Apogee Enterprises Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend 4 Percent to $0.0675 Per Share

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2006--The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) announced it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0675 per share, payable November 15, 2006 to shareholders of record October 31, 2006. The dividend of $0.0675 per share represents an increase of 4 percent from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.065 per share. The company has approximately 28.2 million shares outstanding.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (www.apog.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is a world leader in technologies involving the design and development of value-added glass products, services and systems. The company is organized in three segments:

-- Architectural products and services companies design, engineer, fabricate, install, maintain and renovate the walls of glass and windows comprising the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings.

-- Large-scale optical technologies segment consists of a developer and producer of high technology glass and acrylic that enhance the visual performance of products for the picture framing, display and imaging industries.

-- Automotive replacement glass and services segment consists of a fabricator of aftermarket foreign and domestic car windshields.

CONTACT: Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
Investor Relations:
Mary Ann Jackson, 952-487-7538
mjackson@apog.com

SOURCE: Apogee Enterprises, Inc.