RR Donnelley and Banta Corporation Announce Expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period
December 18 2006 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO and MENASHA, Wis., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R.
Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD) and Banta Corporation
(NYSE:BN) jointly announced today the expiration of the waiting
period under the Hart-Scott- Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended, in connection with RR Donnelley's previously
announced agreement to acquire Banta Corporation for $1.3 billion.
The acquisition, subject to other customary closing conditions, is
expected to be completed by mid-January 2007. About RR Donnelley RR
Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider
of print and related services, including business process
outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides
solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing,
print fulfillment, labels, forms, 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/. About Banta Corporation Banta
Corporation is a technology and market leader in printing and
supply-chain management services. Its integrated approach provides
a comprehensive combination of printing, binding and digital
imaging solutions to leading publishers and direct marketers. Banta
excels at helping customers find unique solutions to the complex
challenges of getting their products and communications to market.
Banta focuses on five printing services segments: books,
special-interest magazines, catalogs, direct marketing and
literature management. Banta's global supply-chain management
business provides a wide range of outsourcing capabilities to some
of the world's largest companies. Services range from materials
sourcing, product configuration and customized kitting, to order
fulfillment and global distribution. For more information, visit
the company's web site at http://www.banta.com/. Use of
Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain
"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 news
release 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.
Such factors include, among others, anticipated issues associated
with obtaining approvals to complete the transaction or other
unexpected issues that could impact the closing of the deal.
Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary
statements contained in each of RR Donnelley's and Banta's filings
with the SEC. Both RR Donnelley and Banta disclaim any obligation
to update or revise any forward- looking statements. DATASOURCE:
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company; Banta Corporation CONTACT:
Media: Doug Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President Marketing &
Communications, +1-630-322-6830, , or Investor: Dan Leib, Senior
Vice President Finance, +1-312-326-7710, , both of R.R. Donnelley
& Sons Company; or Investor/Media: Mark Fleming, Director,
Investor and Corporate Communications of Banta Corporation,
+1-920-751-7713 Web site: http://www.rrdonnelley.com/
http://www.banta.com/
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