KATY INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                                                      Exh (d)(5)

                     TERMINATION OF PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE
            AND RECAPITALIZATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 29, 2001

     Reference is made to the Preferred Stock Purchase and Recapitalization
Agrement, dated as of March 29, 2001 (the "March Recapitalization Agreement"),
between KKTY Holding Company, L.L.C. (the "Purchaser") and Katy Industries, Inc.
("Katy").

     Katy and the Purchaser hereby agree to terminate the March Recapitalization
Agreement by mutual written consent, effective upon the execution and delivery
of this agreement to terminate, pursuant to Section 7.1(a) of the March
Recapitalization Agreement.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to
terminate the March Recapitalization Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
on this second day of June, 2001.

                                 KATY INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                 By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                    ---------------------
                                 Name:  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                 Title:  President

                                 KKTY HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.

                                 By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
                                     ------------------------
                                 Name:  Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
                                 Title:  Authorized Manager