AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 16, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ___________________ FORM S-3 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 (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1840 CENTURY PARK EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 (310) 553-6262 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) JOHN H. MULLAN, ESQ., CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1840 CENTURY PARK EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 (310) 553-6262 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------- COPIES TO: John D. Hussey, Esq. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 620-1780 ---------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE ---------------- If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [X] 333-71290 If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. ================================================================================ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ------------------------------- PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO OFFERING PRICE OFFERING PRICE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED (1)(2) PER UNIT (2) (1) (2) REGISTRATION FEE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, $1.00 $400,000,000 $100,000 par value, Common Stock, $1.00 par value (3)(4), Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities, Warrants to Purchase Equity Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts and Purchase Units of Northrop Grumman Corporation Capital Securities of Northrop Grumman Corporation (5) (5) (5) None ================================================================================ (1) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of the Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock, Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities, Warrants to Purchase Equity Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units issued under this Registration Statement exceed $400,000,000 or, if any securities are in any foreign currency units, the U.S. dollar equivalent of $400,000,000, and if any securities are issued at original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price not to exceed $400,000,000. (2) Not applicable pursuant to General Instruction II D to Form S-3. (3) Includes Preferred Share Purchase Rights ("Rights"). Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock. (4) The aggregate amount of Common Stock registered hereunder is limited to that which is permissible under Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act. (5) In addition to any Preferred Stock or Common Stock that may be issued directly under this Registration Statement, there are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock as may be issued upon conversion or exchange of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock, as the case may be. No separate consideration will be received for any shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock so issued upon INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Northrop Grumman Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates in its entirety by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-71290) CERTIFICATION Northrop Grumman hereby certifies to the Commission that it has instructed its bank to pay the Commission the filing fee of $100,000 for the additional securities being registered hereby as soon as practicable (but in any event no later than the close of business on November 16, 2001); that it will not revoke such instructions; that it has sufficient funds in the relevant account to cover the amount of the filing fee; and that it undertakes to confirm receipt of such instructions by the bank by no later than November 16, 2001. EXHIBITS 5-1 Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. 15-1 Letter from independent accountants regarding unaudited interim accounting information. 23-1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to Northrop Grumman. 23-2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to Litton. 23-3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP with respect to Newport News. 23-4 Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5-1). 24-1 Power of Attorney (filed as Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-71290). SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on this 15th day of November, 2001. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION By: /s/ John H. Mullan ------------------------ John H. Mullan Corporate Vice President and Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board, Chief November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director Kent Kresa (Principal Executive Officer) * President, Chief Operating Officer November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- and Director Ronald D. Sugar Corporate Vice President and Chief November 15, 2001 * Financial Officer (Principal --------------------------------------- Financial Officer) Richard B. Waugh, Jr. * Corporate Vice President and November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Controller (Principal Accounting Sandra J. Wright Officer) * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- John T. Chain, Jr. * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Lewis W. Coleman * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Vic Fazio * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Phillip Frost * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Charles A. Larson Director --------------------------------------- Jay H. Nussbaum * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- Aulana L. Peters 2 * Director November 15, 2001 --------------------------------------- John Brooks Slaughter /s/ John H. Mullan * By: -------------------------- John H. Mullan Attorney-in-Fact 3 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION ------ ----------- 5-1 Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. 15-1 Letter from independent accountants regarding unaudited interim accounting information. 23-1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to Northrop Grumman. 23-2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to Litton. 23-3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP with respect to Newport News. 23-4 Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5-1).