The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. and 47 affiliated entities (”Debtors”) filed petitions on August 24, 2009 in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. The Debtors hold an aggregate of approximately $2.2 billion in assets and approximately $3.4 billion in liabilities as indicated in their most recent unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 2009. The Debtors estimate that they have approximately 1,400 vendors on a consolidated basis with outstanding pre-petition claims in the amount of approximately $90 million. The US bankruptcy proceedings are being consolidated for administrative purposes only under the The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. case number 09-23529. The following is a listing of the Debtors and petition numbers.
Debtor Name | Case Number |
Alex Inc. | 09-23530 |
Allrecipes.com, Inc. | 09-23531 |
Ardee Music Publishing, Inc. | 09-23532 |
Christmas Angel Productions, Inc. | 09-23533 |
CompassLearning, Inc. | 09-23534 |
Direct Entertainment Media Group, Inc. | 09-23535 |
Direct Holdings Americas Inc. | 09-23536 |
Direct Holdings Custom Publishing Inc. | 09-23537 |
Direct Holdings Customer Service, Inc. | 09-23538 |
Direct Holdings Education Inc. | 09-23539 |
Direct Holdings Libraries Inc. | 09-23540 |
Direct Holdings U.S. Corp. | 09-23541 |
Funk & Wagnalls Yearbook Corp. | 09-23542 |
Gareth Stevens, Inc. | 09-23543 |
Home Service Publications, Inc. | 09-23544 |
Pegasus Asia Investments Inc. | 09-23545 |
Pegasus Investment, Inc. | 09-23546 |
Pegasus Sales, Inc. | 09-23547 |
Pleasantville Music Publishing, Inc. | 09-23548 |
R. D. Manufacturing Corporation | 09-23549 |
RD Large Edition, Inc. | 09-23550 |
RD Publications, Inc. | 09-23551 |
RD Walking, Inc. | 09-23552 |
RDA Holding Co. | 09-23553 |
RDA Sub Co. | 09-23554 |
Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, Inc. | 09-23555 |
Reader’s Digest Consumer Services, Inc. | 09-23556 |
Reader’s Digest Entertainment, Inc. | 09-23557 |
Reader’s Digest Financial Services, Inc. | 09-23558 |
Reader’s Digest Latinoamerica, S.A. | 09-23559 |
Reader’s Digest Sales and Services, Inc. | 09-20011 |
Reader’s Digest Sub Nine, Inc. | 09-23560 |
Reader’s Digest Young Families, Inc. | 09-23561 |
Reiman Manufacturing, LLC | 09-23562 |
Reiman Media Group, Inc. | 09-23563 |
Retirement Living Publishing Company, Inc. | 09-23564 |
Saguaro Road Records, Inc. | 09-23565 |
Taste of Home Media Group, Inc. | 09-23566 |
Taste of Home Productions, Inc. | 09-23567 |
The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. | 09-23529 |
Travel Publications, Inc. | 09-23568 |
W.A. Publications, LLC | 09-23569 |
WAPLA, LLC | 09-23570 |
Weekly Reader Corporation | 09-23571 |
Weekly Reader Custom Publishing, Inc. | 09-23572 |
World Almanac Education Group, Inc. | 09-23573 |
World Wide Country Tours, Inc. | 09-23574 |
WRC Media, Inc. | 09-23575 |