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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 7, 2013

Nortek, Inc.           
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-34697
05-0314991
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

50 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island
02903-2360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(401) 751-1600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 2.02
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On November 7, 2013, Nortek, Inc. (the “Company”) publicly announced its results of operations for its fiscal quarter ended September 28, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. This information is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section.

Item 5.02
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On November 6, 2013, Joseph M. Cianciolo notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company that he will not seek re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”).  Mr. Cianciolo will continue to serve as a Director on the Board, the Chairman of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company until the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting.  The Board will conduct a search for a candidate to replace Mr. Cianciolo.


Item 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)
Exhibits

99.1
Press release, dated November 7, 2013.








SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



    NORTEK, INC.


By: /s/ Kevin W. Donnelly                 
Name: Kevin W. Donnelly
Title: Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary

Date: November 7, 2013
    






EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release, dated November 7, 2013.