Given below is a sentence in jumbled order. From the following options, select the one which is grammatically correct as he asked for a raise / notwithstanding / the young man looked / his nervousness / directly in the eyes / his employer.

The young man looked, his nervousness notwithstanding, his employer directly in the eyes as he asked for a raise.

The young man, his nervousness not withstanding directly in the eyes looked his employer as he asked for a raise.

His nervousness notwithstanding, the young man looked his employer directly in the eyes as he asked for a raise.

His nervousness the young man notwithstanding, looked his employer directly in the eyes as he asked for a raise.