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Gentex Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

    ZEELAND, Mich., Nov. 18 /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 January 21, 2005, to shareholders of record of the common stock at the
close of business on January 7, 2005.  The ex-dividend date is January 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 January 4, 2005, in order to receive this cash dividend.
    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 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