Exhibit 3(ii)(a)
As Amended through September 25, 1997
BY-LAWS OF
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1. Principal Office. The principal office in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, State of Delaware, and the name of the resident agent in charge thereof is The
Corporation Trust Company.
Section 1.2. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without
the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the
corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 2.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the fourth Thursday in
March of each year for the purpose of electing Directors of the class for which the term expires on that date and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Such meeting shall be
held at eight o'clock in the morning or such other time during normal business hours as may be fixed by the Board
of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday,
the Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, designate another day on which such
meeting shall be held. If the election of Directors shall not be held on the date designated for any annual meeting,
or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the
stockholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or the certificate of incorporation, the only business which properly shall
be conducted at any annual meeting of the stockholders shall (i) have been specified in the written notice of the
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given as provided in Section 2.4,
(ii) be brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the officer of the corporation
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