X0202 5 2005-01-29 0 0 0 0000878079 BON TON STORES INC BONT 0000938690 GRUMBACHER M THOMAS C/O THE BON-TON STORES, INC. 2801 EAST MARKET STREET YORK PA 17402 1 1 1 0 Chairman Common Stock 2004-12-01 5 G 0 53060 D 2552427 D Common Stock 337307.9 I By 401(k) Plan Common Stock 11960 I By trusts The reporting person disposed of the shares through gifts. These shares are held under The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Profit Sharing/Retirement Savings Plan. These shares are held by trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's grandchildren, for which the spouse of the reporting person serves as trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. The reporting person's spouse resigned as trustee of trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's adult children not living in the reporting person's household, and the shares held by such trusts, which were previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person, are no longer deemed to be beneficially owned by the reporting person and will not be reported on Forms 4 or 5 filed by the reporting person. John M. Coogan, Jr., Attorney-in-fact for M. Thomas Grumbacher 2005-02-11