Apogee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

MINNEAPOLIS--Jan. 1, 20044, 2004--The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. announced it has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, payable February 18, 2004 to shareholders of record February 3, 2004. The company has approximately 27.5 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 and renovate the walls of glass and windows comprising the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings.

-- Large-scale optical technologies companies develop and produce high technology glass that enhances 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.