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                             CATALINA LIGHTING, INC.
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CONTACT: 
Stanley J. Kay
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
(212) 929-5940

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                      CATALINA LIGHTING ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT
                       TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL PROXY CONTEST

MIAMI, FL, May 3, 1999 - Catalina Lighting, Inc. (NYSE: LTG) announced today
that it has entered into a definitive agreement to resolve a potential proxy
contest with David Moss, who had been seeking to elect two of the seven
directors up for election at the Catalina's May 10, 1999 Annual Meeting.

Catalina's seven nominees for election at this year's annual meeting consist of
four continuing directors, Robert Hersh, Ryan Burrow, Henry Latimer and Leonard
Sokolow and three new independent nominees, Jesse Luxton, Howard Steinberg and
Brion Wise.

Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Roy Oppenheim, 39, an attorney with the
law firm of Oppenheim & Pilesky, P.A. and one of the Moss nominees, will join
Catalina's seven nominees as an eighth director immediately following the
company's annual meeting on May 10, 1999.

Mr. Robert Hersh, Catalina's chairman, president and chief executive officer,
commenting on the settlement, said, "We are pleased to reach an agreement that
allows the company to move forward in the best interests of all stockholders and
we trust that Mr. Oppenheim will constructively contribute to the board. With
this proxy contest behind us we can now focus all our energies on our programs
that have returned the company to profitability and positioned Catalina for
future growth."

Catalina Lighting, Inc. is a leading international manufacturer and distributor
of products for the residential and office lighting industry employing
approximately 3,200 people throughout the U.S., Canada and Southeast Asia.

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