UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2016
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-4694 | 36-1004130 | |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
35 West Wacker Drive, | ||
Chicago, Illinois | 60601 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(312) 326-8000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. |
On May 31, 2016, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RR Donnelley) filed a Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RR Donnelley with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to reduce the par value of the 500,000,000 authorized shares of RR Donnelleys Common Stock from $1.25 per share to $0.01 per share. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY | ||||||
Date: May 31, 2016 | By: | /s/ Suzanne S. Bettman | ||||
Name: | Suzanne S. Bettman | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary; Chief Compliance Officer |
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3.1 | Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the Company), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the Company is R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. The name under which it was originally incorporated is Donnelley, Inc., pursuant to an original Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of the State on May 7, 1956.
2. This Certificate of Amendment (the Certificate of Amendment) amends the provisions of the Companys Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State on July 25, 2007, as corrected by the Certificate of Correction of Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State on September 26, 2014 (as corrected or amended from time to time, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation).
3. The first sentence of Article Fourth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
FOURTH. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is 502,000,000 shares which shall be divided into two classes as follows:
2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (Preferred Stock) of the par value of $1.00 per share, and
500,000,000 shares of Common Stock (Common Stock) of the par value of $0.01 per share.
4. This Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
5. This Certificate of Amendment shall be effective as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 31, 2016.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company has caused this certificate to be signed by Suzanne S. Bettman, its Executive Vice President, Secretary; Chief Compliance Officer, this 31st day of May, 2016.
By: | /s/ Suzanne S. Bettman | |||
Name: | Suzanne S. Bettman | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary; Chief Compliance Officer |