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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ryan Scott P
(Last) (First) (Middle)
7592 KIRKWOOD TRAIL SE
(Street)
ALTO MI 49302
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GENTEX CORP [ GNTX ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
General Counsel
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/15/2018
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/15/2018 A 8,000(1) A $0.00(2) 22,109 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) $22.94 02/15/2018 A 25,000 02/15/2019(4) 02/15/2028 Common Stock 25,000 $22.94(3) 25,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares vest 100% four years from grant award date.
2. Shares granted under the Gentex Corporation Restricted Stock Plan, which is a Rule 16B-3 Plan.
3. Options granted under the Gentex Corporation Employee Stock Option Plan, which is a Rule 16B-3 Plan.
4. These shares become exercisable as to 25% one year after date of grant and an additional 25% at each ensuing anniversary date.
Remarks:
/s/ Hughes, Robert L. for Scott P. Ryan by Power of Attorney 02/20/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Kevin Nash, any successor Chief Accounting Officer of
Gentex Corporation (the "Corporation"), and Robert Hughes, any successor
Director of Finance & Tax of the Corporation, and any of their respective
designees, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
 capacity as an officer and/or director of the Corporation, Forms 3, 4,
 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
 of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
 that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
 Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
 foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
 benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
 undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
 attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
 of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
 conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
 attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or any other provision of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 20th day of August, 2015.



Signature:	    /s/ Scott P. Ryan

Print Name:	    Scott P. Ryan