UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re :

PROMESA Title III

Case No. 17-BK-3283 (LTS)

(Jointly Administered)

:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND :

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, :

:

as representative of :

:

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., :

Debtors1

:

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INFORMATIVE MOTION OF WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC

REGARDING ITS REQUEST TO BE

HEARD AT THE NOVEMBER 20, 2018 HEARING

To the Honorable United States District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain:

Whitebox Advisors LLC submits this informative motion in response to the Court’s Order 

Regarding Procedures for Attendance, Participation and Observation of November 20, 2018 

Hearing (Dkt. 327) (the “Order”), and respectfully states as follows:

1. Brant Duncan Kuehn of Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch, counsel to Whitebox 

Advisors, plans to appear at the November 20 Hearing 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.

2. Moraima S. Ríos Robles, local counsel for Whitebox Advisors, will be present in 

the United States Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Federico Degetau Federal Bulding and 

Clemente Ruiz Nazario Courthouse, Room 150, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1767.

 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); 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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3. Whitebox Advisors LLC does not plan to present argument on any scheduled 

matter, but it reserves its right to be heard on any matter presented to the Court and to respond to 

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

extent it impacts COFINA or the interests of Whitebox Advisors LLC.

DATED: November 16, 2018

Respectfully submitted.

ARROYO & RIOS LAW OFFICES, P.S.C.

PMB 688

1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux

Guaynabo, P.R. 00966

Tel.: (787) 522-8080

Fax: (787) 523-5696

E-mail: mrios@arroyorioslaw.com

s/ Moraima S. Ríos Robles

Moraima S. Ríos Robles

USDC-PR No. 224912

WOLLMUTH MAHER & DEUTSCH 

LLP

500 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10110

Brant Duncan Kuehn (pro hac vice) 

bkuehn@wmd-law.com

 

Co-Counsel to Whitebox Advisors LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this date, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court 

using the CM/ECF system which will send notice electronically to all counsel of record, and will 

provide hard copies to the Court and United States Trustee as soon as practical after the filing of the 

foregoing, consistent with the Court’s October 22, 2018 Seventh Amended Case Management Order. 

See Docket No. 4086-1.

s/ Moraima S. Ríos Robles

Moraima S. Ríos Robles

USDC-PR No. 224912

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