8-K

 

 

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): March 20, 2014

 

 

R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-4694   36-1004130

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

111 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois

  60606
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (312) 326-8000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 6, 2014, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, with respect to the issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.00% Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”). The Notes were registered by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-183023) (the “Registration Statement”).

The offering of the Notes closed on March 20, 2014. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2007, as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2014 (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee. The Underwriting Agreement and the Tenth Supplemental Indenture are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the issuance of the Notes by the Company on March 20, 2014, pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated March 6, 2014, between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto
Exhibit 4.1    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2014, between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
Exhibit 5.1    Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as to the validity of the Notes
Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)


SIGNATURES

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: March 20, 2014      
    By:  

/s/    Suzanne S. Bettman        

      Suzanne S. Bettman
      Executive Vice President and General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

Exhibit 1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated March 6, 2014, between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto
Exhibit 4.1    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2014, between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
Exhibit 5.1    Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as to the validity of the Notes
Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)