RRD Increases Aggregate Maximum Principal Amount from $350M to $400M

CHICAGO—August 12, 2013—R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company ("RR Donnelley" or the "Company") has announced that it is increasing the aggregate maximum principal amount it is seeking in the tender offers for its 5.500 percent Notes due May 15, 2015 (the "2015 Notes"), 6.125 percent Notes due January 15, 2017 (the "2017 Notes") and 7.25 percent Notes due May 15, 2018 (the "2018 Notes," and together with the 2015 Notes and 2017 Notes, the "Securities") from $350 million to $400 million. The Company is increasing the maximum principal amount it is seeking in the tender offer for the 2018 Notes from $150 million to $200 million. There has been no change in the maximum principal amount that the Company is seeking in the tender offer for the 2015 Notes and the 2017 Notes. The tender offers are conditioned upon the consummation by the Company of a public offering of not less than $400 million in aggregate principal amount of notes due 2022 no later than the Early Settlement Date (as defined below).

The tender offers are being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated August 12, 2013, and a related Letter of Transmittal, dated August 12, 2013, each of which are amended by this press release and set forth a more detailed description of the tender offers.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, each as amended by this press release, and any further amendments or supplements to the foregoing, RR Donnelley is offering to purchase for cash (1) up to $100 million of its 2015 Notes, (2) up to $100 million of its 2017 Notes and (3) up to $200 million of its 2018 Notes. The Company refers to its offer to purchase the Securities as the "Tender Offers." Except as described in this press release, none of the terms of the Tender Offers are being amended.

Holders must validly tender their Securities at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 23, 2013 (such date and time, as they may be extended, the "Early Tender Date") to be eligible to receive the Total Consideration (as set forth in the table below). The Tender Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 9, 2013, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date and time, as they may be extended, the "Expiration Date").

RR Donnelley's obligation to accept for payment and to pay for any of the Securities in any of the Tender Offers is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, including the completion by RR Donnelley of a public offering of not less than $400 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes due 2022 no later than the Early Settlement Date on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The Tender Offers are not contingent upon the tender of any minimum principal amount of Securities. RR Donnelley reserves the right to waive any one or more of the conditions at any time.

The tender offer consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of each series of the Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will be the applicable tender offer consideration for such series of Securities set forth in the table above (with respect to each series, the applicable "Tender Offer Consideration"). If applicable, Securities that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase by RR Donnelley will receive the Total Consideration which is equal to the Tender Offer Consideration for the applicable Securities plus the Early Tender Premium for such Securities, payable on the Early Settlement Date. Securities validly tendered after the Early Tender Date but before the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase by RR Donnelley will receive the applicable Tender Offer Consideration, payable on the Final Settlement Date, but will not receive the Early Tender Premium.

Securities that are tendered and accepted for purchase at or prior to the Early Tender Date will be settled only on the date that RR Donnelley refers to as the "Early Settlement Date," which will promptly follow the Early Tender Date. RR Donnelley anticipates that the Early Settlement Date for the Securities will be the first business day after the Early Tender Date. Securities that are tendered and accepted for purchase after the Early Tender Date but before the Expiration Date will be settled only on the date that we refer to as the "Final Settlement Date," which will promptly follow the Expiration Date. RR Donnelley anticipates that the Final Settlement Date for the Securities will be the first business day after the Expiration Date. If no additional Securities are tendered after the Early Tender Date and/or if the Tender Offers are fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, there will be no Final Settlement Date.

In addition to the applicable Tender Offer Consideration or the Total Consideration, as the case may be, all Securities accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on those Securities from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date or the Final Settlement Date, as applicable, for each series of Securities.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase (and any amendments or supplements thereto), RR Donnelley will accept for payment only such portions of validly tendered 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes that do not result in an aggregate principal amount of each series of Securities purchased that exceeds (i) $100 million for 2015 Notes, (ii) $100 million for 2017 Notes and (iii) $200 million for 2018 Notes. If the amount to be accepted with respect to a series of Securities is sufficient to allow the Company to accept some, but not all of the validly tendered Securities of such series, the amount of Securities of such series purchased will be prorated based on the aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series validly tendered in the applicable Tender Offer, rounded down to the nearest integral multiple of $1,000, but not less than the minimum principal amount to be accepted.

The 2015 Notes may be tendered and will be accepted for payment in the Tender Offers only in principal amounts equal to minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes may be tendered and will be accepted for payment in the Tender Offers only in principal amounts equal to minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Holders who do not tender all of their holdings in a series of notes should ensure that they retain a principal of notes in such series amounting to at least the authorized minimum denomination equal to $1,000 principal amount with respect to the 2015 Notes and $2,000 principal amount with respect to the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes.

RR Donnelley intends to accept for purchase all 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and/or 2018 Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date, and will only prorate such series of Securities if the aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn exceeds the Maximum Principal Amount to be Accepted. If the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities validly tendered is less than the relevant Maximum Principal Amount to be Accepted as of the Early Tender Date, Holders who validly tender Securities after the Early Tender Date may be subject to proration, whereas Holders who validly tender Securities at or prior to the Early Tender Date will not be subject to proration. Furthermore, if the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities validly tendered equals or exceeds the relevant Maximum Principal Amount to be Accepted as of the Early Tender Date, RR Donnelley will not accept any Securities for purchase after the Early Tender Date and there will be no Final Settlement Date for such series of Securities. Depending on the amount of 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and/or 2018 Notes tendered and the proration factor applied, if the principal amount of 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and/or 2018 Notes returned to a Holder as a result of proration would result in less than the authorized minimum denomination of $1,000, in the case of the 2015 Notes, and $2,000, in the case of the 2017 Notes and the 2018 Notes, being returned, we will have the option to reject or accept all of such Holder's validly tendered 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and/or 2018 Notes.

RR Donnelley reserves the right to increase the applicable Maximum Principal Amount to be Accepted at any time, subject to compliance with applicable law, which could result in purchasing a greater principal amount of any of the 2015 Notes, 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes in the Tender Offers. There can be no assurance that RR Donnelley will exercise its right to increase the Maximum Principal Amount to be Accepted.

Tendered Securities of a series may be withdrawn from the Tender Offers at or prior to, but not after, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 23, 2013, with respect to the Securities being tendered in connection with the Tender Offers, unless extended or earlier terminated.

RR Donnelley has retained BofA Merrill Lynch, ING, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Loop Capital Markets to serve as dealer managers for the Tender Offers. Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to serve as the depositary and information agent for the Tender Offers.

Neither RR Donnelley, its board of directors, the information agent and depositary nor the dealer managers make any recommendation as to whether holders of the Securities should tender or refrain from tendering the Securities.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The Tender Offers are being made solely by means of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, each as amended by this press release. In any jurisdiction where the laws require a tender offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offers will be deemed to be made on behalf of RR Donnelley by the dealer managers, or one or more registered brokers or dealers under the laws of such jurisdiction.

About RR Donnelley
RR Donnelley (Nasdaq:RRD), a Delaware corp., is a global provider of integrated communications. The company works collaboratively with more than 60,000 customers worldwide to develop custom communications solutions that reduce costs, drive top line growth, enhance return on investment and increase compliance. Drawing on a range of proprietary and commercially available digital and conventional technologies deployed across four continents, the Company employs a suite of leading Internet based capabilities and other resources to provide premedia, printing, logistics and business process outsourcing services to clients in virtually every private and public sector.

Source: RR Donnelley.