NEW YORK, July 25 - The Board of Directors of Bowne & Co., Inc. today announced the declaration of the quarterly cash dividend on its Common Stock at the rate of $.055 per share. The dividend will be payable August 22, 2001 to shareholders of record at the close of business August 10, 2001. Bowne & Co., Inc., established 1775, is the global market leader in the field of empowering information by combining superior customer service with appropriate new technologies to manage, repurpose and distribute a client's information to any audience, through any medium, in any language, anywhere in the world. The world's largest financial printer, Bowne is also a leading provider of globalization and localization services, outsourcing services, legal software and digital print-on-demand solutions.