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Marcus Business, whether such Liabilities arise before, on or after the Effective Time and whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, including:
(i) any and all Liabilities arising from or based upon "controlling person" liability relating to the Proxy Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or any other report or document filed by Neiman Marcus with the Commission at any time before, on or after the Effective Time; and
(ii) any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Recapitalization Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or
thereto) as Liabilities to be assumed by Neiman Marcus or any member of the Neiman Marcus Group or to remain with Neiman Marcus or any
member of the Neiman Marcus Group, and all Liabilities of Neiman Marcus under this Agreement and the Recapitalization Agreement.
(ll) "NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(mm) "Person" shall mean any natural person, Business Entity, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, other entity
or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
(nn) "Proxy Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recapitalization Agreement.
(oo) "Recapitalization" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(pp) "Recapitalization Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(qq) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(rr) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, partnership or other entity of which another entity (i) owns, directly or indirectly, ownership interests
sufficient to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or persons performing similar functions) (irrespective of whether at the time any other class or classes
of ownership interests of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall or might have such voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) or (ii) is
a general partner or an entity performing similar functions (e.g., a trustee).
(ss) "Third Party Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
SECTION 1.2 References; Interpretation. References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular
include references to the plural and vice versa. The words "include", "includes" and "including" when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed
by the phrase "without limitation". Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, such Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words "hereof",
"hereby" and "herein" and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article,
Section or provision of this Agreement.
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