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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LANTING ARLYN J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1575 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE

(Street)
HOLLAND MI 49424

(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)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/28/2004
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 04/28/2004 04/28/2004 M 10,000 A $6.75 106,000 D(1)
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
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Grant $6.75 04/28/2004 04/28/2004 M 10,000 11/12/1994 05/12/2004 Common Stock 10,000 $6.75 10,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Arlyn Lanting is a substantial shareholder, officer, and director of Aspen Enterprises, LTD, which holds 400,000 shares. The undersigned disclaimes beneficial ownership of these shares.
Remarks:
/s/ Steven Dykman Steven Dykman for Arlyn Lanting by Power of Attorney 04/29/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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 ___________________________