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Transcrypt Signs Distribution Contract With Motorola for Asia and Oceania WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced that its Transcrypt International subsidiary has signed a new distribution contract with Motorola's Asia Pacific subsidiary. This agreement provides for exclusive sales of Transcrypt's voice privacy products for Motorola radios in 33 countries throughout Asia and Oceania. "We are extremely excited about the opportunity for Transcrypt in these regions of the world," stated Michael E. Jalbert chairman and CEO of EFJ, Inc. "This relationship is helping Transcrypt further expand our worldwide presence. The majority of Transcrypt's voice security modules are installed in Motorola radios. Transcrypt sees many new applications for voice privacy products for Motorola radios in these countries," added Jalbert. "This is truly significant to Transcrypt's business," said Michael Kelley, general manager of Transcrypt. "Motorola and Transcrypt are both leaders in their categories, and right now two-way radios and voice security are a hot combination. We see great opportunity to have Transcrypt's encryption installed in many of the radios sold in these countries." 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, D.C. parent company to industry-leading wireless telecommunications equipment and 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. EFJ, Inc. has a team in place with experience in telecommunications and government sales. EFJohnson and Transcrypt International are wholly owned subsidiaries of EFJ, Inc. 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: Investor Relations: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc., +1-800-295-1772, ; or Trade Press: Jenny Christensen of Transcrypt International, +1-402-474-4800, Web site: http://www.efji.com/ http://www.transcryptsecure.com/

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