SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rosenthal Bennett (Last) (First) (Middle) ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90067 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORTEK INC [ NTK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/31/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common	08/31/2016		U		7,633(1)(2)(3)	D	$86	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$17.5	08/31/2016		D			10,000(2)(3)	(4)	04/08/2020	Common	10,000	$68.5(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Disposed of in a tender offer by Nevada Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Acquisition Sub") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Nortek, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Nortek") for $86.00 per share pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 6, 2016, by and among Melrose Industries plc, Acquisition Sub and Nortek.

2. These securities are held by the Reporting Person for the benefit of Ares Management LLC ("Ares") and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. ("ACOF II") and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P. ("ACOF III" and together with ACOF II, the "ACOF Funds"), which are indirectly controlled by Ares. The Reporting Person is associated with Ares and the ACOF Funds. Pursuant to the policies of Ares and the ACOF Funds, the Reporting Person holds these securities as a nominee on behalf, and for the sole benefit, of Ares and has assigned all economic, pecuniary and voting rights in respect of these securities to Ares.

3. The amounts reported in this Form 4 do not include any securities of Nortek held by the ACOF Funds. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities of Nortek owned by the ACOF Funds and such securities of Nortek issued to the Reporting Person, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of or has any pecuniary interest in any such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

4. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each option that was outstanding and unexercised on the date of the Merger was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment of $86.00 less the exercise price.

Remarks:

	/s/Naseem Sagati for Bennett Rosenthal	08/31/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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