Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: 11-K
Source: 0001133421-25-000044
Chunk: 9

Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: 11-K
Chunk 9
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     | Level 2 |         |     | Total |            |
|:------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:--------|----------:|:----|:--------|--------:|:----|:------|-----------:|
| Cash equivalents and short-term investment fund                         |     | $       |         7 |     | $       |  82,309 |     | $     |     82,316 |
| U.S. equities                                                           |     |         | 3,911,635 |     |         |       — |     |       |  3,911,635 |
| Collateral held under securities lending agreements                     |     |         |         — |     |         | 340,812 |     |       |    340,812 |
| Common/collective trust funds valued using NAV as a practical expedient |     |         |           |     |         |         |     |       | 25,539,413 |
| Total DC Master Trust at fair value                                     |     | $       | 3,911,642 |     | $       | 423,121 |     | $     | 29,874,176 |

The table below sets forth the fair value of the short-term investment fund, by level, measured on a recurring basis, and held by the Plan as of December 31, 2023:

| $ in thousands                                                 |     | 2023    
 Level 1 |   |     | Level 2 |       |     | Total |       |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:--------|:--|:----|:--------|------:|:----|:------|------:|
| State Street Bank and Trust Company short-term investment fund |     | $       | — |     | $       | 1,992 |     | $     | 1,992 |

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5. INTEREST IN SYNTHETIC GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts consist of fully benefit-responsive wrapper contracts that provide specified interest rates. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying assets are not reflected immediately in the net assets of the Plan, but are amortized as adjustments to the future interest-crediting rate over a period equal to or less than the duration of the underlying assets. Primary variables affecting the future crediting rate of the wrapper contracts include the current yield of underlying assets, the duration of underlying assets, and