Penton Media, the company that publishes Electrical Marketing, Electrical Wholesaling, EC&M and about a hundred other business-to-business magazines, websites and conferences, announced today that it will be filing a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the next few days. The company expects to emerge from the restructuring in 30 to 45 days.

The move, based on plan of reorganization already finalized with creditors, will relieve the company of $270 million in debt. The company's primary shareholders will be making an additional investment in the company to help Penton improve and grow its business. The plan also includes an extension of the maturity on Penton's senior secured credit facility through 2014. The debt restructuring does not include any changes to management or to the company's operations. It will not affect any of our publication schedules, staffing or payments to suppliers or freelancers.

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