X0202 4 2006-08-11 0 0000858558 READERS DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC RDA 0001182135 BRIZEL MICHAEL A THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC. READER'S DIGEST ROAD PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 0 1 0 0 SVP and General Counsel Common Stock 8667 D Common Stock 5724.7279 D Common Stock 10097.364 D Common Stock 16641 D Common Stock 1500 I By Spouse Stock Option (right to buy) 12.045 2006-08-11 4 A 0 30000 0 A 2010-08-11 2016-08-11 Common Stock 30000 30000 D Restricted Stock granted under The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. 2002 and/or 2005 Key Employee Long Term Incentive Plan. Reporting person?s proportionate interest in the shares held in the Stock Fund of The Employee Ownership Plan and the 401(k) Partnership of The Reader?s Digest Association, Inc. Shares acquired at market prices on a periodic basis through The Reader?s Digest Association, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan for the reporting person?s account. Vests in one-fourth increments annually beginning 8/11/07. /s/MICHAEL A. BRIZEL, by Clifford H.R. DuPree, Attorney-in-Fact 2006-08-15