Ennis, Featuring Alstyle Apparel

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Monday, printing and apparel wholesale manufacturer Ennis Inc. released its quarterly and yearly financial results for the period ended February 28, 2011.

The ex-dividend date for Ennis is today. Owners of shares as of market close will be eligible for a dividend of 16 cents per share. At a price of $17.25 as of 10:34 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.6 percent.

Shares of Ennis Inc. saw high trading volume on Tuesday. Approximately 342,794 shares changed hands mid-day, an increase of 221.95% from the previous session.

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Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis Inc. announced the promotion of Tony Orsello to the position of general manager at Northstar's, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota plant. Orsello joined the Northstar team in January 1997 as production manager and was promoted to plant manager in 2001. He is a 21-year printing industry veteran.

Keith S. Walters, chairman, president and CEO of Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis Inc., manufacturer of Alstyle Apparel, business forms and other business products, announced its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 1/2 cents

Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis Inc. announced the temporary idling of equipment in its Bellville, Texas facility. The Bellville facility will transfer

Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis Inc. announced its Leipsic, Ohio location recently received the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification (COC). The certification gives Ennis‐Leipsic the ability to place and print the FSC logo on projects that meet the strict standards of FSC COC criteria. Ennis–Leipsic joins Ennis companies Admore of Macomb, Mich. and Adams McClure of Denver, as Ennis facilities holding FSC COC Certification. Ennis–Leipsic is a long‐run and jumbo-roll forms manufacturing facility.

Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis Inc. announced that Admore, based in Macomb, Mich. recently installed a new manroland ROLAND 500, a five‐color, 23x29” sheet size press.