Edgar Filing: Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

RR Donnelley & Sons Co

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. [DFIN]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

35 WEST WACKER DRIVE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2016

(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60601

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01	10/01/2016		J⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		26,187,337 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	D	⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	6,242,802 ⁽²⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RR Donnelley & Sons Co 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE CHICAGO, IL 60601		X

Signatures

/s/ Deborah L. Steiner Deborah L. Steiner, General Counsel of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company		10/01/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On February 22, 2016, Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. ("DFS"), a Delaware corporation, issued all 100 outstanding shares of DFS common stock to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company ("RRD"), a Delaware corporation. On September 30, 2016 and simultaneously with the effectiveness of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of DFS (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation") that increased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100 to 65,000,000, DFS effected a recapitalization (the "Recapitalization") of the 100 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, which Recapitalization converted such 100 shares into 32,430,139 shares of common stock, par value $0.01.
(2)	On October 1, 2015 at 12:01 a.m., 26,187,337 shares of common stock of DFS, which is 80.75% of the common stock outstanding, were distributed by RRD to its stockholders (the "Distribution"). As of the Distribution, RRD beneficially owns 6,242,802 shares of common stock of DFS, which is 19.25% of the outstanding common stock of DFS.

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