RDA Holding Co. (Reader’s Digest)
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:
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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.
