ZEELAND, Mich., May 17 /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 $0.085 (8 1/2 cents) per share
that will be payable July 22, 2005, to shareholders of record of the common
stock at the close of business on July 8, 2005. The ex-dividend date is July
6, 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 July 5, 2005, in order to receive this cash dividend. The
new dividend rate is equivalent to the previous rate, and reflects the two-
for-one stock split effected in the form of a 100 percent common stock
dividend on which the ex-dividend date was May 9, 2005.
Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (The Nasdaq Stock Market: 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 approximately 96 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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Related links:
http://www.gentex.com
CONTACT:
Connie Hamblin of Gentex Corporation,
+1-616-772-1800
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