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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040618113358
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000819539-04-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040616
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040618

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TANSKY BURTON M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001158676

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09659
		FILM NUMBER:		04870127

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP
		STREET 2:		1618 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP
		STREET 2:		1618 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000819539
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311]
		IRS NUMBER:				954119509
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0801

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MARCUS SQUARE
		STREET 2:		1618 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		214-741-6911

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MARCUS SQUARE
		STREET 2:		1618 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201
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        <footnote id="F1">Restricted Stock awarded 11-20-2002 rescinded by mutual agreement of the reporting person and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Restricted Stock awarded 10-24-2003 rescinded by mutual agreement of the reporting person and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Purchased Restricted Stock awarded 11-20-2002 rescinded by mutual agreement of the reporting person and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Purchased Restricted Stock awarded 10-24-2003 rescinded by mutual agreement of the reporting person and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Restricted Stock Units awarded  in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3 pursuant to The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan, which includes tax withholding rights, to replace restricted stock awarded 11-20-2002.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Restricted Stock Units awarded  in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3 pursuant to The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan, which includes tax withholding rights, to replace restricted stock awarded 10-24-2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Purchased Restricted Stock Units awarded in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3 pursuant to The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan, which includes tax withholding rights, to replace purchased restricted stock awarded 11-20-2002. Purchased Restricted Stock Units are purchased at 50 percent of the fair market value of the underlying Class A Common Stock on the date of the award and are subject to repurchase by the Company until the third anniversary of the grant of the award in the event of the recipient's termination of employment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Purchased Restricted Stock Units awarded in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3 pursuant to The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan, which includes tax withholding rights, to replace purchased restricted stock awarded 10-24-2003.  Purchased Restricted Stock Units are purchased at 50 percent of the fair market value of the underlying Class A Common Stock on the date of the award and are subject to repurchase by the Company until the third anniversary of the grant of the award in the event of the recipient's termination of employment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">The restrictions lapse on the third anniversary of the grant of the award (the &quot;Vesting Date&quot;).  The reporting person has the right to defer distribution of the Class A Common Stock underlying the Unit to any date during the period beginning on the first, and ending on the fifth, anniversary of the Vesting Date.</footnote>
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