Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-126289
Chunk: 53

Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: 424B5
Chunk 53
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 with us to change the
provisions of the indenture relating to that series. However, no change can affect the payment terms or the percentage required to change certain other terms without the consent of all holders of debt securities of the affected series. (Section 902)

We and the trustee may enter into supplemental indentures for other specified purposes and to make changes that would not
materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities issued under the indenture, including the creation of any new series of debt securities, without the consent of all affected holders of those debt securities. (Section 901)

Governing Law

New York law will govern the indenture and the debt securities. (Section 112)

Trustee

The Bank of New
York Mellon, as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, serves as the trustee under the indenture. If we use a different trustee for any series of debt securities, we will inform you in a prospectus supplement. In the ordinary course of its
business, The Bank of New York Mellon and its affiliates have engaged and may in the future engage in commercial and investment banking transactions with us.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

The following description of our common stock is only a summary. We encourage you to read our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, which has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

As of the date of this
prospectus, we are authorized to issue 800,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share. As of March 7, 2023, 152,119,193 shares of common stock were outstanding
and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding. The number of shares of common stock outstanding does not include shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding awards under our equity compensation plans. The common stock is listed on The New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “NOC”.

Dividends. Dividends may be paid on the common stock and on any class or series
of stock entitled to participate with the common stock as to dividends, but only when and as declared by our board of directors and only subject to the rights of any then-outstanding series of our preferred stock.

Voting Rights. Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and
does not