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*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GENTEX CORP
[ GNTX ]
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
03/14/2006
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
Amount |
(A) or (D) |
Price |
| Common Stock |
03/14/2006 |
03/14/2006 |
S |
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40,000 |
D |
$16.9283
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232,000 |
D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
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9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
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10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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| Remarks: |
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/s/ Steven Dykman
Steven Dykman for Arlyn J. Lanting
by Power of Attorney |
03/16/2006 |
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** 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). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
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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 Enoch Jen, and any successor Chief Financial Officer
of
Gentex Corporation (the "Corporation"), and Steve Dykman, any
successor
Treasurer fo the Corporation, and any of their respective
designates,
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 Attorneyshall be in such form and shall contain
such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in surch
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's substitute or
substitute's,
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
12th day of November, 2002.
/s/ Arlyn
Lanting
Signature ___________________________
