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Posted 23 June, 2021

ENNIS, INC. appointed new CEO

CEO Change detected for ticker NYSE:EBF in a 8-K filed on 23 June, 2021.


  On June 23, 2021, Keith S. Walters, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ennis, Inc. announced that Ms. Vera Burnett has been appointed to the position of CFO and Treasurer and Mr. Dan Gus has been appointed as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary by the Board effective June 21, 2021.  

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Overview of ENNIS, INC.
Media/Entertainment • Printing
Ennis, Inc. engages in the manufacture, design, and sale of business forms and other printed business products. Its products include advertising specialties, business supplies, checks and software compatible forms, commercial printing, custom business forms, ecommerce, envelopes, and financial and security printing. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Midlothian, TX.
Market Cap
$518M
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; 

 Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On June 23, 2021, Keith S. Walters, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ennis, Inc. announced that Ms. Vera Burnett has been appointed to the position of CFO and Treasurer and Mr. Dan Gus has been appointed as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary by the Board effective June 21, 2021. Mr. Walters noted that, "Ms. Burnett has proven to management and the Board that she has the capabilities to assume this role. We are pleased that we could add Ms. Burnett to the officer ranks of the Company. I am equally delighted to have Dan Gus join Ennis in the new position of General Counsel. His broad background in law and the business world will add depth to the Company's management team."


Ms. Burnett has served as Interim CFO and Treasurer since September 2020, following the retirement of the previous CFO. Ms. Burnett joined the Company in February 1997 and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. She also holds designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Ms. Burnett's professional affiliations include the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs. 


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 from which he graduated 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. For the past seven years, Mr. Gus has served as president of Gus & Gilbert Law Firm. Previously, he joined what is now the Locke Lord law firm; served as legal counsel and controller at Q Investments, a Fort Worth hedge fund; and as a partner at Walker & Sewell, LLP.