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Donnelly Corporation Announces Dividend

21 February 2000

Donnelly Corporation Announces Dividend

    HOLLAND, Mich., Feb. 18 -- Donnelly Corporation
announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of
10 cents ($0.10) per share on its Class A Common Stock.  The dividend will be
paid on April 3, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on
March 15, 2000.
    Through its various product lines, Donnelly is a supplier to every major
automotive manufacturer in the world.  The company has been based in Holland,
Michigan, since 1905, and today has approximately 6,000 employees in 12
countries worldwide.  Donnelly has been named by the Society of Automotive
Engineers as a model company in lean manufacturing practices.  In addition,
Donnelly is nationally recognized as a leader in the application of
participative management principles and systems.