EXHIBIT 10(e)
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(For Non-Employee Directors)
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (herein called the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the provisions of its 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, which was approved by the stockholders on March
23, 1995 (as amended, herein called the "Plan"), hereby grants to ___________________ (herein called
"Optionee"), as of ___________ (herein called the "option date"), an option to purchase from the Company
_____ shares of common stock of the Company, par value $1.25 per share (herein called "common stock"), at a
price of $_______ per share (herein called the "option") to be exercisable during the term (i) commencing on the
date which is the first anniversary of the option date and (ii) ending on the first business day preceding the tenth
anniversary of the option date (herein called the "option term"), but only upon the following terms and conditions:
1. The option may be exercised by Optionee, in whole or in part, from time to time, during the option term only in
accordance with the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Except as provided in Sections 5 and 7 hereof, Optionee must, at any time the option becomes exercisable
and at any time the option is exercised, have been continuously a non-employee director of the Company since
the date hereof.
(b) Unless a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), is in
effect as to the shares purchasable under the option, no shares of common stock may be purchased under the
option unless, prior to the purchase thereof, the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel to the effect
that the sale of such shares by the Company to Optionee will not constitute a violation of the Securities Act.
Optionee hereby agrees that as a condition of exercise, Optionee will, if requested by the Company, submit a
written statement, in form satisfactory to counsel for the Company, to the effect that any shares of