UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
  April 4, 2005

Bowne & Co., Inc.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
          Delaware   1-05842   13-2618477           (State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)   (Commission
File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)           345 Hudson Street, New
York, New York       10014           (Address of principal
executive offices)       (Zip Code)           Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   212-924-5500           Not Applicable
  Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 8.01. Other Events

This Form 8-K has been furnished by Bowne & Co., Inc. (the “Company”) solely for the purpose of participation in the SEC’s voluntary XBRL Pilot Project, and incorporates by reference our Form 8-K filed February 17, 2005, which presented the Company’s financial results for the year ended December 31, 2004. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL-Related Document is unaudited.


 

SIGNATURES

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.

          Bowne & Co., Inc. April 4, 2005   By: Scott L. Spitzer
Name: Scott L. Spitzer
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


 

Exhibit Index

This Form 8-K has been furnished by Bowne & Co., Inc. (the “Company”) solely for the purpose of participation in the SEC’s voluntary XBRL Pilot Project, and incorporates by reference our Form 8-K filed February 17, 2005, which presented the Company’s financial results for the year ended December 31, 2004. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL-Related Document is unaudited.

      Exhibit No.   Description
EX-100.INS
  XBRL Instance Document
EX-100.SCH
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-100.PRE
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-100.LAB
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
EX-100.CAL
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document