RDA Holding Co. (Reader’s Digest)

  • General Information
  • Key Parties
  • NOLs
  • Other



General Information

On February 17, 2013, and continuing immediately thereafter RDA Holding Co. and thirty (30) subsidiary and affiliate companies (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking relief under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors’ cases have been assigned to Judge Robert D. Drain. These cases are being jointly administered for procedural purposes, meaning that all pleadings filed in these cases will be reflected on case docket for RDA Holding Co., Case No. 13-22233 (the "Main Case Docket"). The Main Case Docket can be accessed through the website maintained by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov). An unofficial version of the Main Case Docket is accessible by selecting the “Docket” link at the top of this page.

Important Phone Numbers

For additional information and inquires about these cases, please call the numbers listed below. U.S.-based parties should use the toll free number below. International parties should use the non-U.S. number below.

     Toll Free U.S. #:  (866) 800-6639
     Non U.S. #:          (503) 597-7673

Useful Links

Debtors' Restructuring Website:
http://www.RDArestructures.com

Case Information

Upcoming Omnibus Hearing Dates:

  • April 30, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (ET)
  • May 31, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
  • June 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
  • July 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)

Hearing on Certain Debtors' Disclosure Statment

A hearing to consider the Adequacy of the Disclosure Statement will be held before the Honorable Robert D. Drain on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (ET) convened at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”), 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, New York 10601. The Disclosure Statement may be amended at any time prior to or at the Disclosure Statement Hearing, and the Disclosure Statement Hearing may be adjourned from time to time without further notice, except for the announcement of the adjourned date(s) at the Disclosure Statement Hearing or any continued hearing(s). For copies of the Plan, Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Hearing Notice, please click here.

Section 341 Meeting of Creditors

In accordance with section 341 of the Bankruptcy Code, a meeting of the Debtors' creditors was conducted on March 27, 2013 at 2:30 P.M. (prevailing Eastern time), at the Office of the United States Trustee, 80 Broad Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

Debtors

Lead Debtor:
Case No: 13-22233  RDA Holding Co.

Related Debtors:
Case No: 13-22234  The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
Case No: 13-22235  Ardee Music Publishing, Inc.
Case No: 13-22236  Direct Entertainment Media Group, Inc.
Case No: 13-22237  Pegasus Sales, Inc.
Case No: 13-22238  Pleasantville Music Publishing, Inc.
Case No: 13-22239  R.D. Manufacturing Corporation
Case No: 13-22240  Reiman Manufacturing, LLC
Case No: 13-22241  RD Publications, Inc.
Case No: 13-22242  Home Service Publications, Inc.
Case No: 13-22243  RD Large Edition, Inc.
Case No: 13-22244  RDA Sub Co. (f/k/a Books Are Fun, Ltd.)
Case No: 13-22245  Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, Inc.
Case No: 13-22246  Reader’s Digest Consumer Services, Inc.
Case No: 13-22247  Reader’s Digest Entertainment, Inc.
Case No: 13-22248  Reader’s Digest Financial Services, Inc.
Case No: 13-22249  Reader’s Digest Latinoamerica, S.A.
Case No: 13-22250  WAPLA, LLC
Case No: 13-22251  Reader’s Digest Sales and Services, Inc.
Case No: 13-22252  Taste of Home Media Group, LLC
Case No: 13-22253  Reiman Media Group, LLC
Case No: 13-22254  Taste of Home Productions, Inc.
Case No: 13-22255  World Wide Country Tours, Inc.
Case No: 13-22256  W.A. Publications, LLC
Case No: 13-22257  WRC Media, Inc.
Case No: 13-22258  RDCL, Inc. (f/k/a CompassLearning, Inc.)
Case No: 13-22259  RDA Digital, LLC
Case No: 13-22260  RDWR, Inc. (f/k/a Weekly Reader Corporation)
Case No: 13-22261  Haven Home Media, LLC (f/k/a Reader’s Digest Sub Nine, Inc.)
Case No: 13-22262  Weekly Reader Custom Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a Lifetime Learning Systems, Inc.)
Case No: 13-22263  World Almanac Education Group, Inc.

Claim Form

Proof of Claim Forms

The deadline for the filing of proofs of claim against the Debtors in these cases has been established by the Bankruptcy Court as, and expired on, May 6, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) for the General Claim Bar Date; and August 16, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) for the Governmental Bar Date.

To see a copy of the "Bar Date Notice and Dischargeability Deadline Notice," please click here.

Completed forms can be sent to the following addresses:

If by First-Class Mail:
Reader’s Digest Claims Processing Center
c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC
FDR Station, P.O. Box 5015
New York, NY 10150-5015

If by Hand Delivery or Overnight Mail:
Reader’s Digest Claims Processing Center
c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC
757 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017

A blank proof of claim form can be obtained here.

Key Professionals

Debtors’ Counsel


Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
http://www.weil.com
Phone: (212) 310-8000
Fax:     (212) 310-8007
Attn:    Marcia L. Goldstein, Esq.
           Joseph H. Smolinsky, Esq.
           Matthew P. Goren, Esq.

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors’ Counsel


Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.
230 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10169-0075
http://www.oshr.com
Phone: (212) 661-9100
Fax:     (212) 682-6104
Attn:    Scott L. Hazan, Esq.
           David M. Posner, Esq.

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Pursuant to Docket #51, the following creditors have been appointed to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in this case by the Office of the United States Trustee:


HCL America, Inc.
330 Potrero Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Attn: Raghu Raman Lakshmanan, General Counsel
Phone: (408) 523-8331
Fax:     (408) 733-0482

Quad/Graphics, Inc.
N61 W23044 Harry’s Way
Sussex, WI 53089
Attn: Patricia A. Rydzik, Corporate Credit Manager
Phone: (414) 566-2127
Fax:     (414) 566-9415

Daniel Meehan
Phone: (609) 577-4408

U.S. Trustee

Office of the United States Trustee
33 Whitehall Street
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 510-0500
Fax:     (212) 668-2255

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards (“NOLs”) Notices

For a copy of the Notice of Establishing Notification Procedures and Restrictions on Certain Transfers of Interests in the Debtors' Estates ("Final Procedures Notice"), please click here.

For a Notice of Intent to Purchase, Acquire or Otherwise Accumulate RDA Holding Stock (an “Equity Acquisition Notice”), please click here.

For a Notice of Intent to Sell, Trade or Otherwise Transfer RDA Holding Stock (an “Equity Disposition Notice”), please click here.

Useful Links

Debtors' Restructuring Website:
http://www.RDArestructures.com

Debtors' Website:
http://www.rda.com

Website Information

An unofficial version of the Main Case Docket can be accessed through this website by selecting the “Docket” link at the top of this page. In addition, from time to time, certain key documents filed in these cases or otherwise made available by the Debtors will be available by selecting the “Key Documents” link above. Should you have any questions relating to this website, please feel free to contact us at 646.282.2400.

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