Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. An Award may provide the Participant with the right to receive dividends or dividend equivalent payments with respect to Stock which may be either paid currently or credited to an account for the Participant, and may be settled in cash or Stock as determined by the Committee. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents or reinvestment in shares of Stock, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall establish, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in Stock equivalents.

Payment of Dividend Equivalents. From and after the Date of Grant and until the time when the Shares become nonforfeitable, on the date that Gentex pays a cash dividend (if any) to holders of shares of Common Stock generally, you will be entitled to payments of such dividends on the Shares.

From and after the Date of Grant and until the DSUs are paid to Grantee in accordance with Section 5 hereof, on the date that the Company pays a cash dividend (if any) or other cash distribution to holders of shares of Common Stock generally, Grantee shall be entitled to a number of additional DSUs determined by dividing # the product of # the dollar amount of such cash dividend or other cash distribution paid per share of Common Stock on such date and # the total number of DSUs (including dividend equivalents credited thereon) previously credited to Grantee pursuant to this Agreement as of such date, to the extent such DSUs have not been paid to Grantee in accordance with Section 5 hereof, by # the Market Value per Share on such date. Such dividend equivalents (if any) shall be subject to the same applicable terms and conditions (including dividend equivalents and payment) as apply to the DSUs as to which the dividend equivalents were credited.

Right to Dividend Equivalents. Each recipient of Restricted Stock Units under this Plan shall have the right, during the period when such Restricted Stock Units are outstanding and prior to the termination, forfeiture or payment or settlement thereof, to receive dividend equivalents equal to the amount or value of any cash or other distributions or dividends payable on the same number of Shares. The Company shall accumulate dividend equivalents on each dividend payment date and, unless a Director has elected to defer receipt of such dividend equivalents pursuant to Section 11, pay such accumulated amounts without interest in December of each fiscal year, but no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the related dividend is declared.

Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. A Participant will have no voting rights or dividend rights with respect to the Performance Shares or any shares of Stock underlying the Performance Shares during the Performance Period. No Participant will be entitled to receive any cash dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to Performance Shares during the Performance Period. However, at the same time that shares of Stock are issued under Section 5 or Section 6, the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary determined in accordance with Section 10) will also receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of cash dividends paid by the Company that were declared during the Performance Period on the number of shares of Stock issued to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary).

Crediting of Dividend Equivalents. On each dividend payment date for the Corporation, the Corporation will credit the memorandum account of each Participant who holds Restricted Stock Units as of the declared record date with additional Restricted Stock Units and fractions thereof equivalent to the dividend paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the dividend payment date. Each credited dividend equivalent will be equal to the amount of the regular quarterly dividend paid in accordance with the Corporation’s normal dividend payment practice as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Participant’s memorandum account will be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units, including fractions thereof, pursuant to this paragraph until all Restricted Stock Units that were credited to the Participant are distributed.

Health Continuation. Twelve # months of continued health benefit plan coverage following the Termination Date at active employee levels and active employee cost for Executive and Executive’s eligible dependents; such health benefits shall be provided and paid for by the Executive per regular payroll period of ​ commencing with the first payroll period following the Executive’s termination of employment and continuing until the earlier of # the twelve (12) month anniversary of Executive’s Termination Date, or # the date Executive is eligible for equivalent coverage and benefits under the plans and programs of a subsequent employer. Medical expenses (as defined in Code Section 213(d)) paid pursuant to this paragraph are intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A to the extent permitted under Treasury Regulation §§1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(B) and -3(i)(l)(iv)(B). However, to the extent any health benefits provided pursuant to this paragraph do not qualify for exemption under Code Section 409A, ​ shall provide Executive with a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the number of months of coverage to which Executive is entitled times the then applicable premium for the relevant health plan in which Executive participated. Such lump sum amount will be paid during the second month following the month in which such coverage expires; and

Benefits Continuation. Your existing elections in all Company-sponsored life, medical, and dental insurance benefit plans will continue during the Installments Period; provided that such continued participation shall be subject to: # the terms of those plans (which, for the sake of clarity, permit a former employee to continue coverage during the Installments Period), # such continued participation being permitted by applicable law and not otherwise prohibited under such plans, as determined by the Company and # the Company continuing to offer such plans to similarly situated active employees of the Company and similarly situated active employees continuing to be eligible to participate in or accrue benefits under such plans and programs. Such continued participation will be provided at the “active employee rates,” and your portion of the applicable premium payments will be automatically deducted from your Separation Pay checks during the Installments Period. Your benefits under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of ​ and Its Subsidiaries and the ​ 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement shall be governed by the terms of such plans. You will also continue to be eligible for financial planning services from Goldman Sachs Ayco Personal Financial Management for up to one year after the Termination Date, paid for by the Company up to a maximum of $15,000 (you will be responsible for any taxes on imputed income).

Salary Continuation. Subject to Section 2.2 above, the term “employment” as used herein means active employment by the Company and salary continuation without active employment (other than a leave of absence approved by the Company that is covered by Section 2.2) will not, in and of itself, constitute “employment” for purposes hereof (in the case of salary continuation without active employment, the Grantee’s cessation of active employee status shall, subject to Section 2.2, be deemed to be a termination of “employment” for purposes hereof). Furthermore, salary continuation will not, in and of itself, constitute a leave of absence approved by the Company for purposes of the award.

Benefits Continuation. Subject to the Employee signing and not revoking a release of claims in a form prescribed by the Corporation and the Employee remaining in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement and any other written agreements between the Corporation and the Employee, the Corporation will pay the employer portion of the Employee’s COBRA premiums for health and dental insurance coverage under the Corporation’s group health and dental insurance plans for the same period of time the Employee remains eligible to receive the Severance Payment installments under Section 6(b)(iii) (up to a maximum of twelve (12) months), provided the Employee timely elects COBRA coverage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation will discontinue COBRA premium payments if, and at such time as, the Employee # is eligible to be covered under the health and/or dental insurance policy of a new employer, # ceases to participate, for whatever reason, in the Corporation’s group insurance plans, or # ceases to be eligible to receive the Severance Payment installments under Section 6(b)(iii).