NORTHROP GRUMMAN
CORPORATION
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE
TO
2009 RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE STOCK RIGHTS
GRANTED UNDER THE 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE STOCK
PLAN
These
Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to certain
“Restricted Performance Stock Rights”
(“RPSRs”) granted by Northrop Grumman Corporation (the
“Company”) in 2009. If you were granted an RPSR award
by the Company in 2009, the date of grant of your RPSR award and
the target number of RPSRs applicable to your award are set forth
in the letter from the Company announcing your RPSR award grant
(your “Grant Letter”) and are also reflected in the
electronic stock plan award recordkeeping system (“Stock Plan
System”) maintained by the Company or its designee. These
Terms apply only with respect to your 2009 RPSR award. If you were
granted an RPSR award, you are referred to as the
“Grantee” with respect to your award. Capitalized terms
are generally defined in Section 9 below if not otherwise
defined herein.
Each
RPSR represents a right to receive one share of the Company’s
Common Stock, or cash of equivalent value as provided herein,
subject to vesting as provided herein. The performance period
applicable to your award is January 1, 2009 to
December 31, 2011 (the “Performance Period”). The
target number of RPSRs subject to your award is subject to
adjustment as provided herein. The RPSR award is subject to all of
the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms, and is further
subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time, and any rules adopted by the
Committee, as such rules are in effect from time to
time.
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Vesting; Payment of
RPSRs .
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The RPSRs are
subject to the vesting and payment provisions established (or to be
established, as the case may be) by the Committee with respect to
the Performance Period. RPSRs that vest based on such provisions
will be paid as provided below. No fractional shares will be
issued.
1.1
Performance-Based Vesting of RPSRs . At the conclusion
of the Performance Period, the Committee shall determine whether
and the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have
been achieved for purposes of determining earnouts and RPSR
payments. Based on its determination, the Committee shall determine
the percentage of target RPSRs subject to the award (if any) that
have vested for the Performance Period in accordance with the
earnout schedule established (or to be established, as the case may
be) by the Committee with respect to the Performance Period (the
“Earnout Percentage”). Except as provided in
Section 1.2 below, any RPSRs subject to the award that are not
vested as of the conclusion of the Performance Period after giving
effect to the Committee’s determinations under this
Section 1.1 shall terminate and become null and void
immediately following such determinations.
1.2 Minimum
Vesting . The Earnout Percentage determined under
Section 1.1 shall not be less than thirty (30) percent;
provided, however, that such minimum Earnout Percentage shall not
apply if, as of the grant date, the Grantee is either the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company or is a member of the
Company’s Corporate Policy Council.
1.3 Payment
of RPSRs . The number of RPSRs payable at the conclusion of
the Performance Period (“Earned RPSRs”) shall be
determined by multiplying the Earnout Percentage by the target
number of RPSRs subject to the award. The Earned RPSRs may be paid
out in either an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock, or,
in the discretion of the Committee, in cash or in a combination of
shares of Common Stock and cash. In the event of a cash payment,
the amount of the payment for each Earned RPSR to be paid in cash
will equal the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of
the date the Committee determines the extent to which the
applicable RPSR performance criteria have been achieved. RPSRs will
be paid in the calendar year following the calendar year containing
the last day of the Performance Period (and generally will be paid
in the first 75 days of such year).
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2.
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Early Termination of Award;
Termination of Employment .
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2.1
General . The RPSRs subject to the award shall terminate
and become null and void prior to the conclusion of the Performance
Period if and when (a) the award terminates in connection with
a Change in Control pursuant to Section 5 below, or
(b) except as provided below in this Section 2 and in
Section 5, the Grantee ceases for any reason to be an employee
of the Company or one of its subsidiaries.
2.2
Termination of Employment Due to Retirement, Death or
Disability . The number of RPSRs subject to the award shall
vest on a prorated basis as provided herein if the Grantee’s
employment by the Company and its subsidiaries terminates due to
the Grantee’s Retirement, death, or Disability and ,
in each
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case, only if
the Grantee has completed at least six (6) consecutive calendar
months of employment with the Company or a subsidiary during the
three-year Performance Period. Such prorating of RPSRs shall be
based on the number of full months the Grantee was actually
employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries out of the
thirty-six month Performance Period. Partial months of employment
during the Performance Period, even if substantial, shall not be
counted for purposes of prorated vesting. Any RPSRs subject to the
award that do not vest in accordance with this Section 2.2
upon a termination of the Grantee’s employment due to
Retirement, death or Disability shall terminate immediately upon
such termination of employment.
Death or
Disability . In the case of death or Disability (a) the
Performance Period used to calculate the Grantee’s Earned
RPSRs will be deemed to have ended as of the most recent date that
performance has been measured by the Company with respect to the
RPSRs (but in no event shall such date be more than one year before
the Grantee’s termination of employment), (b) the
Earnout Percentage of the Grantee’s RPSRs will be determined
based on actual performance for that short Performance Period, and
(c) payment of Earned RPSRs will be made in the calendar year
containing the 75 th day following the date of the Grantee’s
death or Disability (and generally will be paid on or about such
75 th
day). The Earnout Percentage shall
be determined after giving effect to Section 1.2, if
applicable.
Retirement in
General . Subject to the following provisions of this
Section 2.2, in the case of Retirement, (a) the entire
Performance Period will be used to calculate the Grantee’s
Earned RPSRs, (b) the Earnout Percentage of the
Grantee’s RPSRs will be determined based on actual
performance for the Performance Period, and (c) payment of
Earned RPSRs will be made in the calendar year following the
calendar year containing the last day of the Performance Period
(and generally will be paid in the first 75 days of such
year). The Earnout Percentage shall be determined after giving
effect to Section 1.2, if applicable.
In determining the
Grantee’s eligibility for Retirement, service is measured by
dividing (a) the number of days the Grantee was employed by the
Company or a subsidiary in the period commencing with his or her
last date of hire by the Company or a subsidiary through and
including the date on which the Grantee is last employed by the
Company or a subsidiary, by (b) 365. If the Grantee ceased to
be employed by the Company or a subsidiary and was later rehired by
the Company or a subsidiary, the Grantee’s service prior to
the break in service shall be disregarded in determining service
for such purposes; provided that, if the Grantee’s employment
with the Company or a subsidiary had terminated due to the
Grantee’s Retirement, or by the Company as part of a
reduction in force (in each case, other than a termination by the
Company or a subsidiary for cause) and, within the two-year period
following such termination of employment (the “break in
service”) the Grantee was subsequently rehired by the Company
or a subsidiary, then the Grantee’s period of service with
the Company or a subsidiary prior to and ending with the break in
service will be included in determining service for such purposes.
In the event the Grantee is employed by a business that is acquired
by the Company or a subsidiary, the Company shall have discretion
to determine whether the Grantee’s service prior to the
acquisition will be included in determining service for such
purposes.
Retirement Due
to Government Service. In the case of Retirement where the
Grantee accepts a position in the federal government or a state or
local government and an accelerated distribution under the award is
permitted under Code Section 409A based on such government
employment and related ethics rules (a) the Performance Period
used to calculate the Grantee’s Earned RPSRs will be deemed
to have ended as of the most recent date that performance has been
measured by the Company with respect to the RPSRs prior to the
Grantee’s Retirement (but in no event shall such date be more
than one year before the Grantee’s Retirement), (b) the
Earnout Percentage of the Grantee’s RPSRs will be determined
based on actual performance for that short Performance Period, and
(c) payment of Earned RPSRs will be made within 10 days
after Retirement. The Earnout Percentage shall be determined after
giving effect to Section 1.2, if applicable.
2.3 Other
Terminations of Employment . Subject to Section 5.2,
all RPSRs subject to the award terminate immediately upon a
termination of the Grantee’s employment: (a) for any
reason other than due to the Grantee’s Retirement, death or
Disability; or (b) for Retirement, death or Disability, if the
six-month employment requirement under Section 2.2 above is
not satisfied.
2.4 Leave
of Absence . Unless the Committee otherwise provides (at
the time of the leave or otherwise), if the Grantee is granted a
leave of absence by the Company, the Grantee (a) shall not be
deemed to have incurred a termination of employment at the time
such leave commences for purposes of the award, and (b) shall
be deemed to be employed by the Company for the duration of such
approved leave of absence for purposes of the award. A termination
of employment shall be deemed to have occurred if the Grantee does
not timely return to active employment upon the expiration of such
approved leave or if the Grantee commences a leave that is not
approved by the Company.
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2.5 Salary
Continuation . Subject to Section 2.4 above, the term
“employment” as used herein means active employment by
the Company and salary continuation without active employment
(other than a leave of absence approved by the Company that is
covered by Section 2.4) will not, in and of itself, constitute
“employment” for purposes hereof (in the case of salary
continuation without active employment, the Grantee’s
cessation of active employee status shall, subject to
Section 2.4, be deemed to be a termination of
“employment” for purposes hereof). Furthermore, salary
continuation will not, in and of itself, constitute a leave of
absence approved by the Company for purposes of the
award.
2.6 Sale or
Spinoff of Subsidiary or Business Unit . For purposes of
the RPSRs subject to the award, a termination of employment of the
Grantee shall be deemed to have occurred if the Grantee is employed
by a subsidiary or business unit and that subsidiary or business
unit is sold, spun off, or otherwise divested and the Grantee does
not Retire upon or immediately before such event and the Grantee
does not otherwise continue to be employed by the Company or one of
its subsidiaries after such event.
2.7
Continuance of Employment Required . Except as expressly
provided in Sections 2.2 and 2.4 above and in Section 5
below, the vesting of the RPSRs subject to the award requires
continued employment through the last day of the Performance Period
as a condition of the payment of such RPSRs. Employment for only a
portion of the Performance Period, even if a substantial portion,
will not entitle the Grantee to any proportionate vesting or avoid
or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following
a termination of employment. Nothing contained in these Terms, the
Grant Letter, the Stock Plan System, or the Plan constitutes an
employment commitment by the Company or any subsidiary, affects the
Grantee’s status (if the Grantee is otherwise an at-will
employee) as an employee at will who is subject to termination
without cause, confers upon the Grantee any right to continue in
the employ of the Company or any subsidiary, or interferes in any
way with the right of the Company or of any subsidiary to terminate
such employment at any time.
2.8
Death . In the event of the Grantee’s death
subsequent to the vesting of RPSRs but prior to the delivery of
shares or other payment with respect to such RPSRs, the
Grantee’s Successor shall be entitled to any payments to
which the Grantee would have been entitled under this Agreement
with respect to such RPSRs.
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3.
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Non-Transferability and Other
Restrictions .
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3.1
Non-Transferability . The award, as well as the RPSRs
subject to the award, are non-transferable and shall not be subject
in any manner to sale, transfer, anticipation, alienation,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge. The foregoing transfer
restrictions shall not apply to transfers to the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may honor any transfer
required pursuant to the terms of a court order in a divorce or
similar domestic relations matter to the extent that such transfer
does not adversely affect the Company’s ability to register
the offer and sale of the underlying shares on a Form S-8
Registration Statement and such transfer is otherwise in compliance
with all applicable legal, regulatory and listing
requirements.
3.2
Recoupment of Awards . Any payments or issuances of
shares with respect to the award are subject to recoupment pursuant
to the Company’s Policy Regarding the Recoupment of Certain
Performance-Based Compensation Payments as in effect from time to
time, and the Grantee shall promptly make any reimbursement
requested by the Board or C
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