UNITED STATES
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GENTEX CORPORATION
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2017.
GENTEX CORPORATION
600 N. CENTENNIAL ST.
ZEELAND, MI 49464
ATTN: SCOTT RYAN
Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: March 20, 2017
Date: May 18, 2017 Time: 4:30 PM EDT
Location: The Pinnacle Center
3330 Highland Drive
Hudsonville, MI 49426
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3. To approve, on an advisory basis, compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
4. To determine, on an advisory basis, whether future shareholder advisory votes on named executive officer compensation should occur
every one, two, or three years.
1. Election of Directors
Nominees:
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR
the following:
01) Fred Bauer
02) Leslie Brown
03) Gary Goode
04) Pete Hoekstra
05) James Hollars
06) John Mulder
07) Richard Schaum
08) Frederick Sotok
09) James Wallace
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.
The Board of Directors makes no recommendation on proposal 4.
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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