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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 over financial reporting.

In connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Audit and Risk Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Deloitte. The Audit and Risk Committee also discussed with Deloitte the communications required under applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the SEC, including the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the PCAOB, and, with and without management present, discussed and reviewed the results of Deloitte’s examination of the financial statements. Additionally, the Audit and Risk Committee discussed with the Company’s internal auditors the results of their audits completed during 2024.

The Audit and Risk Committee received the written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent auditor’s communications with the Audit and Risk Committee concerning independence. In addition, the Audit and Risk Committee discussed with Deloitte that firm’s independence from the Company.

Based on the Audit and Risk Committee’s review and discussions described in this report, the Audit and Risk Committee recommended to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors approved that the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC. The Audit and Risk Committee also reappointed Deloitte to serve as the Company’s independent auditor for 2025, and requested that this appointment be submitted to shareholders for ratification at the Annual Meeting.

AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE Thomas M. Schoewe, Chair
Marianne C. Brown
Ann M. Fudge
Kimberly A. Ross
James S. Turley
Mark A. Welsh III

#### 2025 Proxy Statement91

#### Proposal 4: Shareholder Proposal
Mr. John Chevedden, 2215 Nelson Avenue, No. 205, Redondo Beach, California 90278, a beneficial owner of 20 shares of common stock of the Company, has stated that he intends to present the following proposal at the Annual Meeting. The proposal and supporting statement, for which the Board accepts no responsibility, has been reproduced below without modification. The Board opposes the shareholder proposal for the reasons stated below.

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