INVESTOR AGREEMENTInvestor Agreement • April 5th, 2012 • Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. • Electric housewares & fans • Delaware
This investor agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 4, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Nortek Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and (i) Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund, II, L.P. (“ACOF II), (ii) ACOF Management II, L.P. (“ACOF Management II”), (iii) ACOF Operating Manager II, L.P. (“ACOF Operating II”), (iv) Ares Management, Inc. (“Ares Inc.”), (v) Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P. (“ACOF III”), (vi) ACOF Management III, L.P. (“ACOF Management III”), (vii) ACOF Operating Manager III, LLC (“ACOF Operating III”), (viii) Ares Management LLC (“Ares Management”), (ix) Ares Management Holdings LLC (“AM Holdings”), (x) Ares Holdings LLC (“Ares Holdings”) and (xi) Ares Partners Management Company LLC (“APMC” and, together with ACOF II, ACOF Management II, ACOF Operating II, Ares Inc., ACOF III, ACOF Management III, ACOF Operating III, Ares Management, AM Holdings and Ares Holdings, the “Investor”).
