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The author deals with the system \[ {dx(t)\over dt}= \sum^k_{i=1} A_ix(t- \tau_i)+ b\xi(t- \alpha),\quad \xi(t)= \varphi(c^*x(t),t), \] where \(A_i\) are constant \(n\times n\)-matrices, \(c\) and \(b\) are constant \(n\)-vectors, with \(\tau_k> \tau_{k-1}>\cdots> \tau_1\geq 0\), \(\alpha\geq 0\), and \(\varphi\) is a measurable function under the sector constraint \(0\leq \varphi(z, t)z\leq \mu z^2\). To study the absolute stability of this system the author reduces it to the related differential inclusion \[ {dx(t)\over dt}\in \Biggl\{\sum^k_{i=1} A_ix(t-\tau_i)+ \nu bc^*x(t- \alpha): 0\leq \nu\leq \mu\Biggr\}. \] Moreover, he proves the equivalence of both the asymptotic and exponential stability for the above system and for this inclusion. The main result consists in establishing the existence of a Lyapunov function for nondegenerate stable differential inclusions in the form of an extremal norm in the space \({\mathcal L}\) of vector functions \(f\in L_2[-\tau, 0]\) with the metric \[ \|f\|=|f(0)|+ \Biggl(\int^0_{-\tau}|f(s)|^2 ds\Biggr)^{{1\over 2}} \] with \(\tau= \max\{\tau_k,\alpha\}\).