Apogee Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend 10 Percent to $0.11 Per Share

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG announced it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on February 19, 2015, to shareholders of record on February 5, 2015. The dividend of $0.11 per share represents an increase of 10 percent from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share. The company has approximately 29.0 million shares outstanding.

“Increasing our dividend underscores our confidence in our ability to continue to grow revenues, earnings and cash flow over our strategic plan horizon,” said Joseph F. Puishys, Apogee chief executive officer.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, provides distinctive solutions for enclosing buildings and framing art. The company is organized in four segments, with three of the segments serving the commercial construction market:

• Architectural Glass segment consists of the leading fabricator of coated, high-performance architectural glass for global markets.
• Architectural Services segment consists of one of the largest U.S. full-service building glass installation and renovation companies.
• Architectural Framing Systems segment companies design, engineer, fabricate and finish the aluminum frames for window, curtainwall and storefront systems that comprise the outside skin of buildings.
• Large-scale optical segment consists of a value-added glass and acrylic manufacturer primarily for the custom picture framing market.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The discussion above contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect Apogee management's expectations or beliefs as of the date of this release. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified by factors that may affect the operating results of the company, including the following: (A) operational risks: i) the cyclical nature and market conditions of the North American and Latin American commercial construction industries, which impact our three architectural segments; ii) consumer confidence and the conditions of the U.S. economy, which impact our large-scale optical segment; iii) actions of competitors or new market entrants; iv) ability to fully and efficiently utilize production capacity; v) product performance, reliability, execution or quality problems; vi) installation project management issues that could result in losses on individual contracts; vii) changes in consumer and customer preference, or architectural trends and building codes; and viii) dependence on a relatively small number of customers in certain business segments; (B) financial risks: i) revenue and operating results that are volatile; and ii) financial market disruption, which could impact company, customer and supplier credit availability; (C) self-insurance risk related to a material product liability or other event for which the company is liable; (D) cost of compliance with environmental regulations; (E) potential impact on financial results if one or more senior executives were no longer active with the company; and (F) integration of two recent acquisitions. The company cautions investors that actual future results could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, and that other factors may in the future prove to be important in affecting the company's results of operations. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or a combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. For a more detailed explanation of the foregoing and other risks and uncertainties, see Item 1A of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 1, 2014.