美国法院批准Bowne & Co., Inc.对知名翻译公司Mendez S.A.的收购

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE) today

announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the acquisition by Bowne of Mendez S.A. and related assets from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. The court”s decision confirms a court-mandated auction held on August 2, 2001 in which Bowne was the successful bidder. The Commercial Court in Ieper, Belgium must review and approve the proposed transaction.

The company will discuss this proposed acquisition during its second quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, August 9, 2001 at 11:00 am EDT.To access the call via telephone, please dial +1-800-289-0544 (domestic) or +1-913-981-5533 (international) and ask for the Bowne teleconference, or for a link to the call log on to http://www.bowne.com.