Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133421-25-000016
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Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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and free cash flow* of$2.6 billion, up25%compared to 2023 |     | Invested$2.8 billionin R&D and capital expenditures, equating to nearly7%of company sales |     | Returned$3.7 billionto investors in 2024, or over100%of free cash flow*.  Increased our quarterly dividend by10%, our21stconsecutive annual increase |

* This metric is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information, see ”Appendix A - Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

#### 2025 Proxy Statement7

#### Proxy Statement Summary

#### 2024 Executive Compensation Highlights
We are committed to performance-based executive compensation programs that align with our shareholders’ interests, reflecting our Company’s objectives and our strategy of investing for and delivering long-term profitable growth.

#### Compensation Snapshot
| CEO |     | Other Named Executive Officers (NEOs) |

#### Paying For Performance
In 2024, we continued to maintain robust pay-for-performance practices. All incentive plan performance payouts reflect our performance against our 2024 goals.

| We delivered strong financial performance 
 in 2024                                   |     | 148%                       
 2024 ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN 
 (AIP) PAY FOR OUR NEOs     |     | 107%                          
 2024 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
 (LTIP) PAYOUT FOR OUR NEOs    |

| We are committed to an inclusive workplace for our employees, environmental sustainability and an unrelenting focus on our customers. To reinforce these commitments we included related non-financial metrics in our executive compensation program. |     | 2024 Non-financial Metrics in Annual Incentives |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | People                                          
 Inclusion and Belonging                         |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | Environment                                     
 Environmental Sustainability                    |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | Customer                                        
 Quality | Customer Satisfaction                 |

#### 8Northrop Grumman

#### Proxy Statement Summary

#### High Say-on-Pay Support
| Consistent                                                 
 Shareholder Approval                                       
 96%                                                        
 3-YEAR AVERAGE OF SHAREHOLDER VOTES IN FAVOR OF SAY-ON-PAY |     |                                                       |     | Highlights of our executive compensation programs: |     |                                             |     |                                                         |
|                                                            |     | Over80%of Executive Compensation isVariable           |     |                                                    |     | Stock OwnershipGuidelines for All Officers: 
 CEO