Overview and Basis of Presentation | Note 1. Overview and Basis of Presentation Description of Business and Separation The principal business of LSC Communications, Inc. (“LSC Communications,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”) is to offer a broad scope of print and print-related capabilities. The Company serves the needs of publishers, merchandisers and retailers worldwide with a portfolio of products, services and technology solutions that includes print, office products, publishing, mail-list management, e-services, warehousing, fulfillment services and supply chain management. LSC Communications prints magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, books, and directories and its office products offerings include filing products, note-taking products, binders, tax and stock forms and envelopes. On October 1, 2016 (the “separation date”), R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company (“RRD” or the “Parent”) completed the previously announced separation (the “separation”) into three separate independent publicly-traded companies: (i) its publishing and retail-centric print services and office products business (“LSC Communications”); (ii) its financial communications services business (“Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.” or “Donnelley Financial”) and (iii) a global, customized multichannel communications management company, which is the business of RRD after the separation. To effect the separation, RRD undertook a series of transactions to separate net assets and legal entities. RRD completed the distribution (the “distribution”) of 80.75%, of the outstanding common stock of LSC Communications and Donnelley Financial to RRD shareholders on October 1, 2016. RRD retained a 19.25% ownership stake in both LSC Communications and Donnelley Financial. On October 1, 2016, RRD shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 23, 2016 received one share of LSC Communications common stock and one share of Donnelley Financial common stock for every eight shares of RRD common stock held as of the record date. As a result of the distribution, LSC Communications and Donnelley Financial are now independent publicly-traded companies and began regular way trading under the symbols “LKSD” and “DFIN,” respectively, on the New York Stock Exchange on October 3, 2016. RRD remains an independent publicly-traded company trading under the symbol “RRD” on the New York Stock Exchange. In connection with the separation, LSC Communications, RRD and Donnelley Financial entered into commercial arrangements and transition services agreements. Under the terms of the commercial arrangements, RRD will continue to provide, among other things, logistics, premedia, production and sales services to LSC Communications. In addition, LSC Communications will continue to provide sales support services to RRD’s Asia and Mexico print and graphics management businesses in order to facilitate the importing of books and related products to the U.S. RRD will also provide LSC Communications certain global outsourcing, technical support and other services. LSC Communications will also continue to provide print and bind services for Donnelley Financial. Under the terms of the transition services agreements, RRD will provide certain services to LSC Communications and LSC Communications will provide certain services to RRD and Donnelley Financial, including, but not limited to, in such areas as tax, information technology, treasury, internal audit, human resources, accounting, purchasing, communications, security and compensation and benefits. These agreements facilitated the separation by allowing LSC Communications to operate independently prior to establishing stand-alone back office systems across its organization. Transition services may be provided for up to twenty-four months following the separation. The Company and RRD also entered into: • A • A Tax Disaffiliation Agreement that allocates responsibility for taxes between LSC Communications and RRD and includes indemnification rights with respect to tax matters and restrictions to preserve the tax-free status of the separation; and • A Patent Assignment and License Agreement, a Trademark Assignment and License Agreement, a Data Assignment and License Agreement and a Software, Copyright and Trade Secret Assignment and License Agreement, in each case, that will provide for ownership, licensing and other arrangements to facilitate RRD’s, Donnelley Financial’s and the Company’s ongoing use of intellectual property, as applicable. Final copies of such agreements were filed as exhibits to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2016. Basis of Presentation The financial data presented herein is unaudited. In the opinion of management, the financial data presented includes all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Results of interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results of the full year. The accompanying Condensed Combined Financial Statements have been prepared on a stand-alone basis and are derived from RRD’s consolidated financial statements and accounting records. The Condensed Combined Financial Statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). All intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. All intracompany transactions between LSC Communications, RRD and Donnelley Financial are considered to be effectively settled in the Condensed Combined Financial Statements at the time the transaction is recorded. The total net effect of the settlement of these intracompany transactions is reflected in the Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows as a financing activity and in the Condensed Combined Balance Sheets as net parent company investment. Net parent company investment is primarily impacted by contributions from RRD which are the result of treasury activities and net funding provided by or distributed to RRD. The Condensed Combined Financial Statements include certain expenses of RRD which were allocated to LSC Communications for certain corporate functions, including healthcare and pension benefits, information technology, finance, legal, human resources, internal audit, treasury, tax, investor relations and executive oversight. These expenses have been allocated to the Company on the basis of direct usage, when available, with the remainder allocated on a pro rata basis by revenue, employee headcount, or other measures. The Company considers the allocation methodologies and results to be reasonable for all periods presented; however, these allocations may not be indicative of the actual expenses that LSC Communications would have incurred as an independent public company or the costs it may incur in the future. The income tax amounts in these combined financial statements have been calculated based on a separate income tax return methodology and presented as if the Company’s operations were separate taxpayers in the respective jurisdictions. RRD maintains various benefit and share-based compensation plans at a corporate level. LSC Communications’ employees participate in those programs and a portion of the cost of such plans is included in LSC Communications’ Condensed Combined Financial Statements. However, LSC Communications’ Condensed Combined Balance Sheets do not include any equity related to share-based compensation plans or any net benefit plan obligations unless the benefit plan covers only active and inactive LSC Communications employees. LSC Communications generates a portion of its net sales from sales to RRD’s subsidiaries. Additionally, LSC Communications utilizes RRD for freight and logistics when shipping finished goods to its customers. Refer to Note 14, Related Parties |