Apogee Enterprises Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend 4 Percent to $0.065 Per Share

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2005--The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) announced it has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.065 per share, payable November 21, 2005 to shareholders of record November 7, 2005. The dividend of $0.065 per share represents an increase of 4 percent from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share. The company has approximately 27.8 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., Minneapolis
             Investor Relations:
             Mary Ann Jackson, 952-487-7538
             mjackson@apog.com

    SOURCE: Apogee Enterprises, Inc.