Chicago & New York - R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Bowne & Co., Inc.  announced today that RR Donnelley has voluntarily withdrawn and will refile its Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification and Report Form originally filed on March 11, 2010. The effect of this action is to extend the time the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has to review the acquisition of Bowne & Co., Inc. by RR Donnelley under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

RR Donnelley has withdrawn its Notification and Report Form effective April 9, 2010 and will refile it on April 12, 2010, when the 30-day waiting period will recommence. Bowne and RR Donnelley have been working cooperatively with the FTC as it conducts its review of the acquisition, including voluntarily providing additional information to the FTC staff in response to informal requests, and will continue to do so during this additional period.