As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2011

Registration No. 333-

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

ENNIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		Texas
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)		75-0256410
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		2441 Presidential Parkway,
		Midlothian, Texas 76065

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN OF ENNIS, INC.
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
(Full title of the plan)

(Name and address of agent for service)

			Copy to:
	Keith S. Walters		Norman R. Miller
	Chairman CEO and President		Winstead PC
	Ennis, Inc.		5400 Renaissance Tower
	2441 Presidential Parkway		Dallas, Texas 75270
	Midlothian, Texas		(214) 745-5269
	(972) 775-9801

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of

Proposed maximum

Proposed maximum

Amount of

securities

Amount

offering price

aggregate offering

registration

to be registered

to be registered

per share (1)

price (1)

fee

Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share

1,000,000 shares (2)

$16.86

$16,860,000

$1,957.45

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     The contents of Registration Statement No. 333-119845 relating to the Registrant’s 2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 5, 2005 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the offer and sale of 1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant pursuant to the Plan.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. In addition, the following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011.

(2) The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

4.1		Amendment No. 1 to 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Ennis, Inc. as amended and restated, dated as of June 30, 2011.
4.2		2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Ennis, Inc. as amended and restated May 14, 2008.
5.1		Opinion of Winstead PC regarding 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
23.1		Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants.
23.2		Consent of Winstead PC (included in the opinion of Winstead PC filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midlothian, State of Texas on June 30, 2011.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

     The undersigned persons hereby constitute and appoint Keith S. Walters and Richard L. Travis, Jr., and each of them, as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to execute in our names and on our behalf in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to the Registration Statement to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission and hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Keith S. Walters   Keith S. Walters		Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President		June 30, 2011
/s/ Richard L. Travis, Jr.   Richard L. Travis, Jr.		Vice President-Finance, CFO and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		June 30, 2011
/s/ Irshad Ahmad   Irshad Ahmad		Vice President — Apparel Division, Chief Technology Officer and Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Frank D. Bracken   Frank D. Bracken		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Godfrey M. Long, Jr.   Godfrey M. Long, Jr.		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Thomas R. Price   Thomas R. Price		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Kenneth G. Pritchett   Kenneth G. Pritchett		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Alejandro Quiroz   Alejandro Quiroz		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ Michael J. Schaefer   Michael J. Schaefer		Director		June 30, 2011
/s/ James C. Taylor   James C. Taylor		Director		June 30, 2011