CHICAGO, - R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced that Daniel L. Knotts is being named Chief Operating Officer, succeeding John R. Paloian who is retiring after over 25 years in the industry and having served for more than five years as the company's COO. Mr. Knotts has most recently been the company's Group President, with responsibility for global sales, operations, information technology, logistics, financial services, business process outsourcing operations, strategic sourcing and Environmental, Health and Safety.

"We are very grateful to John Paloian for his leadership and vision, which have helped to drive RR Donnelley's continuing transformation into a global provider of content creation, management, distribution and processing services," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, the company's President and Chief Executive Officer. "John has also worked closely with Dan Knotts to enable him to step seamlessly into the COO position. Dan is exceptionally well prepared to undertake this important role, particularly as he has been instrumental in leading and managing RR Donnelley's global services offerings, which include our fast growing Logistics sector."

Knotts, 48, joined RR Donnelley in 1986 and has served in a variety of accounting, operations, sales leadership and general management roles with progressively more responsibility, including as CEO of RR Donnelley's global Financial Services offering.