UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

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In re: : 

: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, : PROMESA 

: Title III 

as representative of : 

: Case No. 17-BK-3283 (LTS) 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO et al., : 

: (Jointly Administered) 

Debtors.1 : 

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THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED : 

CREDITORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF : 

PUERTO RICO, : 

: 

as agent of : 

: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO : 

: 

as representative of : Adv. Proc. No. 17-00257-LTS 

: 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, : 

: 

Plaintiff, : 

: 

v. : 

: 

BETTINA WHYTE, : 

: 

as agent of : 

: 

 

1

 The Debtors in these title III cases, along with each Debtor’s respective title III case number listed as a 

bankruptcy case number due to software limitations 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) 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), (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority 

(“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3567 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808), (iv) 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3284 (LTS)) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474), and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17-4780 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747). 

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THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO : 

: 

as representative of : 

: 

THE PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING : 

CORPORATION, : 

: 

Defendant. : 

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JOINDER OF COFINA AGENT TO RESPONSE OF THE 

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD 

(THE “OVERSIGHT BOARD”) TO MOTION OF OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF 

RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO 

CHANGE OBJECTION DEADLINE FOR COFINA SETTLEMENT MOTION 

To The Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Judith Gail Dein: 

The COFINA Agent hereby submits this joinder to the Response of the Financial 

Oversight and Management Board to Motion of Official Committee of Retired Employees of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Change Objection Deadline for COFINA Settlement Motion 

[Adv. Proc. No. 17-00257, Dkt. No. 561] (the “Oversight Board’s Response”).2

 On October 19, 

2018, the Oversight Board filed the Motion Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 for Order 

Approving Settlement Between Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico Sales Tax 

Financing Corporation [Adv. Proc. No. 17-00257, Dkt. No. 546] (the “Settlement Motion”). 

The Settlement Motion’s current objection deadline both comports with the applicable 

Bankruptcy Rules and provides parties in interest with ample time to raise objections to the 

Settlement Motion. Accordingly, the COFINA Agent joins the Oversight Board in respectfully 

requesting that the Motion of the Official Committee of Retired Employees of the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico to Change the Objection Deadline for COFINA Settlement Motion [Adv. Proc. 

 

2

 All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the 

Stipulation and Order Approving Procedures to Resolve Commonwealth-COFINA Dispute [Dkt. No. 996] 

(the “Stipulation”), or the Oversight Board’s Response, as applicable. 

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No. 17-00257, Dkt No. 556] be denied, and, if additional time is warranted, the objection 

deadline be extended to no later than December 7, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. (AST). 

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Dated: October 30, 2018 

 New York, New York 

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Joseph G. Minias 

Matthew A. Feldman (pro hac vice) 

Joseph G. Minias (pro hac vice) 

Antonio Yanez, Jr. (pro hac vice) 

Paul V. Shalhoub (pro hac vice) 

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 

787 Seventh Avenue 

New York, New York 10019 

Telephone: (212) 728-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 728-8111 

Email: mfeldman@willkie.com 

jminias@willkie.com 

ayanez@willkie.com 

pshalhoub@willkie.com 

Counsel to the COFINA Agent 

Kenneth N. Klee (pro hac vice) 

Daniel J. Bussel (pro hac vice) 

Jonathan M. Weiss (pro hac vice) 

KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & 

STERN LLP 

1999 Avenue of the Stars 

39th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 407-4000 

Facsimile: (310) 407-9090 

Email: kklee@ktbslaw.com 

dbussel@ktbslaw.com 

jweiss@ktbslaw.com 

Special Municipal Bankruptcy Counsel 

to the COFINA Agent

/s/ Nilda M. Navarro-Cabrer 

Nilda M. Navarro-Cabrer 

(USDC – PR No. 201212) 

NAVARRO-CABRER LAW OFFICES 

El Centro I, Suite 206 

500 Muñoz Rivera Avenue 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 

Telephone: (787) 764-9595 

Facsimile: (787) 765-7575 

Email: navarro@navarrolawpr.com 

Local Counsel to the COFINA Agent 

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