WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of American Power Conversion (APC) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable September 13, 2006 to shareholders of record as of August 28, 2006.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) About American Power Conversion

Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (APC) is a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. APC offers a wide variety of products for network-critical physical infrastructure including InfraStruXure(R), its revolutionary architecture for on-demand data centers, as well as physical threat management products through the company's NetBotz(R) division. These products and services help companies increase the availability and reliability of their IT systems. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $2.0 billion for the year ended December 31, 2005, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners.

For more information contact: Investors:

Debbie Hancock, APC director, investor relations, 800 788 2208, ext. 2994, Debbie.hancock@apcc.com

CONTACT: Debbie Hancock of APC, +1-800-788-2208, ext. 2994,
Debbie.hancock@apcc.com

Web site: http://www.apc.com/

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