Bowne & Co. Revises Estimate of 2005 Diluted Shares Outstanding

Bowne & Co. Revises Estimate of 2005 Diluted Shares Outstanding



NEW YORK, Feb. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- On February 17, 2005, Bowne & Co., Inc.
issued a press release announcing its 2004 financial results. The outlook
section of the press release incorrectly estimated diluted shares for 2005 as
36,200,000.  The Company is revising that estimate to 35,100,000, which is the
sum of Outstanding Common Shares as of December 31, 2004 of 33,700,000 plus the
potential dilutive effect of stock options and deferred stock units (2004
fourth quarter average) of 1,400,000. This change does not impact the estimated
earnings per share range contained in the press release.

About Bowne & Co., Inc.

Bowne & Co., Inc., founded in 1775, is a global leader in providing high- value
solutions that empower our clients' communications.

   *  Bowne Financial Print: The world's largest financial printer and
      leading EDGAR filer, specializing in the creation, management,
      translation and distribution of regulatory and compliance documents.

   *  Bowne Enterprise Solutions: Digital composition, print, delivery, and
      fulfillment of customized and personalized communications designed to
      enable companies to more-effectively target customers to increase
      market leadership.

   *  Bowne Global Solutions: A broad range of language and cultural
      solutions that use translation, localization, technical writing and
      interpretation services to help companies adapt their communications
      or products for use in other cultures and countries around the world.

   *  Bowne Litigation Solutions: Consulting, electronic discovery and
      software solutions, including DecisionQuest(R), the nation's largest
      trial research firm, bring our clients fresh perspective resulting in
      better informed choices about strategies and tactics at every step in
      the litigation process.



Bowne & Co. combines these capabilities with superior customer service, new
technologies, confidentiality and integrity to manage, repurpose and distribute
a client's information to any audience, through any medium, in any language,
anywhere in the world. For more information, visit us at http://www.bowne.com/

    Contact:
    William J. Coote
    VP & Treasurer
    212-886-0614
    

DATASOURCE: Bowne & Co., Inc.



CONTACT:  William J. Coote, VP & Treasurer of Bowne & Co,

[phone], 



Web site:  http://www.bowne.com/ 

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