Neiman Marcus 2003 Annual Report Download - page 265

EXHIBIT A
NOTE
New York, New York
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For value received, THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to
the order of (the "Lender"), for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, the unpaid principal
amount of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement (defined below) on the maturity date
provided for in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan on
the dates and at the rate or rates provided for in the Credit Agreement. All such payments of principal and interest shall be made in
lawful money of the United States in Federal or other immediately available funds at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, 270 Park
Avenue, New York, New York.
The date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by the Lender and all repayments of the principal thereof shall be recorded
by the Lender and, if the Lender so elects in connection with any transfer or enforcement hereof, appropriate notations to evidence the
foregoing information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding may be endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached
hereto, or on a continuation of such schedule attached to and made a part hereof; provided that the failure of the Lender to make (or
any error in making) any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the Borrower's obligations hereunder or under the Credit
Agreement.
This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of June 9, 2004 among The Neiman Marcus Group,
Inc., the Lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent (as
the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, modified, renewed, extended or increased from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. Reference is made to the Credit
Agreement for provisions for the prepayment hereof and the acceleration of the maturity hereof.
THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.
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