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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May&nbsp;26, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Bowne &#038; Co., Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">13-2618477</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Item
5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Item&nbsp;8.01 Other Events</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SIGNATURES</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;5.07</B></U><B>. </B><U><B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May&nbsp;26, 2010, Bowne &#038; Co., Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) held a special meeting of stockholders to vote
on (1)&nbsp;a proposal (&#147;Proposal I&#148;) to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#147;Merger
Agreement&#148;), dated as of February&nbsp;23, 2010, among the Company, R.R. Donnelley &#038; Sons Company, a
Delaware corporation and Snoopy Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of R.R. Donnelley &#038; Sons Company; and (2)&nbsp;a proposal (&#147;Proposal II&#148;) to adjourn the
special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are
insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to adopt the Merger Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There were 40,100,503 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding as of the record date for
the special meeting (April&nbsp;19, 2010). A quorum was present at the special meeting. Proposal I was
approved by the stockholders, with 73.9% of the outstanding shares eligible to vote voting &#147;FOR&#148;
adoption of the Merger Agreement. Because sufficient votes were received to pass Proposal I,
Proposal II was not voted upon at the special meeting. The voting results of Proposal I are as
follows:
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">Proposal I</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">For</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Against</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Adoption of Merger Agreement</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">29,642,948</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">484,271</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">65,466</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><u><B>Item&nbsp;8.01.</B></u> <u><B>Other Events.</B></u>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May&nbsp;26, 2010, the Company issued a press release in which the Company
announced that the stockholders of the Company voted to approve the Merger Agreement at a special meeting of the Company&#146;s stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><u><B>Item&nbsp;9.01.</B></u> <u><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></u><B>.</B>
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    <TD>Exhibits. The following exhibit is being filed herewith:</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bowne &#038; Co., Inc., Press Release dated May&nbsp;26, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>SIGNATURES</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Bowne &#038; Co., Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date: May 27, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Scott L. Spitzer&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR><TR>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott L. Spitzer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Bowne &#038; Co., Inc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;Index to Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K<BR>
Dated May&nbsp;27, 2010</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bowne &#038; Co., Inc., Press Release dated May&nbsp;26, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B>
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55 Water Street<br>
New York, NY 10041<br>
(212)&nbsp;924-5500<br>
Fax: (212)&nbsp;658-5871</TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Investor Relations Contact</B>:
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    <TD valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bryan Berndt
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Treasurer
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">212-658-5817
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><u>bryan.berndt@bowne.com</u>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><u>pamela.blum@bowne.com</u></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Bowne &#038; Co., Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval of Proposed Merger</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>NEW YORK, May&nbsp;26, 2010 </B>&#151;<B>Bowne &#038; Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE) </B>announced today that a majority of
Bowne&#146;s shareholders voted to approve the merger agreement providing for the merger of Bowne with
Snoopy Acquisition, Inc., an affiliate of R.R. Donnelley &#038; Sons Company. The number of votes cast
for approval of the merger agreement represented approximately 73.9% of the aggregate voting power
of the Company&#146;s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The parties continue to expect that the merger will be completed during the second half of 2010.
The closing of the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions,
including, without limitation, the obtaining of FTC approval under the HSR Act.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About Bowne</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Bowne provides shareholder and marketing communications services around the world. Dealmakers rely
on Bowne to handle critical capital markets communications with speed and accuracy. Compliance
professionals turn to Bowne to prepare and file regulatory and shareholder communications online
and in print. Investment managers and third party fund administrators count on Bowne&#146;s integrated
solutions to streamline their document processes and produce high quality communications for their
shareholders. Marketers look to Bowne to create and distribute customized, one-to-one
communications on demand. With 2,700 employees in 50 offices around the globe, Bowne has met the
ever-changing demands of its clients for more than 230&nbsp;years. For more information, please visit
www.bowne.com.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Use of Forward-Looking Statements</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This news release may contain &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; 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 of this news release 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. Such factors include, among others, unanticipated issues
associated with obtaining approvals to complete the transaction or other unexpected issues that
could impact the closing of the deal. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary
statements contained in each of RR Donnelley&#146;s and Bowne&#146;s filings with the SEC. Both RR Donnelley
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