Ennis EBF

Keith S. Walters, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President. Mr. Walters joined the Company in August 1997 as Vice President of Commercial Printing Operations, successfully anchoring the Company's spot in the commercial printing market. In November 1997, he was appointed CEO. His role with the Company then expanded to include the titles of Chairman of the Board and President. Since then, under Mr. Walters' leadership, the Company has become the largest wholesale printer in the nation with one of the most robust collections of product lines in the industry. During his more than 25 years as CEO, Mr. Walters has overseen over 60 acquisitions. This includes the addition of 40 brands under the Ennis umbrella, resulting in the strategic diversification of the Company beyond traditional business forms to become a nationwide provider of print solutions. Mr. Walters also led the company-wide rollout of a new ERP system, which has dramatically improved the Company's ability to design systems that accurately determine costs while efficiently and profitably producing their extensive product line. The ERP system is implemented into each acquisition giving management valuable information that has not been available in their legacy systems. These systems have directly affected the speed at which new acquisitions are showing positive returns to the Company. Mr. Walters' ability to think outside the box has earned Ennis numerous accolades within and outside of the printing industry. One noteworthy example is Forbes Magazine's Top 200 Small Businesses list, in which Ennis is the only wholesale printer named and Ennis reached this list for five consecutive years until sales growth exceeded eligibility for the Small Business Category. Ennis has also firmly established its place at the top with its #1 ranking on Print+Promo's Top 50 Suppliers list, as well as Brand Chain's (formerly PSDA) Top 50 Member Trade Printers list for more than a decade. Mr. Walters has been named on ASI's Counselor Power 50, which ranks the most influential executives in the ad specialty industry, for several years in a row. Mr. Walters served the industry on the PSDA Board from November 2002 to October 2007, as well as the IBFI Board before the two merged. During his tenure, he helped transition and strengthen the associations by pushing for enforcement of the existing bylaws and merging the PERF Trust with the PSDA Board. Mr. Walters' ongoing efforts over the past two decades have helped bring about positive change to organizations that were in need of strategic plans. Prior to joining the Company, from 1989 to 1997, Mr. Walters was with Atlas/Soundolier, a division of American Trading and Production Company, a manufacturer of electronic sound and warning systems as Vice President of Manufacturing. For the 15 years prior to serving at Atlas/Soundolier, Mr. Walters worked in manufacturing and operations with the Automotive Division of United Technologies Corporation, an automotive parts and manufacturing company.

Vera Burnett, CFO and Treasurer. Ms. Burnett joined the Company in February 1997 and has served as the Company's accounting manager since June 1997. In September 2020, Ms. Burnett was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on an interim basis before full appointment to those positions in June 2021. Ms. Burnett has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. She also holds designations as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant. Ms. Burnett's professional affiliations include the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Burnett was Controller of Styro-Fab of Texas, Inc., a manufacturer of products for the floral and craft industry, from June 1989 to February 1997. Prior to that time, she had 7 years of experience in audit and tax with public accounting firms Arthur White & Company in Dallas, Texas, Spicer & Oppenheim, a national certified public accounting and consulting firm, and Messina and Millner, CPAs.

Wade Brewer, Chief Operating Officer. He has served as Ennis' Director of Manufacturing since 2021 and before that, held the title of Business Unit Director for nine years, helping manage all of the company's 50+ production facilities. Mr. Brewer started his printing career in 1984 at Transkrit as a Senior Product Manager and played an integral part in developing their pressure seal products. Mr. Brewer has also previously held management positions at Ward Kraft, Cenveo, and PrintXcel. During his time with Cenveo, he held the title of Director of Manufacturing and Vice President of Operations - Documents division, where he oversaw 11 different plants, all of which are part of Ennis today.

Dan Gus, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Gus joined the Company in June 2021 as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary and was appointed as Secretary January 4, 2022. Mr. Gus is a 1995 graduate of Boise State University, with a B.A. in Political Science. Mr. Gus received his juris doctorate degree from Boston College Law School in 1998. Mr. Gus is a member of the Texas Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in front of the U.S. District Court for the Northern & Eastern Districts of Texas as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2012, Mr. Gus launched his own firm headquartered in Waxahachie, Texas. From 2015 to 2021, Mr. Gus served as president of Gus & Gilbert Law Firm. Previously, he joined what is now the Troutman Pepper Locke law firm; served as legal counsel and controller at Q Investments, a Fort Worth hedge fund; and as a partner at Walker & Sewell, LLP.

Regional Vice President for Ross Stores, Inc. Ross Stores, Inc. (Ross) is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States. Mr. Carter has held several positions during his 18-year tenure with Ross, including Critical Field Leader, under which Mr. Carter led the operational team during Ross's store openings in Chicago in 2011 and New York in 2023. Previously, from 1993 to 2007, Mr. Carter held several positions, including district manager from 2002 to 2007, at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the largest retailer in the world. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Carter served at various times as a director, audit committee chairman, secretary/treasurer and member of the personnel committee at DeSoto Economic Development Corporation. From 2015 to 2023 Mr. Carter served as a director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas. Mr. Carter graduated from the University of Dallas with a B.A. in Political Science, has an MBA with a concentration in leadership from Walden University, and is a trained executive/leadership/life coach. Mr. Carter's extensive 30-year retail career within public companies in key operational positions, his board experience with for- and non-profit entities, and his expertise in succession planning and strategic/sustainability planning, helped him make significant contributions toward our corporate governance during his first term. In addition to this standing committee assignments, Mr. Carter provided instrumental leadership as chairperson of a special committee organized to investigate and respond to a shareholder inquiry about the design of the Company's long-term incentive program. Since 2025, Mr. Carter has presided over the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Carter is endorsed for re-election.

Barbara T. Clemens, retired. Ms. Clemens was Vice President of Sales & Customer Service for Boise Paper, a division of Packaging Corporation of America that is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, from 2016 to 2019. Boise Paper manufactured a full line of office papers including copy, multipurpose, inkjet, laser and colors as well as printing and converting papers. From 2011 to 2015, Ms. Clemens served as Boise Paper's Director, Supply Chain. Prior to that, she held numerous positions with Boise Paper including sales, manufacturing, marketing, supply chain and general management. She has served in the paper industry for over thirty years and is very familiar with the Company's customer base and the print industry as a whole. She is familiar with printing, converting, pressure sensitive, office papers and packaging markets and market dynamics, as well as many of the Ennis locations. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and has an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Ms. Clemens' experience in the industry, combined with her familiarity with our products and customer base and her deep understanding of manufacturing fundamentals, make her a valuable director. Since 2025, Ms. Clemens has presided over the Board's Compensation Committee.

Troy L. Priddy, President of Troy Priddy Custom Homes. Based in Midlothian, Texas, Mr. Priddy builds custom homes all over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Since 1983, Mr. Priddy has been successful in the home building industry, which has its peaks and valleys through every boom and recession which has occurred over the past thirty years in Texas. During nearly 40 years of building, he has served two terms as President of the Greater Southwest Homebuilders Association and was on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Homebuilders Association and the Certified Master Builders of Tarrant County. As President and a board member of these two prestigious organizations, he developed relationships with the Dallas and Tarrant County municipal agencies as well as the mayors, city council, and various city and county officials in Ellis County. Mr. Priddy was also a member of the Midlothian Economic Development Advisory Board which allowed him to establish close connections with local governmental officials in the city where the Company is headquartered. During his business career he developed extensive experience in real estate financings, engineering and directing subcontractors through numerous locations to produce custom homes in a timely and efficient manner. As such he developed relationships with an extensive network of local governmental officials for permits and approvals in the process of building and selling homes in the geographic area. With deep roots in the Ellis County area of Texas, Mr. Priddy is well known throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for the quality and integrity he exhibits in his business dealings.

Chief Executive Officer of Stevenson Holdings, Inc. Mr. Mozina is the current Chief Executive Officer of Stevenson Holdings, Inc., a holding company which is located in Chicago, Illinois. Previously, Mr. Mozina served as the Chief Executive Officer of IPG until March 16, 2019, when the assets of IPG were acquired by the Company. He held a variety of positions during his 48-year tenure with IPG and was instrumental in developing IPG's business prior to its acquisition by the Company. Mr. Mozina has an extensive background in manufacturing and sales and has also been responsible for the design and construction of multiple facilities used for manufacturing and warehousing. Since 2003, through his service at IPG, Mr. Mozina has overseen acquisitions of 16 sales and manufacturing organizations.

Margaret A. Walters, retired. Ms. Walters has had an important, though informal, role with the Company since her husband, Keith Walters, was appointed as CEO in 1997. As a trained educator with expertise in curriculum development, Ms. Walters was instrumental in helping craft the standard cost training curriculum and tools that are used in the acquisition and integration of new manufacturing plants and the training of plant managers, which has been a significant contribution to the Company's ability to consistently maintain its healthy operating margins. For nearly 25 years, Ms. Walters helped cultivate important relationships with suppliers, distributors, and other printing companies through her regular attendance at industry events and trade shows. Through the relationships she has established over the years, Ms. Walters has played an integral role in completing some of the Company's most important acquisitions. Given her substantial understanding of the Company's culture and operating practices as well as the goodwill she has developed with many in the printing industry, she was appointed to the Board in September 2021 to fill a vacancy created by a retiring board member.

Walter D. Gruenes, retired. Mr. Gruenes was a Partner with Grant Thornton, KPMG and Arthur Andersen and spent 40 years serving as a strategic advisor to boards of directors and senior executives of publicly traded and private equity-owned clients in the manufacturing and distribution industries. He also served as Grant Thornton's Central Region Managing Partner from 2014 to 2020 leading a team of 1,200 professionals in eleven offices comprising over twenty-five percent of U.S. operations. His responsibilities encompassed strategy, risk management, revenue growth, profitability, and talent development. Mr. Gruenes spent 2002 to 2005 based in London with KPMG's Capital Markets practice advising clients during their initial public offering, capital raising, merger and acquisition and restructuring activities. He collaborated with companies throughout Europe and the Middle East including Zurich, Vienna, Istanbul, Budapest, Stockholm, Madrid and London. Mr. Gruenes also actively served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufactures (NAM) and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) from 2009 to 2014 collaborating with senior executives on business and policy matters facing those industries. He has served as a board member of various civic and charitable organizations, such as the American Heart Association, Senior Source, Back on My Feet, Dallas Regional Chamber, Dallas Citizens Council and Toastmasters International.

Alejandro Quiroz, entrepreneur. Mr. Quiroz is involved in investments in printing and commercial real estate companies in both the United States and Mexico. Mr. Quiroz, currently a resident of the United States, has been a founder and shareholder of, and an advisor to, different print companies for more than thirty years. He was crucial in putting together a group of investors to form the Leader Graphics Arts Group in Mexico. Mr. Quiroz has also been involved in the commercial real estate market in the United States as an investor in different partnerships. He was a founder and Chairman of the Mexican Franchise Association in Mexico and was a founder and Chairman of the Mexican Entrepreneurs Association in the United States. He has participated as an independent director of Medica Sur in Mexico since 2015. Medica Sur is a public company that, since 2013, is the first hospital and health services supplier outside the United States to be part of the Mayo Clinic network. Mr. Quiroz's extensive experience in running businesses in both the United States and Mexico provides him with a strong insight into cross border, legal and cultural challenges facing United States companies doing business in Mexico, and vice-versa.

Michael D. Magill , retired. Mr. Magill joined the Company in 2003 as Vice President and Treasurer and subsequently was elected Executive Vice President in February 2005. Mr. Magill assumed the additional duties of Secretary of the Company on June 28, 2012. He retired as a company officer in 2021. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Magill was President and Chief Executive Officer of Safeguard Business Systems, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of business forms, for six years. Prior to that time, Mr. Magill was Executive Vice President and CFO of KBK Capital Corporation, a publicly traded finance company. Mr. Magill joined KBK Capital Corporation after ten years with MCorp, a publicly traded bank holding company, where he held various positions. Mr. Magill has served for 25 years as a director of a non-profit organization, Mission Metroplex, in Arlington, Texas and currently serves as Chairman of its Finance Committee. Mr. Magill was appointed to the Board in July 2025 to fill a vacancy created by a board member who was not presented for re-election at the 2025 shareholder meeting. Mr. Magill is now presented for shareholder approval to serve through the July 2028 shareholder meeting. Mr. Magill is endorsed for election.