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The authors study the existence of periodic solutions for nonlinear neutral functional differential equations of the form \({d\over dt} Dx_t=L (t,x_t)+G(t,x_t)\) \((t\geq 0)\), where \(L\) is a continuous function from \(\mathbb{R}^+ \times\mathbb{C}\) into \(\mathbb{R}^n\), linear with respect to the second argument and \(\omega\)-periodic in \(t\), \(G\) is a continuous function from \(\mathbb{R}^+\times\mathbb{C}\) into \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(x_t\in\mathbb{C}\) and \(x_t(\theta)= x(t+\theta)\) \((\theta \in[-r,0])\), \(D\) is a bounded linear operator from \(\mathbb{C}\) onto \(\mathbb{R}^n\), that is, \[ D( \varphi)= \varphi(0)- \int^0_{-r}d\eta(\theta) \varphi(\theta), \quad \varphi\in\mathbb{C}, \] where \(\eta\) takes \([-r,0]\) into the space of matrices of order \(n\). The main result is that an \(\omega\)-periodic solution of the considered problem exists which is proved by using Bohnenblust's fixed point theorem. Two examples are delivered as a proper illustration of the discussed theory.