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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K
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                ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. Commission file number 1-8014.

                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Ontario, Canada                                    98-0154502
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(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                          Identification No.)

1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada               M5X 1G5
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      (Address of principal executive offices)              (Postal Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (416) 364-2600
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of Each Class             Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
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  Common Shares                       New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Without Par Value

The common shares without par value of Moore Corporation Limited are also listed
on The Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                      NONE
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                               (Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. YES X  NO
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference, in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K. [X]

The aggregate market value of the voting common shares without par value held by
non-affiliates of the registrant as computed by reference to the closing price
on the New York Stock Exchange on February 15, 2000 was $480,984,611.

The number of common shares without par value outstanding as of February 15,
2000 was 88,456,940.


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                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED
                                    FORM 10-K

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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1.     Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended                                                 Parts I, II and
       December 31, 1999.  With the exception of those                                                  IV
       portions which are incorporated by reference into
       this Form 10-K, the Annual Report is not deemed to
       be filed.

2.     Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement dated March 15, 2000                         Part III
       for the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April
       28, 2000.

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                              CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

       This Annual Report on Form 10-K, contains statements relating to the
       future results of the Corporation (including certain anticipated,
       planned, forecasted, expected, targeted and estimated results and certain
       matters discussed in Part I, Item I - Business and in Part II, Item 7 -
       Management's Discussion and Analysis, Results of Operations and Financial
       Condition) that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the U.S.
       Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned
       not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and any
       such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by
       reference to the following cautionary statements. All forward-looking
       statements speak only as of the date hereof and are based on current
       expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties
       that could cause the actual results to differ materially from such
       forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such material
       differences include, without limitation, the following: the successful
       completion of the restructuring program announced in 1998 within the
       timeframe anticipated to execute the respective restructuring actions and
       achieving the associated benefits, the successful implementation of the
       Enterprise Resource Planning system within anticipated time frames and
       achieving associated benefits, the effects of paper price fluctuations,
       successful execution of key strategies (including the digital and
       Internet strategies), maintenance of growth rates in Customer
       Communication Services businesses, the impact of currency fluctuations in
       the countries in which the Corporation operates, general economic and
       other factors beyond the Corporation's control, and other assumptions,
       risks and uncertainties described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and
       from time to time in the Corporation's periodic filings with Securities
       Regulators.


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                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED
                                FORM 10-K - 1999

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I          Item        1     Business                                                4
                            2     Properties                                             11
                            3     Legal Proceedings                                      12
                            4     Submission of Matters to a Vote of                     12
                                  Security Holders

PART II         Item        5     Market for Registrant's Common Stock                   13
                                  and Related Stockholder Matters
                            6     Selected Financial Data                                13
                            7     Management's Discussion and Analysis of                13
                                  Results of Operations and Financial
                                  Condition

                            7A    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures               13
                                  About Market Risk

                            8     Financial Statements and Supplementary                 13
                                  Data
                            9     Changes in and Disagreements with                      13
                                  Accountants on Accounting and Financial
                                  Disclosure

PART III        Item       10     Directors and Executive Officers of the
                                  Registrant                                             14
                           11     Executive Compensation                                 16
                           12     Security Ownership of Management                       16
                           13     Certain Relationships and Related                      17
                                  Transactions

PART IV         Item       14     Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules                18
                                  and Reports on Form 8-K

                                  SIGNATURES                                             19

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NOTE:           Unless  otherwise  indicated by the designation  "Canadian" or
                "Cdn.",  all dollar amounts in this Form are expressed in United
                States currency.


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                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED
                                 FORM 10-K- 1999

                                     PART I

ITEM 1  BUSINESS

a)     GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS

Moore Corporation Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Ontario, Canada, together with its subsidiaries, referred to herein as Moore
or the Corporation, was established in 1882. At December 31, 1999, Moore had
approximately 15,800 employees worldwide.

Moore is a leading international provider of products and services that help
companies communicate through print and digital technologies. As a leading
supplier of document formatted information, print outsourcing and data based
marketing, Moore designs, manufactures and delivers business communication
products, services and solutions to customers.

Moore operates in two distinct, but complementary market segments: (1) Forms,
Print Management and Related Products which includes Labels and Label Systems
and (2) Customer Communication Services ("CCS"), which includes personalized
direct mail, statement printing and database management. Moore operates on a
decentralized strategic business unit basis within each geographical segment.
In order to better serve customer needs for sales and marketing, Moore also
specializes by industry segment and process application. As of December 31,
1999, the Corporation operated in the following operating segments: (1) Moore
North America, (2) CCS United States, (3) Europe and (4) Latin America. With
the 1998 divestment of the Australasian business and the commencement of the
liquidation process of the China joint ventures, the Asia Pacific operating
segment, which existed in 1998, no longer exists in 1999. For the year ended
December 31, 1999, Moore derived approximately 86% of its revenues from North
America.

Moore is committed to growth. A key element of accomplishing this strategy is
internal development or external purchase of leading-edge technologies. For
1999, research and development expenditures totaled $23 million, compared to
$27 million in 1998 and $30 million in 1997. In the business document arena,
development expenditures were focused on continuing to improve our
market-leading pressure seal-mailers, new label constructions, and growing
our print-on-demand offerings. For the high speed digital printing business,
a new workflow was introduced in our direct marketing business, and a number
of new, higher print quality offerings were introduced that improved the
product appearance and supported new, higher information density bar codes.
For Internet-based applications, the Corporation focused on development of
seamless fulfillment for digital print and communication products, as well as
systems that provide flexible, cost efficient management of forms and
documents that are easily accessible to end users. In 2000, Moore expects to
invest approximately $25 million for research and development.

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       RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

       In the third quarter of 1998, the Board of Directors approved a
       restructuring program as part of the Corporation's continuing initiative
       to enhance Moore's competitive position in its Forms business and to
       strengthen its long-term prospects for profitable growth. The
       restructuring program is the first step in a comprehensive plan to
       substantially improve the Corporation's cost structure and enhance
       shareholder value and profitability. Accordingly, a pre-tax restructuring
       charge of $630 million was recorded in the third quarter of 1998. During
       the fourth quarters of 1998 and 1999, the restructuring provision was
       reduced by $15 million and $68 million respectively. After tax, the
       impact of the restructuring charge on the 1998 statement of earnings was
       $531 million or $6.00 per share. In 1999, the after tax impact of the
       restructuring charge reversal was $48 million or $0.55 per share.
       Included in the net charge were costs related to the following actions
       and activities:

       ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRATION ($122 MILLION). This action covers the
       integration of the sales and marketing, and logistics and manufacturing
       operations in North America. Included in the restructuring charge are
       costs associated with upgrading administrative and transaction processing
       systems to improve efficiency and responsiveness in the order-to-delivery
       cycle, and the creation of a shared services organization involving
       finance, procurement, human resources, communications, information
       technology and research and development resulting in workforce
       reductions.

       NON-STRATEGIC ASSET ELIMINATION ($322 MILLION). The restructuring
       includes the sale of certain international and North American businesses
       and a revaluation of goodwill related to certain acquisitions.

       MANUFACTURING RATIONALIZATION ($103 MILLION). The Corporation is
       consolidating Forms manufacturing operations across North America and
       internationally, and ceasing production of certain unprofitable products
       which resulted in the closure of 10 manufacturing facilities, primarily
       in North America. In addition, the print centers in the United States and
       Canada will be integrated into the North American manufacturing and
       logistics organization.

       Costs associated with the restructuring plan included non-cash costs of
       $358 million, and cash costs of $189 million, which will be funded
       through normal operations and borrowings. Included in the restructuring
       program are charges associated with the divestiture of certain
       international and North American businesses, and the write-down of
       goodwill and property, plant and equipment. The asset write-downs of
       $221 million for goodwill and other assets and $137 million for property,
       plant and equipment represent mainly a revaluation made for selective
       acquisitions and property, plant and equipment, primarily to be
       abandoned, under the Moore North America operating segment.


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       The restructuring charge includes amounts to be paid in cash of
       $189 million. Cash costs include mainly severance and termination
       benefits of $107 million to be paid to employees. Other cash costs of
       $82 million include costs for lease terminations, service contract
       buyouts and other obligations. Future payments for severance and
       termination benefits are expected to be funded through normal
       operations and borrowings.

       Actions under the restructuring program commenced in the third quarter
       of 1998 and are expected to be completed in the year 2001. The majority
       of the restructuring actions were executed in 1999. By reducing
       manufacturing capacity and overhead costs, the Corporation expects to
       generate annual savings of $120 million by the year 2001.

       RESTRUCTURING ACTIONS COMPLETED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1998

       The Corporation was successful in completing certain actions during 1998,
       especially in relation to the European and Australasia Forms businesses
       which were exited on more favorable terms than initially anticipated, and
       actual and planned workforce reductions at a lower cost. On August 1,
       1998, the Corporation disposed of its European Forms business resulting
       in a pre-tax loss of $85 million, of which $44 million was provided for
       in the 1998 restructuring charge, and $41 million was provided for in
       1997. The Australian and New Zealand businesses were divested on
       December 30, 1998 resulting in a pre-tax loss of $42 million which was
       fully provided for in the restructuring provision. In the fourth quarter
       of 1998, the Corporation initiated steps to liquidate its joint ventures
       in China at an estimated loss of $8 million as provided for in the
       restructuring provision.

       In the last six months of 1998, the Corporation undertook substantial
       steps to complete the integration of its sales and marketing, and
       logistics and manufacturing operations in North America, resulting in the
       consolidation of 10 operating units into one business. The creation of
       the North American shared services functions began, including the process
       of streamlining administrative functions. The Corporation closed two
       plants in North America, eliminated numerous management positions in its
       North America Forms and Labels operations, and commenced other workforce
       delayering actions. The employee base was reduced by approximately 2,900
       people by December 1998 due to the impact of the divestitures
       contemplated by the restructuring plan (2,600 employees), plant closures
       and other workforce reduction actions.

       RESTRUCTURING ACTIONS COMPLETED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999

       The Corporation completed a number of restructuring actions in 1999
       including in the closure of five manufacturing facilities, bringing the
       total number of plant closures in North America to seven. Since July
       1999, the Corporation started the process of closing and integrating its
       warehouses and U.S. print centers into a new manufacturing organization.
       Other actions in North America during 1999 included the consolidation of
       the Canadian and U.S. sales and administrative offices, the
       implementation of a shared services organization, and the continuation


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       of workforce delayering actions. In Europe, the Corporation has
       substantially completed the consolidation of its manufacturing facilities
       in France and has finalized the liquidation of a joint venture
       investment. Since the restructuring program began, the employee base has
       been reduced by approximately 3,900 people by December 1999 due to
       divestitures contemplated by the restructuring plan (2,600 employees),
       plant closures and other workforce reduction actions.

       The successful completion of several restructuring actions within all
       three noted action areas (Organizational Integration, Non-Strategic Asset
       Elimination and Manufacturing Rationalization) at lower than anticipated
       costs and the current forecast for outstanding actions have resulted in
       the Corporation reversing $68 million of charges under the 1998
       restructuring program during the fourth quarter of 1999. These activities
       included the sale of certain North American businesses, the favorable
       settlement of claims related to the disposition of the European and
       Australasia Forms businesses and the negotiation of costs to exit
       customer contracts and lease agreements at more favorable terms than
       originally planned. The reversal also reflects decisions made by
       management, during the fourth quarter, to maintain some businesses that
       were originally earmarked for disposal. Gains on disposals have been
       credited to the restructuring provision to the extent that an impairment
       loss was classified as restructuring in the original provision.

       The carrying value of remaining assets held for disposal as at
       December 31, 1999 is $9 million. Results of operations related to assets
       held for disposal at December 31, 1999 are sales of $39 million ($46
       million in 1998) and losses from operations of $1 million in 1999 ($2
       million in 1998). Severance and termination benefits charged in 1999 and
       1998 relate mainly to capacity rationalization, organizational delayering
       and other workforce reduction actions. During 1999, approximately
       $17 million (1998 - $13 million) of severance and termination benefits
       were paid out to employees.

b)     FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS

       Operating and geographical segment definitions and financial information
       for the three years ended December 31, 1999 are presented in Note 20 of
       the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 43 through 46 of
       the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders and are
       incorporated herein by reference.

c)     NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

       Products and Services

       Moore serves the business communication needs of corporations,
       governments and other enterprises through primarily two industry
       segments: (1) Forms, Labels and Related Products and (2) CCS. Moore
       manages the products and services offered through four different
       operating segments: Moore North America, CCS United States, Latin America
       and Europe. Due to dispositions made in 1998, the Asia Pacific


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       operating segment, which existed in 1998 and prior, no longer exists in
       1999.

       Forms, Labels and Related Products include a comprehensive line of forms
       and services that are both paper-based and electronic-based. The forms
       and labels business represented 69% of Moore's revenues of $2.4 billion
       in 1999 (1998 - 72% of revenues of $2.7 billion). It encompasses custom
       business forms and equipment, print management outsourcing, commercial
       printing, on-demand and data based publishing, facilities management,
       pressure seal mailing services, pressure sensitive labels, linerless
       labels, variable image bar codes, integrated forms/labels combinations
       and electronic forms.

       Moore North America and the Latin American businesses each provide
       predominantly forms and label products and services, while Europe
       provides only CCS products and services.

       The CCS businesses represented 31% of total revenue in 1999 (1998 - 28%).
       The principal operations are conducted through Business Communication
       Services ("BCS") and Response Marketing Services ("RMS"). Included in the
       RMS group are RMS and Phoenix Group in the United States, RMS in
       Continental Europe and Colleagues Direct Marketing in the United Kingdom.

       BCS services include statement re-engineering and printing, image and
       mail outsourcing, compliance mailings and prepaid calling cards. BCS
       accesses, selects and formats customer information and supplies
       appropriate marketing-oriented output, which is either paper-based or
       electronic. BCS uses proprietary Moore technology to provide
       cost-effective product and service offerings.

       RMS in the United States and Europe uses proprietary Moore technology to
       create, produce and manage effective personalized direct marketing
       programs. Phoenix Group is a database marketing organization that
       provides research, database expertise, customer relationship management
       and teleservicing services. Colleagues Direct Marketing is the largest
       independent direct marketing services firm in the U.K. It offers a
       variety of services from total campaign outsourcing services to large
       scale personalized promotional printing.

       Competition

       The Corporation derives 76% (1998 - 69%) of its revenue from the United
       States marketplace with sales in Forms, Print Management and Related
       Products representing the largest component of its United States revenue.

       The business forms industry in the United States is going through a
       period of consolidation. There are 15 to 20 national forms companies of
       which Standard Register, Reynolds & Reynolds, and Wallace Computer
       Services Inc. in addition to Moore, are the largest. Other key
       competitors are Willamette, Corporate Express and Workflow Management.
       Moore believes the top seven companies have in total approximately 42%


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       (1998 - 42%) of the market in comparison to Moore's estimated 14% market
       share in 1999 (1998 - 14%). In addition, there are approximately 500
       smaller companies organized on a regional and local basis.

       There are approximately 675 manufacturing plants in the United States
       serving the marketplace.

       The industry is very competitive with customers focused on increasing
       their revenue, controlling expenses and managing assets more effectively.
       Moore's strategy, in line with this environment, is to provide integrated
       management of all business documents - both paper and digital - and the
       services that support these documents and programs throughout their life
       cycle.

       In 1999, the United States business forms industry, including pressure
       sensitive labels and form/label combinations, sold approximately $11.5
       billion of products, approximately the same as 1998. Industry sales are
       expected to show slight growth in 2000, as new products are introduced
       and new markets entered. The traditional United States forms marketplace
       is experiencing competition from commercial printing markets, label
       manufacturers, office products suppliers, and direct mail production
       companies as well as service bureaus. The trends in the marketplace are
       toward electronic commerce, integrated business communications
       management; shorter production runs; the logical extension of forms into
       direct mail and other targeted communications; and the conversion of most
       business information to digital format including changing what is printed
       as well as quantity, method and frequency of printing.

       Raw Material

       Paper continues to be the most significant item of raw material. The
       Corporation has long standing business relationships with critical paper
       manufacturers. The paper marketplace underwent three price increases in
       1999 (year over year in excess of 35% increase in our predominant grades
       of paper that form the primary base of our production) resulting from a
       bullish marketplace. Without any new supply capacity expected in the
       future coupled by a fear of the unknown Year 2000 impacts, demand was
       firm throughout 1999. Imports had minimal impact on pricing, as they were
       not a major force in 1999.

       Intellectual Property

       Moore, through years of research and commercialization, has developed a
       proprietary portfolio of intellectual property consisting of patents,
       trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Since its founding, Moore has
       recognized the importance of intellectual property and is continually
       working to develop new technologies to provide additional value to its
       customers.

       Moore currently holds approximately 2,477 patents and applications
       throughout the world with about 410 patents in the United States. Moore's
       technology is constantly evolving and innovation remains


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       important with some 975 currently pending patent applications on file.
       Moore holds patents for Intelligent Imaging(R) applications, the ability
       to print variable data either alone or in combination with fixed field
       formats, pressure sensitive products, such as labels and including
       proprietary laminate products, pressure seal configurations and form
       constructions, used in self-mailer applications particularly in
       compliance and financial reporting, forms handling and processing
       equipment, automated systems, for electronic forms and print on demand,
       printing solutions, including electrostatic imaging and ink jet, as well
       as the more conventional business products which help our customers
       effectively manage their continually changing business needs.

       Moore endeavors to provide customers with leading edge technology. Also
       in 1999, the Corporation realized more than four million dollars in
       benefit from the licensing of the Corporation's technology and settlement
       of pending litigation.

       Moore's proprietary information handling products continue to offer
       advantages. The Corporation's traditional base of business forms has been
       modified and enhanced to meet the challenges of today's high speed
       printing applications. Form/label combinations continue to grow as
       product solutions in many areas, such as bar coding applications.
       Recently, Moore focused its developmental efforts on radio frequency
       identification products ("RFID"). RFID labels allow for more efficient
       tracking of tagged items thereby reducing process and handling costs.
       Linerless label technology is continuing to grow in its acceptance and
       supplanting the more conventional pressure sensitive products
       particularly in environmentally sensitive areas. Moore's pressure seal
       technology provides customers with an innovative way to reduce cycle time
       and improve document processing while maintaining the integrity of the
       mailers and indicating potential tampering. Moore has commenced a number
       of patent infringement actions and has successfully settled two lawsuits
       in connection with this effort.

       In its CCS businesses, Moore recently obtained several new patents
       related to imaging. Systems such as the XL Data System and PC
       Configuration allow serially connected printers to produce highly
       personalized and variable documents. These systems allow the user to
       merge text and graphics while simultaneously performing print commands at
       full printer speed. The proprietary MIPS system enables the user to
       selectively apply coloured graphics along with variable text. Moore is
       currently developing a new generation data system that is expected to
       enable customers to supply text graphics and image files directly to the
       Corporation's paper and electronic output processes without modification.
       Moore is actively pursuing a number of Internet based solutions to match
       its emerging e-business strategy.

       Moore has currently about 210 Registered US Trademarks with about 1300
       registered worldwide. In connection with Moore's widely perceived brand
       recognition in the industry, a number of trademark oppositions have been
       commenced to prohibit the use of the Moore name or phonetic equivalents
       in Moore's field of endeavor.


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       Moore actively pursues copyright protection for its form and stationery
       products to prevent copycat production by competitors. In addition, Moore
       utilizes copyright protection for certain software and firmware
       developments.

       Backlog

       At December 31, 1999, the backlog of firm customer orders to be handled
       in the next 120 days was approximately $115 million. ($127 million at
       December 31, 1998). The Corporation has also built a backlog of
       approximately $1.6 billion of multi-year contracts for print management.

       Working Capital

       Short-term securities, accounts receivables and inventory comprise
       substantially all of the working capital in the Corporation.

       In North America, the Corporation sells its products and services
       principally on a "net 30 days" basis, which is the standard industry
       payment term. For the Corporation's other subsidiaries the payment terms
       are standard within their business segment and country.

       Raw material inventory is mainly paper and is comprised of externally
       purchased plain paper and a combination of internally converted
       carbonless and carbonized paper. Raw material on hand as of December 31,
       1999 and December 31, 1998 was 1.1 months and 1.0 months, respectively.

       Finished goods inventory is comprised principally of orders
       custom-manufactured for customers under forms management agreements under
       which the forms are released to the customers over a set period of time.
       The cost of warehousing and financing these inventories is included with
       the price of the products. The finished goods inventory was 65% of total
       inventory at December 31, 1999 (December 31, 1998 - 64%).

       Employees

       At December 31, 1999, the Corporation employed 15,812 employees (December
       31, 1998 - 17,135).

       ITEM 2  PROPERTIES

       The operations of the Corporation are carried on in 10.9 million square
       feet of manufacturing, administrative, warehouse, sales offices and
       research space. This is a slight increase from 1998 space of 10.8 million
       square feet. The increase is attributable to the actions brought upon by
       the restructuring plan. The plan has resulted in the closure of many
       manufacturing and administrative locations but these locations are still
       included in the total figures until they are sublet or sold.


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       The following table summarizes the manufacturing and administrative space
       of the Corporation at December 31, 1999:

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       United States   -owned                       29
                       -leased                      26
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       Canada          -owned                        4
                       -leased                       4
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                                                     8                                      690
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       Other Countries -owned                       15
                       -leased                      12
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                                                    27                                    1,599
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       Total Manufacturing                          90                                    6,595
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       Administrative Locations
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                       -owned                         6
                       -leased                       24
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       Total Administrative                          30                                   1,356
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       In addition to the above listed properties, the Corporation maintains
       warehouse facilities and sales offices, most of which are leased.

       The Corporation's facilities have been well maintained and, with a few
       exceptions in the overseas subsidiaries, are believed to conform to
       modern industrial standards in their respective locations. At December
       31, 1999, 83.4% of the total square footage was utilized. The utilization
       rate is affected by the existence of empty plants resulting from the
       restructuring actions as mentioned above. These locations comprise 1.1
       million square feet or 10.25% of the total square footage mentioned
       above.

       ITEM 3  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

       At December 31, 1999, certain lawsuits and other claims were pending
       against the Corporation. While the outcome of these matters is subject to
       future resolution, management's evaluation and analysis of such matters
       indicates that, individually and in the aggregate, the probable ultimate
       resolution of such matters will not have a materially adverse effect on
       the financial position or results of operations of the Corporation.

       ITEM 4  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

       There were no matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the
       Corporation during the fourth quarter of 1999.


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                                     PART II

       ITEM 5  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED
               STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

       The information regarding the market for and dividends on the common
       shares without par value of the Corporation and related security holder
       matters appears on page 56 of the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual
       Report to Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference. As of
       February 15, 2000, there were 5,005 record holders of the common shares
       without par value of the Corporation.

       ITEM 6  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

       The information regarding selected financial data for eleven years
       appears on pages 54 and 55 of the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual
       Report to Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

       ITEM 7  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
               AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

       Management's discussion and analysis of results of operations and
       financial condition appears on pages 8 to 25 of the Moore Corporation
       Limited 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders and is incorporated herein by
       reference.

       ITEM 7A  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

       The information appearing under the caption "Market Risk" on pages 22 to
       24 of the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders is
       incorporated herein by reference.

       ITEM 8  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

       The consolidated financial statements of the Corporation, which are
       incorporated herein by reference, are described in the accompanying Index
       to Financial Statements and Schedule on page F-1. The Corporation's
       Selected Quarterly Financial Data for the two years ended December 31,
       1999 appears on page 54 of the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual
       Report to Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

       ITEM 9  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
               ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

       There were no disagreements with the independent accountants on
       accounting and financial disclosure.


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                                    PART III

       ITEM 10 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

       The information regarding the Directors of the Corporation appears on
       pages 3 to 5 of the Management Information Circular and Proxy Statement
       for the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April
       28, 2000 and is incorporated herein by reference.

       EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

       Name                              Age         Positions Held During Last Five Years
       ----                              ---         -------------------------------------
       <S>                               <C>         <C>
       Thomas E. Kierans                  59         Chairman of the Board since  October,  1997; and Chairman and
                                                     CEO,  Canadian  Institute  for  Advanced  Research;  prior to
                                                     September,   1999  Mr.   Kierans  was   President  and  Chief
                                                     Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute.

       W. Ed Tyler                        47         President  and Chief  Executive  Officer  since April,  1998;
                                                     prior  thereto,  Mr. Tyler held various  positions  with R.R.
                                                     Donnelley & Sons  Company;  most  recently  he was  Executive
                                                     Vice President.

       Thomas J. McKiernan                61         Executive Vice President since April,  1998; between October,
                                                     1997 and April,  1998,  Mr.  McKiernan was Vice President and
                                                     Interim CEO, Moore Corporation  Limited and President,  Moore
                                                     Customer Communication Services;  between September, 1995 and
                                                     October,  1997,  Mr.  McKiernan  was  Vice  President,  Moore
                                                     Corporation    Limited   and   President,    Moore   Customer
                                                     Communication  Services;  prior  thereto,  Mr.  McKiernan was
                                                     President, Moore Response Marketing Services.

       James B. Currie                    51         Senior Vice President,  Business  Development  since January,
                                                     l999; between September,  l996 and December,  l998 Mr. Currie
                                                     was  President,  J.B  Consulting;  between  March,  1995  and
                                                     August,   1996  Mr.  Currie  was  Executive  Vice  President,
                                                     General  Counsel  and  Secretary  of Chicago  Title and Trust
                                                     Company;   prior  thereto  Mr.  Currie  was  Executive   Vice
                                                     President,   General   Counsel   and   Secretary   of  Heller
                                                     Financial, Inc.

       Michael S. Rousseau                41         Senior Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer since May,
                                                     1999;  prior to May, 1999 Mr. Rousseau was Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer of Silcorp Limited.


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<PAGE>

<CAPTION>

       Name                              Age         Positions Held During Last Five Years
       ----                              ---         -------------------------------------
       <S>                               <C>         <C>
       Patrick T. Brong                   55         Vice  President  of Moore  and  President  of  Logistics  and
                                                     Operations,  Moore North  America since July,  1998;  between
                                                     November, 1997 and June, 1998 Mr. Brong was President,  Moore
                                                     North  America;  between April,  1995 and October,  1997, Mr.
                                                     Brong  was  Vice  President-  Manufacturing,  Moore  Document
                                                     Solutions;  prior  thereto,  Mr.  Brong was Vice  President -
                                                     Manufacturing, Moore Canada.

       Sieg E. Buck                       50         Vice  President,  Moore  Corporation  Limited and  President,
                                                     Sales and Marketing,  Moore North  America,  Inc. since July,
                                                     1998;  between  October,  1997 and July,  1998,  Mr. Buck was
                                                     President,  Integrated Customer Solutions;  prior to October,
                                                     1997  Mr.  Buck was  President,  Image  Management  Services;
                                                     between  January,  1996  and  May,  1997  Mr.  Buck  was Vice
                                                     President,  Document Automation Systems;  prior thereto,  Mr.
                                                     Buck was Group President, Bell Sports Corporation.

       Charles F. Canfield                50         Vice President,  Human Resources and Corporate Communications
                                                     since June  1998;  between  July,  1997 and June,  1998,  Mr.
                                                     Canfield was Vice  President,  Human Resources and President,
                                                     Moore  Canada;   prior   thereto,   Mr.   Canfield  was  Vice
                                                     President, Human Resources.

       Russell I. Johnson                 64         Vice President, Procurement.

       Robert M. Jones                    49         Vice President and Chief Information  Officer since December,
                                                     1997;   prior  to   December,   1997  Mr.   Jones  was  Chief
                                                     Information Officer of Whirlpool   Corporation.

       John V. Laurie                     47         Vice  President and Treasurer  since January,  2000;  between
                                                     November,   1998  and  January,  2000  Mr.  Laurie  was  Vice
                                                     President  and  Treasurer  of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.;  between
                                                     February,  1998 and November,  1998 Mr. Laurie was an Analyst
                                                     at  RBC  Dominion  Securities;  between  December,  1996  and
                                                     February,  1998 Mr.  Laurie  was an  independent  consultant;
                                                     prior to December,  1996 Mr.  Laurie held  several  positions
                                                     with George Weston  Limited most  recently as Vice  President
                                                     of Pensions and Treasurer.


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<PAGE>

<CAPTION>

       Name                              Age         Positions Held During Last Five Years
       ----                              ---         -------------------------------------
       <S>                               <C>         <C>
       Peter F. Murphy                    44         Vice President and Controller  since  September,  1999; prior
                                                     to  September,   1999  Mr.  Murphy  was  Vice  President  and
                                                     Controller of R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.

       Robert Z. Slaughter                45         Vice  President  and General  Counsel  since  January,  1999;
                                                     between  April,  1997 and  December,  1998 Mr.  Slaughter was
                                                     Associate  General  Counsel;   prior  to  March,   1997,  Mr.
                                                     Slaughter held various positions with Ameritech  Corporation,
                                                     most  recently  as Vice  President  and  General  Counsel  of
                                                     Ameritech's custom business services unit.

       Joan M. Wilson                     44         Vice President and Secretary.

       James D. Wyner                     56         Vice  President,  Moore  Corporation  Limited and  President,
                                                     Peak  Technologies,   Inc.  since  January,  1998;  prior  to
                                                     January,  1998 Mr.  Wyner was  President,  Moore  Labels  and
                                                     Label  Systems  and  a  Vice  President,   Moore  Corporation
                                                     Limited;  prior to June,  1996,  Mr. Wyner was Executive Vice
                                                     President - Operations, Paxar Corporation.
</TABLE>

       ITEM 11 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

       The information regarding the Directors' and Executive Officers'
       compensation appears on pages 8 to 15 of the Management Information
       Circular and Proxy Statement for the Annual and Special Meeting of
       Shareholders to be held on April 28, 2000 and is incorporated herein by
       reference.

       ITEM 12 SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

       The information regarding the Security Ownership of the Directors and
       certain significant shareholders appears on pages 2 to 5 of the
       Management Information Circular and Proxy Statements for the Annual and
       Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 28, 2000 and is
       incorporated herein by reference.

       The following table shows the beneficial ownership of, or control or
       direction over, common shares of the Corporation as of February 15, 2000,
       by each of the Corporation's most highly compensated executive officers:


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                               Number of              Nature of
          Name                                  Shares                Beneficial Ownership       % of Class
          ----                                 ---------              --------------------       ----------
          <S>                                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>
          W.E. Tyler                             10,000(1)            Sole investment
                                                                      and voting power                 (*)

          T.J. McKiernan                          2,381(2)            Sole investment
                                                                      and voting power                 (*)

          S.E. Buck                                 306(3)            Sole investment                  (*)
                                                                      and voting power

          R. M. Jones                                 -(4)                   -                         (*)

          J.D. Wyner                                  -(5)                   -                         (*)

          M.S. Rousseau                           10,000              Sole investment
                                                                      and voting power                 (*)
</TABLE>

(*)    All officers and directors of the Corporation as a group beneficially own
       less than 1% of the outstanding common shares.

1      Mr. Tyler has stock options to acquire 329,506 common shares that are
       exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2000.

2      Mr. McKiernan has stock options to acquire 109,400 common shares that are
       exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2000.

3      Mr. Buck has stock options to acquire 15,000 common shares that are
       exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2000.

4      Mr. Jones has stock options to acquire 13,000 common shares that are
       exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2000.

5      Mr. Wyner has stock options to acquire 17,500 common shares that are
       exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2000.


       ITEM 13 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

       The information regarding Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
       appears on pages 16 to 17 of the Management Information Circular and
       Proxy Statement for the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be
       held on April 28, 2000 and is incorporated herein by reference.


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<PAGE>

ITEM 14    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

              Documents filed as part of the report.

      1, 2    Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

              See Index to Financial Statements and Schedule of Moore
              Corporation Limited on page F-1 which index is incorporated
              herein by reference.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

      3       Exhibit #     Description
              ---------     -----------
              <S>           <C>
              3(i)          Articles of Amalgamation dated January 1, 1993
                            (Previously filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for
                            the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, File I-8014
                            which is incorporated herein by reference.)

              3(ii)         Bylaw No. 1, as consolidated  text as of April 12,
                            1990 (Previously filed as Exhibit 3(g) to Form 10-K
                            for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1989, which
                            is incorporated herein by reference.)

              4(a)          Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan dated
                            March 3, 1994 (Previously filed as Exhibit 4(a) to
                            Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                            1993, which is incorporated herein by reference.)

              4(b)          Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated April 12,
                            1995 (Previously filed as Exhibit 1 to Form 8-K
                            dated April 27, 1995 which is incorporated herein by
                            reference.)

              11            Statement re computation of per share earnings

              13            Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended
                            December 31, 1999

              21            Subsidiaries of the registrant

              23            Consents of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP dated
                            February 17, 2000

       Reports on Form 8-K     No reports on Form 8-K were filed in the forth
                               quarter of the year ended December 31, 1999.
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                                  Moore Corporation Limited
                                  -------------------------
                                    (Registrant)

                           By:   s/b W.E. Tyler
                              --------------------------------------
                              W.E. Tyler, Director, President and
                              Chief Executive Officer



                           By:   s/b J.M. Wilson
                              --------------------------------------
                              J.M. Wilson, Vice President and Secretary


Dated:  February 17, 2000


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<PAGE>

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

  Signature                                 Title                                    Date
  ---------                                 -----                                    ----
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>
s/b T.E. Kierans                   Director and Chairman                     February 17, 2000
----------------                   of the Board
T.E. Kierans



s/b W.E. Tyler                     Director, President                       February 17, 2000
--------------                     and Chief Executive
W.E. Tyler                         Officer



s/b M.S. Rousseau                  Senior Vice President                     February 17, 2000
-----------------                  and Chief Financial
M.S. Rousseau                      Officer



s/b P.F. Murphy                    Vice President and                        February 17, 2000
---------------                    Controller
P.F. Murphy



s/b D.H. Burney                    Director                                  February 17, 2000
---------------
D.H. Burney



s/b S.A. Dawe                      Director                                  February 17, 2000
-------------
S.A. Dawe



s/b R.J. Lehmann                   Director                                  February 17, 2000
----------------
R.J. Lehmann



s/b J.R.S. Prichard                Director                                  February 17, 2000
-------------------
J.R.S. Prichard



s/b D.R. McCamus                   Director                                  February 17, 2000
----------------
D.R. McCamus


</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED

                   INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE

The Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 1999 and 1998, the
Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Retained Earnings and Cash Flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999, the Notes to
the Consolidated Financial Statements, together with the report thereon of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP dated February 17, 2000, appearing on pages 26 to
53 of the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders, are
incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. With the exception of the
aforementioned information and the information incorporated in Items 1, 5, 6,
7 and 8 of this Form 10-K, the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual Report
to Shareholders is not to be deemed filed as part of this report. The
financial statement schedule which follows should be read in conjunction with
the financial statements in the Moore Corporation Limited 1999 Annual Report
to Shareholders. Financial statement schedules not included have been omitted
because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the
financial statements or notes thereto.

Separate financial statements of associated companies accounted for by the
equity method have been omitted because the proportionate share of their
profit before income taxes and total assets of each company are less than 20%
of the respective consolidated amounts, and investments in such companies are
individually less than 20% of consolidated total assets of the Registrant.

The Report of Independent Accountants on the Financial Statement Schedule
appears on page F-2.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Financial Statement Schedule                                        Page
----------------------------                                        ----
<S>                                                                 <C>
II  Allowance for doubtful accounts                                 F-3

</TABLE>
                                       F-1
<PAGE>

                      REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ON

                          FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

To the Board of Directors of Moore Corporation Limited

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report
dated February 17, 2000 appearing on page 53 of the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Moore Corporation Limited, (which report and consolidated
financial statements are incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K) also
included an audit of the Financial Statement Schedule listed in the foregoing
index in this Form 10-K. In our opinion, the Financial Statement Schedule
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein
when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.





PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS



Toronto, Canada
February 17, 2000


                                       F-2
<PAGE>

                            MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED
                  SCHEDULE II - ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
          (Expressed in United States currency in thousands of dollars)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                          Additions
                     Balance at           Charged to
                     Beginning            Costs and           Deductions           Balance at
                      of Year              Expenses           (Note 1)             End of Year
                     ----------           ----------          ----------           -----------
<S>                  <C>                  <C>                 <C>                  <C>
1997                   9,311                 6,905              (6,254)               9,962

1998                   9,962                 7,115              (2,865)              14,212

1999                  14,212                 2,129              (2,417)              13,924

</TABLE>

Note 1 - Primarily write-offs, recoveries and foreign currency translation
adjustments.


                                        F-3