Contact Information: CONTACT: Connie Hamblin 616/772-1800 EXCHANGE: Nasdaq Global Select Market SYMBOL: GNTX WEBSITE: www.gentex.com
Gentex Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
| Source: Gentex Corporation
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - December 1, 2009) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the Zeeland,
Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming automotive rearview
mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today announced that its
Board of Directors recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 (11
cents) per share that will be payable January 20, 2010, to shareholders of
record of the common stock at the close of business on January 7, 2010.
About the Company
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. More than half of the
Company's automatic-dimming interior mirrors are sold with advanced
electronic features. Approximately 96 percent of the Company's net sales
are derived from the sales of auto-dimming mirrors to nearly every major
automaker in the world.