RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) 10-Q 2012 Q1 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CERTIFICATION PURSUANCE TO RULE 13a-14(b) AND RULE 15d-14(b)

SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18

OF THE UNITED STATES CODE (18 U.S.C. 1350),

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas J. Quinlan, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

	/s/    THOMAS J. QUINLAN, III
May 2, 2012	Thomas J. Quinlan, III President and Chief Executive Officer