---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-065131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBF"
cik: "0000033002"
company_name: "ENNIS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T09:34:32.051487+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ennis Inc. will not re-nominate director Michael Schaefer; nominates Wally Gruenes

## Summary
- Michael Schaefer sold 30,000 shares at near 52-week low, blocking company share repurchases.
- Nominating committee decided not to recommend Schaefer for re-election at July annual meeting.
- Wally Gruenes, former Grant Thornton partner, proposed for board and audit committee chair.
- Schaefer's sale was for personal family reasons, not due to company financial concerns.
- Company intends to resume share repurchases when circumstances permit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-065131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBF
- cik: 0000033002
- company_name: ENNIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017025065131/0000950170-25-065131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017025065131/ebf-20250507.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-065131
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-065131.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wally Gruenes was appointed as Director at ENNIS, INC..
  - Action: presented for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company will present Mr. Wally Gruenes, a former National Managing Partner of Consumer and Industrial Products at Grant Thornton, for election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the annual shareholders meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017025065131/0000950170-25-065131-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Schaefer departed as Director at ENNIS, INC..
  - Action: will not be nominated for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Director Michael Schaefer will not be nominated for re-election at the annual shareholders meeting in July.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33002/000095017025065131/0000950170-25-065131-index.htm

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