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Registration No. 333-68003-99
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
Northrop Grumman Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   95-4840775
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1840 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Northrop Grumman 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan
(Full Title of the plan)
Sheila C. Cheston
Corporate Vice President and General Counsel
Northrop Grumman Corporation
1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 553-6262

(Names, address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code, of agents for service)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Deregistration of Securities
     Northrop Grumman Corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to withdraw and remove from registration the unissued and unsold securities under the Northrop Grumman 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”) previously registered by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 1998 (File No. 333-68003-99) (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement registered up to 5,550,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (and associated rights), par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to participants of the Plan. The Plan has terminated, and all rights to purchase shares under the Plan have been exercised or have expired.
     In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512 of Regulation S-K, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister and remove all of the previously registered shares of Common Stock that remain unissued and unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-68003-99 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 1st day of February, 2011.
         
 
Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ Sheila C. Cheston    
    Corporate Vice President and General Counsel   
       
 

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