Article: RR Donnelley Agrees to Acquire The Astron Group; Acquisition Bolsters Reach and Breadth of RR Donnelley's Document-Based Outsourcing Group.

CHICAGO, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Astron Group, a leading provider of integrated, end-to-end document business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, in an all-cash deal, for approximately $990 million. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close this summer.

The Astron Group is a leading provider of transactional print and mail services, data and print management, document production and marketing support services to a blue-chip roster of clients, a number of which are shared with RR Donnelley. The Astron Group's expertise ...

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