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ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND AND SETS RECORD DATE FOR ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING

3/19/2003

Keith S. Walters, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ennis Business Forms, Inc. (NYSE: EBF) announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 1/2 cents a share on its common stock and has set the record date for the Annual Shareholder Meeting. The dividend is payable May 1, 2003 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2003. April 15, 2003 also has been set as the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 19, 2003.

Ennis Business Forms, Inc., (NYSE: EBF) is one of the largest private-label printed business product suppliers in the United States. Headquartered in DeSoto, Texas, the Company has 30 production facilities located in 12 states, strategically located to serve the Company's national network of distributors. Ennis offers an extensive product line from simple to complex forms, laser cut-sheets, negotiable documents, internal bank forms, tags, labels, presentation folders, commercial printing, advertising specialties, screen printed products, and point-of-purchase display advertising that can be custom designed to customer needs. In addition, Ennis maintains highly proficient regional Customer Sales Centers to support distributors in their business efforts.