Safe Harbor & Non-GAAP 2 Use of Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and any such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. The company does not undertake to and specifically declines any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statement or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. The factors that could cause material differences in the expected results of RR Donnelley include, without limitation, the following: the volatility and disruption of the capital and credit markets, and adverse changes in the global economy; successful execution and integration of acquisitions; successful negotiation of future acquisitions; and our ability to integrate operations successfully and achieve enhanced earnings or effect cost savings; the ability to implement comprehensive plans for the integration of sales forces, cost containment, asset rationalization, system integration and other key strategies; the ability to divest non-core businesses; future growth rates in our core businesses; competitive pressures in all markets in which we operate; our ability to access unsecured debt in the capital markets and the participants’ ability to perform to our contractual lending and insurance agreements; factors that affect customer demand, including changes in postal rates and postal regulations, changes in the capital markets, changes in advertising markets, the rate of migration from paper-based forms to digital formats, customers’ budgetary constraints, and customers’ changes in short-range and long-range plans; the ability to gain customer acceptance of our new products and technologies; the ability to secure and defend intellectual property rights and, when appropriate, license required technology; customer expectations and financial strength; performance issues with key suppliers; changes in the availability or costs of key materials (such as ink, paper and fuel or in prices received for the sale of by-products; changes in ratings of our debt securities, as a result of financial community and rating agency perceptions of our business, operations and financial condition and the industry in which we operate; the ability to generate cash flow or obtain financing to fund growth; the effect of inflation, changes in currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates; the effect of changes in laws and regulations, including changes in accounting standards, trade, tax, environmental compliance (including the emission of greenhouse gases and other air pollution controls), health and welfare benefits, price controls and other regulatory matters and the cost, which could be substantial, of complying with these laws and regulations; contingencies related to actual or alleged environmental contamination; the retention of existing, and continued attraction of additional, customers and key employees; the effect of a material breach of security of any of our systems; the effect of labor disruptions or labor shortages; the effect of economic and political conditions on a regional, national or international basis; the effect of economic weakness and constrained advertising; uncertaint about future economic conditions; the possibility of future terrorist activities or the possibility of a future escalation of hostilities in the Middle East or elsewhere; the possibility of a regional or global health pandemic outbreak; adverse outcomes of pending and threatened litigation; our ability to complete the spin-offs of our financial communications services business and our publishing and retail-centric conventional print services business; our ability to realize the benefits of the spin-offs, including the tax-free nature of the transaction and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary statements contained in RR Donnelley's filings with the SEC. Non-GAAP Financial Information The company believes that certain non-GAAP measures, when presented in conjunction with comparable GAAP measures, are useful because that information is an appropriate measure for evaluating the company’s operating performance. Internally, the company uses this non-GAAP information as an indicator of business performance, and evaluates management’s effectiveness with specific reference to these indicators. These measures should be considered in addition to, not a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of GAAP net earnings to non-GAAP net earnings and further descriptions are presented in the tables attached to our Earnings Releases, which are available in the investors section of our website, rrdonnelley.com. Also available in the investors section of our website, rrdonnelley.com, is a description of additional non-GAAP financial measures referred to in this presentation. |