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Gentex Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

    ZEELAND, Mich., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation
(Nasdaq: GNTX), the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming
automotive rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today
declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share that will be
payable April 21, 2005, to shareholders of record of the common stock at the
close of business on April 7, 2005.  The ex-dividend date is April 5, 2005.
Due to the required period of time for the settlement of stock trades, this
means that a holder must have purchased shares of Gentex common stock on or
before April 4, 2005, in order to receive this cash dividend.
    Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX) is an international
company that provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive
industry and North American fire protection market.  Based in Zeeland,
Michigan, the Company develops, manufactures and markets interior and exterior
automatic-dimming automotive rearview mirrors that utilize proprietary
electrochromic technology to dim in proportion to the amount of headlight
glare from trailing vehicle headlamps.  Many of the mirrors are sold with
advanced electronic features, and more than 95 percent of the Company's
revenues are derived from the sales of auto-dimming mirrors to nearly every
major automaker in the world.


SOURCE Gentex Corporation




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    Connie Hamblin of Gentex Corporation,
    +1-616-772-1800