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EXHIBIT 10.4

                               AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2004 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, this
"Amendment"), is made by and among ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware ("AMI" or the
"U.S. Borrower"), GENTEK BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada ("Gentek" or the "Canadian Borrower"
and, together with the U.S. Borrower, each a "Borrower" and collectively the
"Borrowers"), ASSOCIATED MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), AMH HOLDINGS, INC., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware ("Superholdco"),
the various financial institutions and other Persons with a Commitment under the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the "Lenders"),
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent for the U.S. facility (in such
capacity, the "U.S. Administrative Agent"), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
as administrative agent for the Canadian Revolving Loan Lenders under the
Canadian facility (in such capacity, the "Canadian Administrative Agent" and,
together with the U.S. Administrative Agent, the "Administrative Agents"),
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the
"Syndication Agent"), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION and NATIONAL CITY
BANK, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the "Co-Documentation
Agents"), and UBS SECURITIES LLC and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Joint
Lead Arrangers (in such capacity, the "Joint Lead Arrangers").

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          WHEREAS, Superholdco and certain other parties named therein entered
into that certain stock purchase agreement, dated as of December 5, 2004, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the provisions hereof and thereof (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") pursuant to
which certain affiliated entities of Investcorp S.A. ("Investcorp") and other
international investors will acquire, in the aggregate, a 50% voting and
economic interest in Superholdco (the "Equity Investment"), which in turn shall
be contributed to the equity of AMH Holdings II, Inc. ("Parentholdco") for 50%
of the voting and economic interest of Parentholdco (the "Recapitalization");

          WHEREAS, AMI, Holdings, certain Lenders party thereto (the "Original
Lenders"), UBS Securities LLC and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, as
joint lead arrangers, Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Islands Branch, as
syndication agent, CIBC World Markets Corp., as documentation agent and UBS AG,
Stamford Branch, as administrative agent for the Original Lenders, entered into
that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003
and amended on March 19, 2004 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "Original Credit
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Original Lenders made certain loans to the
Borrowers (the "Original Loans");

          WHEREAS, the Obligations (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement,
hereinafter the "Original Obligations") of AMI and the other Obligors under the
Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the
Original Credit Agreement, such
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other Loan Documents hereinafter the "Original Collateral Documents") are
secured by certain collateral (hereinafter the "Original Collateral") and are
guaranteed or supported or otherwise benefited by the Original Collateral
Documents;

          WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date, Term Loans
(as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) in the aggregate principal amount
of $133,000,000 were outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement (the
"Original Term Loans");

          WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Original
Credit Agreement in its entirety to allow for transactions (collectively, the
"Transactions") which (a) provide for new senior secured term loans to the
Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 (a portion of which
shall be applied to the repayment of the Original Term Loans), (b) permit the
Equity Investment, (c) reduce by 0.50% the Applicable Margin with respect to
each Term Loan, (d) permit Holdings, Borrowers and subsidiaries to make certain
Restricted Payments to (1) so long as no Default then exists or would arise
therefrom, make regularly scheduled interest payments required to be made on the
Parentholdco Notes (as defined below) and (2) make payments of such other
amounts required to be paid after the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the
Parentholdco Notes to avoid any "applicable high yield discount obligations", in
each case to the extent such payments are permitted by the Senior Subordinated
Note Indenture and the Superholdco Senior Discount Note Indenture, (e) extend
the U.S. Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and the Canadian Revolving
Loan Commitment Termination Date to April 19, 2009, (f) permit the following
additional Restricted Payments: (x) a special bonus payment of $22.0 million
(the "Special Bonus") to the U.S. Borrower's management consisting of
approximately $14.0 million at the Amendment Effective Date and $8.0 million
thereafter and (y) Parentholdco dividend on its Common Stock of up to
$94,406,123 (the "Transactions Dividend") of which an aggregate amount of
$33,712,500 shall be payable in the form of one or more interest bearing
promissory notes of Parentholdco, and (g) privately place the Parentholdco Notes
without requiring a repayment of the Loans (as defined below), in each case, on
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend that (a) the Original Obligations
which remain unpaid and outstanding as of the Amendment Effective Date shall
continue to exist under this Amendment on the terms set forth herein, (b) the
loans under the Original Credit Agreement (other than the Original Term Loans
repaid on the Amendment Effective Date) outstanding as of the date hereof shall
be Loans under and as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement on the terms set forth therein, (c) any letters of credit outstanding
under the Original Credit Agreement as of the date hereof shall be U.S. Letters
of Credit under and as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement and (d) the Original Collateral and the Original Collateral Documents
shall continue to secure, guarantee, support and otherwise benefit the Original
Obligations as well as the other Obligations of the Borrowers and the other
Obligors under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents thereunder;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.1 Certain Definitions. The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Amendment shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural form thereof):

          "Administrative Agents" is defined in the preamble.

          "Amendment" is defined in the preamble.

          "Amendment Effective Date" is defined in Article III.

          "AMI" is defined in the preamble.

          "Authorized Officer" is defined in Section 3.3.

          "Borrowers" is defined in the preamble.

          "Canadian Administrative Agent" is defined in the preamble.

          "Canadian Borrower" is defined in the preamble.

          "Citigroup" means Citicorp North America, Inc. and/or any affiliate
thereof, including Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

          "Co-Documentation Agents" is defined in the preamble.

          "Commitment Letter" means that certain Commitment Letter, dated
December 6, 2004 among UBS Loan Finance LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Citicorp North
America, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Superholdco and AMI.

          "Gentek" is defined in the preamble.

          "Holdings" is defined in the preamble.

          "Initial Lenders" means UBS and Citigroup.

          "Investcorp Investor Group" means, collectively, Investcorp, certain
affiliated entities and other international investors.

          "Joint Lead Arrangers" is defined in the preamble.

          "Lenders" is defined in the preamble.

          "New Lenders" means the Lenders other than the Original Lenders.

          "Original Collateral" is defined in the recitals hereto.

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          "Original Collateral Documents" is defined in the recitals hereto.

          "Original Credit Agreement" is defined in the recitals hereto.

          "Original Lenders" is defined in the recitals hereto.

          "Original Term Loans" is defined in the recitals hereto.

          "Recapitalization" is defined in the recitals hereto.

          "Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement" is defined in Article
II.

          "Syndication Agent" is defined in the preamble.

          "UBS" means UBS Loan Finance LLC.

          "U.S. Administrative Agent" is defined in the preamble.

          "U.S. Borrower" is defined in the preamble.

          SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions. Unless otherwise defined or the context
otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement shall have such meanings when used in this
Amendment.

                                   ARTICLE II

                        SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
                          OF ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT

          On the Amendment Effective Date, the Original Credit Agreement shall
be and is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in
Annex I hereto (as set forth in such Annex I, the "Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement"), and as so amended and restated is hereby ratified, approved
and confirmed in each and every respect. The rights and obligations of the
parties to the Original Credit Agreement with respect to the period prior to the
Amendment Effective Date shall not be affected by such amendment and
restatement.

                                  ARTICLE III

                      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS

          This Amendment shall become effective upon, and the obligations of the
Lenders and, if applicable, each Issuer to fund the initial Credit Extension
under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall be subject to the
prior or concurrent, satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth
in this Article III; provided that each condition precedent set forth in this
Article III that can only be satisfied upon the funding of the initial Credit
Extension under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall be deemed
to be satisfied immediately prior to such funding, provided that all other
actions or events required to have been taken or to have occurred in order for
such condition to be satisfied shall have been taken or have

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occurred at or prior to such time and that all other actions and events required
not to have occurred in order for such condition to be satisfied shall not have
occurred at or prior to such time (the first date as of which each such
condition has been satisfied being herein called the "Amendment Effective
Date").

          SECTION 3.1 Structure, Terms etc. The structure, terms and conditions
of the Transactions shall not have changed from those described in the
Commitment Letter in a manner that is materially adverse to the Lenders.

          SECTION 3.2 Counterparts and Lender Consents. The Administrative
Agents shall have received counterparts hereof executed on behalf of (a) the
Borrowers, (b) Holdings, (c) Superholdco, (d) the Original Lenders required
pursuant to the terms of the Original Credit Agreement to permit the amendments
and other modifications thereto provided for herein, (e) to the extent they are
not Original Lenders, the New Lenders and (f) the Administrative Agents.

          SECTION 3.3 Resolutions, etc. The Administrative Agents shall have
received from each Obligor, as applicable, (i) a copy of a good standing
certificate (or the equivalent under local law), dated a date reasonably close
to the Amendment Effective Date, for each such Person and (ii) a certificate,
dated the Amendment Effective Date, duly executed and delivered by such Person's
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, managing member or general partner, as
applicable, as to

          (a) resolutions of each such Person's Board of Directors (or other
     managing body) then in full force and effect authorizing, to the extent
     relevant, the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to
     be executed by such Person and the transactions contemplated hereby and
     thereby;

          (b) the incumbency and signatures of those of its officers, managing
     member or general partner, as applicable, authorized to act with respect to
     each Loan Document to be executed by such Person (each, an "Authorized
     Officer"); and

          (c) as to the full force and validity of each Organic Document of such
     Person and, with respect to Superholdco, each of the Borrowers and the
     Guarantors;

upon which certificates each Secured Party may conclusively rely until it shall
have received a further certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
managing member or general partner, as applicable, of any such Person canceling
or amending the prior certificate of such Person.

          SECTION 3.4 Equity Investment. The Equity Investment shall have been
consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously with or immediately following
the Amendment Effective Date in accordance, in all material respects, with the
Stock Purchase Agreement and all other related documentation without amendment,
modification or waiver thereof which is materially adverse to the Lenders (as
reasonably determined by the Joint Lead Arrangers), without the prior consent of
the Joint Lead Arrangers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

SECTION 3.5 Parentholdco Notes Placement. The Parentholdco Notes shall have been
issued on the terms and conditions as described in the term sheet delivered to
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tial Lenders on December 6, 2004 (and there shall have been no changes therefrom
that are materially adverse to the Initial Lenders) and such issuance shall have
generated gross cash proceeds of not less than $75.0 million.

          SECTION 3.6 Pro Forma Debt Ratio. The Initial Lenders shall have
received reasonably satisfactory evidence (including an officers' certificate
accompanied by satisfactory supporting schedules and other data) that the ratio
of (i) pro forma consolidated net debt of Parentholdco minus cash and Cash
Equivalent Investments on U.S. Borrower's balance sheet at a date as close as
reasonably practicable to the Amendment Effective Date hereof and (ii) pro forma
consolidated net debt of U.S. Borrower minus cash and Cash Equivalent
Investments on U.S. Borrower's balance sheet at the Amendment Effective Date, as
the case may be, to pro forma EBITDA (as defined in the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, as adjusted in the manner described in Schedule 1
hereto) of U.S. Borrower and its subsidiaries, in each case after giving effect
to the Transactions for the trailing twelve months ended November 30, 2004, or
such later date for which financial statements are available, was not greater
than 5.3:1 and 2.6:1, respectively.

          SECTION 3.7 No Litigation. There shall not be any pending or
threatened litigation or other proceedings (private or governmental) with
respect to any of the Transactions which could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on any rights and
remedies of any Agent or Lender or legality or enforceability of any provision
of any Loan Document.

          SECTION 3.8 No Change of Control Litigation. There shall not have been
commenced or threatened in writing any action, suit or proceeding with respect
to the "Change of Control" covenants under the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture and the Superholdco Senior Discount Note Indenture.

          SECTION 3.9 Amendment Effective Date Certificate. The Administrative
Agents shall have received an Amendment Effective Date Certificate, dated the
Amendment Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by an Authorized
Officer of Holdings and each Borrower, in which certificate each of Holdings and
the Borrowers shall agree and acknowledge that the statements made therein shall
be deemed to be true and correct representations and warranties of such Person
as of such date and, at the time such certificate is delivered such statements
shall in fact be true and correct. All material documents and agreements
required to be appended to the Amendment Effective Date Certificate shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

          SECTION 3.10 Delivery of Notes. The Administrative Agents shall have
received, for the account of each Lender that has requested in writing two
Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date a Note or Notes, such
Lender's Note or Notes duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of
the U.S. Borrower or the Canadian Borrower, as applicable.

          SECTION 3.11 Closing Fees, Expenses, etc. The Administrative Agents
shall have received for their respective accounts, or for the account of each
Lender, all fees, costs and expenses due and payable on or prior to the
Amendment Effective Date, including without limitation, the fees, costs and
expenses due pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Amendment, Section 3.3.1

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of the Original Credit Agreement and, to the extent then invoiced, Section 12.3
of the Original Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 3.12 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2003,
there has been no event, circumstance, change, condition, development or
occurrence, either individually or in the aggregate with all other events,
circumstances, changes, conditions, developments or occurrences, that UBS or
Citigroup determines has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial
condition or business of Superholdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (any
such event, circumstance, change, condition, development or occurrence a
"Material Adverse Change"); provided, that none of the following shall, in any
case, be deemed to constitute a "Material Adverse Change," nor shall any of the
following be considered in determining whether a "Material Adverse Change" has
occurred: (A) changes (x) in economic, financial market, regulatory or political
conditions generally or (y) generally affecting the building products/siding and
windows industry or principal markets in which Superholdco or any of its
Subsidiaries conducts business that, in the case of clause (y), do not adversely
affect Superholdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, disproportionately to
other companies in the building products/siding and windows industry, (B)
changes in laws, rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Entity (as
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) or interpretations thereof by any
Governmental Entity (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) or changes in
accounting requirements or principles, (C) the announcement or pendency of the
transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, (D) the consummation
of the transactions contemplated the Stock Purchase Agreement or any actions by
any of the Parties (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) or Superholdco
taken pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement or in connection with the
transactions contemplated thereby, (E) conduct of Superholdco or any of its
Subsidiaries (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) that is (x) not
prohibited under Section 6.3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement or (y) prohibited
under Section 6.3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement for which Purchasers (as
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) gave or failed to give consent in
accordance with Section 6.3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement, (F) any natural
disaster or any act of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war (whether or
not declared) or any escalation or worsening thereof; in each case, which do not
adversely affect Superholdco and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Stock
Purchase Agreement), taken as a whole, disproportionately to other Persons
affected thereby.

          SECTION 3.13 Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agents shall
have received, with counterparts for each Lender (which each applicable
Administrative Agent shall furnish to each applicable Lender promptly upon
receipt thereof), a certificate duly executed and delivered by the chief
financial or accounting Authorized Officer of the U.S. Borrower, dated the
Amendment Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit I to the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 3.14 Fairness Opinion. UBS, Citigroup and the Lenders shall
have received a fairness opinion delivered by an independent evaluation firm
with respect to the Transactions in substantially identical form to the draft
letter delivered to the Initial Lenders on November 30, 2004.

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          SECTION 3.15 Security and Pledge Agreements

          (a) The Administrative Agents shall have received, with counterparts
     for each Lender, (i) the Superholdco Security and Pledge Agreement, dated
     as of the Amendment Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by an
     Authorized Officer of Superholdco, in form and substance satisfactory to
     the U.S. Administrative Agent and (ii) the Deposit Account Control
     Agreement (as defined in the Superholdco Security and Pledge Agreement),
     dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by
     an Authorized Officer of Superholdco, in form and substance satisfactory to
     the U.S. Administrative Agent.

          (b) The Administrative Agents shall have received an Officer's
     Certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of each Borrower either
     confirming that there has been no material change in the information
     provided in each Perfection Certificate previously delivered to the
     Administrative Agents or identifying such changes and (y) certified copies
     of UCC Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11), or a similar
     search report certified by a party acceptable to the Administrative Agents,
     dated a date reasonably near to the Amendment Effective Date, listing all
     effective financing statements (filed after the date of the last such
     search report provided to the Administrative Agents pursuant to the
     Original Credit Agreement) which name each such Obligor as the debtor and
     which are filed in the jurisdictions specified in the Perfection
     Certificates, together with copies of such financial statements (none of
     which shall cover collateral described in any Loan Document except to the
     extent constituting Permitted Liens.

          (c) The Administrative Agents shall be reasonably satisfied that (i)
     each of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agents, for the benefit of
     the Secured Parties in the collateral described in clauses (a) and (b)
     above is a first priority (or local equivalent thereof) security interest
     subject only to Permitted Liens; and (ii) no Liens exist on any of the
     Collateral described above other than the Lien created in favor of an
     Administrative Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to a
     Loan Document and Permitted Liens.

          SECTION 3.16 Compliance with Laws, Approvals etc. Holdings, U.S.
Borrower and their subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable material
foreign and U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations (including but
not limited to ERISA, margin regulations and environmental laws) except to the
extent that the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. All material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and
approvals necessary in connection with the consummation of the Equity Investment
and other transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly obtained.

          SECTION 3.17 Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agents shall have
received opinions, each dated the Amendment Effective Date from (a) White & Case
LLP, U.S. counsel to the Obligors, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agents and addressed to the Administrative Agents and all
Lenders, (b) from White & Case LLP, U.S. counsel to the Obligors, addressed to
the Joint Lead Arrangers and all Lenders substantially in the form previously
delivered to the Joint Lead Arrangers and addressing that the consummation of
the Equity Investment will not trigger a "Change of Control" under the Senior

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Subordinate Note Indenture and the Superholdco Senior Discount Note Indenture,
(c) WeirFoulds LLP, Canadian counsel to the Obligors, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and addressed to the
Administrative Agents and all Lenders and (d) such other counsel to the Obligors
as the Administrative Agents may reasonably request, in each case, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and addressed to
the Administrative Agents and all Lenders. The Administrative Agents shall have
received a copy of an opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel to
Investcorp Investor Group, addressed to Investcorp Investor Group, substantially
in the form previously delivered to the Joint Lead Arrangers (it being
understood that the Lenders shall not be entitled to rely on such legal
opinion), addressing that the consummation of the Equity Investment will not
trigger a "Change of Control" under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and
the Superholdco Senior Discount Note Indenture.

          SECTION 3.18 Delivery of Affirmation and Acknowledgment. The
Administrative Agents shall have received a letter of affirmation and
acknowledgment, dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and substantially in
the form of Annex IV hereto, duly executed and delivered by each Obligor (other
than Holdings and the U.S. Borrower) that is a party to a Loan Document which
was executed and delivered pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 3.19 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties, No Defaults,
etc. At the Amendment Effective Date and after giving effect to the initial
Credit Extension (i) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan
Document and in Article IV herein shall, in each case, be true and correct in
all material respects with the same effect as if then made (unless stated to
relate to a specified earlier date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date) and (ii) no Default shall have then occurred and be continuing.

          SECTION 3.20 Superholdco Guaranty. The Administrative Agents shall
have received, with counterparts for each Lender, the Superholdco Guaranty,
dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by an
Authorized Officer of Superholdco, in form and substance satisfactory to the
U.S. Administrative Agent.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          SECTION 4.1 Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the
Lenders signatories hereto to enter into this Amendment and to consent to the
modifications to the Original Credit Agreement provided for herein, each of
Holdings and each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to all Lenders that
the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as
of the Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to this Amendment with the
same effect as if then made (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of such earlier date) and additionally represents and
warrants unto each Agent and each Lender as set forth in this Article IV.

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          SECTION 4.2 Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution,
delivery and performance by Holdings and each Borrower and each other Obligor of
this Amendment and each other Loan Document executed or to be executed by it in
connection with this Amendment, each such Obligor's participation in the
consummation of all aspects of the Transactions and the execution, delivery and
performance by each other Obligor of each Loan Document (including this
Amendment) executed or to be executed by it in connection with this Amendment
and the agreements executed and delivered by it in connection with the
Transactions are within each such Person's corporate, partnership or limited
liability company powers, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as the
case may be, and, except as disclosed in Item 6.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, do
not (i) contravene any (A) Obligor's Organic Documents, (B) material contractual
restriction binding on or affecting any Obligor, (C) court decree or order
binding on or affecting any Obligor or (D) material law or governmental
regulation binding on or affecting any Obligor, or (ii) result in, or require
the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any Obligor's properties, except
pursuant to the terms of a Loan Document or as otherwise permitted by the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 4.3 Government Approval, etc. No material authorization or
approval or other action by, and no material notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or other Person (other than those (x) that have been, or
on the Amendment Effective Date, will be, or, in the case of Filing Statements
delivered on the Amendment Effective Date, will be within 10 days after the
Amendment Effective Date, duly obtained or made and which are, or on the
Amendment Effective Date will be, or, in the case of Filing Statements delivered
on the Amendment Effective Date, will be within 10 days after the Amendment
Effective Date, in full force and effect and (y) that are contemplated or
required to be made after the Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents and the Transactions Documents) is required for (i)
the due execution, delivery or performance by any Obligor of any Loan Document
to which it is a party or (ii) the due execution, delivery and/or performance by
any Obligor of the Transactions Documents to which each is a party, or (iii) the
conduct of the business of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted following the Amendment Effective Date.

          SECTION 4.4 Validity, etc. This Amendment and the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
Holdings and the Borrowers enforceable in accordance with their terms (except,
in any case, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and by principles of equity).

          SECTION 4.5 Liens Unimpaired. After giving effect to this Amendment,
neither the modification of the Original Credit Agreement effected pursuant to
this Amendment nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this
Amendment

          (a) impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens
     granted pursuant to any Loan Document (as such term is defined in the
     Original Credit Agreement), and such Liens continue unimpaired with the
     same priority to secure repayment of all Obligations, whether heretofore or
     hereafter incurred; or

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          (b) requires that any new filings be made or other action taken to
     perfect or to maintain the perfection of such Liens other than the actions
     required by Section 7.1.11 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit
     Agreement.

          SECTION 4.6 Solvency. On the Amendment Effective Date, after giving
effect to this Amendment and the Transactions, each of Holdings and each other
Obligor (taken together) are Solvent.

          SECTION 4.7 Stock Purchase Agreement. All representations and
warranties made by Holdings and, to the knowledge of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, each other party to the Stock Purchase Agreement were true and
correct in all respects as of the date such representations and warranties were
made, and, as of the date hereof, no default has occurred and is continuing
under the Stock Purchase Agreement, except to the extent any such default or any
failure of any such representation and warranty to be true and correct could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

          SECTION 4.8 No Default. Both immediately before and after giving
effect to this Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing as of the
Amendment Effective Date.

          SECTION 4.9 Accuracy of Information. None of the factual information
heretofore or contemporaneously furnished in writing to any Agent or any Lender
by or on behalf of any Obligor in connection with this Amendment or any other
Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby (including the
Transactions), taken as a whole, contains any untrue statements of material
fact, or omits to state any material facts necessary in either case to make such
information taken as a whole not materially misleading in light of the
circumstances under which such information was provided and no other factual
information hereafter furnished in connection with this Amendment or any other
Loan Document by or on behalf of any Obligor, or to any Agent or any Lender will
contain any untrue statements of material fact or will omit to state any
material facts in either case necessary to make such information taken as a
whole not materially misleading on the date as of which such information is
dated or certified in light of the circumstances under which such information
was provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all financial projections that have
been or are hereafter made available to any Lender or any of the Agents by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Projections")
(including the Projections included in the bank memorandum furnished to the
Lenders with respect to the Borrowers and the other Obligors and the pro forma
balance sheet) have been or, in the case of the Projections made available after
the date hereof, will be prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to be reasonable at the time such assumptions
were made (it being recognized by each of the Lenders and the Agents, however,
that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that the
actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections will
probably differ from the projected results and such differences may be
material).

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                                   ARTICLE V

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          SECTION 5.1 No Other Amendments; References to the Credit Agreement.
Other than as specifically provided herein or in the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver or amendment of
any right, power or privilege of the Lenders under (and as defined in) the
Original Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (as such term is defined in
the Original Credit Agreement) or of any other term or condition of the Original
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (as such term is defined in the
Original Credit Agreement) nor shall the entering into of this Amendment
preclude the Lenders from refusing to enter into any further waivers or
amendments with respect to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. All
references to the Original Credit Agreement in any document, instrument,
agreement, or writing shall from and after the Amendment Effective Date be
deemed to refer to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and, as
used in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the terms "Agreement,"
"herein," "hereafter," "hereunder," "hereto" and words of similar import shall
mean, from and after the Amendment Effective Date, the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 5.2 Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are
inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of this Amendment or any provisions hereof.

          SECTION 5.3 Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same
agreement.

          SECTION 5.4 Expenses. The Borrowers agree to pay promptly (and in any
event on the Closing Date) after presentation of an invoice therefor all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents (including the reasonable fees
and out-of-pocket expenses of one counsel to the Agents (and of local counsel,
if any, who may be retained by such counsel)) in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, each other Loan Document and the
documents and transactions contemplated hereby, including the reasonable fees
and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agents.

          SECTION 5.5 Cross-References. References in this Amendment to any
Article or Section are, unless otherwise specified or otherwise required by the
context, to such Article or Section of this Amendment.

          SECTION 5.6 Cooperation; Other Documents. At all times following the
execution of this Amendment, the Obligors party hereto shall execute and deliver
to the Lenders and the Agents, or shall cause to be executed and delivered to
the Lenders and the Agents, and shall do or cause to be done all such other acts
and things as the Lenders and the Agents may reasonably deem to be necessary or
desirable to assure the Lenders and the Agents of the benefit of this Amendment
(including the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), the other Loan
Documents and each other document relating to this Amendment.

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          SECTION 5.7 Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND RULE 327(B) OF THE NEW YORK CIVIL
PRACTICE LAW AND RULES).

          SECTION 5.8 Acknowledgments. The undersigned hereby (i) expressly
acknowledges the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (ii)
ratifies and affirms its obligations under the Loan Documents (including
guarantees and security agreements) executed by the undersigned and (iii)
acknowledges renews and extends its continued liability under all such Loan
Documents and agrees such Loan Documents remain in full force and effect,
including with respect to the obligations of the Borrowers as modified by the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be executed by their respective officers hereunder duly authorized as of the
date and year first above written.

                                         ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED,
                                         as U.S. Borrower

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         GENTEK BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED,
                                         as Canadian Borrower

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         AMH HOLDINGS INC.,
                                         as a Guarantor

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         ASSOCIATED MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC.,
                                         as a Guarantor

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         GENTEK HOLDINGS, INC.,
                                         as a Guarantor

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         GENTEK BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.,
                                         as a Guarantor

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:

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                                             Title:

                                         ALSIDE INC.,
                                         as a Guarantor

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                         UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
                                         as the U.S. Administrative Agent

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
                                         as the Canadian Administrative Agent

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as the
                                         Syndication Agent

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                         GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORA-
                                         TION,
                                         as Co-Documentation Agent

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                         NATIONAL CITY BANK,
                                         as Co-Documentation Agent

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                                               ,
                                         as a Lender

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                      -17-EXHIBIT 10.5
                    SUPERHOLDCO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     This SUPERHOLDCO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22,
2004 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from
time to time, this "Pledge and Security Agreement"), is made by AMH HOLDINGS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Pledgor"), in favor of UBS AG, STAMFORD
BRANCH, as the administrative agent (together with its successor(s) thereto, in
such capacity the "Administrative Agent") for each of the Secured Parties.

                              W I T N E S S E T H :
                              - - - - - - - - - -

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 22, 2004 and, as further amended, supplemented, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time the "Credit Agreement", among
Associated Materials Incorporated as U.S. Borrower, Gentek Building Products
Limited, as Canadian Borrower, Associated Material Holdings Inc., the Pledgor,
the various financial institutions and other Persons as are or may become
parties thereto, as the Lenders, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as the U.S.
Administrative Agent, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as the Canadian
Administrative Agent, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as the Syndication Agent,
General Electric Capital Corporation and National City Bank, as the
Co-Documentation Agents, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities
LLC, as the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Lenders and the Issuers have extended
Commitments to make Credit Extensions to the Borrowers; and

     WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amendment
Agreement, the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Pledge and
Security Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor agrees, for the
benefit of each Secured Party, as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Pledge and Security Agreement, including its
preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

          "Administrative Agent" is defined in the preamble.

          "Bank" is defined in the Deposit Account Control Agreement.

          "Collateral" is defined in Section 2.1.

          "Control" means, in the case of the Deposit Account, "control" as such
     term is defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC.
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          "Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.

          "Deposit Account Control Agreement" means an agreement substantially
     in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit II or such other agreement as is
     reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Administrative Agent or such other form
     acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

          "Deposit Account" shall mean with respect to the Pledgor, (i) a
     "deposit account" as such term is defined in the UCC and (ii) all cash,
     funds, checks, notes and instruments from time to time on deposit in the
     account described in clause (i) of this definition.

          "Distributions" means all non cash dividends paid on Capital Stock,
     liquidating dividends paid on Capital Stock, shares of Capital Stock
     resulting from (or in connection with the exercise of) stock splits,
     reclassifications, warrants, options, non cash dividends, mergers,
     consolidations, and all other distributions (whether similar or dissimilar
     to the foregoing) on or with respect to any Capital Stock constituting
     Collateral, but excluding Dividends.

          "Dividends" means cash dividends and cash distributions with respect
     to any Capital Stock constituting Collateral that are not a liquidating
     dividend.

          "Event of Default" is defined in the Credit Agreement.

          "Pledgor" is defined in the preamble.

          "Pledge and Security Agreement" is defined in the preamble.

          "Securities Act" is defined in clause (a) of Section 6.2.

     SECTION 1.2. Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein
or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Pledge and Security
Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in
the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 1.3. UCC Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or in the
Credit Agreement or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are
provided in the UCC are used in this Pledge and Security Agreement (whether or
not capitalized herein), including its preamble and recitals, with such
meanings.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                SECURITY INTEREST

     SECTION 2.1. Grant of Security Interest. The Pledgor hereby assigns,
pledges, hypothecates, charges, mortgages, delivers and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the ratable benefit of each other
Secured Party, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit
and the ratable benefit of each other Secured Party, a continuing security
interest in all of the Pledgor's right, title and interest in the following

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property, whether tangible or intangible, whether now or hereafter existing,
owned or acquired by the Pledgor, and wherever located (collectively, the
"Collateral"):

         (a)  all investment property in which the Pledgor has an interest
     (including the Capital Stock of each issuer of such Capital Stock described
     in Schedule I hereto),

         (b)  all other Capital Stock which are interests in limited liability
     companies or partnerships in which the Pledgor has an interest (including
     the Capital Stock of each issuer of such Capital Stock described in
     Schedule I hereto); and

         (c)  all Deposit Accounts;

in each case together with Dividends and Distributions payable in respect of the
Collateral described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b).

     SECTION 2.2. Security for Obligations. This Pledge and Security Agreement
and the Collateral in which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties is granted a security interest hereunder by the Pledgor secure
the payment of all Obligations now or hereafter existing.

     SECTION 2.3. Pledgor Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding

         (a)  the Pledgor will remain liable under the contracts and agreements,
     included in or relating to the Collateral to the extent set forth therein,
     and will perform all of its duties and obligations under such contracts and
     agreements to the same extent as if this Pledge and Security Agreement had
     not been executed;

         (b)  the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights
     hereunder will not release the Pledgor from any of its duties or
     obligations under any such contracts or agreements relating to the
     Collateral; and

         (c)  no Secured Party will have any obligation or liability under any
     contracts or agreements, included in or relating to the Collateral by
     reason of this Pledge and Security Agreement, nor will any Secured Party be
     obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Pledgor
     thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for
     payment assigned hereunder.

     SECTION 2.4. Dividends. In the event that any Dividend with respect to any
Capital Stock pledged hereunder is permitted to be paid (in accordance with the
Credit Agreement), such Dividend or payment may be paid directly to the Pledgor.
If any Dividend or payment is paid in contravention of the Credit Agreement, the
Pledgor shall hold the same segregated and in trust for the Administrative Agent
until paid to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 4.5 hereto.

     SECTION 2.5. Security Interest Absolute, etc. This Pledge and Security
Agreement shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable grant of security interest, and shall remain in full force and
effect until the Termination Date. All rights of the

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Secured Parties and the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent
(for its benefit and the ratable benefit of each other Secured Party) hereunder,
and all obligations of the Pledgor hereunder, shall, in each case, be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of:

         (a)  any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of any Loan
     Document;

         (b)  the failure of any Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or
     to enforce any right or remedy against any Obligor or any other Person
     (including any other Guarantor) under the provisions of any Loan Document
     or otherwise;

         (c)  any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
     other term of, all or any part of the Obligations, or any other extension,
     compromise or renewal of any Obligation;

         (d)  any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any
     Obligations for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release,
     surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to (and the
     Pledgor hereby waives any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff,
     counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
     invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise,
     unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence affecting, any
     Obligations or otherwise;

         (e)  any amendment to, rescission, waiver or other modification of, or
     any consent to or departure from, any of the terms of any Loan Document;

         (f)  any addition, exchange or release of any collateral or of any
     Person that is (or will become) a guarantor (including the Pledgor) of the
     Obligations, or any surrender or non perfection of any collateral, or any
     amendment to or waiver or release or addition to, or consent to or
     departure from, any other guaranty held by any Secured Party securing any
     of the Obligations; or

         (g)  any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense
     available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Obligor, any surety
     or any guarantor.

     SECTION 2.6. Postponement of Subrogation. The Pledgor agrees that prior to
the Termination Date it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way
of rights of subrogation under any Loan Document to which it is a party. The
Pledgor shall not seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement
from any Obligor, in respect of any payment made under any Loan Document or
otherwise, until following the Termination Date. Any amount paid to the Pledgor
on account of any such subrogation rights prior to the Termination Date shall be
held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall immediately be
paid and turned over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in the exact form received by the Pledgor (duly endorsed in favor of the
Administrative Agent, if required), to be credited and applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 6.1;
provided that if the Pledgor has made payment to the Secured Parties of all or
any part of the Obligations and the Termination Date has occurred, then at the
Pledgor's request, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties)
will, at the expense of the Pledgor, execute and deliver to the Pledgor
appropriate documents (without recourse and without representation or warranty)
necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Pledgor of an

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interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment. In furtherance of the
foregoing, at all times prior to the Termination Date, the Pledgor shall refrain
from taking any action or commencing any proceeding against any Obligor (or its
successors or assigns, whether in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding or
otherwise) to recover any amounts in respect of payments made under this Pledge
and Security Agreement to any Secured Party.

                                   ARTICLE III

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     In order to induce the Secured Parties to make Credit Extensions under the
Credit Agreement, and to induce the Secured Parties to enter into Rate
Protection Agreements, the Pledgor represents and warrants to each Secured Party
as set forth below.

     SECTION 3.1. As to Capital Stock of Subsidiaries. With respect to any
Subsidiary of the Pledgor that is

         (a)  a corporation, business trust, joint stock company or similar
     Person, all Capital Stock issued by such Subsidiary is duly authorized and
     validly issued, fully paid and non assessable; and

         (b)  a partnership or limited liability company, no Capital Stock
     issued by such Subsidiary (i) is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges
     or in securities markets, (ii) is expressly provided in such Subsidiary's
     Organic Documents to be a security governed by Article 8 of the UCC or
     (iii) is held in a securities account.

The percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each Subsidiary
pledged by the Pledgor hereunder is as set forth on Schedule I hereto. On the
Closing Date, the Pledgor has no direct Subsidiary other than Holdings.

     SECTION 3.2. Ownership, No Liens, etc. The Pledgor is the legal and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to (and has full right
and authority to pledge and assign) the Collateral free and clear of any Lien,
except for Liens created by this Pledge and Security Agreement or otherwise
permitted by the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 3.3. Valid Security Interest. The execution and delivery of this
Pledge and Security Agreement, together with the delivery of such Collateral to
the Administrative Agent, is effective to create a valid, perfected,
first-priority security interest in such Collateral and all proceeds thereof,
securing the Obligations. Possession by the Administrative Agent of the
Collateral is sufficient to perfect or protect such security interest in the
Collateral.

     SECTION 3.4. Authorization, Approval, etc. Except as have been obtained or
made and are in full force and effect, no authorization, approval or other
action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is
required either

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         (a)  for the grant by the Pledgor of the security interest granted
     hereby, the pledge by the Pledgor of any Collateral pursuant hereto or for
     the execution, delivery and performance of this Pledge and Security
     Agreement by the Pledgor;

         (b)  for the perfection of or the exercise by the Administrative Agent
     of its rights and remedies hereunder; or

         (c)  for the exercise by the Administrative Agent of the voting or
     other rights provided for in this Pledge and Security Agreement, except (i)
     as may be required in connection with a disposition of such securities by
     laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally, the remedies
     in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement
     and (ii) any "change of control" or similar filings required by state
     licensing agencies.

     SECTION 3.5. Deposit Accounts. On the date hereof the Pledgor has neither
opened nor maintains any Deposit Accounts. The Pledgor shall not hereafter
establish and maintain any Deposit Account for purposes of Section 4.5 unless
(1) the Pledgor shall have given the Administrative Agent 30 days' prior written
notice of its intention to establish such Deposit Account with a Bank, (2) such
Bank shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole judgment and
(3) such Bank and the Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such
Deposit Account. Each Pledgor agrees that at the time it establishes any such
Deposit Accounts it shall enter into a duly authorized, executed and delivered
Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such Deposit Account. The
Pledgor shall not grant Control of any Deposit Account to any person other than
the Administrative Agent.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    COVENANTS

     The Pledgor covenants and agrees that, until the Termination Date, the
Pledgor will perform, comply with and be bound by the obligations set forth
below.

     SECTION 4.1. Capital Stock of Subsidiaries. The Pledgor will not allow any
of its Subsidiaries that is:

         (a)  a corporation, business trust, joint stock company or similar
     Person, to issue uncertificated securities; and

         (b)  a partnership or limited liability company, to (i) issue Capital
     Stock that is to be dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in
     securities markets, (ii) expressly provide in its Organic Documents that
     its Capital Stock is a security governed by Article 8 of the UCC, or (iii)
     place such Subsidiary's Capital Stock in a securities account;

unless, in each case, all actions are taken to grant to the Administrative Agent
a perfected first priority security interest in such Collateral.

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     SECTION 4.2. Stock Powers, etc. The Pledgor agrees that all certificated
securities delivered by the Pledgor pursuant to this Pledge and Security
Agreement will be accompanied by duly executed undated blank stock powers, or
other equivalent instruments of transfer acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

     SECTION 4.3. Continuous Pledge, etc.

     (a) Subject to the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor will, at all times, keep
pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto, on a first-priority,
perfected basis all investment property constituting Collateral and, to the
extent required under the Credit Agreement, all Dividends and Distributions with
respect thereto and all other Collateral and other securities, instruments,
proceeds, and rights from time to time received by or distributable to the
Pledgor in respect of any Collateral, and will not permit Holdings to issue any
Capital Stock which shall not have been immediately duly pledged hereunder on a
first priority perfected basis.

     (b) The Pledgor will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, or encumber in any
other manner the Collateral (except in favor of the Administrative Agent
hereunder) to the extent prohibited under the Credit Agreement. The Pledgor will
warrant and defend the right and title herein granted unto the Administrative
Agent in and to the Collateral (and all right, title, and interest represented
by the Collateral) against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

     SECTION 4.4. Voting Rights; Dividends, etc. The Pledgor agrees:

          (a) promptly upon receipt of notice of the occurrence and continuance
     of an Event of Default from the Administrative Agent and upon request
     therefor by the Administrative Agent (although no such request shall be
     required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement
     has occurred and is continuing), so long as such Event of Default shall
     continue, to deliver (properly endorsed where required hereby or requested
     by the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent all Dividends and
     Distributions with respect to investment property, all interest, principal
     and all proceeds of the Collateral, in each case thereafter received by the
     Pledgor, all of which shall be held by the Administrative Agent as
     additional Collateral; and

          (b) after any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
     and the Administrative Agent has notified the Pledgor of the Administrative
     Agent's intention to exercise its voting power under this clause,

               (i) that the Administrative Agent may exercise (to the exclusion
          of the Pledgor) the voting power and all other incidental rights of
          ownership with respect to any investment property constituting
          Collateral and the Pledgor hereby grants the Administrative Agent an
          irrevocable proxy, exercisable under such circumstances, to vote such
          investment property; and

               (ii) to promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent such
          additional proxies and other documents as may be necessary to allow
          the Administrative Agent to exercise such voting power.

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All Dividends, Distributions and proceeds which may at any time and from time to
time be held by the Pledgor but which the Pledgor is then obligated to deliver
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Pledge and Security
Agreement, shall, until delivery to the Administrative Agent, be held by the
Pledgor separate and apart from its other property in trust for the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent agrees that unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall
have given the notice referred to in clause (b), the Pledgor will have the
exclusive voting power with respect to any investment property constituting
Collateral and the Administrative Agent will, upon the written request of the
Pledgor, promptly deliver such proxies and other documents, if any, as shall be
reasonably requested by the Pledgor which are necessary to allow the Pledgor to
exercise that voting power; provided that no vote shall be cast, or consent,
waiver, or ratification given, or action taken by the Pledgor that would impair
any such Collateral or be inconsistent with or violate any provision of any Loan
Document.

     SECTION 4.5. Deposit Account. All amounts received by the Pledgor pursuant
to each of Sections 7.2.6(g) and (h) of the Credit Agreement shall either (x) be
immediately paid to Parentholdco and used as contemplated in Section 7.2.6(g) or
(h), as applicable, or (y) be deposited (on the date received) in the Deposit
Account and once so deposited, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, shall only be withdrawn as follows:

          (i) with respect to amounts paid to the Pledgor pursuant to Section
     7.2.6(g)(x) of the Credit Agreement, such amounts may be used to (x) so
     long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, pay regularly
     scheduled cash interest when due on the Parentholdco Notes pursuant to the
     terms of the Parentholdco Notes Indenture as in effect on the Amendment
     Effective Date in an amount equal to 10% per annum or be contributed to
     Parentholdco and used for such purpose, (y) make capital contributions to
     Holdings (and Pledgor shall cause Holdings to contribute such amount to
     U.S. Borrower) or (z) repay the Loans; provided that to the extent that
     amounts deposited into the Pledged Account exceed an amount equal to the
     next succeeding cash interest payment on the then outstanding Parentholdco
     Notes (calculated at the per annum for cash interest required to be paid on
     the Parentholdco Notes pursuant to the terms of the Parentholdco Notes
     Indenture on the Amendment Effective Date and assuming interest payment
     shall occur within 180 days at the deposit of such amounts) (the "Interest
     Payment Amount") (provided such amount shall not exceed the amount of cash
     interest required to be paid on the Parentholdco Notes on the Amendment
     Effective Date and that such succeeding interest payment shall occur within
     180 days) (the "Interest Payment Amount") for ten (10) Business Days, such
     excess amounts shall immediately be applied by the Pledgor to make capital
     contributions to Holdings (and Pledgor shall cause Holdings to contribute
     such amount to U.S. Borrower) or to repay Loans;

          (ii) with respect to amounts paid to the Pledgor pursuant to Section
     7.2.6(g)(y) of the Credit Agreement, such amounts may only be used to (x)
     make payments of the type described in such Section 7.2.6(g)(y), (y) be
     contributed to Parentholdco and used for such purpose or (z) to repay
     loans; provided that to the extent any such amounts, together with all
     other amounts in such account in Excess of the Interest Payment Amount, are
     not used within ten (10) Business Days of the deposit thereof, such excess
     amounts shall immediately be applied by the Pledgor to make capital
     contributions to Holdings (and Pledgor shall cause Holdings to contribute
     such amount to U.S. Borrower) or to repay Loans; and

          (iii) with respect to amounts paid to the Pledgor pursuant to Section
     7.2.6(h) of the Credit Agreement, such amounts may only be used to (x) pay
     the portion of the Transactions Dividend not previously paid (but not to
     exceed $34.3 million), (y) be contributed to Parentholdco and used for such
     purpose or (z) to repay Loans; provided that to the extent any such
     amounts, together with all other amounts in such account in Excess of the
     Interest Payment Amount, are not used within ten (10) Business

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     Days of the deposit thereof, such excess amounts shall immediately be
     applied by the Pledgor to make capital contributions to Holdings (and
     Pledgor shalll cause Holdings to contribute such amount to U.S. Borrower)
     or to repay Loans;

provided, further, that with respect to clauses (i)(x) and (ii) above, such
payments may only be made at the times described in the proviso to Section
7.2.6(g) of the Credit Agreement, and with respect to clauses (i)(x), (ii) and
(iii) above, such amounts may only be used for the purposes set forth therein
and the amount of such payments shall not exceed the amounts permitted to be
used pursuant to Section 4.6 of the Superholdco Guaranty.

     SECTION 4.6. Further Assurances, etc. The Pledgor agrees that, from time to
time at its own expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further
instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or
that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect,
preserve and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted
hereby or to enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights
and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Pledgor will:

          (a)  from time to time upon the request of the Administrative Agent,
     promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent such stock powers, instruments
     and similar documents, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
     Administrative Agent, with respect to such Collateral as the Administrative
     Agent may reasonably request and will, from time to time upon the request
     of the Administrative Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance
     of any Event of Default promptly transfer any securities constituting
     Collateral into the name of any nominee designated by the Administrative
     Agent;

          (b) deliver to the Administrative Agent and at all times keep pledged
     to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto, on a first priority, perfected
     basis, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, all
     investment property constituting Collateral, all Dividends and
     Distributions with respect thereto, and all proceeds and rights from time
     to time received by or distributable to the Pledgor in respect of any of
     the foregoing Collateral;

          (c)  furnish to the Administrative Agent, from time to time at the
     Administrative Agent's request, statements and schedules further
     identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in
     connection with the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
     request; and

          (d)  not permit any Lien (other Liens created pursuant to this Pledge
     and Security Agreement) to be incurred on any Deposit Account and shall
     cause any such Lien to immediately be removed.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                            THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     SECTION 5.1. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney in Fact. The Pledgor
hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent its attorney-in-fact, with
full authority in the place and stead of the Pledgor and in the name of the
Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time in the Administrative Agent's
discretion, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the
Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes
of this Pledge and Security Agreement, including:

         (a)  to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and
     give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in
     respect of any of the Collateral;

         (b)  to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments,
     documents and chattel paper, in connection with clause (a) above;

         (c)  to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings
     which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the
     collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of
     the Administrative Agent with respect to any of the Collateral; and

         (d)  to perform the affirmative obligations of the Pledgor hereunder.

The Pledgor hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees that the power of attorney
granted pursuant to this Section is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.

     SECTION 5.2. Administrative Agent May Perform. If the Pledgor fails to
perform any agreement contained herein within five Business Days after written
notice from the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may itself
perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the
Administrative Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the
Pledgor pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 5.3. Administrative Agent Has No Duty. The powers conferred on the
Administrative Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest (on behalf of
the Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty on it to
exercise any such powers. Except for reasonable care of any Collateral in its
possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or responsibility
for:
          (a)  ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions,
     exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any investment
     property, whether or not the Administrative Agent has or is deemed to have
     knowledge of such matters, or

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          (b)  taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior
     parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.

     SECTION 5.4. Reasonable Care. The Administrative Agent shall exercise
reasonable care in the custody and preservation of all of the Collateral in its
possession.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                    REMEDIES

     SECTION 6.1. Certain Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing:

          (a)  The Administrative Agent may exercise in respect of the
     Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or
     otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party
     on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected
     Collateral) and also may:

               (i) require the Pledgor to, and the Pledgor hereby agrees that it
          will, at its expense and upon request of the Administrative Agent
          forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the
          Administrative Agent and make it available to the Administrative Agent
          at a place to be designated by the Administrative Agent which is
          reasonably convenient to both parties, and

               (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell the
          Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or
          private sale, at any of the Administrative Agent's offices or
          elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such
          other terms as the Administrative Agent may deem commercially
          reasonable. The Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale
          shall be required by law, at least ten days prior notice to the
          Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after
          which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable
          notification. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make
          any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.
          The Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from
          time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and
          such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
          to which it was so adjourned.

          (b)  All cash proceeds received by the Administrative Agent in respect
     of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part
     of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be
     held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any
     time thereafter applied by the Administrative Agent against, all or any
     part of the Obligations as follows:

               (i) first, to the payment of all Obligations owing to the
          Administrative Agent, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent,
          including fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent;

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               (ii) second, to the equal and ratable payment of Obligations, in
          accordance with each Secured Party's Obligations owing to it under or
          pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, applied;

                    (A) first to fees and expense reimbursements then due to
               such Secured Party,

                    (B) second to interest due to such Secured Party,

                    (C) third to pay or prepay principal of the Loans owing to
               such Secured Party or to reduce the credit exposure of such
               Secured Party under such Rate Protection Agreement, as the case
               may be, and

                    (D) fourth to pay the remaining outstanding Obligations and
               Cash Collateralize all Letter of Credit Outstandings;

               (iii) third, without duplication of any amounts paid pursuant to
          clause (b)(ii) above, to the Indemnified Parties to the extent of any
          amounts owing pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Credit Agreement; and

               (iv) fourth, paid over to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be
          lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.

     For purposes of this Pledge and Security Agreement, the "credit exposure"
     at any time of any Secured Party with respect to a Rate Protection
     Agreement to which such Secured Party is a party shall be determined at
     such time in accordance with the customary methods of calculating credit
     exposure under similar arrangements by the counterparty to such
     arrangements, taking into account potential interest rate movements and the
     respective termination provisions and notional principal amount and term of
     such Rate Protection Agreement.

          (c) The Administrative Agent may:

               (i) transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the name of
          the Administrative Agent or its nominee, with or without disclosing
          that such Collateral is subject to the Lien hereunder,

               (ii) notify the parties obligated on any of the Collateral to
          make payment to the Administrative Agent of any amount due or to
          become due thereunder,

               (iii) enforce collection of any of the Collateral by suit or
          otherwise, and surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof,
          or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer
          than the original period) any obligations of any nature of any party
          with respect thereto,

               (iv) endorse any checks, drafts, or other writings in the
          Pledgor's name to allow collection of the Collateral,

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               (v) take control of any proceeds of the Collateral, and

               (vi) execute (in the name, place and stead of the Pledgor)
          endorsements, assignments, stock powers and other instruments of
          conveyance or transfer with respect to all or any of the Collateral.

     SECTION 6.2. Securities Laws. If the Administrative Agent shall determine
to exercise its right to sell all or any of the Collateral pursuant to Section
6.1, the Pledgor agrees that, upon request of the Administrative Agent, the
Pledgor will, at its own expense:

          (a) execute and deliver, and cause (or, with respect to any issuer
     which is not a Subsidiary of the Pledgor, use its best efforts to cause)
     each issuer of the Collateral contemplated to be sold and the directors and
     officers thereof to execute and deliver, all such instruments and
     documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts and things, as
     may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, advisable
     to register such Collateral under the provisions of the Securities Act of
     1933, as from time to time amended (the "Securities Act"), and cause the
     registration statement relating thereto to become effective
     and to remain effective for such period as prospectuses are required by law
     to be furnished, and to make all amendments and supplements thereto and to
     the related prospectus which, in the reasonable opinion of the
     Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with
     the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
     SEC applicable thereto;

          (b) use its best efforts to exempt the Collateral under the state
     securities or "Blue Sky" laws and to obtain all necessary governmental
     approvals for the sale of the Collateral, as requested by the
     Administrative Agent;

          (c) cause (or, with respect to any issuer which is not a Subsidiary of
     the Pledgor, use its best efforts to cause) each such issuer to make
     available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings
     statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
     Securities Act; and

          (d) do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be
     necessary to make such sale of the Collateral or any part thereof valid and
     binding and in compliance with applicable law.

     SECTION 6.3. Compliance with Restrictions. The Pledgor agrees that in any
sale of any of the Collateral whenever an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to comply with
any limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised
by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of applicable law
(including compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of
prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders and
purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict such prospective bidders
and purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing
for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale of such Collateral), or in order to obtain any required approval of the
sale or of the purchaser by any Governmental Authority or official, and the
Pledgor further agrees that such compliance shall not result in such sale being

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considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner,
nor shall the Administrative Agent be liable nor accountable to the Pledgor for
any discount allowed by reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in
compliance with any such limitation or restriction.

     SECTION 6.4. Protection of Collateral. The Administrative Agent may from
time to time, at its option, perform any act which the Pledgor fails to perform
after being requested in writing so to perform (it being understood that no such
request need be given after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default of the type described in Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement) and the
Administrative Agent may from time to time take any other action which the
Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary for the maintenance,
preservation or protection of any of the Collateral or of its security interest
therein.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 7.1. Loan Document. This Pledge and Security Agreement is a Loan
Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance
with the terms and provisions thereof, including Article XI thereof.

     SECTION 7.2. Binding on Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Assignment.
This Pledge and Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until
the Termination Date has occurred, shall be binding upon the Pledgor and its
successors, transferees and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by each Secured Party and its successors, transferees and assigns;
provided that the Pledgor may not (unless otherwise permitted under the terms of
the Credit Agreement) assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of all Lenders.

     SECTION 7.3. Amendments, etc. No amendment to or waiver of any provision of
this Pledge and Security Agreement, nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor
from its obligations under this Pledge and Security Agreement, shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as the
case may be, pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement) and the Pledgor
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose for which given.

     SECTION 7.4. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing or by facsimile and addressed, delivered or
transmitted to the appropriate party at the address or facsimile number of such
party specified in the Credit Agreement or at such other address or facsimile
number as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other party. Any
notice or other communication, if mailed and properly addressed with postage
prepaid or if properly addressed and sent by pre-paid courier service, shall be
deemed given when received; any such notice or other communication, if
transmitted by facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted and
electronically confirmed.

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     SECTION 7.5. Release of Liens. Upon (a) the Disposition of Collateral in
accordance with the Credit Agreement or (b) the occurrence of the Termination
Date, the security interests granted herein shall automatically terminate with
respect to (i) such Collateral (in the case of clause (a)) or (ii) all
Collateral (in the case of clause (b)). Upon any such Disposition or
termination, the Administrative Agent will, at the Pledgor's sole expense,
deliver to the Pledgor, without any representations, warranties or recourse of
any kind whatsoever, all Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder,
and execute and deliver to the Pledgor such documents as the Pledgor shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination.

     SECTION 7.6. No Waiver; Remedies. In addition to, and not in limitation of
Section 2.5, no failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no
delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.

     SECTION 7.7. Headings. The various headings of this Pledge and Security
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Pledge and Security Agreement or any provisions thereof.

     SECTION 7.8. Severability. Any provision of this Pledge and Security
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such provision and such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of
this Pledge and Security Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability
of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     SECTION 7.9. Governing Law, Entire Agreement, etc. THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS
5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK),
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST
HEREUNDER, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This
Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire
understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof and supersede any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect
thereto.

     SECTION 7.10. Counterparts. This Pledge and Security Agreement may be
executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and
the same agreement.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Pledge and
Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its Authorized Officer
as of the date first above written.

                                       AMH HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

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                                       UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
                                         as Administrative Agent

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

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