Neiman Marcus 2007 Annual Report Download - page 181

Pincus Germany Private Equity VIII K.G, Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P and/or their respective CIC
Affiliates.
(4) "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
Section 2-8 "Claimant" means a person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is
entitled under the Plan.
Section 2-9 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Section 2-10 "Committee" means The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee or any successor
committee appointed by the Board.
Section 2-11 "Company" means The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, and any successor, including
a successor to all or substantially all of the Company's assets or business which assumes the obligations of the Company.
Section 2-12 "Compensation Limitation" means the dollar limitation in effect under Section 401(a)(17)(A) of the Code
with respect to a Plan Year, as adjusted pursuant to Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code.
Section 2-13 "DB SERP" means The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Defined Benefit Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan.
Section 2-14 "Defined Contribution" means the amounts credited to the Plan on behalf of an Eligible Employee by the
Company pursuant to Section 4-1(a) or Section 4-1(b) below.
Section 2-15 "Defined Contribution Account" means the bookkeeping account established by the Company to which
are credited Transitional Defined Contributions and Non-Transitional Defined Contributions, and notational earnings and losses
thereon.
Section 2-16 "Disabled" means:
(a) subject to Section 2-16(b) below, a condition:
(1) in which the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines has rendered the
Participant unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than 12 months, or
(2) for which the Participant, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months,
is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan
covering employees of the Participant's Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2-16(a) above, a Participant shall be deemed to be Disabled if such Participant is
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
Section 2-17 "Effective Date" means January 1, 2008.
Section 2-18 "Eligible Compensation" means all of the items reflected in Section 2-18(a) below and excluding the items
reflected in Section 2-18(b) below:
(a) Subject to the exclusions enumerated in Section 2-18(b) below, the term "Eligible Compensation"
includes: