Northrop Grumman Elects Stephen D. Yslas Corporate Vice President and General Counsel; Joseph Coyne Joins Company as Secretary and Deputy General Counsel

Northrop GrummanCorporation (NYSE: NOC) announced today that its board of directors haselected Stephen D. Yslas, 61, corporate vice president and general counsel effective Jan. 1, 2009. Yslas succeeds W. Burks Terry who is retiringDec. 31, 2008. In his new role, Yslas will be responsible for oversight ofall of the company’s legal matters. He will report to Ronald D. Sugar, thecompany’s chairman and chief executive officer, and become a member of thecompany’s Corporate Policy Council.
The board also elected Joseph F. Coyne, Jr., 53, a partner with the lawfirm of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, to succeed Yslas as corporatevice president, secretary and deputy general counsel.

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“We are pleased that Steve will assume responsibility for all of thecompany’s legal affairs,” said Sugar. “He has demonstrated his acumen andleadership skills over the past three decades and has made significantcontributions to Northrop Grumman’s success.”

“Burks has played a key role in the growth of the corporation over thepast 32 years,” said Sugar. “His contributions to our continuing success areinnumerable. We wish him well in retirement.”

Yslas was appointed corporate vice president, secretary and deputy generalcounsel in 2006. He previously served as chief counsel to the company’saircraft and electronics businesses, and also led the legal team on regulatorymatters, including those involving the acquisitions of Litton, Newport Newsand TRW.

Before joining the company in 1975, Yslas worked for the AtlanticRichfield Company and the National Labor Relations Board. He served for 10years on the City of Los Angeles Police Commission. He has been active inorganizations including the Hispanic National and Mexican American BarAssociations, and served as a Trustee of Claremont McKenna College. Yslasearned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles anda J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.

In his new role, Coyne will be responsible for corporate secretary andgovernance functions. As deputy general counsel he will supervise othergeneral legal activities within the company. He will report to Yslas.

Coyne has 30 years’ experience in a broad range of legal and businessmatters with particular expertise in litigation and the aerospace and defenseindustry. As a partner at Sheppard Mullin, Coyne has worked directly withNorthrop Grumman on a number of important legal matters since 1981.

His honors in the legal community include Leading Litigator in Americafrom Lawdragon Magazine, the National Law Journal’s award for one of the topnational defense verdicts, and several Los Angeles Business Journal listsincluding Best of the Bar, Who’s Who in Law, and Most Powerful Lawyers and TopTrial Lawyers in Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of Notre Dame and a J.D. from Stanford University, and has servedon Stanford Law School’s Board of Visitors.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense and technology companywhose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions ininformation and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding togovernment and commercial customers worldwide. “

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