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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.13

                               AMH HOLDINGS, INC.

                             2002 Stock Option Plan

     1. Purposes. The purposes of the AMH Holdings, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan
are:

          (a) To further the growth, development and success of the Company and
its Affiliates by enabling the executive and other employees and directors of,
and consultants to, the Company and its Affiliates to acquire a continuing
equity interest in the Company, thereby increasing their personal interests in
such growth, development and success and motivating such employees, directors
and consultants to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its
Affiliates; and

          (b) To maintain the ability of the Company and its Affiliates to
attract and retain employees, directors and consultants of outstanding ability
by offering them an opportunity to acquire a continuing equity interest in the
Company and its Affiliates which will reflect the growth, development and
success of the Company and its Affiliates.

Toward these objectives, the Committee may grant Options to such employees,
directors and consultants, all pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

     2. Definitions. As used in the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:

          (a) "Affiliate" - other than the Company, (i) any corporation or
limited liability company in an unbroken chain of corporations or limited
liability companies ending with the Company if each corporation or limited
liability company owns stock or membership interests (as applicable) possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock in one of the other corporations or limited liability companies in such
chain; (ii) any corporation, trade or business (including, without limitation, a
partnership or limited liability company) which is more than fifty percent (50%)
controlled (whether by ownership of stock, assets or an equivalent ownership
interest or voting interest) by the Company or one of its Affiliates; or (iii)
any other entity, approved by the Committee as an Affiliate under the Plan, in
which the Company or any of its Affiliates has a material equity interest.

          (b) "Agreement" - a written stock option award agreement evidencing an
Option, as described in Section 3(e).

          (c) "Board" - the Board of Directors of the Company.
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          (d) "Change in Control" - an event described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) of Section 10(c).

          (e) "Code" - the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended
from time to time, including regulations and rules thereunder and successor
provisions and regulations and rules thereto.

          (f) "Committee" - the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such
other Board committee as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan.

          (g) "Common Stock" - the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
the Company.

          (h) "Company" - AMH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor entity.

          (i) "Disability" - the meaning given the term "total disability" in
the Company's long-term disability plan, or, in the absence thereof, an
inability to perform duties and services as an employee, director or consultant,
as the case may be, of the Company or an Affiliate by reason of a medically
determinable physical or mental impairment, supported by medical evidence, which
can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, as determined by
the Committee in its good faith discretion; provided, however, that for purposes
of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan, "Disability" shall mean
"permanent and total disability" as set forth in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code
which is defined as an inability to perform the duties and services as an
employee of the Company by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can
be expected to last for at least a continuous twelve (12)-month period.

          (j) "Fair Market Value" - of a share of Stock as of a given date shall
be: (i) the mean of the highest and lowest reported sale prices for a share of
Stock, on the principal exchange on which the Stock is then listed or admitted
to trading, for such date, or, if no such prices are reported for such date, the
most recent day for which such prices are available shall be used; (ii) if the
Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on a stock exchange, the mean of
the closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such date as
reported by Nasdaq National Market (or any successor or similar quotation system
regularly reporting the market value of the Stock in the over-the-counter
market), or, if no such prices are reported for such date, the most recent day
for which such prices are available shall be used; or (iii) in the event neither
of the valuation methods provided for in clauses (i) and (ii) above are
practicable, the fair market value determined by such other reasonable valuation
method as the Committee shall, in its discretion, select and apply in good faith
as of the given date; provided, however, that for purposes of paragraphs (a) and
(h) of Section 6, such fair market value shall be determined subject to Section
422(c)(7) of the Code.

          (k) "ISO" or "Incentive Stock Option" - a right to purchase Stock
granted to an Optionee under the Plan in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in Section 6 and which conforms to the applicable
provisions of Section 422 of the Code.

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          (l) "Notice" - written notice actually received by the Company at its
executive offices on the day of such receipt, if received on or before 1:30
p.m., on a day when the Company's executive offices are open for business, or,
if received after such time, such notice shall be deemed received on the next
such day, which notice may be delivered in person to the Company's Assistant
Treasurer, c/o Harvest Partners, Inc., 280 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY
10017, attention: Jonathan Angrist, or sent to the Company at the address
indicated on the Agreement.

          (m) "Option" - a right to purchase Stock granted to an Optionee under
the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6.
Options may be either ISOs or stock options other than ISOs.

          (n) "Optionee" - an individual who is eligible, pursuant to Section 5,
and who has been selected, pursuant to Section 3(c), to participate in the Plan,
and who holds an outstanding Option granted to such individual under the Plan in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6.

          (o) "Plan" - this AMH Holdings, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan.

          (p) "Securities Act" - the Securities Act of 1933, as it may be
amended from time to time, including the regulations and rules promulgated
thereunder and successor provisions and regulations and rules thereto.

          (q) "Stock" - the Common Stock.

          (r) "Subsidiary" - any present or future corporation which is or would
be a "subsidiary corporation" of the Company as the term is defined in Section
424(f) of the Code.

     3. Administration of the Plan. (a) The Committee shall have exclusive
authority to operate, manage and administer the Plan in accordance with its
terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in its absolute discretion,
the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights,
duties and responsibilities of the Committee under the Plan, including, but not
limited to, establishing procedures to be followed by the Committee, except with
respect to matters which under any applicable law, regulation or rule, are
required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. If and to the
extent that no Committee exists which has the authority to administer the Plan,
the functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board.

          (b) The Committee shall be appointed from time to time by the Board,
and the Committee shall consist of not less than two members of the Board.
Appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon their acceptance of
such appointment. Committee members may be removed by the Board at any time
either with or without cause, and such members may resign at any time by
delivering notice thereof to the Board. Any vacancy on the Committee, whether
due to action of the Board or any other reason, shall be filled by the Board.

          (c) The Committee shall have full authority to grant, pursuant to the
terms of the Plan, Options to those individuals who are eligible to receive
Options under the Plan. In particular, the Committee shall have discretionary
authority, in accordance with the terms of the

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Plan, to: determine eligibility for participation in the Plan; select, from time
to time, from among those eligible, the employees, directors and consultants to
whom Options shall be granted under the Plan, which selection may be based upon
information furnished to the Committee by the Company's or an Affiliate's
management; determine whether an Option shall take the form of an ISO or an
Option other than an ISO; determine the number of shares of Stock to be included
in any Option, and the periods for which Options will be outstanding; establish
and administer any terms, conditions, performance criteria, restrictions,
limitations, forfeiture, vesting or exercise schedule, and other provisions of
or relating to any Option; grant waivers of terms, conditions, restrictions and
limitations under the Plan or applicable to any Option, or accelerate the
vesting or exercisability of any Option; amend or adjust, in accordance with the
last paragraph in Section 13, the terms and conditions of any outstanding Option
and/or adjust the number and/or class of shares of Stock subject to any
outstanding Option; at any time and from time to time after the granting of an
Option, specify such additional terms, conditions and restrictions with respect
to any such Option as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure
compliance with any and all applicable laws or rules, including, but not limited
to, terms, restrictions and conditions for compliance with applicable securities
laws, regarding an Optionee's exercise of Options by tendering shares of Stock
or under any "cashless exercise" program established by the Committee, and
methods of withholding or providing for the payment of required taxes; offer to
buy out an Option previously granted, based on such terms and conditions as the
Committee shall establish with and communicate to the Optionee at the time such
offer is made; and, to the extent permitted under the applicable Agreement,
permit the transfer of an Option or the exercise of an Option by one other than
the Optionee who received the grant of such Option (other than any such transfer
or exercise which would cause any ISO to fail to qualify as an "incentive stock
option" under Section 422 of the Code).

          (d) The Committee shall have all authority that may be necessary or
helpful to enable it to discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Plan.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence or Section 3(a), and
in addition to the powers otherwise expressly designated to the Committee in the
Plan, the Committee shall have the exclusive right and discretionary authority
to interpret the Plan and the Agreements; construe any ambiguous provision of
the Plan and/or the Agreements and decide all questions concerning eligibility
for and the amount of Options granted under the Plan. The Committee may
establish, amend, waive and/or rescind rules and regulations and administrative
guidelines for carrying out the Plan and may correct any errors, supply any
omissions or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan and/or any Agreement or
any other instrument relating to any Options. The Committee shall have the
authority to adopt such procedures and subplans and grant Options on such terms
and conditions as the Committee determines necessary or appropriate to permit
participation in the Plan by individuals otherwise eligible to so participate
who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States, or otherwise
to conform to applicable requirements or practices of jurisdictions outside of
the United States; and take any and all such other actions it deems necessary or
advisable for the proper operation and/or administration of the Plan. The
Committee shall have full discretionary authority in all matters related to the
discharge of its responsibilities and the exercise of its authority under the
Plan. Decisions and actions by the Committee with respect to the Plan and any
Agreement shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons having or
claiming to have any right or interest in or under the Plan and/or any
Agreement.

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          (e) Each Option shall be evidenced by an Agreement, which shall be
executed by the Company and the Optionee to whom such Option has been granted,
unless the Agreement provides otherwise; two or more Options granted to a single
Optionee may, however, be combined in a single Agreement. An Agreement shall not
be a precondition to the granting of an Option; no person shall have any rights
under any Option, however, unless and until the Optionee to whom the Option
shall have been granted (i) shall have executed and delivered to the Company an
Agreement or other instrument evidencing the Option, unless such Agreement
provides otherwise, and (ii) has otherwise complied with the applicable terms
and conditions of the Option. The Committee shall prescribe the form of all
Agreements, and, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, shall
determine the content of all Agreements. Any Agreement may be supplemented or
amended in writing from time to time as approved by the Committee in accordance
with the last paragraph of Section 13; provided that the terms and conditions of
any such Agreement as supplemented or amended are not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan.

          (f) A majority of the members of the entire Committee shall constitute
a quorum and the actions of a majority of the members of the Committee in
attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or actions by a written
instrument signed by all members of the Committee, shall be the actions of the
Committee.

          (g) The Committee may consult with counsel who may be counsel to the
Company. The Committee may, with the approval of the Board, employ such other
attorneys and/or consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers and other persons
as it deems necessary or appropriate. In accordance with Section 12, the
Committee shall not incur any liability for any action taken in good faith in
reliance upon the advice of such counsel or other persons.

          (h) In serving on the Committee, the members thereof shall be entitled
to indemnification as directors of the Company, and to any limitation of
liability and reimbursement as directors with respect to their services as
members of the Committee.

          (i) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the
applicable rules of a stock exchange, the Committee may, in its discretion,
allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers under this
Section 3 to any one or more of its members and/or delegate all or any part of
its responsibilities and powers under this Section 3 to any person or persons
selected by it; provided, however, that the Committee may not delegate its
authority to correct errors, omissions or inconsistencies in the Plan. Any such
authority delegated or allocated by the Committee under this paragraph (i) of
Section 3 shall be exercised in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Plan and any rules, regulations or administrative guidelines that may from time
to time be established by the Committee, and any such allocation or delegation
may be revoked by the Committee at any time.

     4. Shares of Stock Subject to the Plan. (a) The shares of stock subject to
Options granted under the Plan shall be shares of Stock. Such shares of Stock
subject to the Plan may be either authorized and unissued shares (which will not
be subject to preemptive rights) or previously issued shares acquired by the
Company or any Subsidiary. The total number of shares of Stock that may be
delivered pursuant to Options granted under the Plan is 467,519 shares of Common
Stock.

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          (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing limitations set forth in this
Section 4, the number of shares of Stock specified in this Section 4 shall be
adjusted as provided in Section 10.

          (c) Any shares of Stock subject to an Option which for any reason
expires or is terminated or forfeited without having been fully exercised may
again be granted pursuant to an Option under the Plan, subject to the
limitations of this Section 4.

          (d) Any shares of Stock purchased under an Option which are forfeited
or reacquired by the Company at the option exercise price thereof pursuant to
the applicable Agreement, may again be granted pursuant to an Option under the
Plan, subject to the limitations of this Section 4.

          (e) Any shares of Stock described in paragraph (c) or (d) of this
Section 4 may, in lieu of being granted pursuant to a new Option, be issued to
the Company's stockholders, other than any employee or director stockholders,
pro-rata to their then-current ownership of the outstanding Stock, if, and in
the manner, determined by the Committee.

          (f) Any shares of Stock delivered under the Plan in assumption or
substitution of outstanding stock options, or obligations to grant future stock
options, under plans or arrangements of an entity other than the Company or an
Affiliate in connection with the Company or an Affiliate acquiring such another
entity, or an interest in such an entity, or a transaction otherwise described
in Section 6(j), shall not reduce the maximum number of shares of Stock
available for delivery under the Plan; provided, however, that the maximum
number of shares of Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Incentive Stock
Options granted under the Plan shall be the number of shares set forth in
paragraph (a) of this Section 4, as adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c)
of this Section 4.

     5. Eligibility. Executive employees and other employees, including
officers, of the Company and the Affiliates, directors (whether or not also
employees), and consultants of the Company and the Affiliates, shall be eligible
to become Optionees and receive Options in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Plan, subject to the limitations on the granting of ISOs set
forth in Section 6(h).

     6. Terms and Conditions of Stock Options. All Options to purchase Stock
granted under the Plan shall be either ISOs or Options other than ISOs. To the
extent that any Option does not qualify as an ISO (whether because of its
provisions or the time or manner of its exercise or otherwise), such Option, or
the portion thereof which does not so qualify, shall constitute a separate
Option other than an ISO. Each Option shall be subject to all the applicable
provisions of the Plan, including the following terms and conditions, and to
such other terms and conditions not inconsistent therewith as the Committee
shall determine and which are set forth in the applicable Agreement. Options
need not be uniform as to all grants and recipients thereof.

          (a) The option exercise price per share of shares of Stock subject to
each Option shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the Agreement;
provided, however, that, subject to paragraph (h)(C) and/or (j) of this Section
6, if applicable, such option exercise

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price applicable to any ISO shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock subject to such Option at the time
that the Option is granted.

          (b) Each Option shall be exercisable in whole or in such installments,
at such times and under such conditions, as may be determined by the Committee
in its discretion in accordance with the Plan and stated in the Agreement, and,
in any event, over a period of time ending not later than ten (10) years from
the date such Option was granted, subject to paragraph (h)(C) of this Section 6.

          (c) An Option shall not be exercisable with respect to a fractional
share of Stock or the lesser of one hundred (100) shares and the full number of
shares of Stock then subject to the Option. No fractional shares of Stock shall
be issued upon the exercise of an Option.

          (d) Each Option may be exercised by giving Notice to the Company
specifying the number and type of shares of Stock to be purchased, which shall
be accompanied by payment in full including applicable taxes, if any, in
accordance with Section 9. Payment shall be in any manner permitted by
applicable law and prescribed by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth
in the Agreement, including, in the Committee's discretion, and subject to such
terms, conditions and limitations as the Committee may prescribe, payment in
accordance with a "cashless exercise" program (through broker accommodation)
established by the Committee and/or in Stock owned by the Optionee or by the
Optionee and his or her spouse jointly.

          (e) No Optionee or other person shall become the beneficial owner of
any shares of Stock subject to an Option, nor have any rights to dividends or
other rights of a shareholder with respect to any such shares until he or she
has exercised his or her Option in accordance with the provisions of the Plan
and the applicable Agreement.

          (f) An Option may be exercised only if at all times during the period
beginning with the date of the granting of the Option and ending on the date of
such exercise, the Optionee was an employee, director or consultant of the
Company or an Affiliate, as applicable. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
the Committee may determine in its discretion that an Option may be exercised
prior to expiration of such Option following termination of such continuous
employment, directorship or consultancy, whether or not exercisable at the time
of such termination, to the extent provided in the applicable Agreement.

          (g) Subject to the terms and conditions and within the limitations of
the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options granted
under the Plan, or accept the surrender of outstanding Options (up to the extent
not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of new Options in
substitution therefor (to the extent not theretofore exercised).

          (h) (A) Each Agreement relating to an Option shall state whether such
Option will or will not be treated as an ISO. No ISO shall be granted unless
such Option, when granted, qualifies as an "incentive stock option" under
Section 422 of the Code. No ISO shall be granted to any individual otherwise
eligible to participate in the Plan who is not an employee of the

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Company or a Subsidiary on the date of granting of such Option. Any ISO granted
under the Plan shall contain such terms and conditions, consistent with the
Plan, as the Committee may determine to be necessary to qualify such Option as
an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code. Any ISO granted under
the Plan may be modified by the Committee to disqualify such Option from
treatment as an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code.

               (B) Notwithstanding any intent to grant ISOs, an Option granted
          under the Plan will not be considered an ISO to the extent that it,
          together with any other "incentive stock options" (within the meaning
          of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to subsection (d) of
          such Section) under the Plan and any other "incentive stock option"
          plans of the Company, any Subsidiary and any "parent corporation" of
          the Company within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code, are
          exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar
          year with respect to Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value in
          excess of $100,000 (or such other limit as may be required by the
          Code) as of the time the Option with respect to such Stock is granted.
          The rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by
          taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.

               (C) No ISO shall be granted to an individual otherwise eligible
          to participate in the Plan who owns (within the meaning of Section
          424(d) of the Code), at the time the Option is granted, more than ten
          percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
          stock of the Company or a Subsidiary or any "parent corporation" of
          the Company within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code. This
          restriction does not apply if at the time such ISO is granted the
          option exercise price per share of Stock subject to the Option is at
          least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of such Stock on the
          date such ISO is granted, and the ISO by its terms is not exercisable
          after the expiration of five years from such date of grant.

          (i) The Committee may determine and reflect in the Agreement
applicable to any Option the nature and extent of any restrictions to be imposed
on the shares of Stock which may be purchased thereunder, including, but not
limited to, restrictions on the transferability of such shares acquired through
the exercise of such Option for such period as the Committee may determine and,
further, that in the event an Optionee's employment by the Company or an
Affiliate terminates or any conditions prescribed by the Committee and set forth
in such Agreement fail to be satisfied during the period in which such shares
are nontransferable, the Optionee shall be required to sell such shares back to
the Company at such prices as the Committee may specify in such Agreement.
Without limiting the foregoing, an Option and any shares of Stock received upon
the exercise of an Option shall be subject to such other transfer and/or
ownership restrictions and/or legending requirements as the Committee may
establish in its discretion and which are specified in the Agreement and may be
referred to on the certificates evidencing such shares of Stock. The Committee
may require an Optionee to give prompt Notice to the Company concerning any
disposition of shares of Stock received upon the exercise of an ISO within: (i)
two (2) years from the date of granting such ISO to such Optionee or (ii) one
(1) year from the transfer of such shares of Stock to such Optionee or (iii)
such other period as the Committee may from time to time determine. The
Committee may direct that an Optionee

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with respect to an ISO undertake in the applicable Agreement to give such Notice
described in the preceding sentence, at such time and containing such
information as the Committee may prescribe, and/or that the certificates
evidencing shares of Stock acquired by exercise of an ISO refer to such
requirement to give such Notice.

          (j) In the event that a transaction described in Section 424(a) of the
Code involving the Company or a Subsidiary is consummated, such as the
acquisition of property or stock from an unrelated corporation, individuals who
become eligible to participate in the Plan in connection with such transaction,
as determined by the Committee, may be granted Options in substitution for
options granted by another corporation that is a party to such transaction. If
such substitute Options are granted, the Committee, in its discretion and
consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code, if applicable, and the terms of the
Plan, though notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section 6, shall determine
the option exercise price and other terms and conditions of such substitute
Options.

     7. Transfer, Leave of Absence. A transfer of an employee from the Company
to an Affiliate (or, for purposes of any ISO granted under the Plan, a
Subsidiary), or vice versa, or from one Affiliate to another (or in the case of
an ISO, from one Subsidiary to another), and a leave of absence, duly authorized
in writing by the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, shall not be deemed a
termination of employment of the employee for purposes of the Plan or with
respect to any Option (in the case of ISOs, to the extent permitted by the
Code).

     8. Rights of Employees and Other Persons. (a) No person shall have any
rights or claims under the Plan except in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan and the applicable Agreement.

          (b) Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Agreement shall be deemed
to (i) give any employee or director the right to be retained in the service of
the Company or any Affiliate nor restrict in any way the right of the Company or
any Affiliate to terminate any employee's employment or any director's
directorship at any time with or without cause or (ii) confer on any consultant
any right of continued relationship with the Company or any Affiliate, or alter
any relationship between them, including any right of the Company or an
Affiliate to terminate its relationship with such consultant.

          (c) The adoption of the Plan shall not be deemed to give any employee
of the Company or any Affiliate or any other person any right to be selected to
participate in the Plan or to be granted an Option.

          (d) Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Agreement shall be deemed
to give any employee the right to receive any bonus, whether payable in cash or
in Stock, or in any combination thereof, from the Company or any Affiliate, nor
be construed as limiting in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to
determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not it shall pay any employee
bonuses, and, if so paid, the amount thereof and the manner of such payment.

     9. Tax Withholding Obligations. (a) The Company and/or any Affiliate are
authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and proper to satisfy all
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Optionees (including, for purposes of this Section 9, any other person entitled
to exercise an Option pursuant to the Plan or an Agreement) for the payment of
all Federal, state, local and foreign taxes in connection with any Options
(including, but not limited to, actions pursuant to the following paragraph (b)
of this Section 9).

          (b) Each Optionee shall (and in no event shall Stock be delivered to
such Optionee with respect to an Option until), no later than the date as of
which the value of the Option first becomes includible in the gross income of
the Optionee for income tax purposes, pay to the Company in cash, or make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company, as determined in the Committee's
discretion, regarding payment to the Company of, any taxes of any kind required
by law to be withheld with respect to the Stock or other property subject to
such Option, and the Company and any Affiliate shall, to the extent permitted by
law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind
otherwise due to such Optionee. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may, in
its discretion and pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, permit the
Optionee to (i) elect withholding by the Company of Stock otherwise deliverable
to such Optionee pursuant to his or her Option (provided, however, that the
amount of any Stock so withheld shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy
the Company's or any Affiliate's required Federal, state, local and foreign
withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for
Federal, state and/or local tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are
applicable to supplemental taxable income) and/or (ii) tender to the Company
Stock owned by such Optionee (or by such Optionee and his or her spouse
jointly), and purchased or held for the requisite period of time as necessary to
avoid a charge to the Company's or any Affiliate's earnings for financial
reporting purposes, in full or partial satisfaction of such tax obligations,
based, in each case, on the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the payment date
as determined by the Committee.

     10. Changes in Capital. (a) The existence of the Plan and any Options
granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or
the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment,
recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company's capital
structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company or an
Affiliate, any issue of debt, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or
affecting Stock, the authorization or issuance of additional shares of Stock,
the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or its Affiliates, any sale or
transfer of all or part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or
proceeding.

          (b) (i) Upon changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of a stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation (whether or not the Company is a
surviving corporation), combination or exchange of shares of Stock, separation,
or reorganization, or in the event of an extraordinary dividend, "spin-off,"
liquidation, other substantial distribution of assets of the Company or
acquisition of property or stock or other change in capital of the Company, or
the issuance by the Company of shares of its capital stock without receipt of
full consideration therefor, or rights or securities exercisable, convertible or
exchangeable for shares of such capital stock, or any similar change affecting
the Company's capital structure, the aggregate number, class and kind of shares
of stock available under the Plan as to which Options may be granted and the
number, class and kind of shares under each outstanding Option and the exercise
price per share applicable to any such Options shall be appropriately adjusted
by the Committee in its discretion to preserve the

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benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or
with respect to any outstanding Options or otherwise necessary to reflect any
such change.

               (ii) Without limiting the generality of Section 10(b)(i), in its
          discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate,
          the Committee may provide, either by the terms of the Agreement
          applicable to any Option or by resolution adopted prior to the
          occurrence of a "spin-off," reorganization, partial liquidation, or
          other distribution of assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, that
          any outstanding Option shall be accelerated as described in Section
          10(c)(1) or adjusted or converted as described in Section 10(c)(2) or
          (3) with respect to stock or other securities of any entity that is a
          party, direct or indirect, to such transaction.

               (iii) Fractional shares of Stock resulting from any adjustment in
          Options pursuant to this Section 10(b) shall be aggregated until, and
          eliminated at, the time of exercise of the affected Options. Notice of
          any adjustment shall be given by the Committee to each Optionee whose
          Option has been adjusted and such adjustment (whether or not such
          Notice is given) shall be effective and binding for all purposes of
          the Plan.

          (c) In the event of (i) a stock sale, merger, consolidation,
combination, reorganization or other transaction involving the Company resulting
in less than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving
or resulting entity being owned by the shareholders of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction, (ii) a stock sale, merger, consolidation,
combination, reorganization or other transaction involving Associated Materials
Holdings Inc. ("AMHI") or Associated Materials Incorporated ("AMI") resulting in
less than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving or
resulting entity being owned by the shareholders of AMHI or AMI, as applicable,
immediately prior to such transaction or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company, AMHI or AMI or the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or business of the Company, AMHI or AMI (other
than, in the case of either clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, in connection with
any employee benefit plan of the Company or an Affiliate):

          (1) In its discretion and on such terms and conditions as it deems
     appropriate, the Committee may provide, either by the terms of the
     Agreement applicable to any Option or by a resolution adopted prior to the
     occurrence of the Change in Control, that any outstanding Option shall be
     accelerated and become immediately exercisable as to all or a portion of
     the shares of Stock covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the
     contrary in the Plan or the Agreement.

          (2) In its discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems
     appropriate, the Committee may provide, either by the terms of the
     Agreement applicable to any Option or by resolution adopted prior to the
     occurrence of the Change in Control, that any outstanding Option shall be
     adjusted by substituting for each share of Stock subject to such Option
     immediately prior to the transaction resulting in the Change in Control the
     consideration (whether stock or other securities of the surviving
     corporation or any successor corporation to the Company, or a parent or
     subsidiary thereof, or that may be issuable by another corporation that is
     a party to the transaction resulting in the

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     Change in Control, or other property) received in such transaction by
     holders of such Stock for each share of such Stock held on the closing or
     effective date of such transaction, in which event, the aggregate exercise
     price of the Option shall remain the same; provided, however, that if such
     consideration received in the transaction is not solely stock of a
     successor, surviving or other corporation, the Committee may provide for
     the consideration to be received upon exercise of the Option, for each
     share of Stock subject to the Option, to be solely stock of the successor,
     surviving or other corporation, as applicable, equal in fair market value,
     as determined by the Committee, to the per share consideration received by
     holders of such Stock in the Change in Control transaction.

          (3) In its discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems
     appropriate, the Committee may provide, either by the terms of the
     Agreement applicable to any Option or by resolution adopted prior to the
     occurrence of the Change in Control, that any outstanding Option shall be
     converted into a right to receive cash on or following the closing date or
     expiration date of the transaction resulting in the Change in Control in an
     amount equal to the highest value of the consideration to be received in
     connection with such transaction for one share of the Stock subject to such
     Option, or, if higher, the highest Fair Market Value of such Stock during
     the thirty (30) consecutive business days immediately prior to the closing
     date or expiration date of such transaction, less the per share exercise
     price of such Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Stock subject
     to such Option, or a portion thereof.

          (4) The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that an Option
     cannot be exercised after such a Change in Control, to the extent that such
     Option is or becomes fully exercisable on or before such Change in Control
     or is subject to any acceleration, adjustment or conversion in accordance
     with the foregoing paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection 10(c).

No Optionee shall have any right to prevent the consummation of any of the
foregoing acts affecting the number of shares of Stock available to such
Optionee. Any actions or determinations of the Committee under this subsection
10(c) need not be uniform as to all outstanding Options, nor treat all Optionees
identically. Notwithstanding the foregoing adjustments, in no event may any
Option be exercised after ten (10) years from the date it was originally
granted, and any changes to ISOs pursuant to this Section 10 shall, unless the
Committee determines otherwise, only be effective to the extent such adjustments
or changes do not cause a "modification" (within the meaning of Section
424(h)(3) of the Code) of such ISOs or adversely affect the tax status of such
ISOs.

     11. Miscellaneous Provisions. (a) The Plan shall be unfunded. The Company
shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any
other segregation of assets to assure the issuance of shares of Stock or the
payment of cash upon exercise or payment of any Option. Proceeds from the sale
of shares of Stock pursuant to Options granted under the Plan shall constitute
general funds of the Company.

          (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (b) of Section 11
or by the Committee, an Option by its terms shall be personal and may not be
sold, transferred, pledged,

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assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated otherwise than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during
the lifetime of an Optionee only by him or her. An Agreement may permit the
exercise or payment of an Optionee's Option (or any portion thereof) after his
or her death by or to the beneficiary most recently named by such Optionee in a
written designation thereof filed with the Company, or, in lieu of any such
surviving beneficiary, as designated by the Optionee by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution. In the event any Option is exercised by the executors,
administrators, heirs or distributees of the estate of a deceased Optionee, or
such an Optionee's beneficiary, or the transferee of an Option, in any such case
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Agreement
and in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be specified from time
to time by the Committee, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue
Stock thereunder unless and until the Committee is satisfied that the person or
persons exercising such Option is the duly appointed legal representative of the
deceased Optionee's estate or the proper legatee or distributee thereof or the
named beneficiary of such Optionee, or the valid transferee of such Option, as
applicable.

          (c) (i) If at any time the Committee shall determine, in its
discretion, that the listing, registration and/or qualification of shares of
Stock upon any securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the sale or purchase of
shares of Stock hereunder, no Option may be granted, exercised or paid in whole
or in part unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent
and/or approval shall have been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for,
free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.

          (ii) If at any time counsel to the Company shall be of the opinion
     that any sale or delivery of shares of Stock pursuant to an Option is or
     may be in the circumstances unlawful or result in the imposition of excise
     taxes on the Company or any Affiliate under the statutes, rules or
     regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company shall have no
     obligation to make such sale or delivery, or to make any application or to
     effect or to maintain any qualification or registration under the
     Securities Act, or otherwise with respect to shares of Stock or Options and
     the right to exercise any Option shall be suspended until, in the opinion
     of such counsel, such sale or delivery shall be lawful or will not result
     in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company or any Affiliate.

          (iii) Upon termination of any period of suspension under this Section
     11(c), any Option affected by such suspension which shall not then have
     expired or terminated shall be reinstated as to all shares available before
     such suspension and as to the shares which would otherwise have become
     available during the period of such suspension, but no suspension shall
     extend the term of any Option.

          (d) The Committee may require each person receiving Stock in
connection with any Option under the Plan to represent and agree with the
Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares of Stock for
investment without a view to the distribution thereof. The Committee, in its
absolute discretion, may impose such restrictions on the ownership and
transferability of the shares of Stock purchasable or otherwise receivable by
any person under any Option as it deems appropriate. Any such restrictions shall
be set forth in the applicable

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Agreement, and the certificates evidencing such shares may include any legend
that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any such restrictions.

          (e) By accepting any benefit under the Plan, each Optionee and each
person claiming under or through such Optionee shall be conclusively deemed to
have indicated their acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, all of the
terms and conditions of the Plan and any action taken under the Plan by the
Committee, the Company or the Board, in any case in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Plan.

          (f) In the discretion of the Committee, an Optionee may elect
irrevocably (at a time and in a manner determined by the Committee) prior to
exercising an Option that delivery of shares of Stock upon such exercise shall
be deferred until a future date and/or the occurrence of a future event or
events, specified in such election. Upon the exercise of any such Option and
until the delivery of any deferred shares under this paragraph (f) of Section
11, the number of shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee shall be credited to
a memorandum account in the records of the Company or its designee and any
dividends or other distributions payable on such shares shall be deemed
reinvested in additional shares of Stock, in a manner determined by the
Committee, until all shares of Stock credited to such Optionee's memorandum
account shall become issuable pursuant to the Optionee's election.

          (g) Neither the adoption of the Plan nor anything contained herein
shall affect any other compensation or incentive plans or arrangements of the
Company or any Affiliate, or prevent or limit the right of the Company or any
Affiliate to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for their
directors, employees or consultants or grant or assume options or other rights
otherwise than under the Plan.

          (h) The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to such state's conflict of law
provisions, and, in any event, except as superseded by applicable Federal law.

          (i) The words "Section," "subsection" and "paragraph" herein shall
refer to provisions of the Plan, unless expressly indicated otherwise. Wherever
any words are used in the Plan or any Agreement in the masculine gender they
shall be construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender in all
cases where they would so apply, and wherever any words are used herein in the
singular form they shall be construed as though they were also used in the
plural form in all cases where they would so apply.

          (j) The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in
administering the Plan, including expenses of issuing Stock pursuant to any
Options granted hereunder.

          12. Limits of Liability. (a) Any liability of the Company or an
Affiliate to any Optionee with respect to any Option shall be based solely upon
contractual obligations created by the Plan and the Agreement.

          (b) None of the Company, any Affiliate, any member of the Committee or
the Board or any other person participating in any determination of any question
under the Plan, or in the interpretation, administration or application of the
Plan, shall have any liability, in the

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absence of bad faith, to any party for any action taken or not taken in
connection with the Plan, except as may expressly be provided by statute.

     13. Amendments and Termination. The Board may, at any time and with or
without prior notice, amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan, retroactively
or otherwise; provided, however, unless otherwise required by law or
specifically provided herein, no such amendment, alteration, suspension or
termination shall be made which would impair the previously accrued rights of
any holder of an Option theretofore granted without his or her written consent,
or which, without first obtaining approval of the stockholders of the Company
(where such approval is necessary to satisfy (i) with regard to ISOs, any
requirements under the Code relating to ISOs or (ii) any applicable law,
regulation or rule), would:

          (a) except as is provided in Section 10, increase the maximum number
of shares of Stock which may be sold or awarded under the Plan;

          (b) except as is provided in Section 10, decrease the minimum option
exercise price requirements of Section 6(a);

          (c) change the class of persons eligible to receive Options under the
Plan; or

          (d) extend the duration of the Plan or the period during which Options
may be exercised under Section 6(b).

The Committee may amend the terms of any Option theretofore granted, including
any Agreement, retroactively or prospectively, but no such amendment shall
materially impair the previously accrued rights of any Optionee without his or
her written consent.

     14. Duration. The Plan shall become effective as of the date the Plan is
adopted by the Board, provided that the Plan is approved by the holders of a
majority of the Company's outstanding Stock which is present and voted at a
meeting, or by written consent in lieu of a meeting, which approval must occur
within the period ending twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted
by the Board. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:

          (a)  the effective date of a resolution adopted by the Board
               terminating the Plan;

          (b)  the date all shares of Stock subject to the Plan are delivered
               pursuant to the Plan's provisions; or

          (c)  ten (10) years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

No Option may be granted under the Plan after the earliest to occur of the
events or dates described in the foregoing paragraphs (a) through (c) of this
Section 14; however, Options theretofore granted may extend beyond such date.

No such termination of the Plan shall materially impair the previously accrued
rights of any Optionee hereunder without his or her consent, and all Options
previously granted hereunder

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shall continue in force and in operation after the
termination of the Plan, except as they may be otherwise terminated in
accordance with the terms of the Plan or the Agreement.
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 1,
2002, by and between ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and MICHAEL CAPORALE, JR., an individual residing in the State
of Ohio (the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :
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                  WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company are currently parties
to that certain Amended and Restated Agreement, dated February 5, 2002, by and
between the Company and the Executive (the "Predecessor Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of March 16, 2002, among Associated Materials Holdings Inc.
(formerly known as Harvest/AMI Holdings Inc.) ("Parent"), Simon Acquisition
Corp. and the Company (the "Merger Agreement"), the Company became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent upon consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

                  WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company, mutually desire to
cancel the Predecessor Agreement, and, in connection therewith, for the Company
and the Executive to enter into this Agreement; and

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services and
employment of the Executive on behalf of the Company following the Offer
Completion Date, as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement, and the
Executive desires to continue his employment with the Company, upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
promises contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, each intending to be
legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

         1. Employment. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, the Company hereby employs the Executive as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and the Executive accepts such employment, for
the Employment Term (as defined in Section 3). During the Employment Term, the
Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and shall report solely to the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board"), performing such duties as shall be reasonably required of a president
and chief executive officer, and shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. The
Executive's principal place of employment hereunder shall be the Company's
current headquarters in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, or at any place of business of the
Company that is within a fifty (50)-mile radius of the Company's current
headquarters (unless otherwise consented to by the Executive), subject to
ordinary travel required by his employment. Promptly following the commencement
of the Employment Term, the Company shall take all action necessary to appoint
the Executive as a director of the Company, and thereafter, for so long as the
Executive remains the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (a)
Parent shall vote the common stock of the Company owned by Parent for the
election of the Executive as a director of the
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Company, and the Executive agrees to serve as such a director, and (b) while the
Executive is a director of the Company, the Executive shall be a member of any
Executive Committee or substantially similar committee of the Board, if such a
committee exists at any time. To the extent requested by the Board, the
Executive shall also serve on any other committees of the Board and/or as a
director, officer or employee of Parent or any other person or entity which,
from time to time, is a direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent (Parent and each
such subsidiary, person or entity, other than the Company, are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "Affiliates," and individually as an
"Affiliate"). The Executive's service as a director of the Company or as a
director, officer or employee of any Affiliate shall be without additional
compensation.

         2. Performance. The Executive will serve the Company faithfully and to
the best of his ability and will devote his full business time, energy,
experience and talents to the business of the Company and the Affiliates;
provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the
Executive to manage his personal investments and business affairs, or to engage
in or serve such civic, community, charitable, educational, or religious
organizations as he may reasonably select so long as such service does not
interfere with the Executive's performance of his duties hereunder.

         3. Employment Term. Subject to earlier termination pursuant to Section
6, the Executive's term of employment hereunder shall begin on the Offer
Completion Date (hereinafter referred to as the "Commencement Date") and
continue through the date which is three (3) years following the Commencement
Date; provided, however, that beginning on the first anniversary of the
Commencement Date, and on each subsequent anniversary of the Commencement Date,
such term shall be automatically extended by an additional one (1) year beyond
the end of the then-current term, unless, at least thirty (30) days before such
first anniversary of the Commencement Date, or thirty (30) days before any such
subsequent anniversary of the Commencement Date, the Company gives written
notice to the Executive that the Company does not desire to extend the term of
this Agreement, in which case, the term of employment hereunder shall terminate
as of the third anniversary of the Commencement Date or the end of the
then-current term, as applicable (the term of employment hereunder, including
any extensions, in accordance with this Section 3, shall be referred to herein
as the "Employment Term").

         4. Compensation and Benefits.

                  (a) Salary. As compensation for his services hereunder and in
consideration of the Executive's other agreements hereunder, during the
Employment Term, the Company shall pay the Executive a base salary, payable in
equal installments in accordance with the Company's payroll procedures, at an
annual rate of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), subject to annual
review by the Board, which may increase, but not decrease, the Executive's base
salary.

                  (b) Annual Incentive Bonus; Stock Options. (1) The Executive
shall be entitled to participate in an annual incentive bonus arrangement
established by the Company on terms and conditions substantially as set forth in
Exhibit A hereto. The Executive shall not be entitled to participate in any
other annual cash bonus plan, program or arrangement with respect to any

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period to which the annual incentive bonus arrangement described in the
immediately preceding sentence applies.

                  (2) The Executive shall also be entitled to participate in the
         stock option plan established by Parent. With respect to all
         immediately exercisable options covering capital stock of Parent
         granted to the Executive by Parent in exchange for his options covering
         common stock of the Company granted prior to the Company becoming a
         wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (such Parent stock options are
         referred to herein as the "Roll-Over Options"), if the Executive's
         employment hereunder shall be terminated during the period ending
         December 31, 2003, either (i) by the Company other than for Cause or
         due to Disability (as defined in Section 7(b)(2)) or death, or (ii) by
         the Executive for Good Reason, Parent shall repurchase any of the
         then-outstanding Roll-Over Options held by the Executive together with
         any shares of capital stock of Parent previously purchased by the
         Executive under the Roll-Over Options and then held by the Executive,
         at a purchase price equal to the then-current fair market value of such
         Roll-Over Options and such capital stock, respectively (as determined
         in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent in accordance with
         this Section 4(b)(2)). If Parent fails to repurchase any Roll-Over
         Options or Parent stock purchased thereunder pursuant to the foregoing
         conditions, Harvest Partners, Inc. or its designee shall purchase such
         Roll-Over Options or Parent stock, in accordance with and pursuant to
         the foregoing conditions. For purposes of this Section 4(b)(2), (A) the
         fair market value of the Roll-Over Options and any shares of capital
         stock of Parent previously purchased by the Executive under the
         Roll-Over Options shall not be adjusted for any discount due to any
         lack of marketability or ownership of a minority interest of such
         capital stock; (B) the fair market value of a share of such capital
         stock or Roll-Over Option to purchase a share of such stock shall be
         determined by assuming (I) the full exercise of all outstanding
         employee or director options covering such capital stock which are
         scheduled to become exercisable subject to the lapse of time and the
         option holder's continued employment, if on the date of termination of
         the Executive's employment hereunder the fair market value of the stock
         covered by such options exceeds the exercise price of such options,
         whether or not such options are in fact then exercisable; (II) the full
         exercise of all outstanding employee or director options covering such
         capital stock the exercise of which is conditioned on the achievement
         of specified performance conditions, if the Harvest Equity Value (as
         determined pursuant to Exhibit A hereto as of the end of the calendar
         year immediately preceding the date of termination of the Executive's
         employment hereunder) would result in such performance-based options
         becoming fully exercisable; and (III) the full exercise or conversion
         of any other options, warrants and conversion privileges issued or
         issuable by Parent relating to such capital stock if the relevant
         option, warrant or conversion privilege is, at the time the Executive's
         employment hereunder terminates, by its terms exercisable and, if
         applicable, the then-current fair market value of the stock covered by
         such options, warrants or conversion privileges exceeds the exercise or
         conversion price of such option, warrant or conversion privilege,
         respectively; and (C) notwithstanding clauses (A) and (B), in the event
         that an arms'-length, third-party sales transaction with respect to any
         such capital stock has occurred within three (3) months prior to the
         date of termination of the Executive's employment hereunder, the fair
         market value of the Roll-Over Options and such capital stock shall be
         determined on the basis of the price per share paid in such third-party
         sales transaction (unless the Board of Directors of Parent

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         determines in good faith that the occurrence of a significant event
         during such three-month period makes determination of such fair market
         value on this basis inappropriate). The terms and conditions of the
         Roll-Over Options and Parent's rights and obligations concerning any
         stock purchased thereunder shall be governed by the applicable stock
         option award agreement between Parent and the Executive and Parent's
         stock option plan.

                  (c) Retirement, Medical, Dental and Other Benefits. During the
Employment Term, the Executive shall, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the applicable plan documents and all applicable laws, be eligible
to participate in the various retirement, medical, dental and other employee
benefit plans made available by the Company, from time to time, for its
executives.

                  (d) Vacation; Sick Leave. During the Employment Term, the
Executive shall be entitled to not less than four (4) weeks of vacation during
each calendar year and sick leave in accordance with the Company's policies and
practices with respect to its executives.

                  (e) Business Expenses. (1) The Company shall reimburse or
advance payment to the Executive for all reasonable expenses actually incurred
by him in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder in accordance
with policies established by the Company from time to time and subject to
receipt by the Company of appropriate documentation.

                  (2) During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be paid an
         automobile allowance in the amount of $1,000 per month and such
         additional amount as necessary to reimburse the Executive for the use
         and maintenance of such automobile in the performance of his duties on
         behalf of the Company, in accordance with Company policies and upon
         receipt by the Company of such appropriate documentation as it may
         require. Such allowance shall be paid by the Company to the Executive
         on the last business day of each month or otherwise in accordance with
         Company policy.

                  (3) During the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse
         the Executive for monthly dues for one country-club membership and
         business-related expenses in connection with such country club
         membership in accordance with policies established by the Company from
         time to time and upon receipt by the Company of appropriate
         documentation.

         5. Covenants of the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that in the
course of his employment with the Company he has and will become familiar with
the Company's and the Affiliates' trade secrets and with other confidential
information concerning the Company and the Affiliates, and that his services are
of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and the Affiliates.
Therefore, the Company and the Executive mutually agree that it is in the
interest of both parties for the Executive to enter into the restrictive
covenants set forth in this Section 5 and that such restrictions and covenants
are reasonable given the nature of the Executive's duties and the nature of the
Company's business.

                  (a) Noncompetition. During the Employment Term and for the
Restricted Period (as hereinafter defined) following termination of the
Employment Term, the Executive shall not,

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within any jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company or any Affiliate
is doing or is qualified to do business, directly or indirectly, own, manage,
operate, control, be employed by or participate in the ownership, management,
operation or control of, or be connected in any manner with, any Business (as
hereinafter defined), provided that the Executive's ownership of securities of
two percent (2%) or less of any class of securities of a public company shall
not, by itself, be considered to be competition with the Company or any
Affiliate. For purposes of this Agreement, "Business" shall mean the
manufacturing, production, distribution or sale of exterior residential building
products, including, without limitation, vinyl siding, windows, fencing,
decking, railings and garage doors, or any other business of a type and
character engaged in by the Company or an Affiliate during the Employment Term.
For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall be (1) in the case
of termination of the Executive's employment as a result of termination by the
Company for Cause (as defined in Section 6) or the Executive's resignation
without Good Reason (as defined in Section 7(b)), the remaining Employment Term;
and (2) in the case of termination of employment under any other circumstances,
the Severance Period (as defined in Section 7) with respect to which the
Executive receives cash severance payments, whether paid in installments or a
lump-sum, pursuant to Section 7.

                  (b) Nonsolicitation. During the Employment Term and for the
Restricted Period following termination of the Employment Term, the Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) employ any individual who is or was an
employee of the Company or any Affiliate during the Employment Term and who is
or was granted options to purchase stock of an Affiliate or the Company or who
is or was a party to an employment or severance agreement with the Company; (ii)
solicit for employment or otherwise contract for the services of any individual
who is or was an employee of the Company or any Affiliate during the Employment
Term; (iii) otherwise induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or
an Affiliate to leave the employ of the Company or such Affiliate, or in any way
knowingly interfere with the relationship between the Company or any Affiliate
and any employee respectively thereof; or (iv) induce or attempt to induce any
customer, supplier, licensee or other business relation of the Company or any
Affiliate to cease doing business with the Company or such Affiliate.

                  (c) Nondisclosure; Inventions. For the Employment Term and
thereafter, (i) the Executive shall not divulge, transmit or otherwise disclose
(except as legally compelled by court order, and then only to the extent
required, after prompt notice to the Board of any such order), directly or
indirectly, other than in the regular and proper course of business of the
Company and the Affiliates, any customer lists, trade secrets or other
confidential knowledge or information with respect to the operations or finances
of the Company or any Affiliates or with respect to confidential or secret
processes, services, techniques, customers or plans with respect to the Company
or the Affiliates (all of the foregoing collectively hereinafter referred to as,
"Confidential Information"), and (ii) the Executive will not use, directly or
indirectly, any Confidential Information for the benefit of anyone other than
the Company and the Affiliates; provided, however, that the Executive has no
obligation, express or implied, to refrain from using or disclosing to others
any such knowledge or information which is or hereafter shall become available
to the general public other than through disclosure by the Executive. All
Confidential Information, new processes, techniques, know-how, methods,
inventions, plans, products, patents and devices developed, made or invented by
the Executive, alone or with others, while an employee of the Company which are
related to the business of the Company and the Affiliates

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shall be and become the sole property of the Company, unless released in writing
by the Board, and the Executive hereby assigns any and all rights therein or
thereto to the Company.

                  (d) Nondisparagement. During the Employment Term and
thereafter, the Executive shall not take any action to disparage or criticize
the Company or any Affiliate or their respective employees, directors, owners or
customers or to engage in any other action that injures or hinders the business
relationships of the Company or any Affiliate. Nothing contained in this Section
5(d) shall preclude the Executive from enforcing his rights under this
Agreement.

                  (e) Return of Company Property. All Confidential Information,
files, records, correspondence, memoranda, notes or other documents (including,
without limitation, those in computer-readable form) or property relating or
belonging to the Company or an Affiliate, whether prepared by the Executive or
otherwise coming into his possession in the course of the performance of his
services under this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of the Company
and shall be delivered to the Company, and not retained by the Executive
(including, without limitations, any copies thereof), promptly upon request by
the Company and, in any event, promptly upon termination of the Employment Term.

                  (f) Enforcement. The Executive acknowledges that a breach of
his covenants contained in this Section 5 may cause irreparable damage to the
Company and the Affiliates, the exact amount of which would be difficult to
ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach or threatened breach
would be inadequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that if he breaches or
threatens to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section 5, in
addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the
Company and the Affiliates shall be entitled to specific performance and
injunctive relief to prevent the breach or any threatened breach thereof without
bond or other security or a showing that monetary damages will not provide an
adequate remedy.

                  (g) Scope of Covenants. The Company and the Executive further
acknowledge that the time, scope, geographic area and other provisions of this
Section 5 have been specifically negotiated by sophisticated commercial parties
and agree that all such provisions are reasonable under the circumstances of the
activities contemplated by this Agreement. In the event that the agreements in
this Section 5 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of their extending for too great a period of time or
over too great a geographical area or by reason of their being too extensive in
any other respect, they shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum
period of time for which they may be enforceable and/or over the maximum
geographical area as to which they may be enforceable and/or to the maximum
extent in all other respects as to which they may be enforceable, all as
determined by such court in such action.

         6. Termination. The employment of the Executive hereunder shall
automatically terminate at the end of the Employment Term. The employment of the
Executive hereunder and the Employment Term may also be terminated at any time
by the Company with or without Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause"
shall mean: (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Executive of any
material property of the Company or an Affiliate; (ii) any material breach by
the Executive of the Executive's covenants under Section 5; (iii) any breach by
the Executive of any other material provision of this Agreement which breach is
not

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cured, to the extent susceptible to cure, within thirty (30) days after the
Company has given written notice to the Executive describing such breach; (iv)
willful failure by the Executive to perform the duties of his employment
hereunder which continues for a period of fourteen (14) days following written
notice thereof by the Company to the Executive; (v) the conviction of, or a plea
of nolo contendere (or a similar plea) to, any criminal offense that is a felony
or involves fraud, or any other criminal offense punishable by imprisonment of
at least one year or materially injurious to the business or reputation of the
Company involving theft, dishonesty, misrepresentation or moral turpitude; (vi)
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Executive in the
performance of his material duties as an employee, officer or director of the
Company or an Affiliate; (vii) the Executive's commission of intentional,
wrongful material damage to material property of the Company or an Affiliate; or
(viii) any chemical dependence of the Executive which materially adversely
affects the performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Company or an
Affiliate (excluding any legal drug prescribed for the Executive by a physician
not resulting in or related to Disability of the Executive). The existence or
non-existence of Cause shall be determined in good faith by the Board pursuant
to a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board (other than the
Executive). The employment of the Executive may also be terminated at any time
by the Executive by notice of resignation delivered to the Company not less than
ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of such resignation.

         7. Severance. (a) If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated
during the Employment Term (1) by the Company other than for Cause or due to
Disability, death or expiration of the Employment Term following notice by the
Company not to extend the Employment Term in accordance with Section 3, or (2)
by the Executive for Good Reason, the Executive shall be entitled to receive as
severance: (i) an amount equal to $1,000,000 per year for two (2) years
(payable, at the Company's option, in a lump-sum or in equal installments in
accordance with the Company's payroll procedures during the two-year period
following the date of the Executive's termination) (such two-year period, the
"Severance Period"); (ii) continued medical and dental benefits described in
Section 4(c) for the Severance Period, at the same rate of employee and Company
shared costs of such coverage as in effect from time to time for active
employees of the Company, and (iii) a pro rata portion (based on the number of
days the Executive was employed by the Company during the calendar year of
termination) of any incentive bonus otherwise payable in accordance with Section
4(b)(1) for the year of termination of the Executive's employment, payable no
earlier than the date on which such bonus, if any, would have been paid under
the applicable plan or policy of the Company absent such termination of
employment. With respect to any such continued medical and dental benefits
described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence for which the
Executive is eligible, (I) if the Company cannot continue such benefits, the
Company shall pay the Executive for the cost of such benefits; (II) such
benefits shall be discontinued in the event the Executive becomes eligible for
similar benefits from a successor employer (and the Executive's eligibility for
any such benefits shall be reported by the Executive to the Company); and (III)
the Executive's period of "continuation coverage" for purposes of Section 4980B
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("COBRA"), shall be deemed to
commence on the date of the Executive's termination of employment. If the
Executive's employment is terminated otherwise than as described in this Section
7, the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance, termination pay or
similar compensation or benefits, provided that the Executive shall be entitled
to any benefits then due or accrued in accordance with the applicable employee
benefit plans of

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the Company or applicable law, including COBRA. As a condition of receiving any
severance for which he otherwise qualifies under this Section 7, the Executive
agrees to execute a general release of the Company and the Affiliates and their
respective officers, directors and employees from any and all claims,
obligations and liabilities of any kind whatsoever arising from or in connection
with the Executive's employment or termination of employment with the Company or
this Agreement (including, without limitation, civil rights claims), in such
form as is reasonably requested by the Company. The Executive acknowledges and
agrees that, except as specifically described in this Section 7, all of the
Executive's rights to any compensation, benefits (other than base salary earned
through the date of termination of employment and any benefits due or accrued
prior to termination of employment in accordance with the applicable employee
benefit plans of the Company or applicable law), bonuses or severance from the
Company or any Affiliate after termination of the Employment Term shall cease
upon such termination. In the event of any termination of the Executive's
employment, the Executive shall have no duty to mitigate the amount of any
severance to which he may be entitled pursuant to this Section 7(a) by seeking
other employment or otherwise, and any severance to which the Executive is
entitled pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be determined without regard to
whether the Executive obtains any other employment (subject to clause (II) of
the second sentence of this Section 7(a), relating to discontinuation of Company
medical and dental benefits, and the Executive's obligations under Section 5).

                  (b) For purposes of this Agreement:

                  (1) "Good Reason" shall mean the occurrence, without the
         Executive's consent, of any of the following events: (i) a reduction in
         the Executive's rate of base salary stated in Section 4(a); (ii) an
         action by the Company to materially change the terms and conditions of
         the Executive's annual incentive bonus in a manner which
         disproportionately adversely affects the Executive in relation to other
         employees of the Company or any Affiliate who at such time are or may
         be entitled to an annual incentive bonus from the Company or such
         Affiliate (for the avoidance of doubt, changes in the value or
         performance of the Company or an Affiliate that have the effect of
         reducing such bonus in accordance with the terms of the bonus
         arrangement shall not be deemed to constitute Good Reason pursuant to
         this clause (ii) of Section 7(b)(1)); (iii) an action by the Company
         resulting in a material adverse change in the Executive's reporting
         responsibilities or a material diminution in the Executive's duties or
         direct reports; (iv) the reassignment by the Company of the Executive
         to a principal place of employment outside a fifty (50)-mile radius of
         the Company's current headquarters located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
         (other than ordinary travel requirements); (v) the failure of the
         Executive to be elected or re-elected to the Board as contemplated by
         Section 1; or (vi) a material breach of any material provision of this
         Agreement by the Company (which is not in connection with the
         termination of the Executive's employment for Cause or due to the
         Executive's Disability); provided, however, that the occurrence of any
         event described in clause (iii) or (iv) of this Section 7(b)(1) may
         only constitute Good Reason if the relevant circumstances or conditions
         are not remedied by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt
         by the Company of written notice thereof from the Executive.

                  (2) "Disability" shall mean "total disability" within the
         meaning of, and pursuant to which the Executive has commenced the
         receipt of benefits under, the Company's

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         long-term disability plan applicable to the Executive, or, in the
         absence thereof, an inability to perform duties and services as an
         employee of the Company by reason of a medically determinable physical
         or mental impairment, supported by medical evidence, which can be
         expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to
         last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, as
         determined by the Board in its good faith discretion.

         8. Limitation on Payments and Benefits. Notwithstanding any provision
of this Agreement to the contrary, if any amount or benefit to be paid or
provided under this Agreement (or any other agreement, plan or arrangement,
including, without limitation, any stock option agreement, covering the
Executive) would be an "excess parachute payment," within the meaning of Section
280G of the Internal Revenue of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any successor
provision thereto, but for the application of this sentence, then the payments
and benefits to be paid or provided under this Agreement shall be reduced to the
minimum extent necessary (but in no event less than zero) so that no portion of
any such payment or benefit, as so reduced, constitutes an excess parachute
payment, but only if and to the extent that such reduction will also result in,
after taking into account all state, local and Federal taxes applicable to the
Executive (computed at the highest applicable marginal rate), including any
taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code (and any similar tax that may
hereafter be imposed under any successor provision or by any taxing authority),
greater after-tax proceeds to the Executive than the after-tax proceeds to the
Executive computed without regard to any such reduction. The determination of
whether any reduction in such payments or benefits to be provided under this
Agreement or otherwise is required pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence shall be made at the expense of the Company, if requested by the
Executive or the Company, by a firm of independent certified public accountants
or a law firm selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Executive. In the event that any payment or benefit intended to be provided
under this Agreement or otherwise is required to be reduced pursuant to this
Section 8, the Executive shall be entitled to designate the payments and/or
benefits to be so reduced in order to give effect to this Section 8. The Company
shall provide the Executive with all information reasonably requested by the
Executive to permit the Executive to make such designation. In the event that
the Executive fails to make such designation within ten (10) business days of
the date of his termination of employment with the Company, the Company may
effect such reduction in any manner it deems appropriate.

         9. Notice. Any notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered or when
mailed, certified or registered mail, or sent by reputable overnight courier,
postage prepaid, to the addresses set forth as follows:

                If to the Company:        Associated Materials Incorporated
                                          3773 State Road
                                          Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223

                       With copies to:    Harvest Partners, Inc.
                                          280 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor
                                          New York, New York 10017
                                          Attention:  Ira D. Kleinman

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                                  and

                                          White & Case LLP
                                          1155 Avenue of the Americas
                                          New York, New York 10036
                                          Attention:  Oliver C. Brahmst, Esq.

                If to the Executive:      Michael Caporale, Jr.
                                          3668 Shetland Trail
                                          Richfield, Ohio 44286

                       With copies to:    Day, Berry & Howard LLP
                                          One Canterbury Green
                                          Stamford, CT  06901
                                          Attention:  Sabino Rodriguez III, Esq.

or to such other address as shall be furnished in writing by either party to the
other party; provided that such notice or change in address shall be effective
only when actually received by the other party.

         10. General.

                  (a) Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction
and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
New York applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within
said State.

                  (b) Construction and Severability. If any provision of this
Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired, and the parties undertake
to implement all efforts which are necessary, desirable and sufficient to amend,
supplement or substitute all and any such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with enforceable and valid provisions which would produce as nearly
as may be possible the result previously intended by the parties without
renegotiation of any material terms and conditions stipulated herein.

                  (c) Assignability. The Executive may not assign his interest
in or delegate his duties under this Agreement. This Agreement is for the
employment of the Executive, personally, and the services to be rendered by him
under this Agreement must be rendered by him and no other person. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Company and its successors and assigns. Without limiting the foregoing and
notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company may
assign this Agreement to, and all rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit
of, any subsidiary of the Company or any person, firm or corporation resulting
from the reorganization of the Company or succeeding to the business or assets
of the Company by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise.

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                  (d) Warranty by the Executive. The Executive represents and
warrants to the Company that the Executive is not subject to any contract,
agreement, judgment, order or decree of any kind, or any restrictive agreement
of any character, that restricts the Executive's ability to perform his
obligations under this Agreement or that would be breached by the Executive upon
his performance of his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

                  (e) Compliance with Rules and Policies. The Executive shall
perform all services in accordance with the lawful policies, procedures and
rules established by the Company and the Board. In addition, the Executive shall
comply with all laws, rules and regulations that are generally applicable to the
Company or its subsidiaries and their respective employees, directors and
officers.

                  (f) Withholding Taxes. All amounts payable hereunder shall be
subject to the withholding of all applicable taxes and deductions required by
any applicable law.

                  (g) Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement, together
with the Indemnification Agreement between the Company and the Executive, dated
August 25, 2000, and any other written agreements between the Company or Parent
and the Executive expressly contemplated by this Agreement, constitute the
entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof, supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral,
and may not be modified or amended in any way except in writing by the parties
hereto. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with a
provision of any other written agreement between the Company or Parent and the
Executive (without regard to when such other agreement was executed), the
provisions of this Agreement shall govern. As of the date hereof, the
Predecessor Agreement shall be cancelled and be of no further force or effect,
without the payment of any additional consideration by or to either of the
parties thereto.

                  (h) Duration. Notwithstanding the Employment Term hereunder,
this Agreement shall continue for so long as any obligations remain under this
Agreement.

                  (i) Survival. The covenants set forth in Section 5 of this
Agreement shall survive and shall continue to be binding upon the Executive
notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.

                  (j) Waiver. No waiver by either party hereto of any of the
requirements imposed by this Agreement on, or any breach of any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by, the other party shall be deemed
a waiver of a similar or dissimilar requirement, provision or condition of this
Agreement at the same or any prior or subsequent time. Any such waiver shall be
express and in writing, and there shall be no waiver by conduct. Pursuit by
either party of any available remedy, either in law or equity, or any action of
any kind, does not constitute waiver of any other remedy or action. Such
remedies are cumulative and not exclusive.

                  (k) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

                  (l) Section References. The words Section and paragraph herein
shall refer to provisions of this Agreement unless expressly indicated
otherwise.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, have hereunto executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first written above.

                                  ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED

Date:    7/1/02                   By:           /s/ D. Keith LaVanway
     ----------------------          -----------------------------------
                                       Name:    D. Keith LaVanway
                                       Title:   Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer

                                  MICHAEL CAPORALE, JR.

Date:    7/1/02                   /s/ MICHAEL CAPORALE, JR.
     ----------------------       -------------------------

For the sole and limited purpose of evidencing its agreement with and consent to
the matters stated in clause (a) of the fourth sentence of Section 1 and in
Section 4(b)(2) of this Agreement:

                                  ASSOCIATED MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC.

Date:    7/22/02                  By:         /s/ Thomas Arenz
     ----------------------          ------------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Thomas Arenz

                                       Title: Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

For the sole and limited purpose of evidencing its agreement with and consent to
the matters stated in the third sentence of Section 4(b)(2) of this Agreement:

                                      HARVEST PARTNERS, INC.

Date:  7/22/02                        By:          /s/ Thomas Arenz
     -----------------------             --------------------------------------
                                           Name:    Thomas Arenz
                                           Title:   Senior Managing Director

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                                                                       Exhibit A
                                                         to Employment Agreement

                             Annual Incentive Bonus

The Executive's annual incentive bonus for each calendar year during the
Employment Term shall be a percentage of the Executive's base salary based upon
the Year Over Year Growth in Harvest Equity Value or Compounded IRR, whichever
is greater (the "Growth Rate") as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    Growth Rate Hurdles             Percentage of Base Salary
                    -------------------             -------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
                  Less than 15.00%                 Zero
                  15.00%                           20.00%
                  25.00%                           100.00%
                  30.00% or greater                200.00%
</TABLE>

                  If the actual Growth Rate for a particular calendar year is
between two Growth Rate Hurdles, the applicable percentage of base salary shall
be determined by linear interpolation based on the difference between such
Growth Rate Hurdles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the actual Year Over Year
Growth in Harvest Equity Value is less than 15.00% the bonus shall be zero, and
if the actual Growth Rate is equal to or greater than 30.00% the bonus shall be
200.00% of base salary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Growth Rate for the
calendar year ending December 31, 2002 shall be based solely on the Compounded
IRR.

                  For purposes of the Executive's annual incentive bonus and the
computation thereof:

1.       Base salary shall mean the annual rate of base salary in effect under
         the Employment Agreement as of the commencement of the calendar year to
         which the bonus relates.

2.       Year Over Year Growth in Harvest Equity Value between December 31 of
         two successive calendar years shall be the excess of the Harvest Equity
         Value as of December 31 of the second such calendar year over the
         Harvest Equity Value as of December 31 of the first such calendar year
         divided by the Harvest Equity Value as of December 31 of the first such
         calendar year.

3.       Compounded IRR shall mean, at any time, the annual discount rate which,
         if applied at such time to the aggregate value of all cash proceeds
         from the investments of the Harvest Funds (as defined in the Amended
         and Restated Stockholders Agreement by and among Parent and the
         stockholders of Parent, dated as of April 19, 2002, as amended from
         time to time) in Parent (taking into account the time such proceeds are
         received by the Harvest Funds) and the Harvest Equity Value at such
         time would equal the sum of the cost of the Harvest Funds' initial
         investment in Parent plus any additional amounts invested by the
         Harvest Funds in Parent (taking into account the amount of any such
         additional investment from the day on which the Harvest Fund made such
         additional investment).

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                                                                       Exhibit A
                                                         to Employment Agreement

4.       Harvest Equity Value, at any time, shall be determined as follows:

         (A)      by multiplying Parent's trailing 12-month EBITDA at such time
                  by 6.5, and adding to the resulting product cash and cash
                  equivalents of Parent and its subsidiaries at such time (the
                  "Enterprise Value"); and

         (B)      by deducting from the Enterprise Value (a) indebtedness of
                  Parent and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
                  any capitalized leases) and (b) the aggregate liquidation
                  preference of all outstanding preferred stock of Parent (plus
                  accrued but unpaid dividends thereon) at such time (the
                  Enterprise Value less the amounts described in clause (a) and
                  (b) is referred to as the "Common Equity Value"); and

         (C)      by multiplying the Common Equity Value by a fraction the
                  numerator of which is the number of shares of Parent's common
                  stock owned by the Harvest Funds and the denominator of which
                  is the total number of shares of Parent's common stock
                  outstanding (the "Harvest Common Equity Value"); and

         (D)      by adding to the Harvest Common Equity Value the aggregate
                  liquidation preference of all outstanding preferred stock of
                  Parent owned by the Harvest Funds (plus accrued but unpaid
                  dividends thereon) at such time (all of the foregoing
                  computations in clauses (B), (C) and (D) shall be made by
                  assuming the full exercise of all outstanding employee and
                  director options covering capital stock of Parent and that all
                  shares of such stock held by employees and directors of Parent
                  and its subsidiaries that are subject to restrictions on
                  transfer or forfeiture are outstanding and fully vested).

5.       EBITDA shall mean Parent's consolidated net income adjusted to exclude
         deduction of interest expense (net of interest income), income taxes,
         depreciation and amortization and the Harvest Fee pursuant to the
         Management Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2002, between Harvest
         Partners, Inc. and Associated Materials Incorporated, as amended from
         time to time, and to exclude gain or loss from sale of capital assets,
         and including deduction of all bonuses paid or accrued with respect to
         the Executive and all other officers and employees of Parent and its
         subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Executive's bonus
         hereunder), for the relevant calendar year, calculated otherwise in
         accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, subject to
         any adjustments made in good faith by the Board. EBITDA shall be
         determined by the Company's management, subject to audit or review by
         Parent's external accountants and approval, in good faith, by the
         Board. EBITDA shall exclude any transaction- or merger-related costs
         which are expensed rather than capitalized and the effect of inventory
         write-ups made due to purchase accounting.

6.       Any annual incentive bonus to which the Executive is entitled under
         this Agreement for any calendar year shall be paid in a cash lump-sum
         within thirty days following the close of Parent's books and completion
         of Parent's annual audit by its external accountants for such calendar
         year.

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                                                                       Exhibit A
                                                         to Employment Agreement

The Executive's entitlement to an annual incentive bonus shall be determined by
the Board in good faith in accordance with this Exhibit A.

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