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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 15</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 10pt"><B>CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)<BR>OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY<BR>TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF<BR> THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.</B>

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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Commission
File Number 001-05842</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">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, (212)&nbsp;924-5500</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(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: 6pt"><B>Common Stock, $.01 par value</B><BR>
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to
terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rule&nbsp;12g-4(a)(1)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rule&nbsp;12g-4(a)(2)
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rule&nbsp;12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rule&nbsp;12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 1
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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;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused
this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">Date: December&nbsp;3, 2010</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>BOWNE &#038; CO., INC.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;John J. Walker</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">John J. Walker</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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