RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace Combination Receives Approval Under The Investment Canada Act CHICAGO, TORONTO and NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace Incorporated (NYSE: MWI; TSX) announced today that they have received approval under the Investment Canada Act for the proposed combination of the two companies. RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace expect to close the transaction by the end of February 2004, subject to certain closing conditions, including approvalfrom RR Donnelley shareholders and Moore Wallace securityholders at special meetings being held for both companies on February 23 and a final order approving the plan of arrangement from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, following a hearing now scheduled for February 25. About RR Donnelley RR Donnelley ( http://www.rrdonnelley.com/ ) prepares, produces and delivers integrated communications across multiple channels for content owners, such as publishers, merchandisers, and telecommunications companies as well as capital markets and diversified financial services companies. As a single source supplying services up and down the communications value chain, the company excels in digital photography, content management, printing, online services, and print and package logistics. With these integrated services, RR Donnelley provides effective solutions for its customers' targeted communications and delivery needs. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, RR Donnelley serves a global customer market and has30,000 employees in more than 200 locations in North America, South America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific Basin. About Moore Wallace Moore Wallace is a leading single-source provider of print management and outsourced communications, delivering to itscustomers one of the widest array of products and services at one of the lowest total costs. The company operates in three complementary business segments: Forms and Labels, Outsourcing and Commercial Print. The Forms and Labels business designs, manufactures and sells paper-based and electronic business forms and labels and provides electronic print management solutions. The Outsourcing business provides high-quality, high-volume variably imaged print and mail, electronic statement and database management services. The Commercial Print business produces high-quality, multi-color personalized business communications and provides direct marketing services, including project, database and list management services. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.moorewallace.com/ . Use of Forward-Looking Statements Except for historical information, this news release 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 press 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. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary statements described in the companies' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Canadian securities regulatory authorities, as applicable, including the section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained therein. RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Factors relating to the completion of the transaction and the integration of the businesses that could cause material differences in the expected results of the combined company include, without limitation, the following: the development and execution of comprehensive plans for asset rationalization, the abilityto eliminate duplicative overhead without excessive cost or adversely affecting the business, the potential loss of customers and employees as a result of the transaction, the ability to achieve procurement savings by leveraging total spending across the organization, the success of the organization in leveraging its comprehensive product offering to the combined customer base as well as the ability of the organization to complete the integration of the combined companies without losing focus on the business. In addition, the ability of the combined company to achieve the expected revenues, accretion and synergy savings will also be affected by the effects of competition (in particular the response to the transaction in the marketplace), the effects of paper and other raw materials and fuel price fluctuations and shortages of supply, the rate of migration from paper-based forms to digital formats, the impact of currency fluctuations in the countries in which RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace operate, general economic and other factors beyond the combined company's control, and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in RR Donnelley's and Moore Wallace's periodic filings with United States and Canadian securities regulatory authorities, as applicable. Additional Information On November 8, 2003, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company ("RR Donnelley") and Moore Wallace Incorporated ("Moore Wallace") entered into a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any securityholder of Moore Wallace or RR Donnelley. Moore Wallace and RR Donnelley have filed a Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement regarding the proposed transaction with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Moore Wallace has filed the Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement with the Canadian Securities regulatory authorities. WE URGE INVESTORS IN RR DONNELLEY AND MOORE WALLACE TO CAREFULLY READ THE JOINT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR AND PROXY STATEMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RR DONNELLEY, MOORE WALLACE AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and securityholders may obtain the Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement and any other relevant documents filed by RR Donnelley and Moore Wallace free of charge at the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov/, and at the website of the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at http://www.sedar.com/. In addition, investors and securityholders may obtain free copies of the Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement filed with the SEC by RR Donnelley by contacting RR Donnelley Investor Relations, 77 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601, Tel. (312) 326-8926. Investors and securityholders may obtain free copies of the Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement filed with the SEC and SEDAR by Moore Wallace by contacting Moore Wallace Investor Relations, One Canterbury Green, Stamford, CT 06901, Tel. (203) 406-3749. RR Donnelley, Moore Wallace and their executive officers and directors may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from RR Donnelley stockholders and Moore Wallace securityholders in favor of the proposed transaction. Information regarding the security ownership and other interests of RR Donnelley's and Moore Wallace's executive officers and directors is included in the Joint Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement. DATASOURCE: RR Donnelley CONTACT: Media, Katherine Divita, +1-312-326-8336, , or Investors, Chuck White, +1-312-326-8827, , both of RR Donnelley; or Julie Gottlieb of Moore Wallace, +1-203-406-3825, Web site: http://www.moorewallace.com/ http://www.rrdonnelley.com/

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