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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
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Blais David A
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2. Issuer Name
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Ticker or Trading Symbol
Quad/Graphics, Inc.
[
QUAD
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director
_____ 10% Owner
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__ Officer (give title below)
_____ Other (specify below)
EVP & Pres. of Mags & Catalogs
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(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC., N63 W23075 HIGHWAY 74
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(MM/DD/YYYY)
11/18/2011
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(Street)
SUSSEX, WI 53089
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
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X
_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Explanation of Responses:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ARE NOT EXERCISING OPTIONS OR SELLING SHARES, AND THEY ARE NOT LOWERING THEIR STAKE IN THE COMPANY. RATHER, THE TRANSACTIONS SHOWN IN TABLE II ARE THE TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY OF THE OPTIONS ISSUED UNDER THE COMPANY'S 1990 AND 1999 STOCK OPTION PLANS. THE OPTIONEES ARE RECEIVING NEW OPTION GRANTS UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2010 OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE OPTIONS BEING TERMINATED. FOR DETAILS, SEE THE COMPANY'S FORM 8-K FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 22, 2011.
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 1994 grant date, or in full on each subsequent five-year anniversary, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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The option was cancelled as part of the termination and liquidation of all of Quad/Graphics, Inc.'s outstanding stock options that had been granted with terms intended to comply with, rather than be exempt from, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Section 409A"). As required by the termination provisions of Section 409A, the cancellation payment will be made between 12 months and 24 months after November 18, 2011 (unless the payment would be made earlier under the terms of the option absent the Section 409A termination).
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 1996 grant date, or in full on each subsequent five-year anniversary, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 1999 grant date, or in full on each subsequent five-year anniversary, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 2000 grant date, or upon a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 2001 grant date, or in full on each subsequent five-year anniversary, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Becomes exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first four five-year anniversaries of the January 1, 2003 grant date, or in full on each subsequent five-year anniversary, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Vests with respect to 10% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first ten anniversaries of the January 1, 2007 grant date, and becomes exercisable to the extent vested on the fifth and tenth anniversaries of the grant date, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Vests with respect to 10% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first ten anniversaries of the January 1, 2008 grant date, and becomes exercisable to the extent vested on the fifth and tenth anniversaries of the grant date, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Vests with respect to 10% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first ten anniversaries of the January 1, 2009 grant date, and becomes exercisable to the extent vested on the fifth and tenth anniversaries of the grant date, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Vests with respect to 10% of the underlying shares of class A common stock on each of the first ten anniversaries of the January 1, 2010 grant date, and becomes exercisable to the extent vested on the fifth and tenth anniversaries of the grant date, a change of control of Quad/Graphics, Inc. or a separation from service.
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Vests and becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on January 1, 2013.
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Class C Common Stock is convertible into Class A Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis at no cost and has no expiration date.
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