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 <B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July&nbsp;10, 2001</B>
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<B>Registration No.</B>

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<B><FONT size="5">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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<B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<B><FONT size="5">Form S-8
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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<B>under</B>
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<B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<B><FONT size="6">Bowne &#38; Co., Inc.
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<B><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
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	<B><FONT size="2">13-2618477
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	<B><FONT size="2">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
	Incorporation or Organization)
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	<B><FONT size="2">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
	Identification Number)
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<B>345 Hudson Street</B>

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<B>New York, New York 10014</B>
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<B><FONT size="2">(Address, Including Zip Code, of
Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Office)
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<B><FONT size="4">Bowne &#38; Co., Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
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<B><FONT size="2">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<B>Douglas F. Bauer, Esq.</B>

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<B>Counsel &#38; Corporate Secretary</B>
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<B>Bowne &#38; Co., Inc.</B>
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<B>345 Hudson Street</B>
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<B>New York, New York 10014</B>
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<B>(212) 924-5500</B>
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<B><FONT size="2">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<I>Copy to:</I>

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Vincent Pagano, Jr., Esq.
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Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett
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425 Lexington Avenue
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New York, New York 10017-3909
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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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	<B><FONT size="2">Title of<BR>
	Securities to<BR>
	be Registered
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	<B><FONT size="2">Amount to<BR>
	be Registered
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	<B><FONT size="2">Proposed<BR>
	Maximum<BR>
	Offering Price<BR>
	Per Share*
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	<B><FONT size="2">Proposed<BR>
	Maximum<BR>
	Aggregate<BR>
	Offering Price*
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	<B><FONT size="2">Amount of<BR>
	Registration<BR>
	Fee*
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	<FONT size="2">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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	<FONT size="2">3,000,000
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	<FONT size="2">$11.635
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	<FONT size="2">$34,905,000
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	<FONT size="2">$8,726.25
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	<TD><FONT size="2">*&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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	<FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
	1933, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share,
	the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the
	registration fee are based on the average of the high and low
	prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock reported
	on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;9, 2001.
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<B>PART II</B>

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<B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS</B>

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<B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.</I></B>

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The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Bowne &#38; Co., Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or
&#147;Registrant&#148;) are hereby incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference:
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(a)&nbsp; Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
	ended December&nbsp;31, 2000.</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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	(b)&nbsp; Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
	ended March&nbsp;31, 2001.</TD>
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	(c)&nbsp; The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock
	contained in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
	filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;23, 1998.</TD>
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All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Description of Securities.</I></B>

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Not applicable.

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<B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</I></B>

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Not applicable.

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<B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.</I></B>

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The Company is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to
Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which enables a corporation in its
original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for
violations of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except
(i)&nbsp;any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;transactions described in
Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors
for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions), or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction from which a director
derived an improper personal benefit.

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Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, which
empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was
or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
director, employee or agent of such corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may
include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the corporation&#146;s best interests, and, for criminal
proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that no
indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the
person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
present or former officer or director is

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successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any
action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify such
person against the expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees)
which such person actually and reasonably incurred.
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Article&nbsp;Ninth of the Company&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation, furthermore, provides that no director of the
Company is personally liable to the Company or its stockholders
for damages for any breach of duty as a director unless a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him establishes
that his acts or omissions involved bad faith, intentional
misconduct, a knowing violation of law or certain expressly
prohibited acts, or that he personally gained a financial profit
or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

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Article&nbsp;VII of the Company&#146;s By-Laws provides that the
Company shall indemnify all persons whom it shall have power to
indemnify from and against all expenses, liabilities or other
matters to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as from time
to time amended.

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The Company also has liability insurance policies in effect
which cover certain claims against officers and directors of the
Company by reason of certain breaches of duty, neglect, errors
or omissions committed by them in such capacities as officers
and directors.

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<B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exemption from Registration
Claimed.</I></B>

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Not Applicable.

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<B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exhibits.</I></B>

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	<FONT size="2">3(a)
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	<FONT size="2">Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
	on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;23, 1998)
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	<FONT size="2">3(b)
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	<FONT size="2">Certificate of Designations (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
	on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;23, 1998)
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	<FONT size="2">By-Laws (incorporated by reference to
	Exhibit&nbsp;4 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
	Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;23, 1998)
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	<FONT size="2">Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;19, 1998,
	between the Company and The Bank of New York (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit&nbsp;5 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
	on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;23, 1998)
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	<FONT size="2">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett
	regarding the legality of the common stock being registered
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	<FONT size="2">23.1
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	<FONT size="2">Consent of KPMG LLP
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	<FONT size="2">23.2
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	<FONT size="2">Consent of Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett
	(included in Exhibit&nbsp; 5)
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	<FONT size="2">Power of Attorney
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<B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Undertakings.</I></B>

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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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	(1)&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales
	are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
	Statement:</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(i)&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by
	Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
	&#147;Securities Act&#148;);</TD>
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	(ii)&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
	arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
	(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
	individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
	in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
	volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
	securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
	and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
	maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
	prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
	in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
	more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
	price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
	Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(iii)&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to
	the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
	Registration Statement or any material change to such
	information set forth in this Registration Statement;</TD>
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	<I>provided, however</I>, that the undertakings set forth in
	paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the
	information required to be included in a post-effective
	amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
	filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
	Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
	Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
	&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) that are incorporated by reference in
	this Registration Statement.</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(2)&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability
	under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
	shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
	the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
	securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
	<I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(3)&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a
	post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
	which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(4)&nbsp; That, for purposes of determining any liability under
	the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
	report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of
	the Exchange Act (and each filing of each plan&#146;s annual
	report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
	is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
	shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
	the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
	securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
	fide offering thereof.</TD>
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	<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	(5)&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
	under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
	or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
	foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
	advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
	Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
	expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
	event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
	(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
	or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
	Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
	proceeding) is asserted against the Registrant by such director,
	officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
	being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
	its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
	precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
	question whether such indemnification by it is against policy as
	expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
	adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<B>SIGNATURES</B>

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Bowne &#38; Co., Inc. certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
York, on the tenth day of July 2001.

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">
	<B><FONT size="2">BOWNE &#38; CO., INC.
	</FONT></B></TD>
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	<TD colspan="5"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">By:
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">/s/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER
	</FONT></TD>
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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Douglas F. Bauer<BR>
	Counsel &#38; Corporate Secretary
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated as of
July&nbsp;10, 2001.

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	<TD width="47%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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	<TD align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Signature</FONT></B></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Title</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD align="center" nowrap><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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	<TD></TD>
	<TD></TD>
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	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">/s/ ROBERT M. JOHNSON<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Robert M. Johnson
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
	(and Director)
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Carl J. Crosetto
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">President (and Director)
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">/s/ C. CODY COLQUITT<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>C. Cody Colquitt
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Accounting Officer)
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Douglas B. Fox
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>H. Marshall Schwarz
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Wendell M. Smith
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Lisa A. Stanley
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Vincent Tese
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Harry Wallaesa
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Richard R. West
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Director
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
	<TD align="center" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">*By:&nbsp;/s/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER<BR>
	<HR size="1" noshade>Douglas F. Bauer
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Attorney-in-Fact
	</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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<B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>

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	<TD colspan="3" align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Sequential</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD colspan="3" align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Number</FONT></B></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Description of Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
	<TD></TD>
	<TD align="center" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Page Number</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">3(a</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">3(b</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Certificate of Designations (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">3(c</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
	to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 23,
	1998)
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">4</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Rights Agreement, dated as of June 19, 1998,
	between the Company and The Bank of New York (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 5 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">5</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett
	regarding the legality of the common stock being registered
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
	<FONT size="2">II-6
	</FONT></TD>
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	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Consent of KPMG LLP
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
	<FONT size="2">II-7
	</FONT></TD>
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	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Consent of Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett
	(included in Exhibit&nbsp; 5)
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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	<TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;24</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="left" valign="top">
	<FONT size="2">Power of Attorney
	</FONT></TD>
	<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
	<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
	<FONT size="2">II-8
	</FONT></TD>
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BOWNE & CO., INC.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 10, 2001
Registration No.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bowne & Co., Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
Delaware
13-2618477
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
(Address, Including Zip Code, of
Registrant's Principal Executive Office)
Bowne & Co., Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Douglas F. Bauer, Esq.
Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Bowne & Co., Inc.
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
(212) 924-5500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Vincent Pagano, Jr., Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3909
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to
be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share*
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price*
Amount of
Registration
Fee*
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
3,000,000
$11.635
$34,905,000
$8,726.25
*
Pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
	1933, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share,
	the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the
	registration fee are based on the average of the high and low
	prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock reported
	on the New York Stock Exchange on July 9, 2001.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Bowne & Co., Inc. (the "Company" or
"Registrant") are hereby incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference:
(a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
	ended December 31, 2000.
(b)  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
	ended March 31, 2001.
(c)  The description of the Company's Common Stock
	contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
	filed with the Commission on June 23, 1998.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
The Company is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL"), which enables a corporation in its
original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for
violations of a director's fiduciary duty, except
(i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of law, (iii) transactions described in
Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors
for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions), or (iv) any transaction from which a director
derived an improper personal benefit.
Reference is also made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which
empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was
or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
director, employee or agent of such corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may
include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the corporation's best interests, and, for criminal
proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that no
indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the
person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
present or former officer or director is
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successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any
action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify such
person against the expenses (including attorney's fees)
which such person actually and reasonably incurred.
Article Ninth of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, furthermore, provides that no director of the
Company is personally liable to the Company or its stockholders
for damages for any breach of duty as a director unless a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him establishes
that his acts or omissions involved bad faith, intentional
misconduct, a knowing violation of law or certain expressly
prohibited acts, or that he personally gained a financial profit
or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.
Article VII of the Company's By-Laws provides that the
Company shall indemnify all persons whom it shall have power to
indemnify from and against all expenses, liabilities or other
matters to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as from time
to time amended.
The Company also has liability insurance policies in effect
which cover certain claims against officers and directors of the
Company by reason of certain breaches of duty, neglect, errors
or omissions committed by them in such capacities as officers
and directors.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration
Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
3(a)
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Current Report
	on Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
3(b)
Certificate of Designations (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company's Current Report
	on Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
3(c)
By-Laws (incorporated by reference to
	Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
4
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 19, 1998,
	between the Company and The Bank of New York (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 5 to the Company's Current Report
	on Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
5
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
	regarding the legality of the common stock being registered
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
	(included in Exhibit  5)
24
Power of Attorney
Item 9.
Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
	are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
	Statement:
(i)  To include any prospectus required by
	Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
	"Securities Act");
(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
	arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
	(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
	individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
	in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
	volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
	securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
	and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
	maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
	prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
	in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
	more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
	price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
	Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to
	the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
	Registration Statement or any material change to such
	information set forth in this Registration Statement;
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provided, however
, that the undertakings set forth in
	paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the
	information required to be included in a post-effective
	amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
	filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
	Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
	Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
	"Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in
	this Registration Statement.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
	under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
	shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
	the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
	securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a
	post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
	which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)  That, for purposes of determining any liability under
	the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
	report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
	the Exchange Act (and each filing of each plan's annual
	report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
	is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
	shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
	the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
	securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
	fide offering thereof.
(5)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
	under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
	or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
	foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
	advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
	Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
	expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
	event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
	(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
	or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
	Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
	proceeding) is asserted against the Registrant by such director,
	officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
	being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
	its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
	precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
	question whether such indemnification by it is against policy as
	expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
	adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Bowne & Co., Inc. certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
York, on the tenth day of July 2001.
BOWNE & CO., INC.
By:
/s/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER
Douglas F. Bauer
Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated as of
July 10, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/ ROBERT M. JOHNSON
Robert M. Johnson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
	(and Director)
*
Carl J. Crosetto
President (and Director)
/s/ C. CODY COLQUITT
C. Cody Colquitt
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
Douglas B. Fox
Director
*
H. Marshall Schwarz
Director
*
Wendell M. Smith
Director
*
Lisa A. Stanley
Director
*
Vincent Tese
Director
*
Harry Wallaesa
Director
*
Richard R. West
Director
*By: /s/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER
Douglas F. Bauer
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Sequential
Number
Description of Exhibit
Page Number
3(a
)
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
3(b
)
Certificate of Designations (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company's Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
3(c
)
By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
	to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 23,
	1998)
4
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 19, 1998,
	between the Company and The Bank of New York (incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit 5 to the Company's Current Report on
	Form 8-K filed June 23, 1998)
5
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
	regarding the legality of the common stock being registered
II-6
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
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23.2
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
	(included in Exhibit  5)
24
Power of Attorney
II-8
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