R.R. Donnelley Prices USD 1.25 Billion Debt Offering to Acquire Banta Corporation

Chicago, Illionois, USA, 04 January 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE: RRD) announced today the pricing of its offering of USD 1.25 billion of senior notes. The offering is in two tranches -- USD 625 million of 5.625% Notes due 15 January 2012, and USD 625 million of 6.125% Notes due 15 January 2017.

R.R. Donnelley intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to pay a portion of the purchase price of its announced acquisition of Banta Corporation, including the repayment of debt of Banta Corporation. R.R. Donnelley's acquisition of Banta Corporation is expected to close in January 2007 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including shareholder approval.

Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are the joint book-runners for the offering.

About RR Donnelley

RR Donnelley (NYSE: RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider of print and related services, including business process outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, labels, forms, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services, and many other industries. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.rrdonnelley.com.