-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GDBG06goeMwebuJwd4Jq9lFOZCc7OsYDMHZayNJyX8gZDQNM52CN/Z1OUJ/leEP2 anRqAGjYoc5VFNEF0uFUYA== 0001193125-09-225747.txt : 20091105 0001193125-09-225747.hdr.sgml : 20091105 20091105171355 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-225747 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091105 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RR Donnelley & Sons Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000029669 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMERCIAL PRINTING [2750] IRS NUMBER: 361004130 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-162931 FILM NUMBER: 091162003 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3123268000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DONNELLEY R R & SONS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 S-3ASR 1 ds3asr.htm FORM S-3 Form S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2009

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   36-1004130

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

111 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4301

(312) 326-8000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Suzanne S. Bettman

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company

111 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4301

(312) 326-8000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Robert W. Downes

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 
Title of each Class of
Securities to be Registered
  Amount
to be
Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Senior Debt Securities

 

(1)

Subordinated Debt Securities

 

Warrants

 

Purchase Contracts

 

Units (2)

 

Preferred Stock

 

Depositary Shares (3)

 

Common Stock, par value $1.25 per share

 
   
 
(1) An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may not be received for registered securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depositary shares. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.
(2) Each unit will be issued under a unit agreement or indenture and will represent an interest in two or more debt securities, warrants and purchase contracts, which may or may not be separable from one another.
(3) Each depositary share will be issued under a deposit agreement, will represent an interest in a fractional share or multiple shares of preferred stock and will be evidenced by a depositary receipt.

 

 

 


R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

Debt Securities

Warrants

Purchase Contracts

Units

Preferred Stock

Depositary Shares

Common Stock

 

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company from time to time may offer to sell debt securities, warrants, and purchase contracts, either individually or in units, as well as preferred stock, either separately or represented by depositary shares, and common stock. The debt securities may be senior or subordinated to other indebtedness of R.R. Donnelley. The debt securities may be convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common or preferred stock or other securities of R.R. Donnelley. Any preferred stock or depositary shares issued may also be convertible into common stock or another series of preferred stock or depositary shares or convertible into or exchangeable for other securities. R.R. Donnelley’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Chicago Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RRD.”

R.R. Donnelley may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis.

The specific terms of any securities to be offered will be provided in supplements to this prospectus.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

Prospectus dated November 5, 2009.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any documents filed by us at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public through the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document of the Company, the reference is only a summary and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s Internet site.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC’s rules allow us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document. Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and before the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents or information filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):

 

  (1) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;

 

  (2) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2009;

 

  (3) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 13, January 20, February 20, July 23 and September 25, 2009;

 

  (4) All documents filed by the Company under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of this offering.

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference into this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You can obtain those documents from our website at www.rrdonnelley.com or request them in writing or by telephone at the following address or telephone number:

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

111 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4301

Telephone: (866) 425-8272

 

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THE COMPANY

R.R. Donnelley is a global provider of integrated communications. Founded more than 145 years ago, the company works collaboratively with more than 60,000 customers worldwide to develop custom communications solutions that reduce costs, enhance return on investment and ensure 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 leading clients in virtually every private and public sector.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sales of the securities as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES

In connection with particular offerings of the securities in the future, and if stated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of those securities may be passed upon for the Company by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports (which reports on the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting express unqualified opinions and include an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s adoption of the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, on January 1, 2007, which clarifies the accounting for and disclosure of uncertain tax positions) dated February 25, 2009, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

Estimated expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of securities registered under this registration statement are as follows:

 

     Amount
to be paid

SEC registration fee

   $ *

FINRA fees

     500

Legal fees and expenses

     75,000

Fees and expenses of qualification under state securities laws (including legal fees)

     25,000

Accounting fees and expenses

     75,000

Printing fees

     50,000

Rating agency fees

     25,000

Trustee’s and Warrant Agent’s fees and expenses

     50,000

Miscellaneous

     50,000
      

Total

   $ 350,500
      

 

* The payment of any filing fee is deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and 457(r).

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors, officers, employees and other agents of such corporation in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the person to be indemnified has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify such person against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

The Certificate of Incorporation of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company contains provisions that provide for indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by, and in the manner permissible under, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company’s Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating the personal liability of a director to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, subject to certain exceptions.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company maintains policies insuring its officers and directors against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and anticipate that we will enter into similar agreements with future directors. Generally, these agreements attempt to provide the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to indemnification. The indemnification agreements provide that we will pay certain amounts incurred by our directors in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action or proceeding. Such amounts include any reasonable expense, including attorney’s fees, judgments, civil or criminal fines, settlement amounts and other expenses customarily incurred in connection with legal proceedings.

 

Item 16. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference
to Filings Indicated
  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement    *
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2007, between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to R.R. Donnelley’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-139756)   
  5.1    Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP    **
23.1    Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)   
23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP    **
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included on page II-6)   
25.1    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association    **

 

* To be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
** Filed herewith.

 

Item 17. Undertakings

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement,

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement,

 

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provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i), (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(a)(iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i) each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;

(5) that, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 5th day of November, 2009.

 

R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
By:   /S/ THOMAS J. QUINLAN, III    
Name:   Thomas J. Quinlan, III
Title:  

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 5, 2009.

 

Signature

  

Capacity

/S/ THOMAS J. QUINLAN, III    

Thomas J. Quinlan, III

  

Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ MILES W. MCHUGH    

Miles W. McHugh

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

/S/ ANDREW B. COXHEAD    

Andrew B. Coxhead

  

Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas J. Quinlan, III, Suzanne S. Bettman, Miles W. McHugh and Daniel N. Leib, and each of them with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, for the purpose of executing, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a director of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

Dated: November 5, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated:

 

Signature

  

Capacity

/S/ LEE A. CHADEN    

Lee A. Chaden

   Director

/S/ RICK GOINGS    

E.V. (Rick) Goings

   Director

/S/ JUDITH H. HAMILTON    

Judith H. Hamilton

   Director

/S/ SUSAN M. IVEY    

Susan M. Ivey

   Director

/S/ THOMAS S. JOHNSON    

Thomas S. Johnson

   Director

/S/ JOHN C. POPE    

John C. Pope

   Director

/S/ MICHAEL T. RIORDAN    

Michael T. Riordan

   Director

/S/ OLIVER R. SOCKWELL    

Oliver R. Sockwell

   Director

/S/ STEPHEN M. WOLF    

Stephen M. Wolf

   Chairman and Director

 

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EX-5.1 2 dex51.htm OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Exhibit 5.1

[Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Letterhead]

November 5, 2009

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company,

        111 South Wacker Drive,

                Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”). The Registration Statement registers senior and subordinated debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts, preferred stock and common stock of the Company, depositary shares representing interests in the preferred stock of the Company and units comprised of the foregoing (collectively, the “Securities”).

In connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, including the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors authorizing the registration of the Securities (the “Resolutions”), and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion:

(1) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the terms of the senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (the “Indenture Securities”) and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Indenture relating to the Indenture Securities so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and when the Indenture Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions,


R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company    -2-

 

the Indenture Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The debt securities covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any debt securities that may be issued as part of the units or upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities, as well as any purchase contracts or units that may be issued under the Indenture relating to the debt securities.

(2) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the warrant agreements under which the warrants are to be issued have been duly established and the warrant agreements have been duly executed and delivered, when the terms of such warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable warrant agreement and when such warrants have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable warrant agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, such warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The warrants covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any warrants that may be issued as part of the units or upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities, but they do not include any Indenture Securities.

(3) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the governing instruments or agreements under which the purchase contracts are to be issued have been duly established and such governing documents have been duly executed and delivered, when the terms of such purchase contracts and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable governing documents and when such purchase contracts have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable governing documents and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, such purchase contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,


R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company    -3-

 

moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The purchase contracts covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any purchase contracts that may be issued as part of the units or upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities, but they do not include any Indenture Securities.

(4) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the unit agreements under which the units are to be issued have been duly established and such unit agreements have been duly executed and delivered, when the terms of such units and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable unit agreements and when such units have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable unit agreements and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, such units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The units covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any units that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities, but they do not include any Indenture Securities.

(5) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the deposit agreements under which the depositary shares are to be issued have been duly established and such deposit agreements have been duly executed and delivered, when the terms of the depositary shares and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable deposit agreement, when the preferred stock represented by the depositary shares has been duly delivered to the applicable depositaries and when the depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares have been duly issued against deposit of the preferred stock in accordance with the applicable deposit agreements and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the depositary shares and the applicable deposit agreements, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The depositary shares covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any depositary shares that may be issued as part of the units or upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities.


R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company    -4-

 

(6) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the preferred stock of the Company and of its issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, when an appropriate certificate of designations with respect to the preferred stock has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and when the preferred stock has been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the preferred stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the shares of common stock of the Company, when duly issued upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any preferred stock of the Company that is convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock of the Company, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The preferred stock covered in the opinion in this paragraph includes any preferred stock of the Company that may be represented by depositary shares or may be issued as part of the units or upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities.

(7) When the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the terms of the sale of the common stock have been duly established in conformity with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, and the common stock has been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the common stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We note that, as of the date of this opinion, a judgment for money in an action based on a Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit in a Federal or state court in the United States ordinarily would be enforced in the United States only in United States dollars. The date used to determine the rate of conversion of the foreign currency or currency unit in which a particular Security is denominated into United States dollars will depend upon various factors, including which court renders the judgment. In the case of a Security denominated in a foreign currency, a state court in the State of New York rendering a judgment on such Security would be required under Section 27 of the New York Judiciary Law to render such judgment in the foreign currency in which the Security is denominated, and such judgment would be converted into United States dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment.


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The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of New York and the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

Also, we have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee thereunder, an assumption which we have not independently verified, and that the governing documents under which the Securities are to be issued, as well as the purchase contracts, if applicable, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto other than the Company and that the signatures on documents examined by us are genuine. Finally, we have assumed that the authority granted in the Resolutions will remain in effect at all relevant times and that no Securities will be issued or other action taken in contravention of any applicable limit established pursuant to the Resolutions from time to time.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading “Validity of the Securities” in the prospectus contained therein. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

EX-23.2 3 dex232.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 25, 2009, relating to the financial statements of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and subsidiaries (the “Company”) (which reports express an unqualified opinion and contain an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company’s adoption of the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109), and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this registration statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

November 5, 2009

EX-25.1 4 dex251.htm FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

 

¨  CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

A National Banking Association   94-1347393

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

101 North Phillips Avenue  
Sioux Falls, South Dakota   57104

(Address of principal executive offices)

  (Zip code)

Wells Fargo & Company

Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   36-1004130

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

111 South Wacker Drive  
Chicago, Illinois   60606-4301

(Address of principal executive offices)

  (Zip code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Treasury Department

Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94120

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None with respect to the trustee.

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

 

Item 15. Foreign Trustee. Not applicable.

 

Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

 

Exhibit 1.    A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*
Exhibit 2.    A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 4, 2004.**
Exhibit 3.    See Exhibit 2
Exhibit 4.    Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.***
Exhibit 5.    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6.    The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
Exhibit 7.    A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
Exhibit 8.    Not applicable.
Exhibit 9.    Not applicable.

 

 

* Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of file number 333-130784-06.


** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of file number 022-28721.
*** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of file number 333-125274.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on the 4th day of November 2009.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

/s/ Gregory S. Clarke

Gregory S. Clarke
Vice President


EXHIBIT 6

November 4, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

 

Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

/s/ Gregory S. Clarke

Gregory S. Clarke

Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

at the close of business September 30, 2009, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.

 

           Dollar Amounts
In Millions

ASSETS

     

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

     

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

      $ 10,576

Interest-bearing balances

        3,224

Securities:

     

Held-to-maturity securities

        0

Available-for-sale securities

        83,255

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

     

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

        31,571

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

        1,574

Loans and lease financing receivables:

     

Loans and leases held for sale

        24,141

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   336,946   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   10,037   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

        326,909

Trading Assets

        9,540

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

        4,211

Other real estate owned

        1,413

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

        437

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

        50

Intangible assets

     

Goodwill

        11,407

Other intangible assets

        15,136

Other assets

        24,246
         

Total assets

      $ 547,690
         

LIABILITIES

     

Deposits:

     

In domestic offices

      $ 381,571

Noninterest-bearing

   79,823   

Interest-bearing

   301,748   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

        57,166

Noninterest-bearing

   1,361   

Interest-bearing

   55,805   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

     

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

        3,708

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

        4,401


      Dollar Amounts
In Millions

Trading liabilities

     8,869

Other borrowed money

  

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     7,405

Subordinated notes and debentures

     12,392

Other liabilities

     21,101
      

Total liabilities

   $ 496,613

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0

Common stock

     520

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     30,685

Retained earnings

     18,971

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     725

Other equity capital components

     0
      

Total bank equity capital

     50,901

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     176
      

Total equity capital

     51,077
      

Total liabilities, and equity capital

   $ 547,690
      

I, Howard I. Atkins, EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Howard I. Atkins

EVP & CFO    

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

John Stumpf    Directors
Carrie Tolstedt   
Michael Loughlin                           
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