New Second Lien Notes Payment Letter

Exhibit 10.2

CONFIDENTIAL

March 25, 2019

New Second Lien Notes
Payment Letter

Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC

The Neiman Marcus Group LLC

Mariposa Borrower, Inc.
One Marcus Square

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Dallas, TX 75201

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Commitment Letter, dated as of the date hereof (the “Commitment Letter”), by and among the Issuers and the Backstop Parties (as such terms are defined in the Commitment Letter) regarding the issuance of the New Second Lien Notes. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Payment Letter (as defined below) are used with the meanings assigned to them in the Commitment Letter. This letter (the “Payment Letter”) is the “Payment Letter” referred to in the Commitment Letter.

As consideration for each Backstop Party’s Commitment under the Commitment Letter, the Issuers, jointly and severally, will pay (or cause to be paid), to each Backstop Party a backstop commitment payment (the “Commitment Payment”) in cash, which payment shall be earned upon execution of the Commitment Letter, in an amount equal to either:

(i) 5.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Second Lien Notes that such Backstop Party commits to purchase, which payment shall be due and payable on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Effective Date (as defined in the TSA), whether or not the New Second Lien Notes are issued, or

(ii) 3.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Second Lien Notes that such Backstop Party commits to purchase, which payment shall be due and payable upon, and subject to the occurrence of, a Termination Event (other than a Termination Event caused by such Backstop Party’s material breach of the TSA); provided, that in no event shall the amount in this clause (ii) be payable if the Effective Date has occurred and the Commitment Payment pursuant to clause (i) above has been paid in full in cash;

provided, that no Commitment Payment shall be payable to any Backstop Party that has breached its Commitment obligations pursuant to Section 1 of the Commitment Letter.

You agree that, once paid, the payments or any part thereof payable hereunder or under the Commitment Letter shall not be refundable under any circumstances, regardless of whether the transactions contemplated by the Commitment Letter are consummated, except as otherwise agreed in writing. All payments payable hereunder and under the Commitment Letter shall be paid in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars and shall not be subject to reduction by way of withholding, setoff or counterclaim or be otherwise affected by any claim or dispute related to any other matter, and shall be in addition to reimbursement of each Backstop Party’s reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of counsel) as provided for in the TSA. The

delivery of payments hereunder and under the Commitment Letter does not reduce or modify any other payments, fees or expenses owed to the Backstop Parties and/or its affiliates pursuant to any other letter or other document. You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, allocate all or a portion of any of the payments payable pursuant to this Payment Letter to our respective affiliates. The agreements in this paragraph shall survive the issuance and initial purchase of the New Second Lien Notes.

All parties hereto agree to treat the Commitment Payments to Ares or CPPIB and the other Backstop Parties, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as follows: (a) the arrangement contemplated by the Commitment Letter shall be treated as a put option and (b) the Commitment Payments herein shall be treated as remuneration to Ares or CPPIB or the other Backstop Parties, as applicable, for its agreeing to enter into such put option. No party shall take any position or action inconsistent with such treatment and/or characterization.

This Payment Letter may not be assigned by any party except as permitted pursuant to the Commitment Letter. This Payment Letter may not be amended or any provision hereof waived or modified except in a writing signed by each of the parties. This Payment Letter shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof to the extent such principles would cause the application of the law of another state. Each of you and we waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Payment Letter or the transactions contemplated by this Payment Letter. This Payment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Payment Letter by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. You agree that this Payment Letter and its contents are subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Commitment Letter.

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Please confirm that the foregoing is our mutual understanding by signing and returning to us an executed counterpart of this Payment Letter.

	Very truly yours,

	ARES CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES FUND III, L.P.

	By:	ACOF Operating Manager III, LLC
	its:	Manager

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