Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133421-25-000016
Chunk: 86

Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 86
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 Compensation of Named Executive Officers                                 
 (Proposal 2)                                                                              |     | FOR            |     | Majority of votes cast |     | No effect   |     | No effect                       |     | Voted “FOR“     |
| Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor                                        
 (Proposal 3)                                                                              |     | FOR            |     | Majority of votes cast |     | No effect   |     | Brokers have discretion to vote |     | Voted “FOR“     |
| Shareholder Proposal to Support Improved Clawback Policy regarding Unearned Executive Pay 
 (Proposal 4)                                                                              |     | AGAINST        |     | Majority of votes cast |     | No effect   |     | No effect                       |     | Voted “AGAINST“ |

#### What is a broker non-vote?
Brokers who hold shares of common stock for the accounts of their clients may vote these shares either as directed by their clients or in their own discretion if permitted by the stock exchanges or other organizations of which they are members. Members of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are permitted to vote their clients’ proxies in their own discretion on certain matters if the clients have not furnished voting instructions within ten days of the meeting. However, NYSE Rule 452 defines various matters as “non-routine,” and brokers who have not received instructions from their clients do not have discretion to vote their client’s shares on such “non-routine” matters, resulting in a “broker non-vote.”

If you are a beneficial owner whose shares are held of record by a broker, your broker has discretionary voting authority under NYSE rules to vote your shares, without instructions from you, on the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor. However, your broker does not have discretionary authority to vote your shares, without instructions from you, on the election of directors, the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our NEOs, or the shareholder proposal , in which case a broker non-vote will occur and your shares will not be voted on these matters.

How do I vote my shares if they are registered directly in my name?

If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., you are considered the “registered shareholder” of those shares, and you may vote by proxy prior to the Annual Meeting, as discussed below, or you may vote online during the Annual Meeting. Shares represented by a properly executed proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting in