American Power Conversion Board of Directors Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

		Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading global provider of high availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services, designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. (PRNewsFoto) WEST KINGSTON, RI USA

WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable March 15, 2006 to shareholders of record as of February 20, 2006. The ex-dividend date is February 16, 2006. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) About American Power Conversion Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (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(TM), 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 $1.9 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. Additional information about APC and its global end-to-end solutions is available at http://www.apc.com or by calling 800-877-4080. For more information contact: Media: Chet Lasell, APC public relations director, 800-788-2208, ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com Investors: Richard Thompson, APC CFO, 800-788-2208, ext. 2325, richard.thompson@apcc.com