Examples of ERS Bonds in a sentence
The funds hold significant amounts of both COFINA and ERS Bonds and the defaults on interest payments are expected to adversely affect dividends from the funds.
In May and June 2017, the oversight board placed the GO, COFINA and ERS Bonds, among others, into a bankruptcy-like proceeding under the supervision of a Federal District Judge as authorized by the oversight board's enabling statute.
In 2015, certain agencies and public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Commonwealth") defaulted on certain interest payments, in 2016, the Commonwealth defaulted on payments on its general obligation debt ("GO Bonds"), and in 2017 the Commonwealth defaulted on payments on its debt backed by the Commonwealth's Sales and Use Tax ("COFINA Bonds") as well as on bonds issued by the Commonwealth's Employee Retirement System ("ERS Bonds").
In May and June 2017, the oversight board placed the GO, COFINA and ERS Bonds, among others, into a bankruptcy-like proceeding under the supervision of a Federal District Judge as authorized by the oversight board’s enabling statute.
Most of the ERS Bonds were sold to individual residents of the Commonwealth and to local businesses.
The Bondholders allege they hold approximately $2 billion worth of the ERS bonds.The Resolution provided the ERS Bonds would be payable “solely from the Pledged Property without re- course against other assets” and not out of “any funds or assets other than the Pledged Property.” Id. at 108a.
The claims identified in Appendix I total more than $2.1 billion, which represents approximately 69% of the approximately $3.1 billion of ERS Bonds outstanding.
The Security Agreement executed for the ERS Bonds required ERS to “cause UCC financing…statements to be filed, as appropriate.” Pet.App.
The ERS Bonds were secured by collateral that included, among other things, all employer contributions from Puerto Rico government employers (including municipal employers, public corporations and the central government of Puerto Rico) and ERS’s legal right to receive those contributions.
This original principal amount does not include accretion on capital appreciation bonds, which will amount to an additional $1 billion of principal at maturity.2. As previously raised by the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (“ AAFAF”) and other government parties in ERS-related adversary proceedings, theissuance of the ERS Bonds was “illegally made” in that the ERS Bonds were issued ultra vires.