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Agreement Includes 100 Percent of Verizon Directories Corp.'s North American Directories CHICAGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD) and Verizon Directories Corp. have extended a multi-year agreement pursuant to which RR Donnelley will now print 100 percent of Verizon Directories Corp.'s directories for North America. The deal expands the current relationship of the companies to include the work produced in Verizon's Los Angeles, Calif. and Des Plaines, Ill. facilities. Mark A. Angelson, Chief Executive Officer, RR Donnelley, said, "We are pleased that our performance has earned RR Donnelley the opportunity to expand our relationship with Verizon Communications Corporation. This agreement illustrates the value of RR Donnelley's diverse platform. From directories to document-based business process outsourcing services, we are able to help organizations such as Verizon leverage their requirements across the breadth of the print-related supply chain." Kathy Harless, President of Verizon Information Services stated, "Changes in printing technology are moving so quickly and require so much investment that it makes more sense to work with a supplier whose primary business is printing -- especially since printing here is in support of our core yellow pages business. We look forward to the benefits associated with extending our relationship and working together as our directories continue to evolve." About Verizon Information Services: Verizon Information Services, a division of Verizon Communications Corp. (NYSE:VZ), is the nation's most advanced provider of yellow pages and related shopping information. It has $3.6 billion in revenues from products including: Verizon SuperPages yellow pages; Verizon SuperPages.com ( http://www.superpages.com/ ), the nation's best Internet directory and a leading online shopping resource; and the SuperPages On the Go information directory offered through Verizon Wireless Get It Now services and on other wireless carriers. The company is the largest publisher of Hispanic directories in the U.S. and the first to provide a Hispanic online shopping resource ( http://www.superpages.com/espanol ). About RR Donnelley: RR Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider of print and related services, including document-based business process outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, forms and labels, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services and many other industries. The largest companies in the world and others rely on RR Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive range of online tools, variable printing services and market-specific solutions. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.rrdonnelley.com/ . First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: michael.reyes@rrd.com DATASOURCE: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company CONTACT: Media, Doug Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President Marketing & Communications, +1-630-322-6830, , or Investors, Dan Leib, Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-312-326-7710, , both of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Web site: http://www.rrdonnelley.com/

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