---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-026548"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBF"
cik: "0000033002"
company_name: "ENNIS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:59:53.291676+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ennis appoints CohnReznick as new auditor after BKM merger

## Summary
- BKM Sowan Horan merged into CohnReznick effective Nov 1, 2022; BKM resigned as auditor Nov 15, 2022.
- Audit Committee engaged CohnReznick as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Feb 28, 2023, effective Dec 9, 2022.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred between Ennis and BKM during the interim period.
- No prior consultations with CohnReznick on accounting matters before engagement approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-026548
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBF
- cik: 0000033002
- company_name: ENNIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017022026548/0000950170-22-026548-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017022026548/ebf-20221209.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026548.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  ENNIS, INC. engaged CohnReznick, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: CohnReznick, LLP
  source text: On December 9, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the engagement of CohnReznick to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017022026548/0000950170-22-026548-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  BKM Sowan Horan, LLP resigned as auditor of ENNIS, INC..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: BKM Sowan Horan, LLP
  source text: BKM resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective November 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017022026548/0000950170-22-026548-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.