Comprehensive recycling, water conservation and energy management
programs are among the environmental efforts that helped
Quad/Graphics' Hartford, Wis., manufacturing facility achieve
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification,
Silver rating, from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

The new LEED certification means Quad/Graphics (NYSE: QUAD) now has
more than 3.2 million square feet of LEED-certified space.
Quad/Graphics' Hartford plant is the company's second facility to
qualify for LEED certification. In 2009 the printer's corporate
headquarters and plant in Sussex, Wis., received the LEED for Existing
Buildings Silver rating, making Quad/Graphics the first major printer
to achieve any level of LEED certification for a manufacturing site.

The 1.6-million-square-foot Hartford plant opened in 1992 also
qualified for the LEED for Existing Buildings certification. The
facility has more than 900 employees and houses 50 pieces of heavy
printing equipment, including an array of high-tech, high-speed web
offset presses supported by perfect binders, saddle stitchers and
polywrappers for finishing printed products.

"Our Hartford plant's LEED certification is another step in our quest
to become an environmental leader of not just the print industry, but
of all industries," said Quad/Graphics Chairman, President & CEO Joel
Quadracci. "Our company's long-standing approach is simple: We believe
doing what's good for the environment is also good for business, so we
make business decisions that are both environmentally responsible and
sustainable. We plan to continue to build our environmental record and
LEED certification is a key element of our strategy."

LEED Certification and the Hartford PlantLEED is a voluntary green
building rating system developed by USGBC, a nonprofit group that
promotes sustainable building practices. There are four levels of
certification available -- Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum -- for
meeting criteria in five specific areas: 1) sustainable site
development; 2) water efficiency; 3) energy efficiency; 4) materials
and resource selection; and 5) indoor environmental quality. In
addition, the USGBC recognizes innovations beyond those prescribed in
the LEED rating system. Quad/Graphics' Hartford plant earned extra
points for offering proactive environmental education programs for
employees, such as Eco Driving and Sustainable Purchasing; for the
type of low-mercury fluorescent bulbs it uses; and for exemplary
recycling performance for efforts like the plant cafeteria's
coffee-cup refunds, which keeps thousands of styrofoam cups out of
landfills.

Quad/Graphics met many of the USGBC's rigorous criteria for LEED
certification because of long-established environmental programs and
practices, including:

More information about the company's practical approach to
environmentalism can be found at its Web site:
http://www.QG.com/aboutus/environment
(http://www.qg.com/aboutus/environment) .

About Quad/Graphics Quad/Graphics (NYSE: QUAD) is a global provider of
print and related multichannel solutions for consumer magazines,
special interest publications, catalogs, retail inserts and circulars,
direct mail products, books and directories. Headquartered in Sussex,
Wis. (just west of Milwaukee), the company has approximately 28,000
employees working from more than 80 locations throughout the United
States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. As a printing industry
innovator, Quad/Graphics (www.QG.com (http://www.QG.com) ) is
redefining the power of print in today's multimedia world by helping
its clients use print as the foundation of multichannel communications
strategies to drive their top-line revenues.