Form 8-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

February 1, 2006

THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

   

0-19659

   

95-4119509

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

  

(Commission File
Number)

  

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

One Marcus Square

    

1618 Main Street, Dallas, Texas

                

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(214) 741-6911

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an employment agreement with Karen Katz on February 1, 2006, effective as of October 6, 2005, that provides that she will act as Chief Executive Officer and President of Neiman Marcus Stores, a division of the Company, until October 2010, subject to automatic one-year renewals of the term if neither party submits a notice of termination at least three months prior to the end of the ten-current term. This agreement may be terminated by either party on three months' notice, subject to severance obligations in the event Ms. Katz is terminated by the Company without cause, she terminates her employment with the Company for good reason, or the Company delivers a notice of non-renewal of the employment agreement's term. Once the two-year period under the change of control termination protection agreement, described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2005, has ended, Ms. Katz will be entitled to lump sum severance in the event of a termination as described above equal to (i) her target bonus, pro rated to her length of service in the year of termination; and (ii) two times her annual base salary plus bonus. Ms. Katz will also be entitled to receive medical, dental and life insurance benefits for a two-year period following a severance triggering termination and may be entitled to an unreduced SERP benefit in the event Ms. Katz experiences a severance triggering termination before age 65.

A copy of the agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.32.

Item 9.01

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     
   

(c)   Exhibits

     

10.32*

  

Employment Agreement between The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. and Karen Katz, dated February 1, 2006, effective as of October 6, 2005.
     

 

SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 



THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: February 1, 2006

By:

      /s/ Nelson A. Bangs

 

 

 

Nelson A. Bangs

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

     

Description

  
 

10.32*

Employment Agreement between The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. and Karen Katz, dated February 1, 2006, effective as of October 6, 2005.