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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
Amendment No.: 9 Date: December 31, 1995
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Nortek, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
Offices: 50 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode
Island 02903
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Richard J. Harris
individually and in connection with defined
benefit plans of the Issuer.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or,
if none, Residence: c/o Nortek, Inc., 50
Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
Item 2(c) Citizenship: United States of America
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Special
Common Stock, $1 par value
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 656559 20 0
Item 3. Type of Person: Not applicable.
Item 4. (a) Amount Beneficially owned: 3,843
individually, and 46,263 held by certain
defined benefit plans of the Issuer as to which
beneficial ownership is disclaimed. (Under the
provisions of the trust agreement governing the
defined benefit plans, the Issuer may instruct
the trustee regarding the acquisition and
disposition of plan assets and the voting of
securities held by the trust.)
(b) Percent of Class: 10.1% including 0.8%
individually, and 9.3% held by defined benefit
plans of the Issuer (as to which beneficial
ownership is disclaimed).
(c) Number of shares as to which such person
has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote 3,843.
(ii) shared power to vote or direct
the vote 46,263 (beneficial ownership
disclaimed).
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of 3,843.
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of 46,263
(beneficial ownership disclaimed).
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a
Class: Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on
Behalf of Another Person:
Not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of
Members of the Group:
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
The following certification shall be included
if the statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b):
By signing below, I certify that to the best of my
knowledge and belief the securities referred to above were
acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not
acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such
securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect;
provided that this certification is limited to shares held by
the defined benefit plans (as to which beneficial ownership is
disclaimed). The filing of this statement shall not be
construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for the
purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of the securities held by
the defined benefit plans of the Issuer and covered by this
statement.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
February 2, 1996
/s/Richard J. Harris
Signature
Richard J. Harris
Name/Title
