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ITT Industries Sets Annual Shareholders Meeting

20 January 1998

ITT Industries Sets Annual Shareholders Meeting

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 20 -- The Board of Directors of ITT
Industries, Inc. today voted to set the annual meeting for ITT
Industries shareholders of record as of March 16, 1998.  The meeting will be
held on Thursday, May 14, 1998, at 10:30 a.m. at Reid Hall, Manhattanville
College, Purchase, New York.
    ITT Industries (http://www.ittind.com) is a leading global diversified
manufacturing company, with 1996 sales of $8.4 billion dollars from its three
primary business segments, fluid technology, automotive, and defense and
electronics.  ITT Industries' automotive business is one of the world's
largest independent suppliers of systems and components to automotive
manufacturers.  In the defense and electronics area, ITT Industries is a
leader in the design, manufacture and support of high technology electronic
systems and components for defense and commercial markets.  In fluid
technology, ITT Industries is one of the world's leading manufacturers of
products, systems and services for the movement, measurement, and control of
fluids.
    In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Industries' stock is
traded under the symbol ("IIN") on the Midwest, Pacific, London, Frankfurt and
Paris exchanges.
    ITT Industries and its subsidiaries' press releases are available at no
charge via fax and the Internet.  To receive releases by fax, call
800-758-5804, extension 110006.  For ITT Industries' news on the Internet,
visit http://www.ittind.com or http://www.prnewswire.com.

SOURCE  ITT Industries, Inc.