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Transcrypt Signs Distribution Contract for Italy WASHINGTON, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced that its Transcrypt International subsidiary has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Jescom Europe. This agreement authorizes exclusive representation of Transcrypt's voice privacy products for all brands of two- way radios within Italy. "Jescom is bringing Transcrypt encryption to Italy and helping to protect its more than 58 million citizens," said Michael Kelley, general manager of Transcrypt. "Jescom's agreement to sell only Transcrypt brand voice privacy products in Italy demonstrates their commitment to providing a high level of security to those government and commercial entities that need it." "Secure communications is becoming a worldwide priority. An important component of our business strategy is to optimize our global presence and distribution," stated Michael E. Jalbert chairman and CEO of EFJ, Inc. "Jescom Europe helps to further expand our valuable team of international distributors," Jalbert added. Established in 1978, Transcrypt International is a leader in secure voice communication solutions for international, commercial and government customers, delivering land mobile radio security products in over 2,600 different configurations, on over ten thousand communication systems in more than 120 countries since 1978. The company designs, manufactures, and markets information security hardware and software that utilizes sophisticated scrambling and encryption techniques to protect sensitive voice and data transmissions. For more information, visit http://www.transcryptsecure.com/. EFJ, Inc. is the Washington, DC based parent company to industry-leading wireless telecommunications solutions businesses. EFJ, Inc. is home to the EFJohnson Company, one of the first developers of Project 25 mobile communications products compliant with federal government interoperability standards, and Transcrypt International, a leader in secure voice communication solutions. For more information, visit http://www.efji.com/ Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other matters, future sales forecast and anticipated sales growth. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, suggested or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, the level of demand for the Company's products and services, the timely procurement of necessary manufacturing components, dependence on continued funding of governmental agency programs, and other risks detailed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: EFJ, Inc. CONTACT: For investor relations information, Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc., +1-800-295-1772, e-mail: ; or for trade press information, Jenny Christensen of Transcrypt International, +1-402-474-4800, e-mail: Web site: http://www.efji.com/ http://www.transcryptsecure.com/

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