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EFJ Inc. Receives Order for $980,000 From City of Columbus EFJohnson Subsidiary to Provide Portable Radios to Ohio Capital and Surrounding Counties WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced today that its EFJohnson subsidiary has received an order for $980,000 from the City of Columbus, Ohio. The order calls for EFJohnson to provide the city with its Project 25 compliant portable radios. "As one of only two suppliers of Project 25 radios that also feature SMARTNET(R) and SmartZone(R) protocols, we are very pleased to be providing solutions for the City of Columbus and its surrounding area," said Michael E. Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ, Inc. "The radios will operate on the MARCS (Multiple Agency Radio Communications System) radio network, which includes approximately 280 sites throughout Ohio," said David Borden, communications administrator for the City of Columbus. "We need a radio that can operate on SMARTNET, SmartZone, and P25 trunked systems, and the EFJohnson radios meet the need. We have thoroughly tested the EFJohnson radios over the State of Ohio SmartZone radio system in both Cincinnati and Cleveland, and they are interoperable with the city's SMARTNET radio system." The company worked closely with the Columbus office of Bear Communications, Inc. (BearCom), a nationwide dealer of wireless communications products in obtaining the sale. EFJohnson provides digital Project 25 compliant interoperable wireless communications systems solutions for federal, state and local agencies involved with homeland security and public safety. EFJohnson, founded in 1923, was one of the first developers of wireless communications products to be fully compliant with federal government interoperability specifications. The company designs, manufactures, and markets conventional and trunked radio systems, land mobile radio repeaters and mobile and portable radios. For more information, visit http://www.efjohnson.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. EFJohnson and Transcrypt International are wholly owned subsidiaries of EFJ, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.efji.com/. SMARTNET(R) and SmartZone(R) are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. 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, 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 EFJ's products and services, the timely procurement of necessary manufacturing components, dependence on continued funding of governmental agency programs, and other risks detailed in EFJ's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. EFJ 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 Information: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc., +1-800-295-1772, or , or Trade Press Information: Kevin Nolan of EFJohnson Company, +1-202-772-5441, or Web site: http://www.efji.com/ http://www.efjohnson.com/

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