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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-11-111066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110425
ITEM INFORMATION:		Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110427

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000006845
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GLASS PRODUCTS, MADE OF PURCHASED GLASS [3231]
		IRS NUMBER:				410919654
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06365
		FILM NUMBER:		11782334

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4400 WEST 78TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 520
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55435
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6128351874

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4400 WEST 78TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 520
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55435

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APOGEE ENTERPRISES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARMON GLASS CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720623
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 <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report: April&nbsp;25, 2011 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>(Date of earliest event reported) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>APOGEE
ENTERPRISES, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B><B>Commission File Number: 0-6365 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>of incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4400 West 78th Street &#150; Suite
520 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(952)
835-1874</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the
appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.03</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (&#147;Wells Fargo&#148;) have entered into a Transfer Agent Services Agreement dated as of April&nbsp;25,
2011 to appoint Wells Fargo to replace The&nbsp;Bank of New York Mellon (&#147;BNY Mellon&#148;) as the Company&#146;s transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent and rights agent for its common stock, effective as of April&nbsp;25,
2011. In connection with that change, the Company and Wells Fargo have entered into Amendment No.&nbsp;2, dated as of April&nbsp;25, 2011 (the &#147;Amendment&#148;), amending the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;12,
2001 and amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1, between the Company and BNY Mellon, as rights agent (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;). The Amendment provides that any reference in the Rights Agreement to the rights agent shall be deemed to be a reference
to Wells Fargo. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the Amendment has been filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing
description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No. 2, dated as of April&nbsp;25, 2011, to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2001, between Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and The
Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent.* </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Patricia A. Beithon</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Patricia A. Beithon</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: April&nbsp;27,
2011 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:39pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 25, 2011, to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2001, between Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and The Bank of New York
Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent.*</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">* Filed herewith </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 4.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;2 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TO </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;2, effective as of April&nbsp;25, 2011 (the &#147;Amendment&#148;), to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2001 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;),
by and among Apogee Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Rights Agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;), as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Rights Agreement, dated
as of June&nbsp;24, 2010. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WITNESSETH: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York) (&#147;BNY Mellon&#148;) were parties to the Rights Agreement, pursuant to which BNY Mellon was appointed to serve as the
rights agent; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section&nbsp;21 of the Rights Agreement, the Company has notified BNY Mellon of its
removal as rights agent effective as of 5:00 p.m. EDT on April&nbsp;24, 2011, and the Company has appointed Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as successor rights agent under the Rights Agreement, effective as of April&nbsp;25, 2011; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, in connection with the removal of BNY Mellon as rights agent and the appointment of Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association as successor rights agent, the Company and the Rights Agent desire to amend the Rights Agreement in certain respects, in accordance with Section&nbsp;27 of the Rights Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Amendment of the Rights Agreement</U>. Effective as of the date of appointment of Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association as successor Rights Agent, the Rights Agreement shall be amended as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) All references in the
Rights Agreement to &#147;The Bank of New York&#148; as Rights Agent shall be replaced with and shall for all purposes be deemed to refer to &#147;Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,&#148; as Rights Agent. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The legend set forth in Section&nbsp;3(c) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Apogee
Enterprises, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2001, as amended to date (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at
the principal executive offices of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no
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longer be evidenced by this certificate. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request
therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement), or certain transferees of such
Person, may become null and void.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Section&nbsp;8 of the Rights Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as
follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates</U>. All Right Certificates surrendered for
the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall
be cancelled by it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the
Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. Subject to applicable law and regulation, the Rights Agent shall maintain in a retrievable database
electronic records of all cancelled or destroyed stock certificates which have been cancelled or destroyed by the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall maintain such electronic records for the time period required by applicable law and regulation.
Upon written request of the Company (and at the expense of the Company), the Rights Agent shall provide to the Company or its designee copies of such electronic records relating to Right Certificates cancelled or destroyed by the Rights Agent.&#148;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The address of the Rights Agent set forth in Section&nbsp;26 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Wells Fargo Bank, National Association </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shareowner Services </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">161 North Concord Exchange </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">South Saint Paul, Minnesota 55075&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The term &#147;Agreement&#148; as used in the Rights Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Rights Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof and, except
as set forth herein, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be otherwise unaffected hereby. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Amendment to Form of Right Certificate</U>. The form of Right Certificate
to purchase Preferred Shares set forth in Exhibit B attached to the Rights Agreement shall be amended as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The
first full paragraph appearing under the heading &#147;Right Certificate Apogee Enterprises, Inc.&#148; on the first page of the Form of Right Certificate is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;This certifies that
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</U><U></U>, or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, as restated and amended through
April&nbsp;25, 2011, between Apogee Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date
(as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., Minneapolis, Minnesota time, on October&nbsp;11, 2011, at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or of its successor as Rights Agent, one
one-hundredth of a fully paid nonassessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#147;Preferred Shares&#148;), of the Company, at a purchase price of $65.00 (the &#147;Purchase Price&#148;), upon
presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the form of Election to Purchase duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon
exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of October&nbsp;11, 2001, based on the Preferred Shares as constituted at such date. As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase
Price and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.&#148;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The last two lines of the Form of Assignment section on the reverse side of the Form of Right Certificate are hereby
amended to read as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Medallion Guaranteed: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures must be medallion guaranteed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The last two lines of the Form of Election to Purchase section on the reverse side of the Form of Right Certificate are hereby amended to read as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Medallion Guaranteed: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures must be medallion guaranteed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Amendment to Summary
of Rights</U>. The form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares set forth in Exhibit C attached to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth in the attachment hereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for
all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. </FONT></P>
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respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the dates set forth below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Russell Huffer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Russell Huffer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April 21, 2011</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attest: </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Patricia A. Beithon</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Patricia A. Beithon</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April 21, 2011</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Rights Agent</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Erik Amundson</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Erik Amundson</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Officer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April 25, 2011</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attest: </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Barbara M. Novak</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Barbara M. Novak</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April 25, 2011</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Exhibit C </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PREFERRED SHARES </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On
October&nbsp;19, 1990, the Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a &#147;Right&#148;) per share for each outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $.33
1/3 (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), of the Company. The dividend was payable on November&nbsp;6, 1990 (the &#147;Record Date&#148;) to shareholders of record on that date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 (the &#147;Preferred Shares&#148;), of
the Company at a price of $65.00 per one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the &#147;Purchase Price&#148;), subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in the Rights Agreement, as restated and amended through
April&nbsp;25, 2011 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Rights Agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Initially, the Rights will attach to all certificates representing Common Shares then outstanding and no separate Right Certificates will be distributed. The Rights will separate from the Common Shares,
and a Distribution Date for the Rights will occur upon the earlier of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the close of business on the day
following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons has become an &#147;Acquiring Person&#148; (i.e., has become, subject to certain exceptions, the beneficial owner of 15% (the &#147;Threshold
Percentage&#148;) or more of the outstanding Common Shares); and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) the close of business on the day
following the commencement or public announcement of the intention to commence a tender offer or exchange offer, the consummation of which would result in a person or group of affiliated or associated persons becoming, subject to certain exceptions,
the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares (or such later date as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to a person or group of affiliated or associated persons becoming an Acquiring Person).
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Person will not be an Acquiring Person if the Board of Directors of the Company determines that such Person became the Beneficial Owner of
the Threshold Percentage or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding inadvertently and such Person divests itself, within a reasonable period of time as determined by the Board of Directors, of a sufficient number of Common Shares
so that such Person is no longer the Beneficial Owner of the Threshold Percentage or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the Rights will be evidenced by the Common Share certificates and will
be transferred with and only with the Common Shares, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) new Common Share certificates issued after the
Record Date upon transfer or new issuance of the Common Shares will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) the surrender for transfer of any Common Share certificate, even without such notation or a copy of this Summary of Rights attached thereto, also will constitute the transfer of the Rights
associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As promptly as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate
certificates evidencing the Rights (&#147;Right Certificates&#148;) will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, and such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on October&nbsp;11,&nbsp;2011, unless extended or earlier
redeemed or exchanged by the Company as described below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares or other securities
or property issuable upon exercise of the Rights, are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) upon the grant to holders of the Preferred Shares of certain rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Preferred Shares or convertible securities at less than the then current market price of the Preferred Shares, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Preferred Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash dividends or dividends payable in Preferred Shares) or of
subscription rights or warrants (other than those described in clause (ii)&nbsp;of this paragraph). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With certain exceptions, no adjustment in
the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in the Purchase Price. No fraction of a Preferred Share will be issued (other than fractional shares which are integral multiples of one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts) if in lieu thereof, a payment in cash is made based on the closing price (prorated for the fraction) of a Preferred Share on the last
trading date prior to the date of exercise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share
issuable upon exercise of each Right also are subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split of the Common Shares, a stock dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares, or subdivisions, consolidations or combinations of the Common
Shares occurring, in any such case, prior to the Distribution Date. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will not be redeemable. Each Preferred Share will
be entitled to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend payment of $1.00 per share but will be entitled to an aggregate dividend of 100 times the dividend declared per Common Share. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the Preferred Shares
will be entitled to a minimum preferential liquidation payment of $100 per share but will be entitled to an aggregate payment of 100 times the payment made per Common Share. Each Preferred Share will have 100 votes, voting together with the Common
Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be entitled to receive 100 times the amount received per Common Share. These rights are protected by
customary antidilution provisions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares&#146; dividend, liquidation and voting rights, the value of
the one one-hundredth interest in a Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of one Common Share. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person (unless the event by which such Person became an Acquiring Person
is a transaction described in the following paragraph), then each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person and certain transferees thereof (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right to
receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of Common Shares having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right, subject to certain possible adjustments. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, at any time after there is an Acquiring Person, the Company is acquired in certain mergers or other business combination transactions (other than
certain transactions with a subsidiary of the Company or a transaction with a person who acquired Common Shares through a tender offer or exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares of the Company determined by the Board of Directors to be in
the best interests of the Company and its shareholders) or 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) are sold, each holder of a Right (other than Rights which have become void under the terms
of the Rights Agreement) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of common shares of the acquiring company (or, in certain cases, one of its affiliates) having a
market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In certain events specified in the Rights Agreement, the Company is permitted
temporarily to suspend the exercisability of the Rights. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At any time after a person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an
Acquiring Person, and prior to the acquisition by a person or group of affiliated or associated persons of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the Company may exchange all or part of the Rights (other than Rights
which have become void under the terms of the Rights Agreement) for Common Shares at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, subject to adjustment. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At any time prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors of the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.01 per Right, subject to adjustment (the &#147;Redemption Price&#148;), payable in cash, Common Shares or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors. The period of time during which the Rights may be redeemed may be extended if no person has become an Acquiring Person. The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board
of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a
shareholder of the Company, including without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends. In addition, the Company will have no liability to holders of Rights or of the Common Shares for any failure to comply with the Rights Agreement
during any period the Board of Directors is unaware of the existence of the Acquiring Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the Rights
Agreement, as amended and restated through November&nbsp;12, 2001, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) as an exhibit to Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
November&nbsp;30, 2001 (the &#147;Form 8-A&#148;), and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to the Rights Agreement have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to Amendment Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
June&nbsp;25, 2010 and April [<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>], 2011, respectively. A copy of the Rights Agreement, as restated and amended through April&nbsp;25, 2011, is available free of charge from the Company by contacting the Secretary of
Apogee Enterprises, Inc., 4400 West 78</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">th</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> Street, Suite
520, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435. This summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>
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