ZEELAND, MI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 15, 2007 -- Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the Zeeland,
Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming automotive rearview
mirrors and commercial fire protection products, recently declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.095 (9 1/2 cents) per share that will
be payable July 20, 2007, to shareholders of record of the common stock at
the close of business on July 9, 2007. The ex-dividend date is July 5,
2007. 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 3, 2007, 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 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.