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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.7

                       [FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]

                           [Global Securities Legend]

                  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

                  TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

                         [RESTRICTED SECURITIES LEGEND]

                  THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

                  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II)
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE
SECURITIES, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH

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ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

                 [Temporary Regulation S Global Security Legend]

                  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S
GLOBAL SECURITY WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE RULE 144A GLOBAL
SECURITY OR THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY OR ANY OTHER SECURITY
REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT
CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF
THE "40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
903(c)(3) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON
CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO
PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD,
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED THROUGH EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.A., AS
OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIETE ANONYME AND
ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144A, (III) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES, (IV) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (VI) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WILL
NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO
ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE.

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No. ________      CUSIP No.   ________

         $ _______


                    9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note Due 2012

                  Simon Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
_____________________________ ________________________________ Dollars on April
15, 2012.

                  Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing
October 15, 2002.

                  Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.

                  Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.

                                       ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED


                                       By:    ________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                       By:    ________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


Dated:

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
      AUTHENTICATION

     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
     Securities referred to in the Indenture.

         by

_____________________________
    Authorized Signatory


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                   [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]

                    9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note Due 2012

1.       Interest

                  Simon Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (such
corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above; provided,
however, that if a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this Security at a rate of
0.25% per annum (increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum after each
subsequent 90-day period that occurs after the date on which such Registration
Default occurs up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per annum) from
and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. The
Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of
each year, commencing October 15, 2002. Interest on the Securities will accrue
from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from April 23, 2002. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2.       Method of Payment

                  The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at
the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest
payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or
before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest
in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all
payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium, if
any, and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder
thereof; provided, however, that payments on a certificated Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a
bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in
its discretion).

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3.       Paying Agent and Registrar

                  Initially, Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without
notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or coregistrar.

4.       Indenture

                  The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as
of April 23, 2002 ("Indenture"), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and
the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the
Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject
to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement of those terms.

                  The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the
Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section
4.03 of the Indenture, to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13
of the Indenture. The Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, any
Additional Securities and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
issued in exchange therefor will be treated as a single class for all purposes
under the Indenture. This Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of
the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; pay dividends
or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase capital stock; make investments;
issue or sell capital stock of subsidiaries; engage in transactions with
affiliates; transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends
or other payments of subsidiaries; and consolidate, merge or transfer all or
substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries. These
covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.

5.       Optional Redemption; Redemption Upon a Change of Control

                  (a) Except as set forth below, the Company shall not be
entitled to redeem the Securities at its option prior to April 15, 2007.

                  On and after April 15, 2007, the Company shall be entitled at
its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices (expressed in
percentages of principal amount on the redemption date), plus accrued interest
to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due

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on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on April 15 of the years set forth below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Redemption
             Period                                                                 Price
             ------                                                                 -----
<S>                                                                              <C>
             2007...................................................              104.875%
             2008...................................................              103.250%
             2009...................................................              101.625%
             2010 and thereafter....................................              100.000%
</TABLE>

                  Prior to April 15, 2005, the Company shall be entitled at its
option on one or more occasions to redeem Securities (which includes Additional
Securities, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (which includes Additional
Securities, if any) at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of
principal amount) of 109.75%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption
date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings (provided
that if the Equity Offering is an offering by Parent, a portion of the net cash
proceeds thereof equal to the amount required to redeem any such Securities is
contributed to the equity capital of the Company); provided, however, that:

                  (1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of
         Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) remains
         outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption
         (other than Securities held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or
         its Affiliates) and

                  (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date
         of the related Equity Offering.

                  (b) At any time on or prior to April 15, 2007, the Securities
may also be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company
upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, notice of which is sent no later
than 30 days after the occurrence of such Change of Control by notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of,
and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, the date of redemption (the "Change
of Control Redemption Date").

                  "Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any
Change of Control Redemption Date, the greater of:

                  (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Security; or

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                  (2) the excess of

                           (a) the present value at such time of:

                                    (x) the redemption price of such Security at
                           April 15, 2007 (such redemption price being described
                           under paragraph 5(a) above, plus

                                    (y) all required interest payments
                           (excluding accrued but unpaid interest) due on such
                           Security through April 15, 2007

                  computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus
                  50 basis points, over

                           (b) the principal amount of such Security.

                  "Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the Change of
Control Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant
maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to the Change of Control Redemption Date (or, if such
Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or
similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Change of Control
Redemption Date to April 15, 2007; provided, however, that if the period from
the Change of Control Redemption Date to April 15, 2007 is not equal to the
constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly
average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear
interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly
average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are
given, except that if the period from the Change of Control Redemption Date to
April 15, 2007 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one
year shall be used.

6.       Notice of Redemption

                  Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than
$1,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of
$1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest
on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is
deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain
other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue
on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

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7.       Put Provisions

                  Upon a Change of Control, unless the Company has exercised its
right to redeem the Securities as described under Section 5 hereof, any Holder
of Securities will have the right to cause the Company to repurchase all or any
part of the Securities of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the
principal amount of the Securities to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.

                  Under certain circumstances as set forth in the Indenture, the
Company will be required to offer to purchase Securities with the Net Available
Cash from Asset Dispositions.

8.       Subordination

                  The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture,
Senior Indebtedness of the Company must be paid before the Securities may be
paid. The Company agrees, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security
agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and
authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

9.           Guaranty

                  The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium
and interest on, the Securities is unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and
several senior subordinated basis by each Subsidiary Guarantor.

10.      Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

                  The Securities are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A
Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law
or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or
exchange of any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed)
or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be
redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

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11.      Persons Deemed Owners

                  The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.

12.      Unclaimed Money

                  If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to
the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

13.      Discharge and Defeasance

                  Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities and
the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government
Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to
redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

14.      Amendment, Waiver

                  Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture and the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the
Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer for,
exchange for or purchase of the Securities) and (ii) any past default or
noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the
Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without
the consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the
Trustee shall be entitled to amend the Indenture or the Securities to cure any
ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the
Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the
Securities, including Subsidiary Guaranties, or to secure the Securities, or to
add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company
or the Subsidiary Guarantor, or to comply with any request of the SEC in
connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Act, or to make any change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder.

15.      Defaults and Remedies

                  Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for
30 days in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of
principal on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption

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pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon required purchase, upon
declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (iii) the failure by the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the
Securities, in certain cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain
accelerations (including failure to pay within any grace period after final
maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary if
the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds $10 million; (v) certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary; (vi) certain judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess
of $10 million; and (vii) certain defaults with respect to Subsidiary
Guaranties. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may
declare all the Securities to be due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy
or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Securities being
due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

                  Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the
Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to
enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security
satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders
notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or
interest) if it determines that withholding notice is not opposed to the
interest of the Holders.

16.      Trustee Dealings with the Company

                  Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee
under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.

17.      No Recourse Against Others

                  No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
member, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each
Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

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18.      Authentication

                  This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.

19.      Abbreviations

                  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Securityholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT
(=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to
Minors Act).

20.      CUSIP Numbers

                  Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers
to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on
the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

21.      Holders' Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement


                  Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges
and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the
obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.

22.      Governing Law

                  THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

                  The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written
request and without charge to the Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which
has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be made to:

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                           Associated Materials Incorporated
                           c/o Harvest Partners, Inc.
                           280 Park Avenue
                           33rd Floor
                           New York, NY  10172

                           Attention: Ira D. Kleinman

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

                  To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

                  I or we assign and transfer this Security to


________________________________________________________________________________
              (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

________________________________________________________________________________
                  (Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                      agent to transfer this Security on
the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.


________________________________________________________________________________

Date:  ________________________        Your Signature: _________________________


________________________________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this
certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original issuance
of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities were
owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms
that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms.

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

         (1)      _        in the United States to a "qualified institutional
                           buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
                           Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or
                           for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to
                           whom notice is given that such transfer is being made
                           in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to
                           and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities
                           Act of 1933; or

         (2)      _        inside the United States to an Institutional
                           Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
                           (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933)
                           that, prior to such transfer, furnished to the
                           Trustee a signed letter containing certain
                           representations and agreements relating to the
                           restrictions on transfer of the Securities; or

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         (3)      _        outside the United States in an offshore transaction
                           within the meaning of Regulation S under the
                           Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the
                           Securities Act of 1933; or

         (4)      _        pursuant to the exemption from registration provided
                           by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

         (5)      _        pursuant to an effective registration statement under
                           the Securities Act of 1933; or

         (6)      _        to the Company.

If such transfer is being made pursuant to an offshore transaction in accordance
with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, the undersigned further certifies that

                           (i) the offer of the Securities was not made to a
                           person in the United States;

                           (ii) either (a) at the time the buy offer was
                           originated, the transferee was outside the United
                           States or we and any person acting on our behalf
                           reasonably believed that the transferee was outside
                           the United States, or (b) the transaction was
                           executed in, on or through the facilities of a
                           designated off-shore securities market and neither we
                           nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the
                           transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the
                           United States;

                           (iii) no directed selling efforts have been made in
                           the United States in contravention of the
                           requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S,
                           as applicable;

                           (iv) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme
                           to evade the registration requirements of the
                           Securities Act;

                           (v) we have advised the transferee of the transfer
                           restrictions applicable to the Securities; and

                           (vi) if the circumstances set forth in Rule 904(B)
                           under the Securities Act are applicable, we have
                           complied with the additional conditions therein,
                           including (if applicable) sending a confirmation or
                           other notice stating that the Securities may be
                           offered and sold during the distribution compliance
                           period specified in Rule 903 of Regulation S;
                           pursuant to registration of the Securities under the
                           Securities Act; or pursuant to an available exemption
                           from the registration requirements under the
                           Securities Act.

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                  Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to
register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box
(2) or (3) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to require, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.


                                               _________________________________
                                                           Signature

Signature Guarantee:


____________________________                   ________________________________
Signature must be guaranteed                              Signature

                  Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all
in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


________________________________________________________________________________
              TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

                  The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or
has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Date:  _________________________          _____________________________________
                                          NOTICE:  To be executed by an
                                          executive officer


                      [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

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                                      -16-


              SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY


                  The following increases or decreases in this Global Security
have been made:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   Amount of decrease   Amount of increase   Principal amount of this       Signature of
                      in Principal         in Principal           Global Security       authorized signatory
     Date of         amount of this       amount of this      following such decrease       of Trustee or
    Exchange        Global Security      Global Security           or increase         Securities Custodian
    --------        ---------------      ---------------           -----------         --------------------
<S>                <C>                  <C>                  <C>                       <C>

</TABLE>

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                       OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

                  If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture, check the box: [ ]

                  If you want to elect to have only part of this Security
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture,
state the amount in principal amount: $

Date:  ____________________________    Your Signature: _________________________
                                                (Sign exactly as your name
                                                appears on the other side of
                                                this Security.)

Signature Guarantee:  __________________________________________________________
                                   (Signature must be guaranteed)

                  Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all
in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.