MASCO CORP /DE/
CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.a

                           SUBORDINATED LOAN AGREEMENT

         THIS SUBORDINATED LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of November 28, 2000
(hereinafter referred to as this "Agreement"), is entered into between
MascoTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Masco Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Tailor Shareholder").

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to have the right to sell to Tailor
Shareholder, and Tailor Shareholder is willing to purchase from the Company at
its request, from time to time, up to $100.0 million principal amount of
subordinated debt securities upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

         1. Authorization of Issues of Securities. (a) The Company has
authorized the issuance and delivery of separate series of subordinated debt
securities ("Securities"), such Securities to have substantially the same terms
and provisions as the form of subordinated note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

         (b) The Securities shall be issued in one or more series with the
interest rate on each such series being a rate per annum that is the higher of:
(i) 400 basis points over the average Treasury Rate (as hereinafter defined) for
the week preceding the week in which the notice of purchase referred to in
Paragraph 2 is given to Tailor Shareholder with respect to such series; or (ii)
150 basis points over the Comparable Debt Issuance Rate (as hereinafter defined)
with respect to such series; provided that the interest rate on each series of
the Securities will at the time of issuance not exceed 14.5% per annum;
provided, further, that the applicable interest rate on each series of the
Securities will increase by 1.0% per annum on December 31, 2005 and an
additional 1.5% per annum on December 31, 2007. In the event the Comparable Debt
Issuance Rate is not timely determined with respect to any series of Securities,
the interest rate with respect to such series will be that provided under clause
(i) above until such time as the Comparable Debt Issuance Rate is determined
with respect to such series, whereupon the applicable interest rate will be
retroactively adjusted, if necessary, to be that which would otherwise apply.

         (c) "Treasury Rate" means the rate for noncallable direct obligations
of the United States ("Treasury Notes") having a maturity that ends on June 30,
2009, as published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) (or any
successor publication provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) under the heading "Treasury Constant Maturities." If a rate for Treasury
Notes having a maturity that ends on June 30, 2009 has not been so published or
reported for the preceding week as provided above by 1:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the date of a Notice (as hereinafter defined), then the Treasury Rate
shall be calculated by the Company and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed
on a bond
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equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and
applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
rates, as of approximately 1:30 P.M., New York City time, on the date of such
Notice, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers
selected by the Company for the purchase of Treasury Notes with a remaining
maturity that ends as nearly close to June 30, 2009 as practicable.

         (d) The "Comparable Debt Issuance Rate" means, with respect to any
series of securities, a per annum rate of interest determined as follows: Each
of the Company and Tailor Shareholder shall select an investment banking firm
within two Business Days from the date the Notice with respect to such series,
and those two investment banking firms shall have one Business Day to select a
third investment banking firm. In the absence of a selection within these
specified time periods, the Company shall be deemed to have selected Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and Tailor Shareholder shall be deemed
to have selected Merrill, Lynch & Company and these two investment banking firms
shall be deemed to have selected Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Any other investment
banking firms shall have significant experience and qualifications with respect
to the origination and sale of high yield debt instruments of manufacturing and
industrial companies. Each of the three investment banking firms shall have
until the fifth business day following the date of the Notice to determine, in
its good faith opinion, the per annum rate of interest that the Company would be
required to pay if it were to issue the relevant series of Securities to third
party investors in a transaction negotiated at arm's-length and priced as of the
date of the Notice, and each banker shall set forth its conclusion in a letter
addressed to each of Tailor Shareholder and the Company and delivered to each of
them by 12:00 noon New York City time on the fifth business day from the date of
the Notice given to Tailor Shareholder. The arithmetic mean of the interest
rates determined by each of the three investment banking firms shall be the
Comparable Debt Issuance Rate with respect to the relevant series of Securities.

         (e) Except with respect to voting rights (as specified in Section 7.1
of the form of subordinated note attached hereto as Exhibit A), each issuance of
Securities shall constitute a separate and discrete series of securities and may
be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.1 of the form of subordinated note attached
hereto as Exhibit A without regard to the redemption of any other Securities.

         (f) As used herein, the "date of a Notice" shall mean the date upon
which the Notice has been effectively given under Paragraph 8 hereof.

         2. Obligation to Purchase. (a) Subject to only (i) the accuracy of the
representations and warranties made by the Company pursuant to Paragraph 6
hereof, (ii) the absence of a Bankruptcy Event (as defined below) and (iii)
except as set forth in the proviso to this sentence, the absence of an Event of
Default under the Senior Credit Facilities (collectively, clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) are referred to as the "Conditions"), Tailor Shareholder agrees to
purchase, at par, at any time or from time to time on or before October 31, 2003
(the "Commitment Expiry Date"), upon written notice delivered by or on behalf of
the Company in the form
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of Exhibit B hereto (the "Notes"), up to $100.0 million aggregate principal
amount of Securities (the "Commitment"); provided that, notwithstanding the
failure of the condition referred to in clause (iii), Tailor Shareholder shall
be obligated to so purchase Securities to the extent that the Notice includes a
certification to the effect that (1) the Company will use the proceeds from the
issuance of such series of Securities solely to meet cash obligations in respect
of any of the 4-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due December 15, 2003
(the "Convertible Debentures") upon maturity, acceleration or exercise of the
conversion privilege in respect thereof (whether before or after the occurrence
of the Event of Default) or (2) if the date of the Notice is on or prior to the
30th day prior to the Commitment Expiry Date, the Company will use the proceeds
from the issuance of such series of securities solely to fund, in whole or in
part, the aggregate amount of cash that is (or will be) payable to holders of
Convertible Debentures that are outstanding on the date of the Notice. In the
event the proviso to the foregoing sentence is applicable, the Condition set
forth in clause (iii) shall be deemed satisfied with respect to the purchase
specified in the Notice for all purposes of this Agreement. Each Notice shall
specify the principal amount of Securities that Tailor Shareholder is required
to purchase (which, other than when the proviso to the second preceding sentence
applies, for each respective issuance of Securities shall be $5.0 million or any
larger multiple of $500,000). The interest rate for such Securities shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1(b). For purposes of
this Agreement a Bankruptcy Event shall be defined as the occurrence of either
of the following events:

                           (i) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
                  enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company
                  in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
                  insolvency or other similar law or hereinafter in effect, or
                  appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
                  trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company
                  or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
                  winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or
                  order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
                  consecutive days, or,

                           (ii) The Company shall commence a voluntary case
                  under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
                  law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of
                  an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
                  or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by
                  a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
                  sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of
                  any substantial part of its property, or shall make any
                  general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

         (b) "Senior Credit Facilities" means the Credit Agreement, to be dated
as of the date of the Merger (as defined under the Recapitalization Agreement
dated August 1, 2000 between the Company and Riverside Company LLC), among The
Chase Manhattan Bank, Chase Securities Inc., the Company and certain of its
subsidiaries and the other lenders and financial institutions party thereto from
time to time, as the same may be amended, modified,
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waived, refinanced or replaced from time to time (whether under a new credit
agreement or otherwise).

         (c) The Commitment is not revolving in nature, and any Securities
repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company shall not restore the
Commitment. The Company may reduce or terminate the unused portion of the
Commitment at any time by written notice to Tailor Shareholder.

         (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control as defined in Section 5.2 of Exhibit A, Tailor Shareholder's Commitment
shall terminate.

         3. Closing. (a) Any closing of a sale of Securities to Tailor
Shareholder hereunder shall occur at the Company's offices (or such other place
as may be agreed to by the Company and Tailor Shareholder) on the fifth Business
Day (as hereinafter defined) after the Company gives Tailor Shareholder the
Notice. The term "Business Day" shall mean any day, except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to
close.

         (b) At each closing, subject to the satisfaction of the Conditions,
Tailor Shareholder shall deliver to the Company immediately available funds in
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Securities being purchased.

         (c) At each closing, the Company shall deliver to Tailor Shareholder
one or more certificates for the Securities being issued, registered in the name
of Tailor Shareholder (or such other person as Tailor Shareholder may designate
prior to the closing) with any such legend that may be appropriate and in such
denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof as Tailor Shareholder may
specify prior to the closing. The Company's delivery of the certificates
representing the Securities being purchased shall automatically be deemed to be
a representation by the Company that the Conditions are satisfied at such time.
The satisfaction of the Conditions shall be a condition to Tailor Shareholder's
obligation to purchase such Securities.

         4. Commitment Fee. (a) The Company shall pay Tailor Shareholder a
commitment fee for Tailor Shareholder's Commitment hereunder at the rate of
0.125% per annum on the daily average amount by which the Commitment exceeds the
principal amount of Securities purchased by Tailor Shareholder hereunder
(including Securities previously issued and redeemed).

         (b) The commitment fee shall continue to accrue from and including the
date of the Merger to but excluding the date on which the aggregate principal
amount of Securities purchased by Tailor Shareholder hereunder (including
Securities previously issued and redeemed) equals the Commitment (as may be
reduced or terminated pursuant to Paragraph 2(c)) or the date on which the
Commitment is terminated or expires. Such fee shall be
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computed for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly on
the last day of each calendar quarter and upon fulfillment of the Commitment in
its entirety or the earlier termination of the Commitment.

         5. Representations of Tailor Shareholder. Tailor Shareholder represents
and warrants to the Company that:

                  (a) Tailor Shareholder is a corporation duly incorporated,
         validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
         Delaware and is authorized by its certificate of incorporation to carry
         on its business as now conducted.

                  (b) The execution, delivery and performance by Tailor
         Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation by Tailor
         Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the
         corporate powers of Tailor Shareholder and have been duly authorized by
         all necessary corporate action on the part of Tailor Shareholder. This
         Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Tailor
         Shareholder, except as the same may be limited by general equity
         principles or laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

                  (c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
         do not result in any violation by Tailor Shareholder of any indenture,
         mortgage or other agreement or instrument by which Tailor Shareholder
         or any of its Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) is bound.

                  (d) No authorization, consent or approval of, or registration
         or filing with, any governmental or public body or regulatory authority
         is required on the part of Tailor Shareholder which has not been
         obtained for the purchase by Tailor Shareholder of the Securities
         contemplated by this Agreement, and such a purchase will not result in
         any violation by Tailor Shareholder of any of the terms or provisions
         of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.

                  (e) Tailor Shareholder has received such information from the
         Company as it deems necessary and sufficient in order to make an
         informed investment decision regarding its commitment to purchase
         Securities hereunder. Tailor Shareholder is a sophisticated investor,
         with such knowledge and experience in financial matters that it is
         capable of evaluating the risks and merits of an investment in the
         Securities, and is purchasing such Securities for its own account for
         investment and (subject, to the extent necessary, to the disposition of
         its property being at all times within its control) not with a view to
         any distribution or other disposition thereof, and is proceeding on the
         assumption that it must bear the economic risk of any such investment
         for an indefinite period since such Securities may not be sold except
         as set forth below. If Tailor Shareholder decides to dispose of any of
         the Securities acquired pursuant to this Agreement or any securities
         issued in exchange or substitution therefor (which it does
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         not presently contemplate), it will not offer, sell or deliver any such
         securities, directly or indirectly, except in compliance with the
         Securities Act of 1933.

         6. Representations of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to Tailor Shareholder that:

                  (a) As of the date hereof, the Company is a corporation duly
         incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
         the State of Delaware and is authorized by its certificate of
         incorporation to carry on its business as now conducted.

                  (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
         this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
         contemplated hereby are within the Company's corporate powers and have
         been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
         the Company. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement
         of the Company, except as the same may be limited by general equity
         principles or laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

                  (c) The Securities issuable from time to time pursuant to this
         Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
         on the part of the Company and, if and when such Securities are issued
         pursuant to this Agreement, such Securities will constitute valid and
         binding obligations of the Company, except as the same may be limited
         by general equity principles or laws affecting creditors' rights
         generally.

                  (d) Assuming the truth and accuracy of Tailor Shareholder's
         representations and warranties set forth in Paragraph 5(e), no
         authorization, consent or approval of, or registration or filing with,
         any governmental or public body or regulatory authority is required on
         the part of the Company for the issuance of the Securities pursuant to
         this Agreement prior to the issuance of Securities hereunder, and such
         issuance will not result in any violation by the Company of any of the
         terms or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
         the Company.

                  (e) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
         this Agreement and the issuance of Securities pursuant to this
         Agreement do not result in any violation by the Company of any of the
         terms or provisions of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement or
         instrument by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.
         "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
         other entity of which a majority of the capital stock or other
         ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
         the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions
         are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
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         7. Miscellaneous. All notices, requests and other communications to
either party hereunder shall be in writing (including telex, telecopy or similar
writing) and shall be delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom
such communication shall have been directed or mailed by certified mail return
receipt requested to the following address (or to such other address as the
party receiving such communication has theretofore advised the other party in
the manner provided for herein):

                  (a)      If to Tailor Shareholder, to:

                               21001 Van Born Road
                               Taylor, MI  48180
                               Facsimile:   (313) 792-4107
                               Attention:   Chairman of the Board and
                                            General Counsel

                               with a copy to:

                               Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
                               2290 First National Building
                               Detroit, MI  48226
                               Facsimile:   (313) 465-7575
                               Attention:   Alan Stuart Schwartz, Esq.


                           except in the case of the Notice required under
                           Paragraph 2, in which case each such notice shall be
                           deemed delivered only upon actual receipt (which may
                           be evidenced by a facsimile confirmation), directed
                           to:

                               Masco Corporation
                               21001 Van Born Road
                               Taylor, MI  48180
                               Facsimile:   (313) 792-4107
                               Attention:   Robert Rosowski

                  (b)      If to the Company, to:

                               MascoTech, Inc.
                               21001 Van Born Road
                               Taylor, MI  48180
                               Facsimile:   (313) 792-6940
                               Attention:   President
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                               with a copy to:

                               Cahill Gordon & Reindel
                               80 Pine Street
                               New York, NY  10005
                               Facsimile:   (212) 269-5420
                               Attention:  Jonathan A. Schaffzin, Esq.

         8. Amendments; No Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended or
terminated, nor any condition or term hereof be waived orally, but only by an
instrument in writing duly executed by the parties hereto or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party otherwise entitled to performance. No failure or delay by
either party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

         9. Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.

         10. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns; provided that neither party may assign, delegate or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without
the consent of the other party hereto, except that (1) Tailor Shareholder may
transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more of its
affiliates, its obligation to purchase all or a portion of the Securities, but
no such transfer or assignment will relieve Tailor Shareholder of its
obligations hereunder in any respect and (2) the Company may assign its rights
to give Notice and to require that Tailor Shareholder meet its obligations
hereunder as collateral security for the obligations of the Company under the
Senior Credit Facilities. Tailor Shareholder hereby agrees to cooperate with the
Company and the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities in order to effect
the intent of clause (2) of the immediately preceding sentence.

         11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

         12. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received
a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto.
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         13. Captions. The captions herein are included for convenience of
reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation
hereof.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

                                        MASCO CORPORATION
                                        By:  /s/John R. Leekley
                                           -------------------------------------
                                                Name:  John R. Leekley
                                                Title:    Senior Vice President-
                                                          General Counsel

                                        MASCOTECH, INC.


                                        By:  /s/David B. Liner
                                           -------------------------------------
                                               Name:  David B. Liner
                                               Title:    Vice President
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                                                                       Exhibit A

                            FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE

            [insert securities law and any other appropriate legends]


No.                                                           $ Principal Amount

                                 MASCOTECH, INC.

         % Subordinated Note Due June 30, 2009, Series [ ]

         MascoTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors
and assigns, the "Issuer"), for value received hereby promises to pay to
                      or registered assigns the principal sum of
on the Stated Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined) or any earlier redemption
date, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and
to pay interest, semiannually in arrears, on June 30 and December 31 (unless
such day is not a Business Day (as hereinafter defined), in which event on the
next succeeding Business Day) (each an "Interest Payment Date") of each year in
which this Note remains outstanding, commencing with             , 200[ ]
[INSERT FIRST INTEREST PAYMENT DATE FALLING THREE OR MORE MONTHS AFTER
ISSUANCE], on the unpaid principal sum hereof outstanding in like coin or
currency, at the rates per annum set forth below, by check mailed to the address
of the holder as such address shall appear in the Register (as hereinafter
defined), from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid on this Note, or if no interest has been paid on this Note, from
              200[ ] [INSERT ISSUE DATE], until payment in full of the principal
sum hereof has been made.

         The interest rate shall be a rate per annum that is specified on the
face hereof (the "Interest Rate"); provided, further, that the Interest Rate on
this Note will increase by 1.0% per annum on December 31, 2005 and an additional
1.5% per annum on December 31, 2007. Further, the Issuer shall pay interest on
overdue principal at a rate per annum 1% above the rate borne by this Note at
the time the same became overdue (the "Overdue Rate"), and interest on overdue
installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the Overdue Rate. Interest
payments on this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the
Interest Payment Dates or the Stated Maturity Date (or any earlier redemption or
repayment date), as the case may be, unless previously paid. Interest on this
Note will be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months.
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         Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the interest or any
amount deemed to be interest payable by the Issuer with respect to this Note
shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law and, to the
extent that any payments in excess of such permitted amount are received by the
holder, such excess shall be considered payments in respect of the principal
amount of this Note. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the holder for the
use, forbearance or retention of the indebtedness of the Issuer to the holder
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to be amortized,
prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such indebtedness
until payment in full of the principal so that the interest on account of such
indebtedness shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law.

         This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of subordinated notes
designated as the _____% Subordinated Notes Due June 30, 2009, Series _____ of
the Issuer, limited in aggregate principal amount to $_____ (hereinafter called
the "Notes").

         This Note is transferable and assignable to one or more purchasers (in
any multiple of $100,000 or more), subject to the restrictions on transfer
referred to on the face hereof. The Issuer agrees to issue, from time to time,
replacement Notes in the form hereof to facilitate such transfers and
assignments. In addition, after delivery of an indemnity in form and substance
satisfactory to the Issuer, the Issuer also agrees to issue replacement Notes
for Notes which have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.

         The Issuer shall keep at its principal office a register (the
"Register") in which shall be entered the names and addresses of the registered
holders of the Notes and particulars of the respective Notes held by them and of
all transfers of such Notes. The ownership of the Notes shall be proven by the
Register. For the purpose of paying interest and principal on the Notes, the
Issuer shall be entitled to rely on the names and addresses in the Register and,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note, no Event of
Default shall occur under Section 4.1(a) or (b) if payment of interest and
principal is made in accordance with the names and addresses and particulars
contained in the Register.

         SECTION 11.  Definitions.

         SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires)
for all purposes of this Note shall have the respective meanings specified
below. The terms defined in this Section 1.1 include the plural as well as the
singular.

         "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with
respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and
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policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.

         "Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized by law to close.

         "Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 4 which shall have continued for the period of time, if any, therein
designated.

         "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government
or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

         "Senior Indebtedness" means (a) all indebtedness of the Issuer for
money borrowed (including without limitation obligations of the Issuer in
respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, swaps, hedging contracts,
letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, or any loan or advance from a bank
whether or not evidenced by promissory notes or other instruments) or incurred
in connection with the acquisition of property, whether outstanding on the date
of execution of this Note or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, including
but not limited to, the Issuer's 4-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
December 15, 2003 and indebtedness of the Issuer in respect of the Senior Credit
Facilities (as defined in the Subordinated Loan Agreement pursuant to which this
Note is issued), except (i) other notes issued pursuant to the Subordinated Loan
Agreement between the Issuer and Masco Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Tailor Shareholder"), dated as of             , 2000, all of which notes shall
rank pari passu with the Notes, (ii) such indebtedness of the Issuer as is by
its terms expressly stated to be not superior in right of payment to the Notes
or to rank pari passu with the Notes, and (iii) indebtedness of the Issuer to a
Subsidiary of the Issuer, (b) any guaranty, endorsement or other contingent
obligation of the Issuer in respect of, or to purchase or otherwise acquire, any
indebtedness of another for money borrowed or incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, and (c) any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any
such Senior Indebtedness, or debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness issued in exchange for such Senior Indebtedness. The term
"indebtedness of the Issuer for money borrowed" as used in the foregoing
sentence shall mean any obligation of the Issuer for borrowed money, whether or
not evidenced by notes or other written obligations, and any indebtedness of the
Issuer evidenced by bonds, notes or debentures or other similar instruments. The
term "indebtedness of the Issuer incurred in connection with the acquisition of
property" as used in the first sentence of this definition shall mean any
purchase money obligation (whether or not secured by any Lien or other security
interest) created or assumed as all or part of the consideration for the
acquisition of property whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise
(but not including any account payable or any other obligation created or
assumed by the Issuer in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
obtaining of materials or services) and any indebtedness arising under a lease
of property, equipment or other assets which, pursuant to
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generally accepted accounting principles then in effect, is classified as a
liability on the Issuer's balance sheet.

         "Stated Maturity Date" means June 30, 2009.

         "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
other entity of which a majority of the capital stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person.

         SECTION 22.  Payment of Principal and Interest.

         SECTION 2.1. Payment of Principal and Interest. No provision of this
Note shall alter or impair, as between the Issuer and the holder of this Note
the obligations of the Issuer, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the place, times, and rate, and in the
currency, herein prescribed.

         SECTION 3.        Covenants.

         SECTION 3.1. Offices for Notices and Transfers, etc. So long as any of
the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer will maintain an office or agency where
the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange and an
office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of
the Notes may be served. The Issuer will give to the holders of the Notes
written notice of any change of location of any such office or agency thereof.

         SECTION 3.2. Provision as to Paying Agent. The Issuer shall act as its
own paying agent and will, on or not more than seven days before each due date
of the principal of or interest on the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes of such series a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due.

         SECTION 3.3. Subordination of Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Issuer shall
obtain an agreement from each of its Subsidiaries to the effect that, so long as
any Notes are outstanding, all indebtedness of the Issuer to such Subsidiary for
money borrowed or incurred in connection with the acquisition of property shall
be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all such Notes in the same manner and to the same extent as such Notes are
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness (as defined herein).

         SECTION 3.4. When Company May Merge, Etc. The Issuer will not, in any
transaction or series of transactions, merge or consolidate with or into, or
sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets (each a "Transfer") as an
entirety to, any person or persons, and the Issuer will not permit any of its
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                                      -5-


Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of transactions if
such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a
sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other person or persons other than a
Transfer by the Issuer to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Issuer as
contemplated by the Commitment Letter for the Senior Credit Facilities, unless
at the time of and after giving effect thereto:

                  (a) either (i) if the transaction or series of transactions is
         a merger or consolidation, the Issuer shall be the surviving person of
         such merger or consolidation, or (ii) the person formed by any such
         consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Subsidiary is merged or
         to which the properties and assets of the Issuer and/or any Subsidiary,
         as the case may be, are transferred (any such surviving person or
         transferee person being a "Surviving Entity") shall be a corporation or
         limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
         United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia
         and shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Issuer under this
         Note, and in each case, this Note shall remain in full force and
         effect; and

                  (b) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to
         such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis
         (including, without limitation, any indebtedness incurred or
         anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such
         transaction or series of transactions), no Default hereunder shall have
         occurred and be continuing.

         Upon any consolidation, or merger or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with this Section
3.4 in which the Issuer is not the continuing corporation, the Surviving Entity
formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged to which such
conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Note with the
same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as such.

         SECTION 4.        Events of Default and Remedies.

         SECTION 4.1. Events of Default. "Event of Default", whenever used
herein with respect to any Note means any one of the following events:

                  (a) default in the payment of interest upon any Note when it
         becomes due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of
         30 days; or

                  (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal
         of any Note as and when the same shall become due and payable either at
         maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or
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                                      -6-



                  (c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of
         the Issuer in any Note (other than a covenant, a default in whose
         performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section or elsewhere
         in the corresponding provision in any such other Note specifically
         dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of
         90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
         the Issuer by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
         outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default or breach
         and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
         "Notice of Default" under the Notes; or

                  (d) the Event of Default referred to in Section 5.2(c); or

                  (e) default under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument
         or agreement under which there may be issued, or by which there may be
         secured or evidenced, indebtedness of the Issuer in an aggregate
         principal amount of $25.0 million or more, which default (i) is caused
         by a failure to pay such indebtedness on its maturity date within the
         applicable express grace period (and such failure continues for a
         period of 30 days or more) or (ii) results in the acceleration of such
         indebtedness prior to its express final maturity (which acceleration is
         not rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured within 30 days of receipt by
         the Issuer of such notice of acceleration); or

                  (f) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
         decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary
         case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
         or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
         custodian, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
         Issuer or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
         winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall
         remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

                  (g) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any
         applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
         in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
         involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
         appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
         assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of
         the Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, or shall make
         any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

         If an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e)
occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this
Series then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer, may declare the
entire principal of all of the Notes and the interest accrued and unpaid
thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default described in clause (f) or (g) occurs, the
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                                      -7-


principal of and accrued interest on the Notes shall become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of any holder
of Notes.

         The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due
and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due
shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall
pay or shall deposit in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all of the Notes and
the principal of the Notes (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue
installments of interest to the date of such payment or deposit) and if any and
all Events of Default under this Note other than the non-payment of the
principal shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided
herein, then and in every such case the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer,
may waive all defaults with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment
shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon.

         SECTION 4.2. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver of Default. All powers and remedies given by this Section 4 to the
holders of Notes shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and
not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to
the holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Note
and no delay or omission of any holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right
or power accruing upon any default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall
impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such
default or an acquiescence therein; and, every power and remedy given by this
Note or by law to the holders of Notes may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the holders of Notes.

         SECTION 4.3. Waiver of Past Defaults by Majority of Holders. Subject to
Section 4.1, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes
waive such default or Event of Default and its consequences except a default in
the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes. Upon any such
waiver the Issuer and the holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default shall have been waived as
permitted by this Section 4.3, said default or Event of Default shall for all
purposes of the Notes be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.
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         SECTION 5.        Redemption.

         SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed at the
option of the Issuer as a whole, or from time to time in part, at any time prior
to maturity, at a price equal to the principal amount of the Notes so redeemed,
together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for
redemption, upon mailing notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of Notes at
their last addresses as the same appear on the Register. Such mailing shall be
by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder
receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any
defect in the notices to the holder of any Note designated for redemption shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

         If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will
select (a) by lot or by such other manner as may be prescribed by resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Issuer and (b) to the extent Tailor Shareholder,
or any Subsidiary thereof, holds Notes, the Issuer shall allow Tailor
Shareholder to select, in its sole discretion, the specific Notes then owned by
Tailor Shareholder or its Subsidiaries to be redeemed (provided that Tailor
Shareholder informs the Issuer no later than the day prior to the date of such
redemption of the specific Notes selected for redemption), the Notes or portions
thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed in a minimum amount of
$1,000,000 unless less than $1,000,000 of the Notes remain outstanding in which
case all of the Notes must be redeemed.

         Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall
execute and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new
Note or Notes of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Note so presented.

         SECTION 5.2. Change of Control Put. (a) The holder of this Note shall
have the right, at such holder's option, upon the giving of notice of the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined), and subject to the
terms and provisions hereof, to tender any Note, in whole or in part, without
regard to whether the Note is then otherwise redeemable, for purchase by the
Issuer or a third party designated by the Issuer (but such designation will not
relieve the Issuer from its obligation pursuant to this Section 5.2 until such
obligation is satisfied) for cash in an amount equal to the principal amount of
such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for purchase. Such
purchase shall occur no later than the 90th day after the date of the notice
provided pursuant to clause (c) below (the "Mandatory Purchase Date"). The
holder's right to tender shall continue up to the 85th day after the date of
such notice and shall be exercised by any surrender of such Note to the office
or agency to be maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.1, accompanied by
written notice that the holder elects to tender such Note and (if so required by
the Issuer) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by the holder or such
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                                      -9-


holder's duly authorized legal representative and transfer tax stamps or funds
therefor, if required. All Notes surrendered for purchase shall be canceled by
the Issuer.

         (b) The occurrence of any of the following events will constitute a
"Change of Control":

                  (1) if Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates
         (collectively "Heartland") cease to directly or indirectly beneficially
         own 30% or more of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock or do
         not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to
         elect or designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors of
         the Issuer;

                  (2) any person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)
         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") other than
         Heartland (an "other entity") shall attain beneficial ownership, within
         the meaning of Rule 13d-3 adopted under the 1934 Act, of capital stock
         representing a majority of the voting power for the election of the
         Directors of the Issuer;

                  (3) Issuer, directly or indirectly, consolidates or merges
         with any other entity or sells or leases its properties and assets
         substantially as an entirety to any other entity, provided that this
         clause shall not apply to a transaction if, immediately following such
         transaction, no person or group, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)
         of the 1934 Act, other than Heartland beneficially owns capital stock
         representing a majority of the voting power for the election of
         Directors of Issuer; and

                  (4) any event constituting a "change of control" in the Senior
         Credit Facilities, as the same may be amended, waived, modified or
         replaced from time to time.

         (c) The Issuer shall mail to each holder of Notes at such holder's last
address appearing on the Register, as promptly as possible but in any event not
more than 60 days after learning of a Change of Control specified in clause (b)
(1) or (2) above or not more than 60 days after an occurrence specified in
clause (b) (3) or (4) (except to the extent the occurrence referred to in clause
(b)(4) would otherwise have occurred under clause (b)(1) or (2) above), (such
60th day being the "Notice Trigger Date") a notice stating that the event
specified in the notice has occurred and that each holder has the right to
tender such holder's Notes for cash pursuant to the terms hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to making the offer to purchase Notes, but
in any event not later than the Notice Trigger Date, the Issuer covenants to (i)
repay in full all Senior Indebtedness under agreements containing change of
control puts or defaults (and terminate all commitments thereunder) or offer to
repay in full all such Senior Indebtedness (and terminate all commitments) and
to repay the Senior Indebtedness owed to (and terminate the commitments of) each
creditor which has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consents in
respect of such Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes.
Issuer will first comply with the covenant in the preceding sentence before it
will be
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                                      -10-


required to repurchase Notes pursuant to the provisions described below;
provided that the Issuer's failure to comply with the covenant described in the
preceding sentence shall constitute an Event of Default.

         (d) On or before the 85th day after the date of the notice provided
pursuant to clause (c) above, the Issuer shall set aside, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes to be redeemed an amount of
money sufficient to pay the principal of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes
to be redeemed on the Mandatory Purchase Date.

         (e) After making the offer to purchase as provided above, the Notes to
be redeemed shall, on the Mandatory Purchase Date, become due and payable at a
price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and
from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of
principal and accrued interest thereon) such Notes shall cease to bear interest.
Upon surrender of any such Note for purchase in accordance herewith, such Note
shall be paid on the Mandatory Purchase Date by the Issuer at a price equal to
the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the
Mandatory Purchase Date. If any Note to be redeemed shall not be so paid on the
Mandatory Purchase Date, the principal and accrued interest thereon shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Mandatory Purchase Date at the Overdue Rate.

         (f) Notes may be tendered for purchase in whole or in any integral
multiple of $1,000. Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at an office or agency of the Issuer designated for that purpose
(with, if the Issuer so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument to
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by, the holder thereof
or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall
execute and deliver to the holder of such Note without service charge, a new
Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount
equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount.

         SECTION 6.        Subordination of Notes.

         SECTION 6.1. Agreement to Subordinate. The Issuer covenants and agrees,
and each holder of Notes by such holder's acceptance thereof likewise covenants
and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Section; and each Person holding any Note, whether upon original issue or upon
transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such
provisions. The provisions of this Section are made for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders shall, at any time, be entitled
to enforce such provisions against the Issuer or any holders of Notes.

         All Notes shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter in this
Section set forth, be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
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                                      -11-



         SECTION 6.2. No Payment on Notes if Senior Indebtedness in Default. No
payment on account of principal or interest on the Notes shall be made unless
full payment of amounts then due for principal, premium, if any, sinking funds
and interest on all Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for. No
payment on account of principal or interest on the Notes shall be made if, at
the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) there
shall exist a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, sinking
funds or interest with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, or (ii) there shall
have occurred an event of default (other than a default in the payment of
principal, premium, if any, sinking funds or interest) with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness, as defined therein or in the instrument under which the
same is outstanding, permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity
thereof, and such event of default shall not have been cured or waived or shall
not have ceased to exist.

         SECTION 6.3. Priority of Senior Indebtedness. In the event of any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable
Federal or state law, or other similar proceedings in connection therewith,
relative to the Issuer or to its creditors, as such, or to its property, and in
the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other
winding up of the Issuer or assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshalling of assets of the Issuer, whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full of all principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all
Senior Indebtedness (including interest on such Senior Indebtedness after the
date of filing of a petition or other action commencing such proceeding) before
the holders of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment on account of the
principal of or interest on the Notes and any payment or distribution of any
kind or character which may be payable or deliverable in any such proceedings in
respect of the Notes, except securities which are subordinate and junior in
right of payment to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding,
shall be paid by the person making such payment or distribution directly to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent necessary to make payment in full
of all Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of Senior Indebtedness. In the event that any
payment or distribution of cash, property or securities shall be received by the
holders of the Notes in contravention of this Section before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full, or provision made for the payment thereof, such
payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
paid over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which
any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay in full
all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

         In the event that any Note is declared due and payable before its
expressed maturity because of the occurrence of an Event of Default (under
circumstances when the provisions of
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                                      -12-


the first paragraph of this Section shall not be applicable), the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness outstanding at the time the Notes so become due and payable
because of such occurrence of such an Event of Default shall be entitled to
receive payment in full of all principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
all Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Notes are entitled to receive
any payment on account of the principal of or interest on the Notes.

         SECTION 6.4. Subrogation of Notes. Subject to the payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness, the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of assets of the Issuer made on the Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full; and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of
the Notes would be entitled except for the provisions of this Section, and no
payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Section to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness by holders of the Notes, shall, as between the Issuer, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of
Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to or on account of Senior
Indebtedness, and no payments or distributions to the holders of the Notes of
cash, property or securities payable or distributable to the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness to which the holders of the Notes shall become entitled
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall, as between the Issuer, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the
Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to the holders of or on account
of the Notes.

         SECTION 6.5. Issuer Obligation to Pay Unconditional. The provisions of
this Section are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness on the one hand, and the holders of the Notes on
the other hand, and nothing herein shall impair, as between the Issuer and the
holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Issuer, which is unconditional and
absolute, to pay to the holders thereof the principal thereof and interest
thereon in accordance with the terms of the Notes nor shall anything herein
prevent the holders of the Notes from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law or under the Notes upon default under the Notes,
subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness under the provisions of
this Section to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or
deliverable to the holders of the Notes.

         SECTION 7.        Miscellaneous.

         SECTION 7.1. Modification of Notes. The Notes may be modified without
prior notice to any holder but with the written consent of the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes or with the written consent of the
holders of a majority in principal amount of all notes issued under the
Subordinated Loan Agreement between the Issuer and Tailor Shareholder, as the
same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms
(the "Loan Agreement"). Subject to Section 4.1 and Section 4.3, the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes or a majority of principal amount of
all notes issued under the Loan Agreement may waive compliance by the Issuer
with any provision of the
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                                      -13-


Notes without prior notice to any holder. However, without the consent of each
holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (1) reduce the
amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver, (2) reduce the rate or extend the time for payment for interest on any
Notes, (3) reduce the principal amount of or extend the fixed maturity of any
Notes or alter the redemption or repurchase provisions with respect thereto or
(4) make any Notes payable in money or property other than as stated in the
Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amendments, supplements and waivers of
Section 5 may be obtained with the written consent of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes or a majority of principal amount of all notes issued under
the Loan Agreement prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control.

         The Issuer will use its best efforts to qualify an indenture with
respect to this Note at or prior to the time, if any, such qualification is
required under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended or similar law then
in effect.

         SECTION 7.2. Miscellaneous. This Note shall be deemed to be a contract
under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of said State, except as may otherwise be required
by mandatory provisions of law. The parties hereto, including all guarantors or
endorsers, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other
demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and
enforcement of this Note, except as specifically provided herein, and assent to
extensions of the time of payment, or forbearance or other indulgence without
notice. The holder of this Note by acceptance of this Note agrees to be bound by
the provisions (including the subordination provisions) of this Note which are
expressly binding on such holder. In determining whether the holders of the
requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction,
consent or waiver as provided under the Notes, Notes which are owned by the
Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. The Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.

Dated:

                                                     MASCOTECH, INC.


                                                     By:
                                                        -----------------------
                                                            Name:
                                                            Title:
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                                                                       Exhibit B

                           FORM OF NOTICE OF ISSUANCE
MASCO CORPORATION
21001 Van Born Road
Taylor, MI  48180

Attention:  [                       ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         The undersigned, MascoTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), refers to the Subordinated Loan Agreement, dated as of [      ],
2000 (the "Subordinated Loan Agreement"), among the Company and Masco
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Tailor Shareholder"). Capitalized terms
used herein and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Subordinated Loan Agreement. The Company hereby gives you notice pursuant to
Paragraph 2 of the Subordinated Loan Agreement that it desires to issue
Securities (the "Proposed Issuance") that Tailor Shareholder is required to
purchase under the Subordinated Loan Agreement, and in that connection sets
forth below the information relating to the Proposed Issuance:

         Proposed Issuance:

         The date of the Proposed Issuance is [                      ].

         The aggregate principal amount of the Proposed Issuance is [          ]
Dollars ($[ ]).

         1. The Company hereby certifies and represents that the following
statements are true as of the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the
Proposed Issuance:

         All representations and warranties made by the Company in Paragraph 6
of the Subordinated Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects, with the same effect as though made on and as of the date of the
Proposed Issuance;

         2.       A Bankruptcy Event does not exist;

         3. [No Event of Default under the Senior Credit Facilities has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from the Proposed Issuance or would otherwise
exist immediately after giving effect to the Proposed Issuance.] [An Event of
Default under the Senior Credit Facilities has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the Proposed Issuance or would otherwise exist immediately
after giving effect to the Proposed Issuance and the proceeds from the issuance
of the Securities will be used solely [to meet cash obligations in respect of
any of the Convertible Debentures upon maturity, acceleration or exercise of the
conversion privilege in respect thereof (whether before or after the occurrence
of the Event of
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                                      -16-



Default)] [to fund, in whole or in part, the aggregate amount of cash that is
(or will be) payable to holders of Convertible Debentures that are outstanding
on the date of this Notice].(1)

Dated:

                                             MASCOTECH, INC.



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


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(1)    Strike inapplicable language.
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