Chicago Business said there had been speculation that the private equity firms pursuing Donnelley included Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, though neither RR Donnelley nor Madison Dearborn Partners commented on the reports.

Headquartered in Chicago, RR Donnelley has a market capitalisation of around US$6.6bn and 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 centres, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, colour services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services and many other industries.

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