JOINT FILING AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)(1)

EXHIBIT 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)(1)

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of this Schedule 13G to which this agreement is an exhibit (and any further amendment filed by them) with respect to the shares of Common Stock of Nortek, Inc. This agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Strategic Value Partners, LLC						SVP Special Situations LLC
						By:		Strategic Value Partners, LLC
By:		Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Investment Officer						By:   Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Investment Officer
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx						Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx

Date: February 13, 2012