QUEBECOR WORLD USA INC
11-K, 2000-06-28
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                                    UNITED STATES
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                               WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

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                                      FORM 11-K


(Mark one)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999       COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-11802

                                       OR

[_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______________________ TO _______________________






                     QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                        QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
                            THE MILL, 340 PEMBERWICK ROAD
                             GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06831
                       (Address of principal executive offices)

                                     203-532-4200
                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN



                           December 31, 1999 and 1998



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     PAGE

<S>                                                                   <C>
Independent Auditors' Report                                           1

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
    as of December 31, 1999 and 1998                                   2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
    for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998                     3

Notes to Financial Statements                                         4-8


SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

Schedule 1 - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
    as of December 31, 1999                                            9

Signatures                                                            10

Consent of Independent Auditors                                       11

</TABLE>



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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


To the Plan Administrator of
Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan:


We were engaged to audit the financial statements and supplemental schedule of
the Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and for the years then ended, as listed in the accompanying
index. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the
Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respect, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the changes in net assets available for benefits
for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.

KMPG LLP
New York, New York

June 26, 2000


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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

              Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

                         December 31, 1999 and 1998



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1999          1998
                                                      ------------   -----------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>
Investments (note 3):
    Investments at fair value                         $123,731,742   112,337,130
    Investments at contract value                       71,429,221    66,773,252
    Participants' loans                                 11,881,911    10,575,848
                                                      ------------   -----------

                  Total investments                    207,042,874   189,686,230
                                                      ------------   -----------

Employer contribution receivable                         3,747,238     3,934,069
Employee contributions receivable                        1,314,384     1,269,735
Loan interest receivable                                    93,942        82,796
                                                      ------------   -----------

                  Net assets available for benefits   $212,198,438   194,972,830
                                                      ============   ===========
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

           Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

                     Years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1999              1998
                                                      -------------     -----------
<S>                                                   <C>               <C>
Contributions:
    Employer                                          $   4,228,274    $  4,503,080
    Employee                                             15,885,217      16,586,558
                                                      -------------     -----------

                  Total contributions                    20,113,491      21,089,638
                                                      -------------     -----------
Investment income (note 3):
    Investment income                                     4,449,959       4,303,423
    Interest income                                         871,741         726,499
    Net realized and unrealized gain on investments      15,731,058      19,614,343
                                                      -------------     -----------

                  Total investment income                21,052,758      24,644,265
                                                      -------------     -----------

                  Total additions                        41,166,249      45,733,903

Distributions to participants                           (24,764,457)    (13,238,457)
Administration fees                                          (5,187)         (1,388)
                                                      -------------     -----------

                  Net increase before transfers          16,396,605      32,494,058

Transfers from other employee benefit plans                 829,003       1,244,303
                                                      -------------     -----------
                  Net increase                           17,225,608      33,738,361

Net assets available for benefits:
    Beginning of year                                   194,972,830     161,234,469
                                                      -------------     -----------

    End of year                                       $ 212,198,438    $194,972,830
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</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 1999 and 1998



(1)    PLAN DESCRIPTION

       The following brief description of the Quebecor Deferred Compensation
       Savings Plan (the "Plan") is provided for general information purposes
       only. A further description of the Plan is available in the summary Plan
       description which is furnished to each participant and is available from
       Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc. (the "Company"). The Company is a
       wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor World Inc., which was formerly known
       as Quebecor Printing Inc. Participants should refer to the Plan document
       for more complete information.

       (a)    GENERAL

              The Plan is a defined contribution plan established effective July
              18, 1985, for the benefit of employees of the Company and its
              participating subsidiaries (the "Employer"). The Plan was amended
              and restated effective July 1, 1999 and amended again on July 15,
              1999 and on December 22, 1999, effective as of various dates, to,
              among other things, comply with the qualification requirements of
              the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Plan is subject
              to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
              of 1974 ("ERISA").

       (b)    CONTRIBUTIONS

              Generally, for each participant who enters into a compensation
              deferral agreement and has completed one year of service, and who
              either is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan
              year or who retired during the Plan year, the Employer makes a
              matching contribution equal to 50% of the participant's deferral
              contributions up to $1,000, reduced, in certain cases, by $250 for
              each calendar quarter during the Plan year in which the
              participant does not make deferral contributions to the Plan.
              Participants are eligible to make deferral contributions after
              three months of service (1 year of service for part-time
              employees). Participants may elect to make deferral contributions
              of between 2% and 15% of their base compensation payments.
              After-tax contributions are not permitted.

       (c)    VESTING

              A participant's rights in his or her account shall be fully vested
              and nonforfeitable at all times.

       (d)    PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

              Distributions from the Plan are paid by the trustee in lump sum
              amounts, annuities or installments upon a participant's
              retirement, termination of employment, death, or permanent and
              total disability. The distribution to a participant is equal to
              the benefit that can be provided from the participant's account.
              With respect to that portion of a participant's account invested
              in whole or in part in Quebecor World Inc. ("Quebecor") stock,
              payment may be made at the election of the participant, either in
              cash or in stock of Quebecor.




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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 1999 and 1998




       (e)    PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS

              Each participant account is credited with the participant's
              contributions and an allocation of the Company's contribution and
              Plan earnings.

              Participants may elect to invest their existing account balances
              and future contributions in one or more of the following eight
              investment funds offered under the Plan by Connecticut General
              Life Insurance Company ("CIGNA"):

              o   CIGNA Charter Guaranteed Government Securities Fund, which
                  invests in short-term guaranteed government securities;

              o   Fidelity  Advisor  Growth  Opportunities  Fund with CIGNA,
                  which invests in Fidelity  Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund;

              o   The CIGNA Charter Guaranteed Long-Term Fund, which is a
                  benefit-responsive investment contract with CIGNA. The
                  crediting interest rate was 6.5% and 6.8% for the years ended
                  December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The Fund invests in
                  debt securities;

              o   Westfield Capital Balanced Fund, which invests in equity
                  securities of companies whose earnings growth is projected to
                  exceed the earnings growth of the S&P 500 Index companies;

              o   CIGNA Charter Large Company Stock Index Fund, which invests in
                  equity securities of companies in the S&P 500 Index;

              o   Janus Worldwide Fund with CIGNA, which invests in the Janus
                  Worldwide Fund;

              o   CIGNA Small Company  Stock-Growth  Fund,  which  invests in
                  common and preferred  stock of small U.S. companies; and

              o   Quebecor World Inc. Stock Fund, which invests in the common
                  stock of Quebecor World Inc.

              The funds are held in trust by CG Trust Company, as a trustee of
              the Plan, except for the Westfield Capital Balanced Fund, which is
              held in a second trust by CTC Illinois Trust Company, as a trustee
              of the Plan.

       (f)    PARTICIPANT LOANS

              Active participants may borrow from their Plan account balances.
              The maximum loan available generally is the lesser of (i) $50,000,
              reduced by the participant's highest outstanding loan balance in
              the twelve months preceding the date of the loan, or (ii) 50% of
              the participant's account balance.




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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 1999 and 1998



              Each loan shall bear interest at a rate of prime plus 1%.
              Repayment of the loan must be made over a period not to exceed
              five years. However, a loan which is for the purchase of a primary
              residence may be requested for a reasonable period of time that
              may exceed five years, but may not exceed ten years.

       (g)    PLAN TERMINATION

              The Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its
              contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the
              provisions set forth in ERISA.


(2)    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

       (a)    BASIS OF PRESENTATION

              The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the
              accrual basis of accounting in conformity with generally accepted
              accounting principles.

       (b)    INVESTMENT VALUATION AND INCOME RECOGNITION

              Investments are carried at fair value as determined by quoted
              market prices. Investments in investment contracts are stated at
              contract value as reported by CIGNA. The principal and interest
              are fully guaranteed by the Insurance Company and is therefore a
              fully benefit responsive investment contract. As such, the
              contract is presented at contract value. Purchases and sales of
              securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is
              recorded when earned. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend
              date.

              In September 1999, the American Institute of Certified Public
              Accountants issued Statement of Position 99-3, "Accounting for and
              Reporting of Certain Defined Contribution Plan Investments and
              Other Disclosure Matters" (SOP 99-3). SOP 99-3 simplifies the
              disclosure for certain investments and is effective for Plan years
              ending after December 15, 1999 with earlier application
              encouraged. The Plan adopted SOP 99-3 effective for the Plan year
              ended December 31, 1999. Accordingly, information previously
              required to be disclosed about participant-directed fund
              investment programs are not presented in the Plan's 1999 financial
              statements. The Plan's 1998 financial statements have been
              restated to conform with the 1999 presentation.

       (c)    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

              The Plan is administered by the Company and substantially all
              administrative services and other normal requirements of the Plan
              are provided by the Company at no cost to the Plan.




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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 1999 and 1998



       (d)    USE OF ESTIMATES

              The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
              generally accepted accounting principles requires the Plan
              administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
              reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
              contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
              statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases
              during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
              those estimates.

       (e)    PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

              Benefits are recorded when paid.


(3)    INVESTMENTS

       Investments held by the Plan as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 are
summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         1999                  1998
                                                                                   -----------------     ----------------
<S>                                                                                <C>                     <C>
         Investments at fair value:
             Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund                            $   49,653,675*         $ 55,277,061*
             Westfield Capital Balanced Fund                                           20,599,058*           20,020,200*
             CIGNA Charter Guaranteed Government Securities
                  Fund                                                                  4,300,438*            4,458,614
             CIGNA Charter Large Company Stock Index Fund                              34,900,762*           29,728,990*
             Janus Worldwide Fund                                                      11,078,865*            1,993,445
             CIGNA Small Company Stock-Growth Fund                                      2,498,278               736,292
             Quebecor World Inc. Stock Fund                                               700,666               122,528
                                                                                   -----------------     ----------------

                                                                                      123,731,742           112,337,130
                                                                                   -----------------     ----------------

         Investments at contract value:
             CIGNA Charter Guaranteed Long-Term Fund                                   71,429,221*           66,773,252*
                                                                                   -----------------     ----------------

         Participants' loans                                                           11,881,911*           10,575,848*
                                                                                   -----------------     ----------------

                           Total investments                                       $  207,042,874        $  189,686,230
                                                                                   =================     ================
</TABLE>

       *   This investment represents five percent or more of the Plan's net
           assets available for benefits at the end of the Plan year.




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                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 1999 and 1998


       The net realized and unrealized gain on investments for 1999 and 1998 was
       $15,731,058 and $19,614,343, respectively. Investment income earned on
       investments for 1999 and 1998 was $4,449,959 and $4,303,423,
       respectively. Interest income earned on participant loans for 1999 and
       1998 was $871,741 and $726,499, respectively.


(4)    INCOME TAX STATUS

       A determination letter was obtained from the Internal Revenue Service
       dated October 16, 1995 stating that the Plan and its underlying trust
       qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code")
       and, therefore, are exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a)
       of the Code. The Plan has been amended since then. However, in the
       opinion of the Company's management, the Plan and its underlying trust
       have operated within the terms of the Plan and remain qualified under
       the applicable provisions of the Code.

(5)    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

       Certain Plan investments represent ownership of commingled funds
       managed by CIGNA. CIGNA is the trustee as defined by the Plan,
       and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest
       transactions. In addition, the Plan invests in the common stock of
       Quebecor World Inc. through the Quebecor World Inc. Stock Fund
       as well as participant loans. These transactions qualify as
       party-in-interest transactions.



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                                                                      SCHEDULE 1


                   QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN

                 Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes

                                December 31, 1999


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

            (b) IDENTITY OF ISSUE, BORROWER,                 (c)  DESCRIPTION                         (e)  CURRENT
(a)              lessor or similar party                         OF INVESTMENT                              VALUE
      ----------------------------------------------         ------------------------               -----------------
<S>                                                                                                 <C>
 *    Connecticut General Life Insurance
          Company                                            Fidelity Equity Fund                   $     49,653,675

      Continental Trust Company                              Westfield Capital
                                                                Balanced Fund                             20,599,058

 *    Connecticut General Life Insurance
          Company                                            S&P 500 Stock Index Fund                     34,900,762

 *    Connecticut General Life
          Insurance Company                                  Fixed Income Fund                            71,429,221

 *    Connecticut General Life Insurance                     Guaranteed Government
          Company                                               Secured Fund                               4,300,438

 *    Connecticut General Life Insurance
          Company                                            Janus Worldwide Fund                         11,078,865

 *    Connecticut General Life Insurance                     Small Company Stock
          Company                                                -Growth Fund                              2,498,278

 *    National Financial Services                            Quebecor World Inc. common
          Corporation                                             stock                                      700,666

 *    Participants' loans                                    Participants' loans at interest
                                                                rates ranging between
                                                                7.5% and 9.5% maturing
                                                                between 1/1/99 and
                                                                12/31/07                                  11,881,911
                                                                                                    ----------------
                                                                                                    $    207,042,874
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</TABLE>


*    Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.


See accompanying independent auditors' report.


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the trustee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.


                                    QUEBECOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION SAVINGS PLAN




DATE:  June 27, 2000                 BY: /s/ Shari Davidson
                                     --------------------------------
                                     Shari Davidson
                                     PLAN ADMINISTRATOR



























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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


To the Plan Administrator of
Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(No. 333-8870) on Form S-8 of the Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan
of our report dated June 26, 2000 relating to the statements of net assets
available for benefits, as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then
ended, and the related schedule; which report appears in the December 31,
1999 Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings
Plan.


KPMG LLP

New York, New York
June 26, 2000


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