

Debtors.1

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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

Re: Dkt. No. 24199

ORDER ALLOWING ELEVENTH INTERIM AND CONSOLIDATED SEMIANNUAL 

APPLICATION OF THE FEE EXAMINER AND GODFREY & KAHN, S.C.

This matter coming before the Court on the Eleventh Interim and Consolidated 

Semiannual Application of the Fee Examiner and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Counsel to the Fee 

Examiner, for Allowance of Compensation for Services Rendered and Reimbursement of Expenses 

for the Period From October 1, 2022 Through March 31, 2023 (Docket Entry No. 24199 in Case 

No. 17-3283) (the “Application”), pursuant to section 316 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, 

Management and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”), 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241, and 

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) 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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Rule 2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, for the interim allowance of certain fees

and expenses, including all holdbacks, incurred by the applicants for the specific period of time 

set forth in the Application (the “Compensation Period”), filed in accordance with the Third

Amended Order Setting Procedures for Interim and Final Compensation and Reimbursement of 

Expenses of Professionals [Dkt. No. 20546] (the “Interim Compensation Order”), the Sixteenth

Amended Notice, Case Management and Administrative Procedures [Dkt. No. 20190-1] (the 

“Case Management Procedures”), the First Amended Order Pursuant to PROMESA Sections 316 

and 317 and Bankruptcy Code Section 105(A) Appointing a Fee Examiner and Related Relief

[Dkt. No. 3324] (the “Fee Examiner Order”), and the Order Authorizing the Employment of 

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. as Counsel to the Fee Examiner [Dkt. No. 1993], and the Court having 

reviewed the Application; and the Court finding that: (a) the Court has jurisdiction over this 

matter pursuant to PROMESA section 306(a); and (b) notice of the Application and the hearing 

thereon was adequate under the circumstances; and (c) all parties with notice of the Application 

have been afforded the opportunity to be heard on the Application, and no objections having been 

filed; now therefore 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Application is GRANTED on an interim basis.

2. The applicants are allowed (a) $768,287.20 in interim compensation for 

services rendered during the Compensation Period, and (b) $711.89 in interim reimbursement for 

actual and necessary expenses incurred during the Compensation Period, including any and all 

holdbacks.

3. To the extent not already paid pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order, 

the Debtors are hereby authorized and directed to pay the applicants—within 15 days of the entry

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of this order—100 percent of the fees for services rendered and 100 percent of the expenses 

incurred during the Compensation Period.

4. This Order resolves Docket Entry No. 24199 in Case No. 17-3283.

Dated: June 5, 2023.

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain

HON. LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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