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EFJ, Inc. Announces $1.1 Million Sale Transcrypt Subsidiary Receives Major Domestic Order WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced that its Transcrypt International subsidiary has received an order for $1.1 million from a major domestic customer. The company will provide its voice privacy products to help secure communications within the customer's two-way radio system. "We continue to experience strong demand for our voice security products," said Michael E. Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ, Inc. "Transcrypt provides secure communications in over 10,000 radio systems around the world and this order demonstrates our market leadership position in voice privacy for land mobile radios," Jalbert added. "Secure communications have become a growing priority for two-way radio systems for various types of users in both government and business," said Michael Kelley, general manager of Transcrypt. "As a result, we are gaining new customers for voice privacy products and see an opportunity to increase market penetration among two-way radio users." 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 2,500 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.transcrypt.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/. 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 information: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc., +1-800-295-1772, , or Trade Press information: Jenny Christensen of Transcrypt International, +1-402-474-4800, Web site: http://www.efji.com/ http://www.transcrypt.com/

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