Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133421-25-000016
Chunk: 29

Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 a more extensive list of our best practices, refer to page 53of this Proxy Statement. In addition, our Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) provides a detailed discussion of our performance-based approach to executive compensation. We encourage you to read the CD&A, the rest of this Proxy Statement and our 2024 Form 10-K, which describes our business and 2024 results in more detail.

#### Recommendation
The compensation of our executives is aligned to performance, is sensitive to shareholder returns, appropriately motivates and retains our executives, and is a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining the high caliber talent necessary to drive our business forward and build sustainable value for our shareholders. Accordingly, the Board recommends that shareholders approve the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that, as an advisory matter, the shareholders of Northrop Grumman Corporation approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the CD&A, compensation tables and narrative discussion.”

#### Vote Required
Approval of this proposal requires that the votes cast “for” the proposal exceed the votes cast “against” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

| THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE“FOR”PROPOSAL 2. |

#### 2025 Proxy Statement47

#### Executive Compensation

### Compensation Discussion & Analysis

#### 2024 Named Executive Officers (NEOs)
| Kathy J. Warden                                             
 Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President                |     | Kenneth B. Crews                                        
 Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    |     | Robert J. Fleming                                           
 Corporate Vice President and President, Space Systems       |
| Thomas H. Jones                                             
 Corporate Vice President and President, Aeronautics Systems |     | Roshan S. Roeder                                        
 Corporate Vice President and President, Mission Systems |     | David F. Keffer                                             
 Former Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

#### Executive Leadership Changes
In May 2024, the Company announced changes within the Company’s executive leadership team stemming from the retirements of two leaders.

Roshan Roeder, who most recently served as Corporate Vice President and President, Defense Systems, succeeded Mark Caylor as Corporate Vice President and President of Mission Systems effective July 1, 2024. Mr. Caylor retired from the Company on July 26, 2024, after many significant contributions,