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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;29, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-160631<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-109810
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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: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO<BR>
FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-160631<BR>
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO<BR>
FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-109810</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<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">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-2618477</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>55 Water Street<BR>
New York, New York<BR>
(212)&nbsp;924-5500</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Scott L. Spitzer, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
55 Water Street<BR>
New York, New York 10041<BR>
(212)&nbsp;658-5805</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: <B>Not Applicable.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)
other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective
amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities
pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These Post-Effective Amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3
(the &#147;Registration Statements&#148;), filed by Bowne &#038; Co., Inc. (&#147;Bowne&#148;) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Registration No.&nbsp;333-160631 filed on form S-3 on
July&nbsp;17, 2009, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration No.&nbsp;333-160631 filed on July&nbsp;31, 2009,
registering an indeterminate amount of debt and equity securities; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Registration No.&nbsp;333-109810 filed on form S-3 on
October&nbsp;17, 2003, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration No.&nbsp;333-109810 filed on December&nbsp;15, 2003,
registering 5.00% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
October&nbsp;1, 2033.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bowne entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February&nbsp;23, 2010 (the &#147;Merger
Agreement&#148;), by and among R.R. Donnelley &#038; Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (&#147;RRD&#148;), Snoopy
Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of RRD (&#147;Snoopy&#148;), and Bowne,
pursuant to which Snoopy merged with and into Bowne (the &#147;Merger&#148;), with Bowne surviving the Merger
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of RRD upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Merger Agreement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Merger became effective on November&nbsp;24, 2010.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the Merger, the offerings pursuant to the Registration Statements have been
terminated. The Registrant hereby removes from registration any of the securities registered under
the Registration Statements that remain unsold under the above listed Registration Statements as of
the filing date of these Post-Effective Amendments.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused these Post Effective Amendments to the Registration
Statements described above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on November&nbsp;29, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOWNE &#038; CO., INC.<BR>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John J. Walker
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">John J. Walker&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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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 Act of 1933, these Post Effective Amendments to
the Registration Statements described above have been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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(David J. Shea)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John J. Walker
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John J. Walker)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Bambach Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Richard Bambach Jr.)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Janet M. Halpin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Janet M. Halpin)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christine M. Maki
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Christine M. Maki)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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