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

MINNEAPOLIS--Oct. 2, 20050, 2005--The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 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.