For more information contact:
Amir Rosenthal
(203) 598-0397
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
General Counsel & Secretary

KATY INDUSTRIES, INC. ANNUAL MEETING ADJOURNED

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ENGLEWOOD, CO - June 26, 2001 -- Katy Industries, Inc. (NYSE: KT) announced
today that its reconvened annual meeting of stockholders has been further
adjourned to Thursday, June 28, 2001. The adjourned annual meeting will take
place at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Inter-Continental Central Park South,
located at 112 Central Park South, New York, New York.

Katy Industries, Inc. is a diversified corporation with interests primarily in
Electrical/Electronics and Maintenance Products.

Katy contact:
Stephen Nicholson, Vice President of Finance, in Englewood at (303) 290-9300,
or at www.katyindustries.com