Pricing Term Sheet

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-162931

May 17, 2011

This pricing term sheet relates only to the securities described below and should only be read together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, subject to completion, dated May 16, 2011, relating to these securities and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. This pricing term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

PRICING TERM SHEET

 

Issuer

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

 

Title of Security

7.25% Notes due 2018

 

Aggregate Principal Amount

$600,000,000

 

Transaction Date

May 17, 2011

 

Settlement Date

June 1, 2011 (T+10)

 

Maturity

May 15, 2018

 

Interest Payment Dates

May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2011

 

Coupon

7.25%

 

Yield to Maturity

7.25%

 

Benchmark Treasury

UST 3.875% due May 15, 2018

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury

T+483 bps

 

Redemption Provision

Callable at the greater of par or the make-whole (Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points)

 

Price to Public

100.000% of the principal amount thereof

 

Gross Proceeds

$600,000,000, representing an upsize of $100,000,000 from the aggregate principal amount offered in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

 

Use of Proceeds; Capitalization

We expect the net proceeds from this offering of notes to be approximately $590.0 million after deducting the underwriting discount and our estimated expenses relating to the offering. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering (1) to fund tender offers for up to $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of our notes including a tender offer for any and all of our outstanding 2019 Notes based on a market premium to be determined and a partial tender for certain of our other notes and debentures based on prices to be determined and (2) to pay premiums in connection with those tender offers. If there are any remaining proceeds, we intend to use those proceeds to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Amounts repaid under our revolving credit facility may be


 

reborrowed for general corporate purposes, including the repayment or redemption of other indebtedness. Our total debt (including current portion) as of March 31, 2011, as adjusted for these uses will be: $3,618.2 million.

 

CUSIP/ISIN Numbers

CUSIP: 257867 AX9

ISIN: US257867AX90

 

Joint Book-Running Managers

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

Co-Managers

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

TD Securities (USA) LLC

UBS Securities LLC

 

  The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Merrill Lynch toll-free at 1-800-294-1322, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-877-858-5407 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.

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